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do Rego JL, Vaudry H. Comparative aspects of neurosteroidogenesis: From fish to mammals. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2016; 227:120-9. [PMID: 26079790 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2015.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2015] [Revised: 05/27/2015] [Accepted: 05/28/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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It is now clearly established that the central and peripheral nervous systems have the ability to synthesize de novo steroids referred to as neurosteroids. The major evidence for biosynthesis of neuroactive steroids by nervous tissues is based on the expression of enzymes implicated in the formation of steroids in neural cells. The aim of the present review is to summarize the current knowledge regarding the presence of steroidogenic enzymes in the brain of vertebrates and to highlight the very considerable contribution of Professor Kazuyoshi Tsutsui in this domain. The data indicate that expression of steroid-producing enzymes in the brain appeared early during vertebrate evolution and has been preserved from fish to mammals.
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- Jean Luc do Rego
- Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine (IRIB), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), University of Rouen, 76821 Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
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- Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine (IRIB), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), University of Rouen, 76821 Mont-Saint-Aignan, France; Neurotrophic Factors and Neuronal Differentiation Team, Inserm U982, University of Rouen, 76821 Mont-Saint-Aignan, France.
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VAŇKOVÁ M, HILL M, VELÍKOVÁ M, VČELÁK J, VACÍNOVÁ G, LUKÁŠOVÁ P, VEJRAŽKOVÁ D, DVOŘÁKOVÁ K, RUSINA R, HOLMEROVÁ I, JAROLÍMOVÁ E, VAŇKOVÁ H, BENDLOVÁ B. Reduced Sulfotransferase SULT2A1 Activity in Patients With Alzheimer´s Disease. Physiol Res 2015; 64:S265-73. [DOI: 10.33549/physiolres.933160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Steroids are important components in the pathophysiology of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Although their role has been studied, the corresponding metabolomic data is limited. In the present study we evaluate the role of steroid sulfotransferase SULT2A1 in the pathophysiology of AD on the basis of circulating steroids (measured by GC-MS), in which the sulfation catalyzed by SULT2A1 dominates over glucuronidation (pregnenolone/sulfate, DHEA/sulfate, androstenediol/sulfate and 5α-reduced pregnane and androstane catabolites). To estimate a general trend of SUL2A1 activity in AD patients we compared the ratios of steroid conjugates to their unconjugated counterparts (C/U) in controls (11 men and 22 women) and AD patients (18 men and 16 women) for individual circulating steroids after adjustment for age and BMI using ANCOVA model including the factors AD status and gender. Decreased C/U ratio for the C19 steroids demonstrate an association between attenuated sulfation of C19 steroids in adrenal zona reticularis and the pathophysiology of AD.
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- M. VAŇKOVÁ
- Institute of Endocrinology, Prague, Czech Republic
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Do Rego JL, Seong JY, Burel D, Leprince J, Vaudry D, Luu-The V, Tonon MC, Tsutsui K, Pelletier G, Vaudry H. Regulation of neurosteroid biosynthesis by neurotransmitters and neuropeptides. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2012; 3:4. [PMID: 22654849 PMCID: PMC3356045 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2012.00004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2011] [Accepted: 01/05/2012] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The enzymatic pathways leading to the synthesis of bioactive steroids in the brain are now almost completely elucidated in various groups of vertebrates and, during the last decade, the neuronal mechanisms involved in the regulation of neurosteroid production have received increasing attention. This report reviews the current knowledge concerning the effects of neurotransmitters, peptide hormones, and neuropeptides on the biosynthesis of neurosteroids. Anatomical studies have been carried out to visualize the neurotransmitter- or neuropeptide-containing fibers contacting steroid-synthesizing neurons as well as the neurotransmitter, peptide hormones, or neuropeptide receptors expressed in these neurons. Biochemical experiments have been conducted to investigate the effects of neurotransmitters, peptide hormones, or neuropeptides on neurosteroid biosynthesis, and to characterize the type of receptors involved. Thus, it has been found that glutamate, acting through kainate and/or AMPA receptors, rapidly inactivates P450arom, and that melatonin produced by the pineal gland and eye inhibits the biosynthesis of 7α-hydroxypregnenolone (7α-OH-Δ(5)P), while prolactin produced by the adenohypophysis enhances the formation of 7α-OH-Δ(5)P. It has also been demonstrated that the biosynthesis of neurosteroids is inhibited by GABA, acting through GABA(A) receptors, and neuropeptide Y, acting through Y1 receptors. In contrast, it has been shown that the octadecaneuropetide ODN, acting through central-type benzodiazepine receptors, the triakontatetraneuropeptide TTN, acting though peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptors, and vasotocin, acting through V1a-like receptors, stimulate the production of neurosteroids. Since neurosteroids are implicated in the control of various neurophysiological and behavioral processes, these data suggest that some of the neurophysiological effects exerted by neurotransmitters and neuropeptides may be mediated via the regulation of neurosteroid production.
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- Jean Luc Do Rego
- INSERMMont-Saint-Aignan France
- European Institute for Peptide Research, IFRMP 23, Regional Platform for Cell Imaging, PRIMACEN, University of RouenMont-Saint-Aignan, France
- International Associated Laboratory Samuel de ChamplainMont-Saint-Aignan, France
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- Laboratory of G Protein-Coupled Receptors, Graduate School of Medicine, Korea University College of MedicineSeoul, Korea
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- INSERMMont-Saint-Aignan France
- European Institute for Peptide Research, IFRMP 23, Regional Platform for Cell Imaging, PRIMACEN, University of RouenMont-Saint-Aignan, France
- International Associated Laboratory Samuel de ChamplainMont-Saint-Aignan, France
- Laboratory of Neuronal and Neuroendocrine Differentiation and Communication, INSERM U982, University of RouenMont-Saint-Aignan, France
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- INSERMMont-Saint-Aignan France
- European Institute for Peptide Research, IFRMP 23, Regional Platform for Cell Imaging, PRIMACEN, University of RouenMont-Saint-Aignan, France
- International Associated Laboratory Samuel de ChamplainMont-Saint-Aignan, France
- Laboratory of Neuronal and Neuroendocrine Differentiation and Communication, INSERM U982, University of RouenMont-Saint-Aignan, France
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- INSERMMont-Saint-Aignan France
- European Institute for Peptide Research, IFRMP 23, Regional Platform for Cell Imaging, PRIMACEN, University of RouenMont-Saint-Aignan, France
- International Associated Laboratory Samuel de ChamplainMont-Saint-Aignan, France
- Laboratory of Neuronal and Neuroendocrine Differentiation and Communication, INSERM U982, University of RouenMont-Saint-Aignan, France
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- Research Center in Molecular Endocrinology, Oncology and Genetics, Laval University Hospital CenterQuébec, QC, Canada
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- INSERMMont-Saint-Aignan France
- European Institute for Peptide Research, IFRMP 23, Regional Platform for Cell Imaging, PRIMACEN, University of RouenMont-Saint-Aignan, France
- International Associated Laboratory Samuel de ChamplainMont-Saint-Aignan, France
- Laboratory of Neuronal and Neuroendocrine Differentiation and Communication, INSERM U982, University of RouenMont-Saint-Aignan, France
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- Laboratory of Integrative Brain Sciences, Department of Biology, Waseda UniversityTokyo, Japan
- Center for Medical Life Science of Waseda UniversityTokyo, Japan
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- Research Center in Molecular Endocrinology, Oncology and Genetics, Laval University Hospital CenterQuébec, QC, Canada
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- INSERMMont-Saint-Aignan France
- European Institute for Peptide Research, IFRMP 23, Regional Platform for Cell Imaging, PRIMACEN, University of RouenMont-Saint-Aignan, France
- International Associated Laboratory Samuel de ChamplainMont-Saint-Aignan, France
- Laboratory of Neuronal and Neuroendocrine Differentiation and Communication, INSERM U982, University of RouenMont-Saint-Aignan, France
- *Correspondence: Hubert Vaudry, INSERM U982, European Institute for Peptide Research, IFRMP 23, University of Rouen, 76821 Mont-Saint-Aignan, France. e-mail:
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Miller WL, Auchus RJ. The molecular biology, biochemistry, and physiology of human steroidogenesis and its disorders. Endocr Rev 2011; 32:81-151. [PMID: 21051590 PMCID: PMC3365799 DOI: 10.1210/er.2010-0013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1412] [Impact Index Per Article: 108.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2010] [Accepted: 08/20/2010] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Steroidogenesis entails processes by which cholesterol is converted to biologically active steroid hormones. Whereas most endocrine texts discuss adrenal, ovarian, testicular, placental, and other steroidogenic processes in a gland-specific fashion, steroidogenesis is better understood as a single process that is repeated in each gland with cell-type-specific variations on a single theme. Thus, understanding steroidogenesis is rooted in an understanding of the biochemistry of the various steroidogenic enzymes and cofactors and the genes that encode them. The first and rate-limiting step in steroidogenesis is the conversion of cholesterol to pregnenolone by a single enzyme, P450scc (CYP11A1), but this enzymatically complex step is subject to multiple regulatory mechanisms, yielding finely tuned quantitative regulation. Qualitative regulation determining the type of steroid to be produced is mediated by many enzymes and cofactors. Steroidogenic enzymes fall into two groups: cytochrome P450 enzymes and hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases. A cytochrome P450 may be either type 1 (in mitochondria) or type 2 (in endoplasmic reticulum), and a hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase may belong to either the aldo-keto reductase or short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase families. The activities of these enzymes are modulated by posttranslational modifications and by cofactors, especially electron-donating redox partners. The elucidation of the precise roles of these various enzymes and cofactors has been greatly facilitated by identifying the genetic bases of rare disorders of steroidogenesis. Some enzymes not principally involved in steroidogenesis may also catalyze extraglandular steroidogenesis, modulating the phenotype expected to result from some mutations. Understanding steroidogenesis is of fundamental importance to understanding disorders of sexual differentiation, reproduction, fertility, hypertension, obesity, and physiological homeostasis.
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- Walter L Miller
- Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143-0978, USA.
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Brooks VL, Dampney RAL, Heesch CM. Pregnancy and the endocrine regulation of the baroreceptor reflex. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2010; 299:R439-51. [PMID: 20504907 PMCID: PMC2928618 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00059.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2010] [Accepted: 05/19/2010] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The purpose of this review is to delineate the general features of endocrine regulation of the baroreceptor reflex, as well as specific contributions during pregnancy. In contrast to the programmed changes in baroreflex function that occur in situations initiated by central command (e.g., exercise or stress), the complex endocrine milieu often associated with physiological and pathophysiological states can influence the central baroreflex neuronal circuitry via multiple sites and mechanisms, thereby producing varied changes in baroreflex function. During pregnancy, baroreflex gain is markedly attenuated, and at least two hormonal mechanisms contribute, each at different brain sites: increased levels of the neurosteroid 3alpha-hydroxy-dihydroprogesterone (3alpha-OH-DHP), acting in the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM), and reduced actions of insulin in the forebrain. 3alpha-OH-DHP appears to potentiate baroreflex-independent GABAergic inhibition of premotor neurons in the RVLM, which decreases the range of sympathetic nerve activity that can be elicited by changes in arterial pressure. In contrast, reductions in the levels or actions of insulin in the brain blunt baroreflex efferent responses to increments or decrements in arterial pressure. Although plasma levels of angiotensin II are increased in pregnancy, this is not responsible for the reduction in baroreflex gain, although it may contribute to the increased level of sympathetic nerve activity in this condition. How these different hormonal effects are integrated within the brain, as well as possible interactions with additional potential neuromodulators that influence baroreflex function during pregnancy and other physiological and pathophysiological states, remains to be clearly delineated.
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- Virginia L Brooks
- Dept. of Physiology and Pharmacology, L-334, Oregon Health & Science Univ., 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97239, USA.
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Phase-II metabolism has a major contribution to androgen metabolism, converting the highly non-polar compounds to a more easily excreted form prior to their excretion in urine. In the human body the main phase-II metabolic reactions are glucuronidation and sulphonation. These reactions are catalysed by enzymes, which are categorised into families and further subfamilies based on their function and similarities of their amino-acid sequences. Due to inter-individual variation of the metabolising enzymes and their activities, the metabolic patterns of prohibited substances should be estimated for efficient doping control. In addition to target analytes the phase-II reactions have an effect on the selection of sample preparation procedure, chromatographic technique and ionisation method of the analysis routine. For method development and identification purposes adequate reference material is required, and to replace the laborious in vivo excretion studies, in vitro methodologies have been implemented to produce intact phase-II metabolites of androgens.
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- Tiia Kuuranne
- Doping Control Laboratory, United Laboratories Ltd, Höyläämötie 14, 00380, Helsinki, Finland.
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Regulation of sulfotransferase and UDP-glucuronosyltransferase gene expression by the PPARs. PPAR Res 2009; 2009:728941. [PMID: 19680455 PMCID: PMC2724710 DOI: 10.1155/2009/728941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2009] [Accepted: 04/14/2009] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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During phase II metabolism, a substrate is rendered more hydrophilic through the covalent attachment of an endogenous molecule. The cytosolic sulfotransferase (SULT) and UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) families of enzymes account for the majority of phase II metabolism in humans and animals. In general, phase II metabolism is considered to be a detoxication process, as sulfate and glucuronide conjugates are more amenable to excretion and elimination than are the parent substrates. However, certain products of phase II metabolism (e.g., unstable sulfate conjugates) are genotoxic. Members of the nuclear receptor superfamily are particularly important regulators of SULT and UGT gene transcription. In metabolically active tissues, increasing evidence supports a major role for lipid-sensing transcription factors, such as peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs), in the regulation of rodent and human SULT and UGT gene expression. This review summarizes current information regarding the regulation of these two major classes of phase II metabolizing enzyme by PPARs.
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Do Rego JL, Seong JY, Burel D, Leprince J, Luu-The V, Tsutsui K, Tonon MC, Pelletier G, Vaudry H. Neurosteroid biosynthesis: enzymatic pathways and neuroendocrine regulation by neurotransmitters and neuropeptides. Front Neuroendocrinol 2009; 30:259-301. [PMID: 19505496 DOI: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2009.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 277] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2009] [Revised: 05/12/2009] [Accepted: 05/21/2009] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Neuroactive steroids synthesized in neuronal tissue, referred to as neurosteroids, are implicated in proliferation, differentiation, activity and survival of nerve cells. Neurosteroids are also involved in the control of a number of behavioral, neuroendocrine and metabolic processes such as regulation of food intake, locomotor activity, sexual activity, aggressiveness, anxiety, depression, body temperature and blood pressure. In this article, we summarize the current knowledge regarding the existence, neuroanatomical distribution and biological activity of the enzymes responsible for the biosynthesis of neurosteroids in the brain of vertebrates, and we review the neuronal mechanisms that control the activity of these enzymes. The observation that the activity of key steroidogenic enzymes is finely tuned by various neurotransmitters and neuropeptides strongly suggests that some of the central effects of these neuromodulators may be mediated via the regulation of neurosteroid production.
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- Jean Luc Do Rego
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) Unité 413, 76821 Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
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Kallonen SE, Tammimäki A, Piepponen P, Raattamaa H, Ketola RA, Kostiainen R. Discovery of neurosteroid glucuronides in mouse brain. Anal Chim Acta 2009; 651:69-74. [PMID: 19733737 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2009.07.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2009] [Revised: 07/20/2009] [Accepted: 07/23/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Neurosteroid glucuronides were found for the first time in brain samples. The intact glucuronides were extracted from the cortex, hippocampus, hypothalamus, and mid-brain tissues of nicotine- and water-treated mice, and detected with capillary liquid chromatography-electrospray-tandem mass spectrometry (CapLC-ESI-MS/MS). The glucuronides of estradiol, cortisol, corticosterone, tetrahydrodeoxycorticosterone, pregnenolone, and isopregnanolone were identified by comparing retention times in selected reaction monitoring (SRM) chromatograms and the relative abundances of two SRM transitions of each neurosteroid glucuronide between the reference and authentic samples, thus providing reliable identification. In vitro experiments, carried out by using S9 fractions from mouse and rat brains, showed a formation of glucuronides with selected test compounds (corticosterone, pregnenolone, and dehydroepiandrosterone), suggesting that biosynthesis of neurosteroid glucuronides is possible in rodent brain.
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- Sirkku E Kallonen
- Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, P.O. Box 56, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Alnouti Y. Bile Acid sulfation: a pathway of bile acid elimination and detoxification. Toxicol Sci 2009; 108:225-46. [PMID: 19131563 DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfn268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 268] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Sulfotransferase-2A1 catalyzes the formation of bile acid-sulfates (BA-sulfates). Sulfation of BAs increases their solubility, decreases their intestinal absorption, and enhances their fecal and urinary excretion. BA-sulfates are also less toxic than their unsulfated counterparts. Therefore, sulfation is an important detoxification pathway of BAs. Major species differences in BA sulfation exist. In humans, only a small proportion of BAs in bile and serum are sulfated, whereas more than 70% of BAs in urine are sulfated, indicating their efficient elimination in urine. The formation of BA-sulfates increases during cholestatic diseases. Therefore, sulfation may play an important role in maintaining BA homeostasis under pathologic conditions. Farnesoid X receptor, pregnane X receptor, constitutive androstane receptor, and vitamin D receptor are potential nuclear receptors that may be involved in the regulation of BA sulfation. This review highlights current knowledge about the enzymes and transporters involved in the formation and elimination of BA-sulfates, the effect of sulfation on the pharmacologic and toxicologic properties of BAs, the role of BA sulfation in cholestatic diseases, and the regulation of BA sulfation.
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- Yazen Alnouti
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198, USA
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Maninger N, Wolkowitz OM, Reus VI, Epel ES, Mellon SH. Neurobiological and neuropsychiatric effects of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and DHEA sulfate (DHEAS). Front Neuroendocrinol 2009; 30:65-91. [PMID: 19063914 PMCID: PMC2725024 DOI: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2008.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 524] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2008] [Revised: 11/10/2008] [Accepted: 11/11/2008] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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DHEA and DHEAS are steroids synthesized in human adrenals, but their function is unclear. In addition to adrenal synthesis, evidence also indicates that DHEA and DHEAS are synthesized in the brain, further suggesting a role of these hormones in brain function and development. Despite intensifying research into the biology of DHEA and DHEAS, many questions concerning their mechanisms of action and their potential involvement in neuropsychiatric illnesses remain unanswered. We review and distill the preclinical and clinical data on DHEA and DHEAS, focusing on (i) biological actions and putative mechanisms of action, (ii) differences in endogenous circulating concentrations in normal subjects and patients with neuropsychiatric diseases, and (iii) the therapeutic potential of DHEA in treating these conditions. Biological actions of DHEA and DHEAS include neuroprotection, neurite growth, and antagonistic effects on oxidants and glucocorticoids. Accumulating data suggest abnormal DHEA and/or DHEAS concentrations in several neuropsychiatric conditions. The evidence that DHEA and DHEAS may be fruitful targets for pharmacotherapy in some conditions is reviewed.
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- Nicole Maninger
- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco 94143, USA
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Miyata M, Watase H, Hori W, Shimada M, Nagata K, Gonzalez FJ, Yamazoe Y. Role for enhanced faecal excretion of bile acid in hydroxysteroid sulfotransferase-mediated protection against lithocholic acid-induced liver toxicity. Xenobiotica 2008; 36:631-44. [PMID: 16864508 DOI: 10.1080/00498250600776827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The efficient clearance of toxic bile acids such as lithocholic acid (LCA) requires drug-metabolizing enzymes. We therefore assessed the influence of pregnenolone 16alpha-carbonitrile (PCN) treatment on LCA-induced hepatotoxicity and disposition of LCA metabolites using female farnesoid X receptor (FXR)-null and wild-type mice. Marked decreases in serum aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) activities, and hepatic tauroLCA (TLCA) concentrations were found in LCA-fed wild-type mice co-treated with PCN. Whereas induction of Cyp3a and hydroxysteroid sulfotransferase (Sult2a) proteins was observed in FXR-null and wild-type mice, clear increases in biliary 3alpha-sulfated TLCA but not total 6alpha-hydroxy LCA (taurohyodeoxycholic acid and hyodeoxycholic acid) were only observed in PCN-treated wild-type mice. Biliary 3alpha-sulfated TLCA output rate was increased 7.2-fold, but accounts for only 4.2% of total bile acid output rate in LCA and PCN-co-treated wild-type mice. Total 3alpha-sulfated LCA (LCA and TLCA) was, however, the most abundant bile acid component in faeces suggesting that efficient faecal excretion of biliary 3alpha-sulfated TLCA through escape from enterohepatic circulation. FXR-null mice, which have constitutively high levels of the Sult2a protein, were fed a diet supplemented with 1% LCA and 0.4% dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), a typical Sult2a substrate/inhibitor. The faecal total 3alpha-sulfated bile acid excretion was reduced to 62% of FXR-null mice fed only the LCA diet. Hepatic TLCA concentration and serum AST activity were significantly higher in FXR-null mice fed DHEA and LCA diet than in FXR-null mice fed the LCA diet or DHEA diet. These results suggest that hepatic formation of 3alpha-sulfated TLCA is a crucial factor for protection against LCA-induced hepatotoxicity.
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- M Miyata
- Division of Drug Metabolism and Molecular Toxicology, Tohoku University, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Aramaki, Sendai, Japan.
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Hirst JJ, Palliser HK, Yates DM, Yawno T, Walker DW. Neurosteroids in the fetus and neonate: Potential protective role in compromised pregnancies. Neurochem Int 2008; 52:602-10. [PMID: 17850922 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2007.07.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2007] [Revised: 07/06/2007] [Accepted: 07/23/2007] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Complications during pregnancy and birth asphyxia lead to brain injury, with devastating consequences for the neonate. In this paper we present evidence that the steroid environment during pregnancy and at birth aids in protecting the fetus and neonate from asphyxia-induced injury. Earlier studies show that the placental progesterone production has a role in the synthesis and release of neuroactive steroids or their precursors into the fetal circulation. Placental precursor support leads to remarkably high concentrations of allopregnanolone in the fetal brain and to a dramatic decline with the loss of the placenta at birth. These elevated concentrations influence the distinct behavioral states displayed by the late gestation fetus and exert a suppressive effect that maintains sleep-like behavioral states that are present for much of fetal life. This suppression reduces CNS excitability and suppresses excitotoxicity. With the availability of adequate precursors, mechanisms within the fetal brain ultimately control neurosteroid levels. These mechanisms respond to episodes of acute hypoxia by increasing expression of 5alpha-reductase and P450scc enzymes and allopregnanolone synthesis in the brain. This allopregnanolone response, and potentially that of other neurosteroids including 5alpha-tetrahydrodeoxycorticosterone (TH-DOC), reduces hippocampal cell death following acute asphyxia and suggests that stimulation of neurosteroid production may protect the fetal brain. Importantly, inhibition of neurosteroid synthesis in the fetal brain increases the basal cell death suggesting a role in controlling developmental processes late in gestation. Synthesis of neurosteroid precursors in the fetal adrenal such as deoxycorticosterone (DOC), and their conversion to active neurosteroids in the fetal brain may also have a role in neuroprotection. This suggests that the adrenal glands provide precursor DOC for neurosteroid synthesis after birth and this may lead to a switch from allopregnanolone alone to neuroprotection mediated by allopregnanolone and TH-DOC.
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- Jonathan J Hirst
- School of Biomedical Sciences University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia.
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Kohjitani A, Fuda H, Hanyu O, Strott CA. Regulation of SULT2B1a (pregnenolone sulfotransferase) expression in rat C6 glioma cells: Relevance of AMPA receptor-mediated NO signaling. Neurosci Lett 2008; 430:75-80. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.10.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2007] [Revised: 09/29/2007] [Accepted: 10/16/2007] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Nomoto M, Miyata M, Shimada M, Yoshinari K, Gonzalez FJ, Shibasaki S, Kurosawa T, Shindo Y, Yamazoe Y. ME3738 protects against lithocholic acid-induced hepatotoxicity, which is associated with enhancement of biliary bile acid and cholesterol output. Eur J Pharmacol 2007; 574:192-200. [PMID: 17651726 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2007.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2007] [Revised: 06/22/2007] [Accepted: 07/04/2007] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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ME3738 (22beta-methoxyolean-12-ene-3beta, 24(4beta)-diol), a derivative of soyasapogenol, attenuates liver disease in several models of chronic liver inflammation. In the present study, we have investigated a protective effect of ME3738 in a typical bile acid-induced cholestatic liver model, lithocholate (LCA) feeding mouse. Co-administration of ME3738 resulted in decreases in plasma alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activities and hepatic bile acid level, and increases in biliary outputs of bile acid and cholesterol, as compared with the results in mice treated with LCA alone. LCA sulfation by hydroxysteroid sulfotransferase 2a and hydroxylation have been reported to be involved in protection against LCA-induced hepatotoxicity. ME3738-treatment, however, had no clear influence on the hydroxysteroid sulfotransferase 2a protein level and LCA 6alpha-, 6beta- and 7alpha-hydroxylase activities, but increased biliary cholesterol output. Cholate (CA)-treatment has been shown to induce hepatotoxicity in farnesoid X receptor-null mice, which is scarcely dependent on bile acid sulfation and hydroxylation but associated with decreased biliary bile acid output. Co-administration of ME3738 decreased the ALT and ALP activities and hepatic bile acid level, and increased biliary outputs of bile acid and cholesterol in farnesoid X receptor-null mice, as compared with the results in the mice treated with CA. Moreover, a clear correlation between biliary outputs of cholesterol and bile acid was observed in these two bile acid-induced hepatotoxicity mouse models. These results suggest that ME3738 protects against bile acid-induced hepatotoxicity through increased biliary bile acid output that is not related to bile acid metabolism but associated with cholesterol output.
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- Masahiro Nomoto
- Division of Drug Metabolism and Molecular Toxicology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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Schumacher M, Liere P, Akwa Y, Rajkowski K, Griffiths W, Bodin K, Sjövall J, Baulieu EE. Pregnenolone sulfate in the brain: a controversial neurosteroid. Neurochem Int 2007; 52:522-40. [PMID: 18068870 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2007.08.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2007] [Revised: 07/25/2007] [Accepted: 08/31/2007] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Pregnenolone sulfate (PREGS) has been shown, either at high nanomolar or at micromolar concentrations, to increase neuronal activity by inhibiting GABAergic and by stimulating glutamatergic neurotransmission. PREGS is also a potent modulator of sigma type 1 (sigma1) receptors. It has been proposed that these actions of PREGS underlie its neuropharmacological effects, and in particular its influence on memory processes. On the other hand, the PREGS-mediated increase in neuronal excitability may become dangerous under particular conditions, for example in the case of excitotoxic stress or convulsions. However, the physiopathological significance of these observations has recently been put into question by the failure to detect significant levels of PREGS within the brain and plasma of rats and mice, either by direct analytical methods based on liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS) or enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) with specific antibodies against PREGS, or by indirect gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) analysis with improved sample workup. These recent results have not come to the attention of a large number of neurobiologists interested in steroid sulfates. However, although available direct analytical methods have failed to detect levels of PREGS above 0.1-0.3 ng/g in brain tissue, it may be premature to completely exclude the local formation of biologically active PREGS within specific and limited compartments of the nervous system. In contrast to the situation in rodents, significant levels of sulfated 3beta-hydroxysteroids have been measured in human plasma and brain. Previous indirect measures of steroid sulfates by radioimmunoassays (RIA) or GC/MS had detected elevated levels of PREGS in rodent brain. The discrepancies between the results of different assay procedures have revealed the danger of indirect analysis of steroid sulfates. Indeed, PREGS must be solvolyzed/hydrolyzed prior to RIA or GC/MS analysis, and it is the released, unconjugated PREG which is then quantified. Extreme caution needs to be exercised during the preparation of samples for RIA or GC/MS analysis, because the fraction presumed to contain only steroid sulfates can be contaminated by nonpolar components from which PREG is generated by the solvolysis/hydrolysis/derivatization reactions.
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- Michael Schumacher
- UMR 788 Inserm, University Paris-Sud 11, 80 rue du Général Leclerc, 94276 Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.
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Miyata M, Matsuda Y, Tsuchiya H, Kitada H, Akase T, Shimada M, Nagata K, Gonzalez FJ, Yamazoe Y. Chenodeoxycholic acid-mediated activation of the farnesoid X receptor negatively regulates hydroxysteroid sulfotransferase. Drug Metab Pharmacokinet 2007; 21:315-23. [PMID: 16946559 DOI: 10.2133/dmpk.21.315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Hydroxysteroid sulfotransferase catalyzing bile acid sulfation plays an essential role in protection against lithocholic acid (LCA)-induced liver toxicity. Hepatic levels of Sult2a is up to 8-fold higher in farnesoid X receptor-null mice than in the wild-type mice. Thus, the influence of FXR ligand (chenodeoxycholic acid (CDCA) and LCA) feeding on hepatic Sult2a expression was examined in FXR-null and wild-type mice. Hepatic Sult2a protein content was elevated in FXR-null and wild-type mice fed a LCA (1% and 0.5%) diet. Treatment with 0.5% CDCA diet decreased hepatic Sult2a to 20% of the control in wild-type mice, but increased the content in FXR-null mice. Liver Sult2a1 (St2a4) mRNA levels were reduced to 26% in wild-type mice after feeding of a CDCA diet, while no decrease was observed on Sult2a1 mRNA levels in FXR-null mice after CDCA feeding. A significant inverse relationship (r(2)=0.523) was found between hepatic Sult2a protein content and small heterodimer partner (SHP) mRNA level. PCN-mediated increase in Sult2a protein levels were attenuated by CDCA feeding in wild-type mice, but not in FXR-null mice. Human SULT2A1 protein and mRNA levels were decreased in HepG2 cells treated with the FXR agonists, CDCA or GW4064 in dose-dependent manners, although SHP mRNA levels were increased. These results suggest that SULT2A is negatively regulated through CDCA-mediated FXR activation in mice and humans.
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- Masaaki Miyata
- Division of Drug Metabolism and Molecular Toxicology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Aramaki, Sendai, Japan.
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Westholm DE, Rumbley JN, Salo DR, Rich TP, Anderson GW. Organic anion-transporting polypeptides at the blood-brain and blood-cerebrospinal fluid barriers. Curr Top Dev Biol 2007; 80:135-70. [PMID: 17950374 DOI: 10.1016/s0070-2153(07)80004-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Organic anion-transporting polypeptides (Oatps) are solute carrier family members that exhibit marked evolutionary conservation. Mammalian Oatps exhibit wide tissue expression with an emphasis on expression in barrier cells. In the brain, Oatps are expressed in the blood-brain barrier endothelial cells and blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier epithelial cells. This expression profile serves to illustrate a central role for Oatps in transporting endo- and xenobiotics across brain barrier cells. This chapter will detail the expression patterns and substrate specificities of Oatps expressed in the brain, and will place special emphases on the role of Oatps in prostaglandin synthesis and in the transport of conjugated endobiotics.
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- Daniel E Westholm
- College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, Duluth, Minnesota 55812, USA
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Gibbs TT, Russek SJ, Farb DH. Sulfated steroids as endogenous neuromodulators. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2006; 84:555-67. [PMID: 17023038 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2006.07.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2006] [Revised: 07/12/2006] [Accepted: 07/17/2006] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Central nervous system function is critically dependent upon an exquisitely tuned balance between excitatory synaptic transmission, mediated primarily by glutamate, and inhibitory synaptic transmission, mediated primarily by GABA. Modulation of either excitation or inhibition would be expected to result in altered functionality of finely tuned synaptic pathways and global neural systems, leading to altered nervous system function. Administration of positive or negative modulators of ligand-gated ion channels has been used extensively and successfully in CNS therapeutics, particularly for the induction of sedation and treatment of anxiety, seizures, insomnia, and pain. Excessive activation of excitatory glutamate receptors, such as in cerebral ischemia, can result in neuronal damage via excitotoxic mechanisms. The discovery that neuroactive steroids exert rapid, direct effects upon the function of both excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmitter receptors has raised the possibility that endogenous neurosteroids may play a regulatory role in synaptic transmission by modulating the balance between excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmission. The sites to which neuroactive steroids bind may also serve as targets for the discovery of therapeutic neuromodulators.
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- Terrell T Gibbs
- Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology, Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Boston University School of Medicine, 715 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118, United States
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Sulfonation has a major function in modulating the biological activities of a wide number of endogenous and foreign chemicals, including: drugs, toxic chemicals, hormones, and neurotransmitters. The activation as well as inactivation of many xenobiotics and endogenous compounds occurs via sulfonation. The process is catalyzed by members of the cytosolic sulfotransferase (SULT) superfamily consisting of at least ten functional genes in humans. The reaction in intact cells may be reversed by arylsulafatase present in the endoplasmic reticulum. Under physiological conditions, sulfonation is regulated, in part, by the supply of the co-substrate/donor molecule 3'-phosphadensoine-5-phosphosulfate (PAPS), and transport mechanisms by which sulfonated conjugates enter and leave cells. Variation in the response of individuals to certain drugs and toxic chemicals may be related to genetic polymorphisms documented to occur in each of the above pathways. Sulfonation has a major function in regulating the endocrine status of an individual by modulating the receptor activity of estrogens and androgens, steroid biosynthesis, and the metabolism of catecholamines and iodothyronines Sulfonation is a key reaction in the body's defense against injurious chemicals and may have a major function during early development since SULTs are highly expressed in the human fetus. As with many Phase I and Phase II reactions, sulfonation may also serve as the terminal step in activating certain dietary and environmental agents to very reactive toxic intermediates implicated in carcinogenesis.
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- Frederick C Kauffman
- Laboratory for Cellular and Biochemical Toxicology, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA.
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Liere P, Pianos A, Eychenne B, Cambourg A, Liu S, Griffiths W, Schumacher M, Sjövall J, Baulieu EE. Novel lipoidal derivatives of pregnenolone and dehydroepiandrosterone and absence of their sulfated counterparts in rodent brain. J Lipid Res 2004; 45:2287-302. [PMID: 15342680 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m400244-jlr200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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A new sample preparation method coupled to GC-MS analysis was developed and validated for quantification of sulfate esters of pregnenolone (PREG-S) and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA-S) in rat brain. Using a solid-phase extraction recycling protocol, the results show that little or no PREG-S and DHEA-S (<1 pmol/g) is present in rat and mouse brain. These data are in agreement with studies in which steroid sulfates were analyzed without deconjugation. We suggest that the discrepancies between analyses with and without deconjugation are caused by internal contamination of brain extract fractions, supposed to contain steroid sulfates, by lipoidal forms of PREG and DHEA (L-PREG and L-DHEA, respectively). These derivatives can be acylated very efficiently with heptafluorobutyric anhydride and triethylamine, and their levels in rodent brain (approximately 1 nmol/g) are much higher than those of their unconjugated counterparts. They are distinct from fatty acid esters, and preliminary data do not favor structures such as sulfolipids or sterol peroxides. Noncovalent interactions between steroids and proteolipidic elements, such as lipoproteins, could account for some experimental data. Given their abundance in rodent brain, the structural characterization and biological functions of L-PREG and L-DHEA in the central nervous system merit considerable attention.
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- Philippe Liere
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U488, 94276 Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.
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Li XD, Xia SQ, Lv Y, He P, Han J, Wu MC. Conjugation metabolism of acetaminophen and bilirubin in extrahepatic tissues of rats. Life Sci 2004; 74:1307-15. [PMID: 14697412 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2003.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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An anhepatic rat model was used to explore the extrahepatic conjugating metabolism of acetaminophen and serum bilirubin. The recovery of glucuronide- and sulfate-acetaminophen was 47.5% in normal control and 13.4% in model rats in the urine collected for 6 h after administration of acetaminophen 20 mg kg(-1). Following the increase of acetaminophen dose to 150 mg kg(-1), the recovery of urinary glucuronide-acetaminophen increased by 53.9% in normal control; but it decreased by 36.4% in model rats. In contrast to normal control, the pretreatment with phenobarbital did not affect acetaminophen and its metabolite levels in plasma and urine in model rats. After the establishment of anhepatic model the serum direct bilirubin rose dramatically. Urinary bilirubin test was positive in model rats, but not in normal control. No changes were observed in serum total bilirubin and ratio of direct/total bilirubin after the pretreatment with ranitidine or phenobarbital 50 mg kg (-1), i.p. for 5 days in model rats. The results indicate that the glucuronide- and sulfate-acetaminophen formed in the extrahepatic tissues of model rats is 28.2% of normal control, serum free bilirubin can be transformed into conjugated bilirubin in extrahepatic tissues, and the regulation mechanism of phase II conjugating enzymes is different between the hepatic and extrahepatic tissues.
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- X D Li
- Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Institute, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200438, China
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Echchgadda I, Song CS, Roy AK, Chatterjee B. Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfotransferase Is a Target for Transcriptional Induction by the Vitamin D Receptor. Mol Pharmacol 2004; 65:720-9. [PMID: 14978251 DOI: 10.1124/mol.65.3.720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfotransferase (SULT2A1) is a cytosolic enzyme that mediates sulfo-conjugation of endogenous hydroxysteroids (dehydroepiandrosterone, testosterone, bile acids), and diverse xenobiotic compounds. Upon sulfonation, SULT2A1 substrates become polar and water-soluble and thus suitable for rapid excretion. SULT2A1 is abundantly expressed in the liver and intestine. Recent evidence has shown that the ligand-activated vitamin D receptor (VDR) can transcriptionally induce the xenobiotic-metabolizing cytochrome P450 enzymes. Herein, we report that VDR also targets SULT2A1 for transcriptional activation. Vitamin D stimulated endogenous SULT2A1 expression and induced transfected human, mouse, and rat SULT2A1 promoters in liver and intestinal cells upon cotransfection with VDR. An inverted repeat DNA element (IR0), located within -191 to -168 positions of mouse and rat Sult2A1, mediates VDR induction of Sult2A1. DNase1 footprinting, competition EMSA, and antibody supershift assay showed that the IR0 is a binding site for the RXR-alpha/VDR heterodimer. Point mutations within the IR0 prevented RXR/VDR binding and abolished VDR-mediated Sult2A1 induction. The IR0 element conferred VDR responsiveness on a thymidine kinase promoter. Thus, VDR-mediated nuclear signaling may be important in the phase II metabolism involving Sult2A1. The rodent Sult2A1 gene is also induced by the farnesoid X receptor (FXR) and pregnane X receptor (PXR) through the same IR0. In competition transfections, FXR or PXR inhibited VDR induction of the IR0. Competitive functional interactions among VDR, PXR, and FXR suggest that the intracellular hormonal and metabolic milieu may determine the extent to which a specific nuclear receptor pathway would influence steroid/xenobiotic metabolism using dehydroepiandrosterone sulfotransferase.
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- Ibtissam Echchgadda
- Department of Molecular Medicine/IBT University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78245, USA
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Shimizu M, Nakano Y, Yamasaki T, Kimoto T, Kawato S, Tamura HO. Region- and Isoform-Specific Expression of Hydroxysteroid Sulfotransferases in Rat Brain. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004. [DOI: 10.1248/jhs.50.689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- Department of Biophysics and Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo at Komaba
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- Department of Biophysics and Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo at Komaba
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Sugahara T, Yang YS, Liu CC, Pai TG, Liu MC. Sulphonation of dehydroepiandrosterone and neurosteroids: molecular cloning, expression, and functional characterization of a novel zebrafish SULT2 cytosolic sulphotransferase. Biochem J 2003; 375:785-91. [PMID: 12885295 PMCID: PMC1223711 DOI: 10.1042/bj20031050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2003] [Accepted: 07/29/2003] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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By searching the zebrafish EST (expressed-sequence tag) database, we have identified two partial cDNA clones encoding the 5' and 3' regions of a putative zebrafish sulphotransferase (ST). Using the reverse transcription-PCR technique, a full-length cDNA encoding this zebrafish ST was successfully cloned. Sequence analysis revealed that this novel zebrafish ST displays 44%, 43% and 40% amino acid identity with mouse SULT2B1, human SULT2B1b and human SULT2A1 ST respectively. This zebrafish ST therefore appears to belong to the SULT2 cytosolic ST gene family. Recombinant zebrafish ST, expressed using the pGEX-2TK prokaryotic expression system and purified from transformed Escherichia coli cells, migrated as a 34 kDa protein upon SDS/PAGE. Purified zebrafish ST displayed a strong sulphonating activity toward DHEA (dehydroepiandrosterone), with a optimum pH of 9.5. The enzyme also exhibited activities toward several neurosteroids with differential K(m) and V(max) values. A thermostability experiment revealed the enzyme to be relatively stable over a temperature range between 20 degrees C and 43 degrees C. Among ten different divalent metal cations tested, Fe2+ and Cd(2+ exhibited small, but significant, stimulatory effects, whereas Hg2+ and Cu2+ displayed considerably stronger inhibitory effects on the DHEA-sulphonating activity of the enzyme. These results constitute the first study on the molecular cloning, expression, and characterization of a zebrafish cytosolic SULT2 ST.
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- Takuya Sugahara
- Biomedical Research Center, The University of Texas Health Center, Tyler, TX 75708, USA
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Kitada H, Miyata M, Nakamura T, Tozawa A, Honma W, Shimada M, Nagata K, Sinal CJ, Guo GL, Gonzalez FJ, Yamazoe Y. Protective role of hydroxysteroid sulfotransferase in lithocholic acid-induced liver toxicity. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:17838-44. [PMID: 12637555 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m210634200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Supplement of 1% lithocholic acid (LCA) in the diet for 5-9 days resulted in elevated levels of the marker for liver damage aspartate aminotransferase and alkaline phosphatase activities in both farnesoid X receptor (FXR)-null and wild-type female mice. The levels were clearly higher in wild-type mice than in FXR-null mice, despite the diminished expression of a bile salt export pump in the latter. Consistent with liver toxicity marker activities, serum and liver levels of bile acids, particularly LCA and taurolithocholic acid, were clearly higher in wild-type mice than in FXR-null mice after 1% LCA supplement. Marked increases in hepatic sulfating activity for LCA (5.5-fold) and hydroxysteroid sulfotransferase (St) 2a (5.8-fold) were detected in liver of FXR-null mice. A 7.4-fold higher 3alpha-sulfated bile acid concentration was observed in bile of FXR-null mice fed an LCA diet compared with that of wild-type mice. Liver St2a content was inversely correlated with levels of alkaline phosphatase. In contrast, microsomal LCA 6beta-hydroxylation was not increased and was in fact lower in FXR-null mice compared in wild-type mice. Clear decreases in mRNA encoding sodium taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide, organic anion transporting polypeptide 1, and liver-specific organic anion transporter-1 function in bile acid import were detected in LCA-fed mice. These transporter levels are higher in FXR-null mice than wild-type mice after 1% LCA supplement. No obvious changes were detected in the Mrp2, Mrp3, and Mrp4 mRNAs. These results indicate hydroxysteroid sulfotransferase-mediated LCA sulfation as a major pathway for protection against LCA-induced liver damage. Furthermore, Northern blot analysis using FXR-null, pregnane X receptor-null, and FXR-pregnane X receptor double-null mice suggests a repressive role of these nuclear receptors on basal St2a expression.
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- Hirotaka Kitada
- Division of Drug Metabolism and Molecular Toxicology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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