SOX10
Identifiers
Aliases	SOX10, DOM, PCWH, WS2E, WS4, WS4C, SRY-box 10, SRY-box transcription factor 10, SOX-10
External IDs	OMIM: 602229 MGI: 98358 HomoloGene: 5055 GeneCards: SOX10
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 22 (human)[1] Band 22q13.1 Start 37,970,686 bp[1] End 37,987,422 bp[1]
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 15 (mouse)[2] Band 15 E1|15 37.7 cM Start 79,039,108 bp[2] End 79,049,440 bp[2]
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in inferior olivary nucleus sural nerve inferior ganglion of vagus nerve trigeminal ganglion spinal ganglia subthalamic nucleus ventral tegmental area parotid gland external globus pallidus superior vestibular nucleus Top expressed in neural crest external carotid artery motor neuron parotid gland internal carotid artery optic nerve stria vascularis sciatic nerve retinal pigment epithelium trigeminal ganglion More reference expression data BioGPS More reference expression data
Gene ontology Molecular function transcription coactivator activity transcription factor binding chromatin binding protein binding identical protein binding promoter-specific chromatin binding DNA binding DNA-binding transcription factor activity DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding DNA-binding transcription activator activity, RNA polymerase II-specific transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II distal enhancer sequence-specific binding Cellular component cytoplasm nucleoplasm nucleus chromatin mitochondrion mitochondrial outer membrane membrane extrinsic component of mitochondrial outer membrane Biological process regulation of transcription, DNA-templated regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II anatomical structure morphogenesis transcription, DNA-templated stem cell differentiation negative regulation of transcription, DNA-templated transcription elongation from RNA polymerase II promoter negative regulation of Schwann cell proliferation positive regulation of gene expression positive regulation of myelination cellular response to progesterone stimulus positive regulation of transcription, DNA-templated oligodendrocyte development central nervous system myelination oligodendrocyte differentiation in utero embryonic development neural crest cell migration morphogenesis of an epithelium positive regulation of neuroblast proliferation central nervous system development peripheral nervous system development positive regulation of gliogenesis cell differentiation melanocyte differentiation lacrimal gland development negative regulation of apoptotic process positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II cell maturation enteric nervous system development digestive tract morphogenesis developmental growth morphogenesis of a branching epithelium negative regulation of canonical Wnt signaling pathway Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 6663 20665 Ensembl ENSG00000100146 ENSMUSG00000033006 UniProt P56693 Q04888 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_006941 NM_011437 RefSeq (protein) NP_008872 NP_035567 Location (UCSC) Chr 22: 37.97 – 37.99 Mb Chr 15: 79.04 – 79.05 Mb PubMed search [3] [4]
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Transcription factor SOX-10 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SOX10 gene.^[5][6][7][8]

Function

This gene encodes a member of the SOX (SRY-related HMG-box) family of transcription factors involved in the regulation of embryonic development and determination of cell fate. The encoded protein acts as a transcriptional activator after forming a protein complex with other proteins. This protein acts as a nucleocytoplasmic shuttle protein and is important for neural crest and peripheral nervous system development.^[8]

In melanocytic cells, there is evidence that SOX10 gene expression may be regulated by MITF.^[9]

Mutations

Mutations in this gene are associated with Waardenburg–Shah syndrome^[8] and uveal melanoma.^[10]

Immunostain

SOX10 is used as an immunohistochemistry marker, being positive in:^[11]

• Neuroectodermal neoplasms of neural crest origin, especially:

• Melanoma, although desmoplastic melanomas may be only focally positive.
• Nevus

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  SOX10 immunohistochemistry in a dermal nevus, showing positively staining nevus cells (arrows)
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  SOX10 immunohistochemistry of normal skin (top) and atypical melanocytic proliferation (bottom), seen mainly in hair follicles.
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  SOX10 immunohistochemistry facilitates showing lentigo maligna, as an increased number of melanocytes along stratum basale and nuclear pleumorphism. The changes are continuous with the resection margin (inked in yellow, at left), conferring a diagnosis of a not radically removed lentigo maligna.
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  Immunohistochemistry stain for SOX10 in a poorly differentiated metastatic melanoma to a lymph node, helping in its diagnosis.

Interactions

The interaction between SOX10 and PAX3 is studied best in human patients with Waardenburg syndrome, an autosomal dominant disorder that is divided into four different types based upon mutations in additional genes. SOX10 and PAX3 interactions are thought to be regulators of other genes involved in the symptoms of Waardenburg syndrome, particularly MITF, which influences the development of melanocytes as well as neural crest formation. MITF expression can be transactivated by both SOX10 and PAX3 to have an additive effect.^[12][13] The two genes have binding sites near one another on the upstream enhancer of the c-RET gene.^[14] SOX10 is also thought to target dopachrome tautomerase through a synergistic interaction with MITF, which then results in other melanocyte alteration.^[15]

SOX10 can influence the generation of Myelin Protein Zero (MPZ) transcription through its interactions with proteins such as OLIG1 and EGR2,^[16][17] which is important for the functionality of neurons. Other cofactors have been identified, such as SP1, OCT6, NMI, FOXD3 and SOX2.^[18]

The interaction between SOX10 and NMI seems to be coexpressed in glial cells, gliomas, and the spinal cord and has been shown to modulate the transcriptional activity of SOX10.^[19]