Analysis of the role of Amh and Fra1 in the Sry regulatory pathway

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 153-158

  Jeske, Yvette W A ^a   Mishina, Yuji ^b   Cohen, Donna R ^c   Behringer, Richard R ^b   Koopman, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amh; Fra1; Sex determination; Sry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLYCOPROTEINS; GONADS; GROWTH INHIBITORS; MICE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS); SEX-DETERMINING REGION Y PROTEIN; TESTICULAR HORMONES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0029939476     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199606)44:2<153::AID-MRD3>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Baarends WM, van Helmond MJL, Post M, van der Schoot PJCM, Hoogerbrugge JW, de Winter JP, Uilenbroek JTJ, Karels B, Wilming LG, Meijers JHC, Themmen APN, Grootegoed JA (1994): A novel member of the transmembrane serine/threonine kinase receptor family is specifically expressed in the gonads and in mesenchymal cells adjacent to the müllerian duct. Development 120:189-197.
2. Behringer RR, Finegold MJ, Cate RL (1994): Müllerian-inhibiting substance function during mammalian sexual development. Cell 79: 415-425.
3. Brand AH, Breeden L, Abraham J, Sternglanz R, Nasmyth K (1985): Characterisation of a "silencer" in yeast: A DNA sequence with properties opposite to those of a transcriptional enhancer. Cell 41:41-48.
4. Burgoyne PS, Buehr M, Koopman P, Rossant J, McLaren A (1988a): Cell-autonomous action of the testis-determining gene: Sertoli cells are exclusively XY in XX↔XY chimaeric mouse testes. Development 102:443-450.
5. Burgoyne PS, Buehr M, McLaren A (1988b): XY follicle cells in ovaries of XX↔XY female mouse chimaeras. Development 104:683-688.
6. Capel B, Swain A, Nicolis S, Hacker A, Walters M, Koopman P, Goodfellow P, Lovell-Badge R (1993): Circular transcripts of the testis determining gene Sry in adult mouse testis. Cell 73:1019-1030.
7. Cate RL, Mattaliano RJ, Hession C, Tizard R, Farber NM, Cheung A, Ninfa EG, Frey AZ, Gash DJ, Chow EP, Fisher RA, Bertonis JM, Torres G, Wallner BP, Ramachandran KL, Ragin RC, Manganaro TF, Maclaughlin DT, Donahoe PK (1986): Isolation of the bovine and human genes for müllerian inhibiting substance and expression of the human gene in animal cells. Cell 45:685-689.
8. Chomczynski P, Sacchi N (1987): Single-step method of RNA isolation by acid guanidinium thiocyanate-phenol-chloroform extraction. Anal Biochem 162:156-159.
9. Cohen DR, Curran T (1988): fra-1: A serum-inducible, cellular immediate-early gene that encodes a Fos-related antigen. Mol Cell Biol 8:2063-2069.
10. Cohen DR, Sinclair AH, McGovern JD (1994): Sry protein enhances transcription of Fos-related antigen 1 promoter constructs. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 91:4372-4376.
11. Cohen DR, Vandermark SE, McGovern JD, Bradley MP (1993): Transcriptional regulation in the testis; a role for transcription factor AP-1 complexes at various stages of spermatogenesis. Oncogene 8:443-455.
12. Denny P, Swift S, Connor F, Ashworth A (1992): An SRY-related gene expressed during spermatogenesis in the mouse encodes a sequence-specific DNA-binding protein. EMBO J 11:3705-3712.
13. di Clemente N, Wilson C, Faure E, Boussin L, Carmillo P, Tizard R, Picard J-Y, Vigier B, Josso N, Cate R (1994): Cloning, expression, and alternative splicing of the receptor for anti-müllerian hormone. Mol Endocrinol 8:1006-1020.
14. Dubin RA, Ostrer H (1994): Sry is a transcriptional activator. Mol Endocrinol 8:1182-1192.
15. Ferrari S, Harley V, Pontiggia A, Goodfellow P, Lovell-Badge R, Bianchi ME (1992): A sharp angle in DNA is the major determinant in DNA recognition by SRY protein, as it is for HMG1 protein. EMBO J 11:4497-4509.
16. Giese K, Amsterdam A, Grosschedl R (1991): DNA-binding properties of the HMG domain of the lymphoid-specific transcriptional regulator LEF-1. Genes Dev 5:2567-2578.
17. Giese K, Cox J, Grosschedl R (1992): The HMG domain of lymphoid enhancer factor 1 bends DNA and facilitates assembly of functional nucleoprotein structures. Cell 69:185-195.
18. Gubbay J, Collignon J, Koopman P, Capel B, Economou A, Münsterberg A, Vivian N, Goodfellow P, Lovell-Badge R (1990): A gene mapping to the sex-determining region of the mouse Y chromosome is a member of a novel family of embryonically expressed genes. Nature 346:245-250.
19. Hacker A, Capel B, Goodfellow P, Lovell-Badge R (1995): Expression of Sry, the mouse testis-determining gene. Development 121:1603-1614.
20. Haqq CM, King C-Y, Donahoe PK, Weiss MA (1993): SRY recognizes conserved DNA sites in sex-specific promoters. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 90:1097-1101.
21. Haqq CM, King C-Y, Ukiyama E, Falsafi S, Haqq TN, Donahoe PK, Weiss MA (1994): Molecular basis of mammalian sex determination: Activation of müllerian inhibiting substance gene expression by SRY. Science 266:1494-1500.
22. Harley VR, Jackson DI, Hextall PJ, Hawkins JR, Berkovitz GD, Sockanathan S, Lovell-Badge R, Goodfellow PN (1992): DNA binding activity of recombinant SRY from normal males and XY females. Science 255:453-456.
23. Harley VR, Lovell-Badge R, Goodfellow PN (1994): Definition of a concensus DNA binding site for SRY. Nucleic Acids Res 22: 1500-1501.
24. Jeske YWA, Bowles J, Greenfield A, Koopman P (1995): Expression of a linear Sry transcript in the mouse genital ridge. Nature Genet 10:480-482.
25. Koopman P, Gubbay J, Vivian N, Goodfellow P, Lovell-Badge R (1991): Male development of chromosomally female mice transgenic for Sry. Nature 351:117-121.
26. Koopman P, Münsterberg A, Capel B, Vivian N, Lovell-Badge R (1990): Expression of a candidate sex-determining gene during mouse testis differentiation. Nature 348:450-452.
27. Münsterberg A, Lovell-Badge R (1991): Expression of the mouse anti-müllerian hormone gene suggests a role in both female and male sexual differentiation. Development 113:613-624.
28. Nasrin N, Buggs C, Fu Kong X, Carnazza J, Goebl M, Alexander-Bridges M (1991): DNA-binding properties of the product of the testis-determining gene and a related protein. Nature 354:317-320.
29. POS mice. Development 113:709-714.
30. Pollack R, Treisman R (1990): A sensitive method for the determination of protein-DNA binding specificities. Nucleic Acids Res 18:6197-6204.
31. Pontiggia A, Rimini R, Harley VR, Goodfellow PN, Lovell-Badge R, Bianchi ME (1994): Sex-reversing mutations affect the architecture of SRY-DNA complexes. EMBO J 13:6115-6124.
32. Rugh R (1968): "The Mouse: Its Reproduction and Development.Minneapolis, MN: Burgess Publishing Company.
33. Shen W-H, Moore CCD, Ikeda Y, Parker KL, Ingraham H (1994): Nuclear receptor steroidogenic factor 1 regulates the müllerian inhibiting substance gene: A link to the sex determination cascade. Cell 77:651-661.
34. Sinclair AH, Berta P, Palmer MS, Hawkins JR, Griffiths BL, Smith MJ, Foster JW, Frischauf A-M, Lovell-Badge R, Goodfellow PN (1990): A gene from the human sex-determining region encodes a protein with homology to a conserved DNA-binding motif. Nature 346:240-244.
35. Tran D, Picard JY, Campargue J, Josso N (1987): Immunocytochemical detection of anti-müllerian hormone in Sertoli cells of various mammalian species including man. J Histochem Cytochem 35:733-743.
36. van de Wetering M, Clevers H (1992): Sequence-specific interaction of the HMG box proteins TCF-1 and SRY occurs within the minor groove of a Watson-Crick double helix. EMBO J 11:3039-3044.
37. van de Wetering M, Oosterwegel M, van Norren K, Clevers H (1993): Sox-4, an Sry-like HMG box protein, is a transcriptional activator in lymphocytes. EMBO J 12:3847-3853.