About Enhancer

Enhancer ID: E_02_0879
Species: human
Position : chr17:69487560-69491400
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Experiment class : Low throughput
Enhancer type: Enhancer
Disease: Disorders of sexual development
Pubmed ID:  25604083
Enhancer experiment: Luciferase Reporter Assay,Transgenic mice
Enhancer experiment description: Finally, we performed transfections of reporter gene constructs under control of the minimal Sox9 promoter and additional XYSR fragments into various cell lines.For this, the 32.5 kb region was subdivided into 17 overlapping fragments,F1 to F17 (?gure 3). Whereas none of the conserved elements CNE17 showed Sertoli cell-speci?c activity (not shown),of all 24 constructs tested, F8 showed the highest luciferase activities in both Sertoli-like cell lines (see online supplementary ?gure S5A, B).In contrast, the same fragment had little in?uence on luciferase activity in both HEK293 and neuro-2a control cell lines (see online supplementary ?gure S5C, D). Even though F7 and F9 overlap with F8 (?gure 3 and online supplementary ?gure S6), their luciferase activities are weak in TM-4 and unremarkable in NT2/D1. Thus F8 appeared to be the best candidate for a testis-speci?c enhancer of the SOX9 gene.

About Target gene

Target gene : SOX9(CMD1,CMPD1,SRA1,SRXX2,SRXY10)
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Less strong evidence: Luciferase Reporter Assay,Transgenic mice
Target gene experiment description: Finally, we performed transfections of reporter gene constructs under control of the minimal Sox9 promoter and additional XYSR fragments into various cell lines.For this, the 32.5 kb region was subdivided into 17 overlapping fragments,F1 to F17 (?gure 3). Whereas none of the conserved elements CNE17 showed Sertoli cell-speci?c activity (not shown),of all 24 constructs tested, F8 showed the highest luciferase activities in both Sertoli-like cell lines (see online supplementary ?gure S5A, B).In contrast, the same fragment had little in?uence on luciferase activity in both HEK293 and neuro-2a control cell lines (see online supplementary ?gure S5C, D). Even though F7 and F9 overlap with F8 (?gure 3 and online supplementary ?gure S6), their luciferase activities are weak in TM-4 and unremarkable in NT2/D1. Thus F8 appeared to be the best candidate for a testis-speci?c enhancer of the SOX9 gene.

About TF

TF name : SF1(BBP,D11S636,MBBP,ZCCHC25,ZFM1,ZNF162)WT1(AWT1,GUD,NPHS4,WAGR,WIT-2,WT33)
TF experiment: Luciferase Reporter Assay
TF experiment description: Such an enhancer should be under control of SRY, but could possibly also be in?uenced in its activity by other transcription factors present in the early gonad and essential for gonadal differentiation, including SF1 (also known as NR5A1), WT1, and GATA4. To test this assumption, a luciferase reporter containing F8 in front of the ?-globin TATA box was co-transfected in neuro-2a cells with expression plasmids for these factors. Of all factors tested, only SRY elicited a substantial 10-fold increase in luciferase activity. WT1 stimulated reporter activity two fold, whereas SF1 and GATA4 were completely ineffective (?gure 4A).

About Function

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About SNP

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Enhancer associated network

The number on yellow line represents the distance between enhancer and target gene

Expression of target genes for the enhancer


Enhancer associated SNPs