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Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire
et Cellulaire (E.L., B.B., E.Z., J-M.W., D.M., P. S-C.) 67404
Illkirch-Strasbourg, France
Biologia Generale e Genetica
Medica (B.B.) Università di Pavia 27100 Pavia, Italy
Abteilung für Pädiatrische Genetik (T.M.S.)
Kinderpoliklinik der Ludwig Maximilians Universität 80336,
München, Germany
The DAX-1 gene encodes an unusual member of the
nuclear hormone receptor superfamily. Mutations in the human DAX-1 gene
cause X-linked adrenal hypoplasia congenita associated with
hypogonadotropic hypogonadism. We have shown that DAX-1 binds to
hairpin secondary structures and blocks steroidogenesis in adrenal
cells via transcriptional repression of the steroidogenic acute
regulatory protein (StAR) promoter. Here we have investigated the
molecular mechanism of DAX-1-mediated repression. We show that the
DAX-1 C terminus contains a potent transcriptional silencing activity,
which can be transferred to a heterologous DNA-binding domain. Deletion
analysis and modeling of DAX-1 structure identify two cooperating
domains required for the silencing function, one located within helix
H3 and the other within H12. The silencing function is cell- and
promoter-specific. Strikingly, two point mutations (R267P and
V269)
found in adrenal hypoplasia patients impair silencing. These findings
suggest that transcriptional silencing by DAX-1 plays a critical
role in the pathogenesis of adrenal hypoplasia congenita.
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