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The Nuclear Receptor NR2F2 Activates Star Expression and Steroidogenesis in Mouse MA-10 and MLTC-1 Leydig Cells1
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Testosterone production is dependent on cholesterol transport within the mitochondrial matrix, an essential step mediated by a protein complex containing the steroidogenic acute regulatory (STAR) protein. In steroidogenic Leydig cells, Star expression is hormonally regulated and involves several transcription factors. NR2F2 (COUP-TFII) is an orphan nuclear receptor that plays critical roles in cell differentiation and lineage determination. Conditional NR2F2 knockout prior to puberty leads to male infertility due to insufficient testosterone production, suggesting that NR2F2 could positively regulate steroidogenesis and Star expression. In this study we found that NR2F2 is expressed in the nucleus of some peritubular myoid cells and in interstitial cells, mainly in steroidogenically active adult Leydig cells. In MA-10 and MLTC-1 Leydig cells, small interfering RNA (siRNA)-mediated NR2F2 knockdown reduces basal steroid production without affecting hormone responsiveness. Consistent with this, we found that STAR mRNA and protein levels were reduced in NR2F2-depleted MA-10 and MLTC-1 cells. Transient transfections of Leydig cells revealed that a -986 bp mouse Star promoter construct was activated 3-fold by NR2F2. Using 5' progressive deletion constructs, we mapped the NR2F2-responsive element between -131 and -95 bp. This proximal promoter region contains a previously uncharacterized direct repeat 1 (DR1)-like element to which NR2F2 is recruited and directly binds. Mutations in…
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“RNAscope smFISH validated the increased expression of GRAMD1B, VEGFB, and NR2F2 in mutant MAPT R406W HNOs compared to isogenic controls.”
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“Using scRNA-seq, we found that genes (e.g., GRAMD1B, VEGFB, MIAT, COMT, NRP1, DSEL, NR2F2, HMGCS1, and LDLR)9,58,66,69–71 and biological pathways related to lipid metabolism are increased in excitatory neurons of MAPT R406W mutant HNOs compared to isogenic control HNOs (Fig. 4a, b and Supplementary Fig. 2a–c).”
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- Mendoza-Villarroel, R. E., Robert, N. M., Martin, L. J., Brousseau, C., & Tremblay, J. J.
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- Biology of Reproduction
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- Oxford University Press (OUP)
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- 2014-07-01
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- 0006-3363
- 1529-7268
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