Transcription factor SOX-4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SOX4gene.[5][6][7]
Function
This intronless gene encodes a member of the SOX (SRY-related HMG-box) family of transcription factors involved in the regulation of embryonic development and in the determination of the cell fate. The encoded protein may act as a transcriptional regulator after forming a protein complex with other proteins, such as syndecan binding protein (syntenin). The protein may function in the apoptosis pathway leading to cell death as well as to tumorigenesis and may mediate downstream effects of parathyroid hormone (PTH) and PTH-related protein (PTHrP) in bone development. The solution structure has been resolved for the HMG-box of a similar mouse protein.[7]
Sox4 is expressed in lymphocytes (B and T) and is required for B lymphocyte development.[8]
Clinical significance
A genomic region close to the SOX4 gene has been associated with endometrial cancer development.[9][10]
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^Farr CJ, Easty DJ, Ragoussis J, Collignon J, Lovell-Badge R, Goodfellow PN (January 1994). "Characterization and mapping of the human SOX4 gene". Mammalian Genome. 4 (10): 577–84. doi:10.1007/BF00361388. PMID8268656. S2CID12096721.
^Critcher R, Stitson RN, Wade-Martins R, Easty DJ, Farr CJ (October 1998). "Assignment of Sox4 to mouse chromosome 13 bands A3-A5 by fluorescence in situ hybridization; refinement of the human SOX4 location to 6p22.3 and of SOX20 to chromosome 17p12.3". Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics. 81 (3–4): 294–5. doi:10.1159/000015052. PMID9730625. S2CID46849443.
^Smith E, Sigvardsson M (June 2004). "The roles of transcription factors in B lymphocyte commitment, development, and transformation". Journal of Leukocyte Biology. 75 (6): 973–81. doi:10.1189/jlb.1103554. PMID14982952. S2CID6805071.
^Geijsen N, Uings IJ, Pals C, Armstrong J, McKinnon M, Raaijmakers JA, Lammers JW, Koenderman L, Coffer PJ (August 2001). "Cytokine-specific transcriptional regulation through an IL-5Ralpha interacting protein". Science. 293 (5532): 1136–8. doi:10.1126/science.1059157. PMID11498591. S2CID28003281.
Further reading
Kamachi Y, Uchikawa M, Kondoh H (April 2000). "Pairing SOX off: with partners in the regulation of embryonic development". Trends in Genetics. 16 (4): 182–7. doi:10.1016/S0168-9525(99)01955-1. PMID10729834.
Wilson M, Koopman P (August 2002). "Matching SOX: partner proteins and co-factors of the SOX family of transcriptional regulators". Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 12 (4): 441–6. doi:10.1016/S0959-437X(02)00323-4. PMID12100890.
Ahn SG, Cho GH, Jeong SY, Rhim H, Choi JY, Kim IK (June 1999). "Identification of cDNAs for Sox-4, an HMG-Box protein, and a novel human homolog of yeast splicing factor SSF-1 differentially regulated during apoptosis induced by prostaglandin A2/delta12-PGJ2 in Hep3B cells". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 260 (1): 216–21. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1999.0856. PMID10381369.
Reppe S, Rian E, Jemtland R, Olstad OK, Gautvik VT, Gautvik KM (December 2000). "Sox-4 messenger RNA is expressed in the embryonic growth plate and regulated via the parathyroid hormone/parathyroid hormone-related protein receptor in osteoblast-like cells". Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 15 (12): 2402–12. doi:10.1359/jbmr.2000.15.12.2402. PMID11127205. S2CID2013715.
Geijsen N, Uings IJ, Pals C, Armstrong J, McKinnon M, Raaijmakers JA, Lammers JW, Koenderman L, Coffer PJ (August 2001). "Cytokine-specific transcriptional regulation through an IL-5Ralpha interacting protein". Science. 293 (5532): 1136–8. doi:10.1126/science.1059157. PMID11498591. S2CID28003281.
Lee CJ, Appleby VJ, Orme AT, Chan WI, Scotting PJ (May 2002). "Differential expression of SOX4 and SOX11 in medulloblastoma". Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 57 (3): 201–14. doi:10.1023/A:1015773818302. PMID12125983. S2CID20719302.
