Abstract
ARR19 (androgen receptor corepressor-19 kDa), a leucine-rich protein whose expression is down-regulated by luteinizing hormone and cAMP, is differentially expressed during the development of Leydig cells and inhibits testicular steroidogenesis by reducing the expression of steroidogenic enzymes. However, the molecular events behind the suppression of testicular steroidogenesis are unknown. In the present study, we demonstrate that ARR19 inhibits the transactivation of orphan nuclear receptor Nur77, which is one of the major transcription factors that regulate the expression of steroidogenic enzyme genes in Leydig cells. ARR19 physically interacts with Nur77 and suppresses Nur77-induced promoter activity of steroidogenic enzyme genes including StAR, P450c17, and 3beta-HSD in Leydig cells. Transient transfection and chromatin immunoprecipitation assays revealed that ARR19-mediated reduced expression of steroidogenic enzyme genes was likely due to the interference of SRC-1 recruitment to Nur77 protein on the promoter of steroidogenic enzyme genes. These findings suggest that ARR19 acts as a novel coregulator of Nur77, in turn regulating Nur77-induced testicular steroidogenesis, and may play an important role in the development and function of testicular Leydig cells.
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