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Okamoto N, Fujinaga D, Yamanaka N. Steroid hormone signaling: What we can learn from insect models. VITAMINS AND HORMONES 2023; 123:525-554. [PMID: 37717997 DOI: 10.1016/bs.vh.2022.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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Ecdysteroids are a group of steroid hormones in arthropods with pleiotropic functions throughout their life history. Ecdysteroid research in insects has made a significant contribution to our current understanding of steroid hormone signaling in metazoans, but how far can we extrapolate our findings in insects to other systems, such as mammals? In this chapter, we compare steroid hormone signaling in insects and mammals from multiple perspectives and discuss similarities and differences between the two lineages. We also highlight a few understudied areas and remaining questions of steroid hormone biology in metazoans and propose potential future research directions.
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- Naoki Okamoto
- Life Science Center for Survival Dynamics, Tsukuba Advanced Research Alliance (TARA), University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA, United States
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- Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA, United States.
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Martins CS, de Castro M. Generalized and tissue specific glucocorticoid resistance. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2021; 530:111277. [PMID: 33864884 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2021.111277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2020] [Revised: 03/29/2021] [Accepted: 03/31/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Glucocorticoids (GCs) are steroid hormones that influence several physiologic functions and are among the most frequently prescribed drugs worldwide. Resistance to GCs has been observed in the context of the familial generalized GC resistance (Chrousos' syndrome) or tissue specific GC resistance in chronic inflammatory states. In this review, we have summarized the major factors that influence individual glucocorticoid sensitivity/resistance. The fine-tuning of GC action is determined in a tissue-specific fashion that includes the combination of different GC receptor promoters, translation initiation sites, splice isoforms, interacting proteins, post-translational modifications, and alternative mechanisms of signal transduction.
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- Clarissa Silva Martins
- Department of Internal Medicine - Ribeirao Preto Medical School - University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil; School of Medicine, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil
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- Department of Internal Medicine - Ribeirao Preto Medical School - University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil.
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Kell DB, Dobson PD, Oliver SG. Pharmaceutical drug transport: the issues and the implications that it is essentially carrier-mediated only. Drug Discov Today 2011; 16:704-14. [PMID: 21624498 DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2011.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2010] [Revised: 04/04/2011] [Accepted: 05/11/2011] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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All cells necessarily contain tens, if not hundreds, of carriers for nutrients and intermediary metabolites, and the human genome codes for more than 1000 carriers of various kinds. Here, we illustrate using a typical literature example the widespread but erroneous nature of the assumption that the 'background' or 'passive' permeability to drugs occurs in the absence of carriers. Comparison of the rate of drug transport in natural versus artificial membranes shows discrepancies in absolute magnitudes of 100-fold or more, with the carrier-containing cells showing the greater permeability. Expression profiling data show exactly which carriers are expressed in which tissues. The recognition that drugs necessarily require carriers for uptake into cells provides many opportunities for improving the effectiveness of the drug discovery process.
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- Douglas B Kell
- School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, 131 Princess St, Manchester, M1 7DN, UK.
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Tiwari R, Köffel R, Schneiter R. An acetylation/deacetylation cycle controls the export of sterols and steroids from S. cerevisiae. EMBO J 2007; 26:5109-19. [PMID: 18034159 DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2007] [Accepted: 10/19/2007] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Sterol homeostasis in eukaryotic cells relies on the reciprocal interconversion of free sterols and steryl esters. Here we report the identification of a novel reversible sterol modification in yeast, the sterol acetylation/deacetylation cycle. Sterol acetylation requires the acetyltransferase ATF2, whereas deacetylation requires SAY1, a membrane-anchored deacetylase with a putative active site in the ER lumen. Lack of SAY1 results in the secretion of acetylated sterols into the culture medium, indicating that the substrate specificity of SAY1 determines whether acetylated sterols are secreted from the cells or whether they are deacetylated and retained. Consistent with this proposition, we find that acetylation and export of the steroid hormone precursor pregnenolone depends on its acetylation by ATF2, but is independent of SAY1-mediated deacetylation. Cells lacking Say1 or Atf2 are sensitive against the plant-derived allylbenzene eugenol and both Say1 and Atf2 affect pregnenolone toxicity, indicating that lipid acetylation acts as a detoxification pathway. The fact that homologues of SAY1 are present in the mammalian genome and functionally substitute for SAY1 in yeast indicates that part of this pathway has been evolutionarily conserved.
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- Rashi Tiwari
- Department of Medicine, Division of Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
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Bello-Reuss E, Ernest S, Holland OB, Hellmich MR. Role of multidrug resistance P-glycoprotein in the secretion of aldosterone by human adrenal NCI-H295 cells. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2000; 278:C1256-65. [PMID: 10837354 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.2000.278.6.c1256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We determined the role of the multidrug resistance (MDR1) gene product, P-glycoprotein (PGP), in the secretion of aldosterone by the adrenal cell line NCI-H295. Aldosterone secretion is significantly decreased by the PGP inhibitors verapamil, cyclosporin A (CSA), PSC-833, and vinblastine. Aldosterone inhibits the efflux of the PGP substrate rhodamine 123 from NCI-H295 cells and from human mesangial cells (expressing PGP). CSA, verapamil, and the monoclonal antibody UIC2 significantly decreased the efflux of fluorescein-labeled (FL)-aldosterone microinjected into NCI-H295 cells. In MCF-7/VP cells, expressing multidrug resistance-associated protein (MRP) but not PGP, and in the parental cell line MCF7 (expressing no MRP and no PGP), the efflux of microinjected FL-aldosterone was slow. In BC19/3 cells (MCF7 cells transfected with MDR1), the efflux of FL-aldosterone was rapid and it was inhibited by verapamil, indicating that transfection with MDR1 cDNA confers the ability to transport FL-aldosterone. These results strongly indicate that PGP plays a role in the secretion of aldosterone by NCI-H295 cells and in other cells expressing MDR1, including normal adrenal cells.
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- E Bello-Reuss
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77555, USA
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Medh RD, Lay RH, Schmidt TJ. Agonist-specific modulation of glucocorticoid receptor-mediated transcription by immunosuppressants. Mol Cell Endocrinol 1998; 138:11-23. [PMID: 9685211 DOI: 10.1016/s0303-7207(98)00055-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Although the immunosuppressive drugs FK506, rapamycin and cyclosporin A have been reported to potentiate transcriptional activation mediated by a non-saturating concentration of the glucocorticoid receptor agonist dexamethasone, the precise mechanism(s) underlying these responses remains unclear. The murine L-929-derived LMCAT cell line stably transfected with the mouse mammary tumor virus promoter-chloramphenicol acetyl transferase reporter gene construct was utilized in the present study to further investigate the mechanism(s) underlying this dexamethasone potentiation as well as the possible agonist specificity of this potentiation. The present data demonstrate that pretreatment (2 h) of LMCAT cells with 10 microM FK506, rapamycin or cyclosporin A results in the potentiation of reporter gene transcription mediated not only by dexamethasone (approximately 12-fold), but also by hydrocortisone (approximately 6-fold) and triamcinolone acetonide (approximately 2.5-fold). In sharp contrast, the data show for the first time that pretreatment with any one of these immunosuppressive drugs suppresses (approximately 2-8-fold) the transcriptional responses mediated by corticosterone, deoxycorticosterone, and cortexolone. Pretreatment of intact LMCAT cells with FK506 increases the subsequent whole cell specific binding of [3H]dexamethasone, but does not increase specific cytoplasmic binding when the tritiated agonist is added directly to cytosolic extracts prepared from the pretreated cells. These data suggest that the FK506-mediated potentiation of the transcriptional responses induced by some agonists, like dexamethasone, may be related to the ability of this immunosuppressant to inhibit the membrane-associated multidrug resistance (MDR) P-glycoprotein, which actively extrudes some steroids from cells. Identical pretreatment with FK506 has no detectable effect on the subsequent whole cell specific binding of [3H]corticosterone, a steroid which is not effectively extruded by the MDR pump. Two additional MDR pump inhibitors, verapamil and quinidine, potentiate (30-fold) the dexamethasone-mediated transcriptional response as expected, but have no detectable effects on a corticosterone-mediated transcriptional response. Unlike immunosuppressive drugs, these ion channel blockers do not bind to receptor-associated immunophilins (FK506-binding proteins or cyclophilins). Collectively, these results suggest that immunosuppressants potentiate a dexamethasone-mediated transcriptional response in LMCAT cells by inhibiting efflux of this steroid. In contrast, these drugs appear to suppress a corticosterone-mediated transcriptional response by a different mechanism, perhaps one involving their binding to glucocorticoid receptor-associated immunophilins.
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- R D Medh
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, College of Medicine, The University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242, USA
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Lackner C, Daufeldt S, Wildt L, Alléra A. Glucocorticoid-recognizing and -effector sites in rat liver plasma membrane. Kinetics of corticosterone uptake by isolated membrane vesicles. III. Specificity and stereospecificity. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 1998; 64:69-82. [PMID: 9569012 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-0760(97)00141-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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In previous papers we provided evidence for a glucocorticoid (GC) responsive site in a highly purified rat liver plasma membrane (PM) fraction, which has proved to be osmotically active, 'right side-out' vesicles, free of CBG, glucocorticoid receptors (GR) and ATP (J. Steroid Biochem. Molec. Biol. 42 (1992) 737-756 and 757-771). This site, now called 'GC importer', mediates active transmembrane transport of corticosterone (B). Pronounced specificity, including stereo- and enantiomeric specificity, of ligand-GC importer interaction was demonstrated by competition assays using 54 different steroidal hormones and molecules. Important structural prerequisites for ligands with high specificity for the GC importer are plane C21-steroid hormones with 1-ene and/or 4-ene or 5alpha-reduced configuration, and/or OH-group(s) at C11beta>C17alpha>C21. Unexpectedly, other preferred ligands are C17alpha-ethynyl steroids like estrogens with an OH- or OCH3-group at C3 (EE2, mestranol) as well as progestins with C3-OH and 4-ene configuration (ethynodiol). C21-steroids with 11alpha-OH, 11-keto, 16alpha-CH3, 16beta-CH3, 16alpha-OH or 5beta-reduced configuration are low specificity ligands. The importer even displays different specificity for enantiomers (levonorgestrel>L-norgestrel). Altogether, the GC importer preferentially recognizes active GC and natural progestins which act as GC-antagonist (e.g. prednisolone>11beta-cortisol = B > or = progestins). Synthetic GC-agonists (e.g. dexamethasone, betamethasone, triamcinolone), most synthetic progestins, biologically inactive GC (e.g. 11alpha-cortisol, prednisone, cortisone, 11-dehydro-B), mineralocorticoids (aldosterone), natural estrogens (e.g. E1, E2, E3), DES and vitamin D3 derivatives do not interact with the GC importer. Osmotic shrinkage experiments revealed that interaction of high as well as low specificity ligands with the GC importer comprises reversible binding and transport through the PM. The ligand specificity profile of the GC importer and the GR exhibit pronounced differences, suggesting that both GC recognizing sites are different proteins. Performing immunoblotting, using specific mono- and polyclonal antibodies directed against the intracellular rat GR, of the PM pretreated with the membrane protein solubilizing detergent CHAPSO, we found that specific steroid binding to the PM site is not due to contamination with GR. Colchicine, daunorubicine, quinine, reserpine, verapamil and vinblastine, representatives of lipophilic xenobiotics which are known to be transported out of cells by the glycoprotein P170, did not compete with B for uptake into PM-vesicles, indicating that the GC importer is not a member of the ABC/mdr superfamily. The GC importer seems to be an additional link in the chain of steroid signal transduction and may be functionally involved in the action of natural GC-agonists and GC-antagonists.
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- C Lackner
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Graz, Austria
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We have provided a historical perspective on a body of steroid receptor research dealing with the structure and physiological significance of the untransformed 9S receptor that has often confused both novice and expert investigators. The frequent controversies and equivocations of earlier studies were due to the fact that the native, hormone-free state of these receptors is a large multiprotein complex that resisted description for many years because of its unstable and dynamic nature. The untransformed 9S state of the steroid and dioxin receptors has provided a unique system for studying the function of the ubiquitous, abundant, and conserved heat shock protein, hsp90. The hormonal control of receptor association with hsp90 provided a method of manipulating the receptor heterocomplex in a manner that was physiologically meaningful. For several steroid receptors, binding to hsp90 was required for the receptor to be in a native hormone-binding state, and for all of the receptors, hormone binding promoted dissociation of the receptor from hsp90 and conversion of the receptor to the DNA-binding state. Although the complexes between tyrosine kinases and hsp90 were discovered earlier, the hormonal regulation or steroid receptor association with hsp90 permitted much more rapid and facile study of hsp90 function. The observations that hsp90 binds to the receptors through their HBDs and that these domains can be fused to structurally different proteins bringing their function under hormonal control provided a powerful linkage between the hormonal regulation of receptor binding to hsp90 and the initial step in steroid hormone action. Because the 9S receptor hsp90 heterocomplexes could be physically stabilized by molybdate, their protein composition could be readily studied, and it became clear that these complexes are multiprotein structures containing a number of unique proteins, such as FKBP51, FKBP52, CyP-40, and p23, that were discovered because of their presence in these structures. Further analysis showed that hsp90 itself exists in a variety of native multiprotein heterocomplexes independent of steroid receptors and other 'substrate' proteins. Cell-free systems can now be used to study the formation of receptor heterocomplexes. As we outlined in the scheme of Fig. 1, the multicomponent receptor-hsp90 heterocomplex assembly system is being reconstituted, and the importance of individual proteins, such as hsp70, p60, and p23, in the assembly process is becoming recognized. It should be noted that our understanding of the mechanism and purpose of steroid receptor heterocomplex assembly is still at an early stage. We can now speculate on the roles of receptor-associated proteins in receptor action, both as individuals and as a group, but their actual functions are still vague or unknown. We can make realistic models about the chaperoning and trafficking of steroid receptors, but we don't yet know how these processes occur, we don't know where chaperoning occurs in the cell (e.g. Is it limited to the cytoplasm? Is it a diffuse process or does chaperoning occur in association with structural elements?), and, with the exception of the requirement for hormone binding, we don't know the extent to which the hsp90-based chaperone system impacts on steroid hormone action. It is not yet clear how far the discovery of this hsp90 heterocomplex assembly system will be extended to the development of a general understanding of protein processing in the cell. Because this assembly system is apparently present in all eukaryotic cells, it probably performs an essential function for many proteins. The bacterial homolog of hsp90 is not an essential protein, but hsp90 is essential in eukaryotes, and recent studies indicate that the development of the cell nucleus from prokaryotic progenitors was accompanied by the duplication of genes for hsp90 and hsp70 (698). (ABSTRACT TRUNCATED)
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- W B Pratt
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor 48109, USA
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Pratt WB. The role of the hsp90-based chaperone system in signal transduction by nuclear receptors and receptors signaling via MAP kinase. Annu Rev Pharmacol Toxicol 1997; 37:297-326. [PMID: 9131255 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.pharmtox.37.1.297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 242] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The multicomponent heat-shock protein (hsp) 90-based chaperone system is an ubiquitous protein-folding system in the cytoplasm of eukaryotes. Several signal transduction systems utilize an interaction with hsp90 as an essential component of the signaling pathway. The steroid and dioxin receptors are bound to hsp90 through their hormone-binding domains, and several of them must be bound to hsp90 in order to have a ligand-binding site. The binding of ligands to these receptors promotes their dissociation from hsp90, an event that is the first step in their signaling pathways. Several protein kinases, including the Src and Raf components of the MAP kinase system, are also bound to hsp90. Genetic studies in yeast have demonstrated that hsp90 is required for normal signaling via steroid and dioxin receptors and for the activity of Src in vivo. The hsp90-based chaperone system has been reconstituted from purified components, permitting detailed analysis of the molecular basis of the chaperone's role in signal transduction.
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- W B Pratt
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109, USA
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Mahé Y, Lemoine Y, Kuchler K. The ATP binding cassette transporters Pdr5 and Snq2 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae can mediate transport of steroids in vivo. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:25167-72. [PMID: 8810273 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.41.25167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Multiple or pleiotropic drug resistance in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae can arise from overexpression of the Pdr5 and Snq2 ATP binding cassette multidrug transporters. Expression of Pdr5 and Snq2 is regulated by the two transcription factors Pdr1 and Pdr3, as multidrug-resistant pdr1 and pdr3 gain-of-function mutants overexpress both drug efflux pumps. One such pdr1 mutant allele was previously cloned in a genetic screen by its ability to suppress the squelching toxicity mediated by an estradiol-inducible chimeric VP16-human estrogen receptor (VEO) expressed in yeast (Gilbert, D. M. , Heery, D. M., Losson, R., Chambon, P., and Lemoine, Y. (1993) Mol. Cell. Biol. 13, 462-472). In this study, we demonstrate that relief of estradiol toxicity in yeast cells expressing VEO requires functional PDR5 and SNQ2 genes, since a Deltapdr5 Deltasnq2 double deletion leads to an increased estradiol toxicity. Furthermore, using URA3 as an estradiol-inducible reporter gene, we show that Pdr5 and Snq2, when overexpressed from high-copy plasmids, can reduce the intracellular concentration of estradiol. In contrast, a Deltapdr5 Deltasnq2 double deletion mutant accumulates almost 30-fold more intracellular estradiol than the isogenic wild type. Indirect immunofluorescence showed that a pdr1-3 mutant massively overexpresses Pdr5 at the plasma membrane, suggesting that estradiol efflux from the cells occurs across the plasma membrane. Our data demonstrate that Pdr5 and Snq2 can transport steroid substrates in vivo and suggest that steroids and/or related membrane lipids could represent physiological substrates for certain yeast ABC transporters, which are otherwise involved in the development of pleiotropic drug resistance.
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- Y Mahé
- Department of Molecular Genetics, University and Biocenter of Vienna, A-1030 Vienna, Austria
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Kralli A, Yamamoto KR. An FK506-sensitive transporter selectively decreases intracellular levels and potency of steroid hormones. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:17152-6. [PMID: 8663352 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.29.17152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Steroid hormones bind and activate intracellular receptors that are ligand-regulated transcription factors. Mammalian steroid receptors can confer hormone-dependent transcriptional enhancement when expressed in yeast, thereby enabling the genetic identification of nonreceptor proteins that function in the hormone signal transduction pathway. Pdr5p (Lem1/Sts1/Ydr1p), a yeast ATP-binding cassette transporter, selectively decreases the intracellular levels of particular steroid hormones, indicating that active processes can affect the passage of steroids across biological membranes. In yeast, the immunosuppressive drug FK506 inhibited Pdr5p, thereby potentiating activation of the glucocorticoid receptor by dexamethasone, a ligand that is exported by Pdr5p. In mammalian L929 cells but not in HeLa cells, FK506 potentiated dexamethasone responsiveness and increased dexamethasone accumulation, without altering the hormone-binding properties of the glucocorticoid receptor. We suggest that an FK506-sensitive transporter in L929 cells selectively decreases intracellular hormone levels and, consequently, the potency of particular steroids. Thus, steroid transporters may modulate, in a cell-specific manner, an initial step in signaling, the availability of hormone to the receptor.
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- A Kralli
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143-0448, USA
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Kralli A, Bohen SP, Yamamoto KR. LEM1, an ATP-binding-cassette transporter, selectively modulates the biological potency of steroid hormones. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1995; 92:4701-5. [PMID: 7753868 PMCID: PMC42012 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.92.10.4701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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The rat glucocorticoid receptor confers hormone-dependent transcriptional enhancement when expressed in yeast, thereby enabling the genetic identification of nonreceptor proteins that function in the hormone signal-transduction pathway. We isolated a yeast mutant, lem1, with increased sensitivity to dexamethasone and triamcinolone acetonide; responsiveness to a third agonist, deoxycorticosterone, is unaffected. Cloning of wild-type LEM1 revealed a putative transport protein of the ATP-binding cassette family. Dexamethasone accumulation is increased in lem1 cells, suggesting that wild-type LEM1 decreases dexamethasone potency by exporting this ligand. LEM1 appears to affect certain steroids and not others. We propose that transporters like LEM1 can selectively modulate the intracellular levels of steroid hormones. Differential activities of such transporters in mammalian cells might regulate hormone availability and thereby hormone signaling in a cell-type specific manner.
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- A Kralli
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0448, USA
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van Kalken CK, Broxterman HJ, Pinedo HM, Feller N, Dekker H, Lankelma J, Giaccone G. Cortisol is transported by the multidrug resistance gene product P-glycoprotein. Br J Cancer 1993; 67:284-9. [PMID: 8094292 PMCID: PMC1968171 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1993.54] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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The physiology of the multidrug transporter P-glycoprotein (Pgp) is still poorly understood. We now show evidence that cell lines with a high expression of Pgp display a reduced accumulation of cortisol and an ATP-dependent outward transport of the hormone. Cortisol efflux from Pgp negative cells does not have such an active component. Further we show that the steroid hormones cortisol, testosterone, and progesterone cause an immediate, dose-dependent increase of daunorubicin accumulation in Pgp overexpressing cells. These effects are particularly apparent for the more lipophilic steroids. These results demonstrate that Pgp may function as a transporter for cortisol and suggest a physiological role of the protein in steroid handling by organs such as the adrenal.
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- C K van Kalken
- Department of Medical Oncology, Free University Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Boudinot FD, D'Ambrosio R, Jusko WJ. Receptor-mediated pharmacodynamics of prednisolone in the rat. JOURNAL OF PHARMACOKINETICS AND BIOPHARMACEUTICS 1986; 14:469-93. [PMID: 2879901 DOI: 10.1007/bf01059656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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A pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic model describing receptor-mediated effects of prednisolone is presented. The basis of the model is the generally accepted mechanism of action of steroid hormones in which corticosteroids bind to cytosolic receptors forming steroid-receptor complexes, which are activated and translocated into the nucleus. There the complexes associate with specific DNA sequences and modulate the rate of transcription of DNA into specific RNAs that code for the synthesis of proteins that elicit biological responses. Prednisolone, 5 or 50 mg/kg, was administered intravenously to adrenalectomized rats. Total plasma, free plasma, CBG-free plasma, and liver prednisolone concentrations were measured simultaneously with free hepatic cytosolic glucocorticoid receptor concentrations and tyrosine aminotransferase (TAT) activity of the liver as a function of time. The association/dissociation kinetics of prednisolone binding to the glucocorticoid receptor were measured separately in vitro at 37 degrees C. Total plasma, free plasma, and CBG-free plasma prednisolone concentrations could be used equally well in the model to account for the time course of receptor concentrations and TAT activity. However, use of liver steroid concentrations resulted in an overestimation of receptor depletion. Steroid concentrations in plasma increased 20 to 30-fold with a tenfold increase in dose, but receptor occupancy and TAT activity over time increased about threefold. While prednisolone pharmacokinetics were dose-dependent, parameters describing receptor kinetics and TAT activity were constant at each prednisolone dose. The major determinants of receptor-mediated glucocorticoid activity are confirmed to be the availability of the receptor, drug-receptor dissociation rate, and corticosteroid persistence in the biophase.
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Coulomb B, Dubertret L, Bell E, Touraine R. The contractility of fibroblasts in a collagen lattice is reduced by corticosteroids. J Invest Dermatol 1984; 82:341-4. [PMID: 6707486 DOI: 10.1111/1523-1747.ep12260654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Normal human and rat skin fibroblasts, incorporated into a three-dimensional collagen lattice, were assayed for their ability to contract collagen fibrils. This capacity is inhibited in a dose-dependent fashion by both dexamethasone and hydrocortisone. The inhibition is reversed when the corticosteroids are removed from the culture medium, but while the effect of hydrocortisone is almost entirely reversible, that of dexamethasone is not.
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Ponec M, Kempenaar JA. Biphasic entry of glucocorticoids into cultured human skin keratinocytes and fibroblasts. Arch Dermatol Res 1983; 275:334-44. [PMID: 6197938 DOI: 10.1007/bf00417208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The uptake of glucocorticoids by cultured human skin keratinocytes and fibroblasts was found to be a rapid, temperature-sensitive process. All glucocorticoids tested accumulated in the cells, and the ratio between the intracellular and extracellular concentrations (ci/co ratio) was higher than 1. For most of the glucocorticoids under study there was good correlation between the lipophilicity and the rate of uptake. Since the uptake of glucocorticoids seems to be unsaturable in the concentration range used and no competition was observed between these compounds for entry into the cells, it may be assumed that the uptake of glucocorticoids is essentially a simple diffusion process based on a distribution of glucocorticoids between a lipid-rich phase and water. The analysis of the uptake process revealed that the entry of glucocorticoids into cultured human skin fibroblasts and keratinocytes is a non-mediated passive diffusion process that involves two distinct steps: a rapid, non-specific, high-capacity association to the cell membrane followed by a slower internalization process associated with a stronger binding of glucocorticoids within the cell.
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Duval D, Durant S, Homo-Delarche F. Non-genomic effects of steroids. Interactions of steroid molecules with membrane structures and functions. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1983; 737:409-42. [PMID: 6309233 DOI: 10.1016/0304-4157(83)90008-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 207] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Ponec M, De Kloet ER, Kempenaar JA. Corticoids and human skin fibroblasts: intracellular specific binding in relation to growth inhibition. J Invest Dermatol 1980; 75:293-6. [PMID: 7430694 DOI: 10.1111/1523-1747.ep12530810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The binding of 3H-triamcinolone acetonide to soluble macromolecules of cultured human skin fibroblasts was studied in an attempt to explain the mechanism underlying the inhibitory effects of glucocorticoids on cell growth. The results were as follows: Cultured human skin fibroblasts contain in cytosol a high affinity binding system for glucocorticoids. Various glucocorticoid derivatives competed for specific binding of 3H-triamcinolone acetonide. In some but not all instances this competition was related to the clinical efficacy of the derivatives under study and to their potency for the inhibition of cell growth. A specific glucocorticoid binding system was detectable in steroid-sensitive, low-density cell cultures (apparent Bmax = 200 fmoles/mg protein). The number of steroid binding sites was lower in high-density cell cultures (apparent Bmax = 125 fmoles/mg protein). The sensitivity to growth inhibition by glucocorticoids was markedly decreased in the high-density cell cultures. There were no differences in the affinity constants between these cell cultures (Kdiss. = 3.3 X 10-9 M). When cells were grown in medium containing glucocorticoid, renewal of the incubation medium led to disappearance of the growth-inhibitory effects, whereas specific binding was not affected. Nandrolone, an inhibitor of cell growth, abolished the growth-inhibitory effects of glucocorticoids but did not displace 3H-triamcinolone acetonide from its binding sites. The results suggest that in addition to a mechanism mediated by a glucocorticoid binding system with receptor like properties also other factors as well appear of relevance for the control of cell growth. These factors may be beyond the actual binding process of steroid and involve the action at the level of genomic expression of the cell.
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Jonkers GH, Timmermans HA, De Jong FH, Lamberts SW, Birkenhäger JC. An energy-dependent corticosterone uptake system in the rat liver cell. FEBS Lett 1980; 111:403-6. [PMID: 7358181 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(80)80837-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Kaiser N, Mayer M, Milholland RJ, Rosen F. Studies on the antiglucocorticoid action of progesterone in rat thymocytes: early in vitro effects. JOURNAL OF STEROID BIOCHEMISTRY 1979; 10:379-86. [PMID: 449313 DOI: 10.1016/0022-4731(79)90323-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Ballard PL. Delivery and transport of glucocorticoids to target cells. MONOGRAPHS ON ENDOCRINOLOGY 1979; 12:25-48. [PMID: 386085 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-81265-1_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Ozegović B, Schön E, Milković S. Interaction of (3H)-aldosterone with rat kidney plasma membranes. JOURNAL OF STEROID BIOCHEMISTRY 1977; 8:815-9. [PMID: 592810 DOI: 10.1016/0022-4731(77)90088-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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YoungLai EV, Dimond P, Belbeck LW. Pituitary testicular relationship with adult male rabbit after experimental cryptorchidism. JOURNAL OF STEROID BIOCHEMISTRY 1976; 7:151-2. [PMID: 4656 DOI: 10.1016/0022-4731(76)90152-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Baxter JD. Glucocorticoid hormone action. PHARMACOLOGY & THERAPEUTICS. PART B: GENERAL & SYSTEMATIC PHARMACOLOGY 1976; 2:605-69. [PMID: 790403 DOI: 10.1016/0306-039x(76)90010-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Mainwaring WI. The relevance of studies on androgen action to prostatic cancer. CURRENT TOPICS IN MOLECULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY 1976; 4:152-71. [PMID: 800357 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4684-2601-4_13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Milgrom E, Atger M, Baulieu EE. Studies on estrogen entry into uterine cells and on estradiol-receptor complex attachment to the nucleus--is the entry of estrogen into uterine cells a protein-mediated process? BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1973; 320:267-83. [PMID: 4356294 DOI: 10.1016/0304-4165(73)90307-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Wahlqvist ML, Kaijser L, Lassers BW, Löw H, Carlson LA. Glucocorticoid uptake and release by the human heart: studies at rest, during prolonged exercise, and during nicotinic acid infusion. Scand J Clin Lab Invest 1972; 30:261-6. [PMID: 4640635 DOI: 10.3109/00365517209084288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Brinkmann AO, van der Molen HJ. Localization and characterization of steroid binding sites of human red blood cells. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1972; 274:370-81. [PMID: 5049003 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2736(72)90185-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Simonsson B. Uptake of 3 H-cortisol by rabbit polymorphonuclear leukocytes in vitro. II. Effect of metabolic inhibitors and of temperature on uptake and washout. ACTA PHYSIOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA 1972; 85:33-43. [PMID: 5051596 DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.1972.tb05233.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Kirkpatrick AF, Kaiser N, Milholland RJ, Rosen F. Glucocorticoid-binding Macromolecules in Normal Tissues and Tumors. J Biol Chem 1972. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)45760-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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