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Joury A, Alshehri M, Li LZ, Rezan T. Androgenic steroids dysregulation and the risk of coronary artery disease. Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther 2022; 20:343-349. [PMID: 35583488 DOI: 10.1080/14779072.2022.2077193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Endogenous testosterone deficiency or excess anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) have been linked to alter the physiology of different organs in the body, more specifically, the vasculature of coronary arteries. Despite the health-related concerns of using synthetic testosterone derivatives, such as AAS, there has been a tremendous increase in the use of AAS among athletes and bodybuilders. AREAS COVERED We have highlighted the three main mechanisms that AAS increase the risk of coronary artery disease (CAD): altering the homeostasis of lipid metabolism which results in dyslipidemia and subsequently atherosclerosis, disturbing the function of platelet which results in platelet aggregation and subsequent thrombosis, and increasing the risk of coronary vasospasm by affecting the physiological function of vascular bed. EXPERT OPINION Despite the restriction of AAS in specific clinical conditions such as testosterone deficiency and cancer therapy, many amateurs' athletes misuse the AAS. Although there has been a strong association between the AAS misuse and risk of developing CAD, the more valued approach would be a randomized clinical double-blind trial. The suggested primary endpoint would be an occurrence of adverse cardiovascular events, such as myocardial infarction, cerebrovascular accidents, and death. Increasing awareness of the risk of missing AAS among high-risk groups is imperative.
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- Abdulaziz Joury
- Department of Cardiology, Ochsner Health System, New Orleans, LA, US.,King Salman Heart Center, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,Department of Ophthalmology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- The University of Queensland, Saint Lucia, Australia
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Ochsner Health System, New Orleans, LA, US
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Ohya S, Ito K, Hatano N, Ohno A, Muraki K, Imaizumi Y. Castration Induces Down-Regulation of A-Type K + Channel in Rat Vas Deferens Smooth Muscle. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20174073. [PMID: 31438481 PMCID: PMC6747096 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20174073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2019] [Revised: 08/03/2019] [Accepted: 08/19/2019] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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A-type K+ channels contribute to regulating the propagation and frequency of action potentials in smooth muscle cells (SMCs). The present study (i) identified the molecular components of A-type K+ channels in rat vas deferens SMs (VDSMs) and (ii) showed the long-term, genomic effects of testosterone on their expression in VDSMs. Transcripts of the A-type K+ channel α subunit, Kv4.3L and its regulatory β subunits, KChIP3, NCS1, and DPP6-S were predominantly expressed in rat VDSMs over the other related subtypes (Kv4.2, KChIP1, KChIP2, KChIP4, and DPP10). A-type K+ current (IA) density in VDSM cells (VDSMCs) was decreased by castration without changes in IA kinetics, and decreased IA density was compensated for by an oral treatment with 17α-methyltestosterone (MET). Correspondingly, in the VDSMs of castrated rats, Kv4.3L and KChIP3 were down-regulated at both the transcript and protein expression levels. Changes in Kv4.3L and KChIP3 expression levels were compensated for by the treatment with MET. These results suggest that testosterone level changes in testosterone disorders and growth processes control the functional expression of A-type K+ channels in VDSMCs.
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- Susumu Ohya
- Department of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya City University, Nagoya 467-8601, Japan.
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmacological Sciences, Nagoya City University, Nagoya 467-8603, Japan
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- Laboratory of Cellular Pharmacology, Aichi Gakuin University, Nagoya 464-8650, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmacological Sciences, Nagoya City University, Nagoya 467-8603, Japan
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- Laboratory of Cellular Pharmacology, Aichi Gakuin University, Nagoya 464-8650, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmacological Sciences, Nagoya City University, Nagoya 467-8603, Japan.
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Perusquía M, Herrera N, Ferrer M, Stallone JN. Antihypertensive effects of androgens in conscious, spontaneously hypertensive rats. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2017; 167:106-114. [PMID: 27888135 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2016.11.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2016] [Revised: 11/17/2016] [Accepted: 11/20/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Androgens are vasoactive steroids that induce acute vasodilation in a number of isolated vascular beds from different species, but the effects of these hormones on systemic blood pressure (BP) have been studied little. Although it has been reported that androgens exert systemic hypotensive effects through peripheral vasodilation in normotensive rats, there have not been any reports of systemic hypotensive effects of androgens in animals with hypertension. This study was designed to evaluate the acute effects of testosterone (TES) and its 5-reduced metabolites on systemic BP in hypertensive rats and to test the hypothesis that hypotestosteronemia may be involved in the pathogenesis of hypertension. Chronic, indwelling catheters were implanted in carotid artery and jugular vein of 18-21-week-old male spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and normotensive-control Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats, for BP recording and drug administration, respectively. Bolus injections of TES, 5α- or 5β-dihydrotestosterone (5α- and 5β-DHT), were administrated cumulatively to conscious rats at doses of 0.1-100μmolkg-1min-1. 5β-DHT was also administrated during the pressor effect of Bay K 8644, an L-type voltage-operated Ca2+ channel (L-VOCC) agonist. In separate experiments, BP of orchidectomized normotensive male WKY and Wistar rats, with or without androgen-replacement therapy, was evaluated weekly for 10 weeks by tail-cuff plethysmography. TES and its metabolites reduced BP in a dose-dependent manner, while heart rate was reduced with some androgens at the highest doses. The hypotensive effects of androgens were markedly greater in SHR, with a rank order potency of: 5β-DHT>TES>5α-DHT. 5β-DHT, the most potent antihypertensive androgen, abolished the pressor response to Bay K 8644 in SHR. TES deprivation by orchidectomy increased BP in normotensive WKY and Wistar rats, but this hypertension was prevented by TES replacement therapy. BP responses to androgens are androgen structure-dependent. These data indicate that: 1) androgens play a significant role in the control of BP and may contribute to the pathogenesis of hypertension; 2) blockade of L-VOCC is involved in the antihypertensive effects of androgens, which are non-genomically mediated; and 3) hypotestosteronemia may be a risk factor for hypertension.
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- Mercedes Perusquía
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Departamento de Biología Celular y Fisiología, México City 04510, Mexico.
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- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Departamento de Biología Celular y Fisiología, México City 04510, Mexico
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- Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain; Instituto de Investigación Hospital Universitario La Paz (IdiPAZ), Madrid, Spain
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- Women's Health Division, Michael E. DeBakey Institute, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-4466, USA; Department of Veterinary Physiology & Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-4466, USA
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Fernandes VS, Ribeiro ASF, Martínez-Sáenz A, Blaha I, Serrano-Margüello D, Recio P, Martínez AC, Bustamante S, Vázquez-Alba D, Carballido J, García-Sacristán A, Hernández M. Underlying mechanisms involved in progesterone-induced relaxation to the pig bladder neck. Eur J Pharmacol 2014; 723:246-52. [PMID: 24296318 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2013.11.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2013] [Revised: 11/12/2013] [Accepted: 11/22/2013] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Progesterone increases bladder capacity and improves the bladder compliance by its relaxant action on the detrusor. A poor information, however, exists concerning to the role of this steroid hormone on the bladder outflow region contractility. This study investigates the progesterone-induced action on the smooth muscle tension of the pig bladder neck. To this aim, urothelium-denuded bladder neck strips were mounted in myographs for isometric force recordings and for simultaneous measurements of intracellular Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)]i) and tension. On phenylephrine (PhE)-precontracted strips, progesterone produced concentration-dependent relaxations only at high pharmacological concentrations. The blockade of progesterone receptors, nitric oxide (NO) synthase, guanylyl cyclase, large conductance Ca(2+)-activated K(+) (BKCa) or ATP-dependent K(+) (KATP) channels reduced the progesterone relaxations. The presence of the urothelium and the inhibition of cyclooxygenase (COX), intermediate- and small-conductance Ca(2+)-activated K(+) channels failed to modify these responses. In Ca(2+)-free potassium rich physiological saline solution, progesterone inhibited the contraction to CaCl2 and to the L-type voltage-operated Ca(2+) (VOC) channel activator BAY-K 8644. Relaxation induced by progesterone was accompanied by simultaneous decreases in smooth muscle [Ca(2+)]i. These results suggest that progesterone promotes relaxation of pig bladder neck through smooth muscle progesterone receptors via cGMP/NO pathway and involving the activation of BKCa and KATP channels and inhibition of the extracellular Ca(2+) entry through L-type VOC channels.
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- Vítor S Fernandes
- Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Unidad Experimental, Fundación de Investigación Biomédica, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro-Majadahonda, 28222 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Urología, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, 28007 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Urología, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro-Majadahonda, 28222 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Urología, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro-Majadahonda, 28222 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Urología, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro-Majadahonda, 28222 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
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Koshimizu JY, Beltrame FL, de Pizzol JP, Cerri PS, Caneguim BH, Sasso-Cerri E. NF-kB overexpression and decreased immunoexpression of AR in the muscular layer is related to structural damages and apoptosis in cimetidine-treated rat vas deferens. Reprod Biol Endocrinol 2013; 11:29. [PMID: 23570504 PMCID: PMC3727959 DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-11-29] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2012] [Accepted: 03/17/2013] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Cimetidine, histamine H2 receptors antagonist, has caused adverse effects on the male hormones and reproductive tract due to its antiandrogenic effect. In the testes, peritubular myoid cells and muscle vascular cells death has been associated to seminiferous tubules and testicular microvascularization damages, respectively. Either androgen or histamine H2 receptors have been detected in the mucosa and smooth muscular layer of vas deferens. Thus, the effect of cimetidine on this androgen and histamine-dependent muscular duct was morphologically evaluated. METHODS The animals from cimetidine group (CMTG; n=5) received intraperitoneal injections of 100 mg/kg b.w. of cimetidine for 50 days; the control group (CG) received saline solution. The distal portions of vas deferens were fixed in formaldehyde and embedded in paraffin. Masson´s trichrome-stained sections were subjected to morphological and the following morphometrical analyzes: epithelial perimeter and area of the smooth muscular layer. TUNEL (Terminal deoxynucleotidyl-transferase mediated dUTP Nick End Labeling) method, NF-kB (nuclear factor kappa B) and AR (androgen receptors) immunohistochemical detection were also carried out. The birefringent collagen of the muscular layer was quantified in picrosirius red-stained sections under polarized light. The muscular layer was also evaluated under Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM). RESULTS In CMTG, the mucosa of vas deferens was intensely folded; the epithelial cells showed numerous pyknotic nuclei and the epithelial perimeter and the area of the muscular layer decreased significantly. Numerous TUNEL-labeled nuclei were found either in the epithelial cells, mainly basal cells, or in the smooth muscle cells which also showed typical features of apoptosis under TEM. While an enhanced NF-kB immunoexpression was found in the cytoplasm of muscle cells, a weak AR immunolabeling was detected in these cells. In CMTG, no significant difference was observed in the birefringent collagen content of the muscular layer in comparison to CG. CONCLUSIONS Cimetidine induces significant damages in the epithelium; a possible antiandrogenic effect on the basal cells turnover should be considered. The cimetidine-induced muscle cells apoptosis confirms the susceptibility of these cells to this drug. The parallelism between enhanced cytoplasmic NF-kB immunolabeling in the damaged muscular tissue and muscle cell apoptosis suggests that this drug may avoid the translocation of NF-kB to the nucleus and interfere in the control of NF-kB-mediated smooth muscle cell apoptosis. The decreased immunoexpression of ARs verified in the damaged muscular tissue reinforces this possibility.
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- Juliana Y Koshimizu
- Department of Morphology, Laboratory of Histology and Embryology, Araraquara Dental School-UNESP Univ. Estadual Paulista, Brazil
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- Department of Morphology and Genetics, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) São Paulo/SP, Brazil
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- Department of Morphology, Laboratory of Histology and Embryology, Araraquara Dental School-UNESP Univ. Estadual Paulista, Brazil
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- Department of Morphology, Laboratory of Histology and Embryology, Araraquara Dental School-UNESP Univ. Estadual Paulista, Brazil
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- Department of Morphology, Laboratory of Histology and Embryology, Araraquara Dental School-UNESP Univ. Estadual Paulista, Brazil
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- Department of Morphology, Laboratory of Histology and Embryology, Araraquara Dental School-UNESP Univ. Estadual Paulista, Brazil
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Fernandes VS, Barahona MV, Recio P, Martínez-Sáenz A, Ribeiro ASF, Contreras C, Martínez AC, Bustamante S, Carballido J, García-Sacristán A, Prieto D, Hernández M. Mechanisms involved in testosterone-induced relaxation to the pig urinary bladder neck. Steroids 2012; 77:394-402. [PMID: 22285851 DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2011.12.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2011] [Revised: 12/14/2011] [Accepted: 12/14/2011] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Testosterone replacement therapy improves bladder capacity in urinary tract dysfunction. There is no information, however, about the role of this steroid hormone on the muscle tension of the bladder outflow region. The current study investigated the mechanisms underlying the testosterone-induced action in the pig bladder neck. METHODS Urothelium-denuded bladder neck strips were mounted in myographs for isometric force recordings and for simultaneous measurements of intracellular Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)) and tension. The relaxations to testosterone, the non-aromatizable metabolite 4,5α-dihydrotestosterone (DHT) and electrical field stimulation (EFS) were carried out on phenylephrine (PhE)-precontracted strips. RESULTS Testosterone and DHT evoked similar concentration-dependent relaxations only at very high pharmacological concentrations. The presence of the urothelium and the inhibition of intracellular androgenic receptor (AR), aromatase, 5α-reductase, nitric oxide (NO) synthase, guanylyl cyclase, cyclooxygenase (COX), large-, intermediate- and small-Ca(2+)-activated K(+) channels or ATP-dependent K(+) channels failed to modify the testosterone relaxations. Neuronal voltage-gated Ca(2+) (VOC) channels and voltage-gated K(+) (K(V)) channel blockers potentiated these responses. EFS evoked frequency-dependent relaxations, which were not changed by threshold concentrations of testosterone. In Ca(2+)-free potassium rich physiological saline solution, testosterone inhibited the contractions induced by CaCl(2) and the L-type VOC channel activator (±)-BAY K 8644. Relaxations elicited by testosterone were accompanied by simultaneous decreases in smooth muscle [Ca(2+)](i). CONCLUSIONS Testosterone produces relaxation of the pig urinary bladder neck through mechanisms independent of urothelium, AR, aromatase, 5α-reductase, NO synthase, guanylyl cyclase, COX and K(+) channels. Testosterone-induced relaxation is produced via the inhibition of the extracellular Ca(2+) entry through L-type VOC channels.
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- Vítor S Fernandes
- Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Leiva-Revilla J, Cárdenas-Valencia I, Rubio J, Guerra-Castañón F, Olcese-Mori P, Gasco M, Gonzales GF. Evaluation of different doses of mashua (Tropaeolum tuberosum) on the reduction of sperm production, motility and morphology in adult male rats. Andrologia 2011; 44 Suppl 1:205-12. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2011.01165.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Langlois VS, Zhang D, Cooke GM, Trudeau VL. Evolution of steroid-5alpha-reductases and comparison of their function with 5beta-reductase. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2010; 166:489-97. [PMID: 19686747 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2009] [Revised: 08/01/2009] [Accepted: 08/11/2009] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Steroid-5alpha-reductases (SRD5alpha) and steroid-5beta-reductase (SRD5beta) represent a convergence in evolution: they share similar biological functions, but do not have a common ancestor. In vertebrates, SRD5alpha and SRD5beta are involved in C-19 and C-21 steroid biosynthesis, bile acid biosynthesis and erythropoiesis. We compare and contrast the history, evolution, tissue distribution, enzyme characteristics and biological functions of SRD5alpha and SRD5beta and suggest possible future directions for research efforts. Both, the unique and overlapping roles that SRD5alpha and SRD5beta play in steroid hormone metabolism, are indicated. We also present the phylogeny of the SRD5alpha. The main SRD5alpha subfamilies obtained include, not only the well-known SRD5alpha type 1, type 2 and type 3, but also the synaptic glycoprotein (GPSN2)/trans-2,3-enoly-CoA reductase group. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that a eukaryotic ancestor likely underwent duplication events to generate these three subfamilies (type 1/2, type 3 and GPSN2 ancestors); both SRD5alpha type 1/2 and GPSN2 subfamilies may have evolved by ancient duplication events at the early stage of vertebrate and chordate evolution.
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- Valérie S Langlois
- Centre for Advanced Research in Environmental Genomics, Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, 30 Marie Curie, Ottawa, Ont., Canada K1N 6N5
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Langlois VS, Duarte-Guterman P, Ing S, Pauli BD, Cooke GM, Trudeau VL. Fadrozole and finasteride exposures modulate sex steroid- and thyroid hormone-related gene expression in Silurana (Xenopus) tropicalis early larval development. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2010; 166:417-27. [PMID: 19917284 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2009] [Revised: 11/03/2009] [Accepted: 11/10/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Steroidogenic enzymes and their steroid products play critical roles during gonadal differentiation in amphibians; however their roles during embryogenesis remain unclear. The objective of this study was to investigate the expression and activity of aromatase (cyp19; estrogen synthase) and 5 beta-reductase (srd5 beta; 5 beta-dihydrotestosterone synthase) during amphibian embryogenesis. Expression and activity profiles of cyp19 and srd5 beta were first established during Silurana (Xenopus) tropicalis embryogenesis from Nieuwkoop-Faber (NF) stage 2 (2-cell stage; 1h post-fertilization) to NF stage 46 (beginning of feeding; 72 h post-fertilization). Exposures to fadrozole (an aromatase inhibitor; 0.5, 1.0 and 2.0 microM) and finasteride (a putative 5-reductase inhibitor; 25, 50 and 100 microM) were designed to assess the consequences of inhibiting these enzymes on gene expression in early amphibian larval development. Exposed embryos showed changes in both enzyme activities and sex steroid- and thyroid hormone-related gene expression. Fadrozole treatment inhibited cyp19 activity and increased androgen receptor and thyroid hormone receptor (alpha and beta) mRNAs. Finasteride treatment inhibited srd5 beta (activity and mRNA), decreased cyp19 mRNA and activity levels and increased estrogen receptor alpha mRNA. Both treatments altered the expression of deiodinases (thyroid hormone metabolizing enzymes). We conclude that cyp19 and srd5 beta are active in early embryogenesis and larval development in Silurana tropicalis and their inhibition affected transcription of genes associated with the thyroid and reproductive axes.
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- Valérie S Langlois
- Centre for Advanced Research in Environmental Genomics, Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Walters KA, Simanainen U, Handelsman DJ. Molecular insights into androgen actions in male and female reproductive function from androgen receptor knockout models. Hum Reprod Update 2010; 16:543-58. [DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmq003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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González-Montelongo MC, Marín R, Gómez T, Marrero-Alonso J, Díaz M. Androgens induce nongenomic stimulation of colonic contractile activity through induction of calcium sensitization and phosphorylation of LC20 and CPI-17. Mol Endocrinol 2010; 24:1007-23. [PMID: 20207835 DOI: 10.1210/me.2009-0472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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We show that androgens, testosterone and 5alpha-dihydrotestosterone (DHT), acutely (approximately 40 min) provoke the mechanical potentiation of spontaneous and agonist-induced contractile activity in mouse colonic longitudinal smooth muscle. The results using flutamide, finasteride, cycloheximide, and actinomycin D indicate that androgen-induced potentiation is dependent on androgen receptors, requires reduction of testosterone to DHT, and occurs independently of transcriptional and translational events. Using permeabilized colonic smooth muscle preparations, we could demonstrate that mechanical potentiation is entirely due to calcium sensitization of contractile machinery. In addition, DHT (10 nm) increased phosphorylation of both 20-kDa myosin light chain (LC(20)) [regulatory myosin light chain, (MLC)] and CPI-17 (an endogenous inhibitor of MLC phosphatase). Paralleling these findings, inhibition of Rho-associated Rho kinase (ROK) and/or protein kinase C (PKC) with, respectively, Y27632 and chelerythrine, prevented LC(20) phosphorylation and abolished calcium sensitization. In addition, inhibition of ROK prevents CPI-17 phosphorylation, indicating that ROK is located upstream PKC-mediated CPI-17 modulation in the signalling cascade. Additionally, androgens induce a rapid activation of RhoA and its translocation to the plasma membrane to activate ROK. The results demonstrate that androgens induce sensitization of colonic smooth muscle to calcium through activation of ROK, which in turn, activates PKC to induce CPI-17 phosphorylation. Activation of this pathway induces a potent steady stimulation of LC(20) by inhibiting MLC phosphatase and displacing the equilibrium of the regulatory subunit towards its phosphorylated state. This is the first demonstration that colonic smooth muscle is a physiological target for androgen hormones, and that androgens modulate force generation of smooth muscle contractile machinery through nongenomic calcium sensitization pathways.
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- María C González-Montelongo
- Laboratory of Membrane Physiology and Biophysics, Department of Animal Biology, University of La Laguna, Tenerife 38206, Spain
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The effects of testosterone on risk factors for, and the mediators of, the atherosclerotic process. Atherosclerosis 2009; 207:318-27. [DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2009.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2009] [Revised: 04/05/2009] [Accepted: 04/14/2009] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Modulatory role of endogenous androgens on airway smooth muscle tone in isolated guinea-pig and bovine trachea; involvement of beta2-adrenoceptors, the polyamine system and external calcium. Eur J Pharmacol 2008; 601:154-62. [PMID: 18983840 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2008.10.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2008] [Revised: 10/17/2008] [Accepted: 10/20/2008] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
Abstract
Androgens relax several smooth muscles, including the airways. They also contract ileum and myocardium via nongenomic mechanisms. To find out whether androgens modulate airway smooth muscles in different species and further assess their mechanism of action, regarding the role of beta-adrenoceptors, polyamines and extracellular Ca(2+), and the modulation of contraction, 5 alpha-dihydrotestosterone, testosterone and 5 beta-dihydrotestosterone were used. A preliminary study was performed to evaluate the effect of 5 alpha-dihydrotestosterone, a non-aromatisable derivate of testosterone, in isolated guinea-pig trachea and a more exhaustive characterisation was followed in bovine trachea, to also characterise the effect of testosterone and 5 beta-dihydrotestosterone. The androgens elicited a nongenomic epithelium-independent relaxation of the trachea which had been precontracted. In the bovine trachea, the order of potency was: testosterone>5 alpha-dihydrotestosterone=5 beta-dihydrotestosterone. This effect was inversely proportional to the magnitude of carbachol-raised tone and was independent of beta(2)-adrenoceptors, since the beta-blockers, propranolol and ICI-118,551, and beta(2)-adrenoceptor desensitisation did not modify 5 alpha-dihydrotestosterone-elicited relaxation. 5 alpha-Dihydrotestosterone was unable to displace the radiolabel, [(3)H]dihydroalprenolol, from these receptors in the binding assay. Polyamine synthesis was not involved in this androgen effect, since an ornithine decarboxylase inhibitor, alpha-difluoromethylornithine, was ineffective. The androgens were more effective relaxing bovine trachea precontracted by KCl (80 mM), suggesting a calcium entry blockade, as reported for several smooth muscles. This mechanism might be involved in the observed 5 alpha-dihydrotestosterone facilitation of salbutamol-relaxation. Androgens facilitated carbachol-elicited contraction independently of polyamine synthesis, contrary to what has been reported in the ileum. Therefore, androgens modulate tracheal smooth muscle tone which might be of importance in the regulation of airway reactivity.
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