PMID:14678822

Citation	Clipsham, R, Niakan, K and McCabe, ER (2004) Nr0b1 and its network partners are expressed early in murine embryos prior to steroidogenic axis organogenesis. Gene Expr. Patterns 4:3-14
Abstract	Ahch is an orphan nuclear receptor encoded by Nr0b1 on the murine X chromosome and is the ortholog of human DAX1. Nr0b1/NR0B1 expression at appropriate dosages is required for normal steroidogenic axis development: mutation of the human ortholog, NR0B1, results in adrenal hypoplasia congenita and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism; and duplication or transgenic overexpression in humans or mice, respectively, results in XY phenotypic females, a phenotype known as dosage sensitive sex-reversal. Complete loss of Nr0b1 by targeted deletion has been hypothesized to be lethal in embryonic stem (ES) cells and preliminary evidence suggested that ES cells might express Nr0b1. These investigations examined Nr0b1 expression and its network partners in both cultured ES cells and preimplantation embryos. We cultured ES cells in the absence or presence of differentiation agents and analyzed expression of Nr0b1 and associated network partners by northern blot hybridization and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. Nrob1 was highly expressed by totipotent ES cells with reduced expression following induction toward individual germ layer fates. Nr5a1/Sf1, Wt1 and other genes that encode proteins known to interact with Nr0b1 were also expressed. Immunohistochemical analysis of preimplantation embryos for Ahch and key partners confirmed in vivo expression of network components. These findings are consistent with the existence of a potentially functional network of transcription factors, including Ahch, very early in embryonic development. These results validate ES cells as a developmentally dynamic model for mechanistic investigations into this regulatory network early in embryogenesis preceding organogenesis.
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Keywords	Animals; Blastocyst/cytology; Blastocyst/metabolism; Blotting, Northern; Carrier Proteins/biosynthesis; Carrier Proteins/genetics; Cell Line; Cells, Cultured; DAX-1 Orphan Nuclear Receptor; DNA-Binding Proteins/biosynthesis; DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics; Embryo, Mammalian/cytology; Embryo, Mammalian/embryology; Embryo, Mammalian/metabolism; Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; Germ Layers/metabolism; Immunohistochemistry; Male; Mice; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Microscopy, Confocal; RNA, Messenger/genetics; RNA, Messenger/metabolism; Receptors, Retinoic Acid/biosynthesis; Receptors, Retinoic Acid/genetics; Repressor Proteins/biosynthesis; Repressor Proteins/genetics; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; Time Factors; Transcription Factors/biosynthesis; Transcription Factors/genetics
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