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SOX9
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesSOX9, CMD1, CMPD1, SRA1, SRXX2, SRXY10, SRY-box 9, SRY-box transcription factor 9
External IDsOMIM: 608160; MGI: 98371; HomoloGene: 294; GeneCards: SOX9; OMA:SOX9 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

6662

20682

Ensembl

ENSG00000125398

ENSMUSG00000000567

UniProt

P48436

Q04887

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_000346

NM_011448

RefSeq (protein)

NP_000337

NP_035578

Location (UCSC)Chr 17: 72.12 – 72.13 MbChr 11: 112.67 – 112.68 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
Wikidata
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Transcription factor SOX-9 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SOX9 gene.[5][6]

Function

SOX-9 recognizes the sequence CCTTGAG along with other members of the HMG-box class DNA-binding proteins. It acts during chondrocyte differentiation and, with steroidogenic factor 1, regulates transcription of the anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) gene.[6]

SOX-9 also plays a pivotal role in male sexual development; by working with Sf1, SOX-9 can produce AMH in Sertoli cells to inhibit the creation of a female reproductive system.[7] It also interacts with a few other genes to promote the development of male sexual organs. The process starts when the transcription factor Testis determining factor (encoded by the sex-determining region SRY of the Y chromosome) activates SOX-9 activity by binding to an enhancer sequence upstream of the gene.[8] Next, Sox9 activates FGF9 and forms feedforward loops with FGF9[9] and PGD2.[8] These loops are important for producing SOX-9; without these loops, SOX-9 would run out and the development of a female would almost certainly ensue. Activation of FGF9 by SOX-9 starts vital processes in male development, such as the creation of testis cords and the multiplication of Sertoli cells.[9] The association of SOX-9 and Dax1 actually creates Sertoli cells, another vital process in male development.[10]

Clinical significance

Mutations lead to the skeletal malformation syndrome campomelic dysplasia, frequently with autosomal sex-reversal[6] and cleft palate.[11]

SOX9 sits in a gene desert on 17q24 in humans. Deletions, disruptions by translocation breakpoints and a single point mutation of highly conserved non-coding elements located > 1 Mb from the transcription unit on either side of SOX9 have been associated with Pierre Robin Sequence, often with a cleft palate.[11][12]

Role in sex reversal

Mutations in Sox9 or any associated genes can cause reversal of sex or even hermaphroditism. If Fgf9, which is activated by Sox9, is not present, a fetus with both X and Y chromosomes can be converted into a female;[8] the same is true if Dax1 is not present.[10] The related problem of hermaphroditism can be caused by unusual activity of the SRY, usually when it's translocated onto the X-chromosome and its activity is only activated in some cells.[13]

Interactions

SOX9 has been shown to interact with Steroidogenic factor 1,[7] MED12[14] and MAF.[15]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000125398 – Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000000567 – Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ^ Tommerup N, Schempp W, Meinecke P, Pedersen S, Bolund L, Brandt C, Goodpasture C, Guldberg P, Held KR, Reinwein H, et al. (Sep 1993). "Assignment of an autosomal sex reversal locus (SRA1) and campomelic dysplasia (CMPD1) to 17q24.3-q25.1". Nat Genet. 4 (2): 170–4. doi:10.1038/ng0693-170. PMID 8348155.
  6. ^ a b c "Entrez Gene: SOX9 SRY (sex determining region Y)-box 9 (campomelic dysplasia, autosomal sex-reversal)".
  7. ^ a b De Santa Barbara P, Bonneaud N, Boizet B, Desclozeaux M, Moniot B, Sudbeck P, Scherer G, Poulat F, Berta P (November 1998). "Direct interaction of SRY-related protein SOX9 and steroidogenic factor 1 regulates transcription of the human anti-Müllerian hormone gene". Mol. Cell. Biol. 18 (11): 6653–65. doi:10.1128/mcb.18.11.6653. PMC 109250. PMID 9774680.
  8. ^ a b c Moniot B, Declosmenil F, Barrionuevo F, Scherer G, Aritake K, Malki S, Marzi L, Cohen-Solal A, Georg I, Klattig J, Englert C, Kim Y, Capel B, Eguchi N, Urade Y, Boizet-Bonhoure B, Poulat F (June 2009). "The PGD2 pathway, independently of FGF9, amplifies SOX9 activity in Sertoli cells during male sexual differentiation". Development. 136 (11): 1813–21. doi:10.1242/dev.032631. PMID 19429785.
  9. ^ a b Kim Y, Kobayashi A, Sekido R, DiNapoli L, Brennan J, Chaboissier MC, Poulat F, Behringer RR, Lovell-Badge R, Capel B (June 2006). "Fgf9 and Wnt4 act as antagonistic signals to regulate mammalian sex determination". PLoS Biol. 4 (6): e187. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0040187. PMC 1463023. PMID 16700629.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  10. ^ a b Bouma GJ, Albrecht KH, Washburn LL, Recknagel AK, Churchill GA, Eicher EM (July 2005). "Gonadal sex reversal in mutant Dax1 XY mice: a failure to upregulate Sox9 in pre-Sertoli cells". Development. 132 (13): 3045–54. doi:10.1242/dev.01890. PMID 15944188.
  11. ^ a b Dixon MJ, Marazita ML, Beaty TH, Murray JC (March 2011). "Cleft lip and palate: understanding genetic and environmental influences". Nat. Rev. Genet. 12 (3): 167–78. doi:10.1038/nrg2933. PMC 3086810. PMID 21331089.
  12. ^ Benko S, Fantes JA, Amiel J, Kleinjan DJ, Thomas S, Ramsay J, Jamshidi N, Essafi A, Heaney S, Gordon CT, McBride D, Golzio C, Fisher M, Perry P, Abadie V, Ayuso C, Holder-Espinasse M, Kilpatrick N, Lees MM, Picard A, Temple IK, Thomas P, Vazquez MP, Vekemans M, Roest Crollius H, Hastie ND, Munnich A, Etchevers HC, Pelet A, Farlie PG, Fitzpatrick DR, Lyonnet S (March 2009). "Highly conserved non-coding elements on either side of SOX9 associated with Pierre Robin sequence". Nat. Genet. 41 (3): 359–64. doi:10.1038/ng.329. PMID 19234473.
  13. ^ Margarit E, Coll MD, Oliva R, Gómez D, Soler A, Ballesta F (January 2000). "SRY gene transferred to the long arm of the X chromosome in a Y-positive XX true hermaphrodite". Am. J. Med. Genet. 90 (1): 25–8. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(20000103)90:1<25::AID-AJMG5>3.0.CO;2-5. PMID 10602113.
  14. ^ Zhou R, Bonneaud N, Yuan CX, de Santa Barbara P, Boizet B, Schomber T, Scherer G, Roeder RG, Poulat F, Berta P, Tibor S (July 2002). "SOX9 interacts with a component of the human thyroid hormone receptor-associated protein complex". Nucleic Acids Res. 30 (14): 3245–52. doi:10.1093/nar/gkf443. PMC 135763. PMID 12136106.
  15. ^ Huang W, Lu N, Eberspaecher H, De Crombrugghe B (December 2002). "A new long form of c-Maf cooperates with Sox9 to activate the type II collagen gene". J. Biol. Chem. 277 (52): 50668–75. doi:10.1074/jbc.M206544200. PMID 12381733.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)

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