Development of sexual dimorphism of skeletal muscles through the adrenal cortex, caused by androgen-induced global gene suppression

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The zona fasciculata (zF) in the adrenal cortex contributes to multiple physiological actions through glucocorticoid synthesis. The size, proliferation, and glucocorticoid synthesis characteristics are all female biased, and sexual dimorphism is established by androgen. In this study, transcriptomes were obtained to unveil the sex differentiation mechanism. Interestingly, both the amount of mRNA and the expressions of nearly all genes were higher in females. The expression of Nr5a1, which is essential for steroidogenic cell differentiation, was also female biased. Whole-genome studies demonstrated that NR5A1 regulates nearly all gene expression directly or indirectly. This suggests that androgen-induced global gene suppression is potentially mediated by NR5A1. Using Nr5a1 heterozygous mice, whose adrenal cortex is smaller than the wild type, we demonstrated that the size of skeletal muscles is possibly regulated by glucocorticoid synthesized by zF. Taken together, considering the ubiquitous presence of glucocorticoid receptors, our findings provide a pathway for sex differentiation through glucocorticoid synthesis.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:43

Enthalten in:

Cell reports - 43(2024), 2 vom: 27. Feb., Seite 113715

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Takahashi, Fumiya [VerfasserIn]
Baba, Takashi [VerfasserIn]
Christianto, Antonius [VerfasserIn]
Yanai, Shogo [VerfasserIn]
Lee-Okada, Hyeon-Cheol [VerfasserIn]
Ishiwata, Keisuke [VerfasserIn]
Nakabayashi, Kazuhiko [VerfasserIn]
Hata, Kenichiro [VerfasserIn]
Ishii, Tomohiro [VerfasserIn]
Hasegawa, Tomonobu [VerfasserIn]
Yokomizo, Takehiko [VerfasserIn]
Choi, Man Ho [VerfasserIn]
Morohashi, Ken-Ichirou [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Ad4BP/SF-1
Adrenal Cortex Hormones
Adrenal cortex
Adrenal gland
Androgens
CP: Developmental biology
Glucocorticoids
Hyperactive transcription
Hypertranscription
Journal Article
Nr5a1
Sex difference
Sex dimorphism
Skeletal muscle
Transcriptional amplification

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Date Completed 04.03.2024

Date Revised 04.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.celrep.2024.113715

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM367956608