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Molecular and Cellular Biology, October 2004, p. 8834-8846, Vol. 24, No. 20
0270-7306/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/MCB.24.20.8834-8846.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Interplay of SOX and POU Factors in Regulation of the Nestin Gene in Neural Primordial Cells

Shinya Tanaka,1 Yusuke Kamachi,1 Aki Tanouchi,1 Hiroshi Hamada,1 Naihe Jing,2 and Hisato Kondoh1*

Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan,1 Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology and Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China2

Received 28 January 2004/ Returned for modification 12 March 2004/ Accepted 23 July 2004

Intermediate-filament Nestin and group B1 SOX transcription factors (SOX1/2/3) are often employed as markers for neural primordium, suggesting their regulatory link. We have identified adjacent and essential SOX and POU factor binding sites in the Nestin neural enhancer. The 30-bp sequence of the enhancer including these sites (Nes30) showed a nervous system-specific and SOX-POU-dependent enhancer activity in multimeric forms in transfection assays and was utilized in assessing the specificity of the synergism; combinations of either group B1 or group C SOX (SOX11) with class III POU proved effective. In embryonic day 13.5 mouse spinal cord, Nestin was expressed in the cells with nuclei in the ventricular and subventricular zones. SOX1/2/3 expression was confined to the nuclei of the ventricular zone; SOX11 localized to the nuclei of both subventricular (high-level expression) and intermediate (low-level expression) zones. Class III POU (Brn2) was expressed at high levels, localizing to the nucleus in the ventricular and subventricular zones; moderate expression was observed in the intermediate zone, distributed in the cytoplasm. These data support the model that synergic interactions between group B1/C SOX and class III POU within the nucleus determine Nestin expression. Evidence also suggests that such interactions are involved in the regulation of neural primordial cells.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan. Phone: 81-6-6879-7963. Fax: 81-6-6877-1738. E-mail: j61056{at}hpc.cmc.osaka-u.ac.jp.

Molecular and Cellular Biology, October 2004, p. 8834-8846, Vol. 24, No. 20
0022-538X/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/MCB.24.20.8834-8846.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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