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Pavlič R, Vidic S, Anko M, Knific T, Büdefeld T, Marton K, Sinreih M, Poschner S, Jäger W, Frković-Grazio S, Rižner TL. Altered Profile of E1-S Transporters in Endometrial Cancer: Lower Protein Levels of ABCG2 and OSTβ and Up-Regulation of SLCO1B3 Expression. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:3819. [PMID: 33917029 PMCID: PMC8067723 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22083819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2021] [Revised: 03/31/2021] [Accepted: 04/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Endometrial cancer (EC) is associated with increased estrogen actions. Locally, estrogens can be formed from estrone-sulphate (E1-S) after cellular uptake by organic anion-transporting polypeptides (OATP) or organic anion transporters (OAT). Efflux of E1-S is enabled by ATP Binding Cassette transporters (ABC) and organic solute transporter (OST)αβ. Currently, 19 E1-S transporters are known but their roles in EC are not yet understood. Here, we analysed levels of E1-S transporters in Ishikawa (premenopausal EC), HEC-1-A (postmenopausal EC), HIEEC (control) cell lines, in EC tissue, examined metabolism of steroid precursor E1-S, studied effects of OATPs' inhibition and gene-silencing on E1-S uptake, and assessed associations between transporters and histopathological data. Results revealed enhanced E1-S metabolism in HEC-1-A versus Ishikawa which could be explained by higher levels of OATPs in HEC-1-A versus Ishikawa, especially 6.3-fold up-regulation of OATP1B3 (SLCO1B3), as also confirmed by immunocytochemical staining and gene silencing studies, lower ABCG2 expression and higher levels of sulfatase (STS). In EC versus adjacent control tissue the highest differences were seen for ABCG2 and SLC51B (OSTβ) which were 3.0-fold and 2.1-fold down-regulated, respectively. Immunohistochemistry confirmed lower levels of these two transporters in EC versus adjacent control tissue. Further analysis of histopathological data indicated that SLCO1B3 might be important for uptake of E1-S in tumours without lymphovascular invasion where it was 15.6-fold up-regulated as compared to adjacent control tissue. Our results clearly indicate the importance of E1-S transporters in EC pathophysiology and provide a base for further studies towards development of targeted treatment.
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- Renata Pavlič
- Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (R.P.); (S.V.); (M.A.); (T.K.); (T.B.); (K.M.); (M.S.)
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (R.P.); (S.V.); (M.A.); (T.K.); (T.B.); (K.M.); (M.S.)
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (R.P.); (S.V.); (M.A.); (T.K.); (T.B.); (K.M.); (M.S.)
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (R.P.); (S.V.); (M.A.); (T.K.); (T.B.); (K.M.); (M.S.)
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (R.P.); (S.V.); (M.A.); (T.K.); (T.B.); (K.M.); (M.S.)
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (R.P.); (S.V.); (M.A.); (T.K.); (T.B.); (K.M.); (M.S.)
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (R.P.); (S.V.); (M.A.); (T.K.); (T.B.); (K.M.); (M.S.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria; (S.P.); (W.J.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria; (S.P.); (W.J.)
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- Department of Gynecological Pathology, Division of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia;
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (R.P.); (S.V.); (M.A.); (T.K.); (T.B.); (K.M.); (M.S.)
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Schuler G, Dezhkam Y, Tenbusch L, Klymiuk MC, Zimmer B, Hoffmann B. SULFATION PATHWAYS: Formation and hydrolysis of sulfonated estrogens in the porcine testis and epididymis. J Mol Endocrinol 2018; 61:M13-M25. [PMID: 29467139 DOI: 10.1530/jme-17-0245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2018] [Accepted: 02/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Boars exhibit high concentrations of sulfonated estrogens (SE) mainly originating from the testicular-epididymal compartment. Intriguingly, in porcine Leydig cells, sulfonation of estrogens is colocalized with aromatase and steroid sulfatase (STS), indicating that de novo synthesis of unconjugated estrogens (UE), their sulfonation and hydrolysis of SE occur within the same cell type. So far in boars no plausible concept concerning the role of SE has been put forward. To obtain new information on SE formation and hydrolysis, the porcine testicular-epididymal compartment was screened for the expression of the estrogen-specific sulfotransferase SULT1E1 and STS applying real-time RT-qPCR, Western blot and immunohistochemistry. The epididymal head was identified as the major site of SULT1E1 expression, whereas in the testis, it was virtually undetectable. However, SE tissue concentrations are clearly consistent with the testis as the predominant site of estrogen sulfonation. Results from measurements of estrogen sulfotransferase activity indicate that in the epididymis, SULT1E1 is the relevant enzyme, whereas in the testis, estrogens are sulfonated by a different sulfotransferase with a considerably lower affinity. STS expression and activity was high in the testis (Leydig cells, rete testis epithelium) but also present throughout the epididymis. In the epididymis, SULT1E1 and STS were colocalized in the ductal epithelium, and there was evidence for their apocrine secretion into the ductal lumen. The results suggest that in porcine Leydig cells, SE may be produced as a reservoir to support the levels of bioactive UE via the sulfatase pathway during periods of low activity of the pulsatile testicular steroidogenesis.
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- G Schuler
- Veterinary Clinic for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Andrology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany
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- Veterinary Clinic for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Andrology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany
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- Veterinary Clinic for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Andrology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany
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- Veterinary Clinic for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Andrology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany
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- Veterinary Clinic for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Andrology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany
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- Veterinary Clinic for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Andrology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany
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Geyer J, Bakhaus K, Bernhardt R, Blaschka C, Dezhkam Y, Fietz D, Grosser G, Hartmann K, Hartmann MF, Neunzig J, Papadopoulos D, Sánchez-Guijo A, Scheiner-Bobis G, Schuler G, Shihan M, Wrenzycki C, Wudy SA, Bergmann M. The role of sulfated steroid hormones in reproductive processes. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2017; 172:207-221. [PMID: 27392637 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2016.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2016] [Accepted: 07/04/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Sulfated steroid hormones, such as dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate or estrone-3-sulfate, have long been regarded as inactive metabolites as they cannot activate classical steroid receptors. Some of them are present in the blood circulation at quite high concentrations, but generally sulfated steroids exhibit low membrane permeation due to their hydrophilic properties. However, sulfated steroid hormones can actively be imported into specific target cells via uptake carriers, such as the sodium-dependent organic anion transporter SOAT, and, after hydrolysis by the steroid sulfatase (so-called sulfatase pathway), contribute to the overall regulation of steroid responsive organs. To investigate the biological significance of sulfated steroid hormones for reproductive processes in humans and animals, the research group "Sulfated Steroids in Reproduction" was established by the German Research Foundation DFG (FOR1369). Projects of this group deal with transport of sulfated steroids, sulfation of free steroids, desulfation by the steroid sulfatase, effects of sulfated steroids on steroid biosynthesis and membrane receptors as well as MS-based profiling of sulfated steroids in biological samples. This review and concept paper presents key findings from all these projects and provides a broad overview over the current research on sulfated steroid hormones in the field of reproduction.
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- Joachim Geyer
- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany.
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Veterinary Clinic for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Andrology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
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- Veterinary Clinic for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Andrology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Veterinary Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Veterinary Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
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- Steroid Research & Mass Spectrometry Unit, Laboratory for Translational Hormone Analytics, Pediatric Endocrinology & Diabetology, Center of Child and Adolescent Medicine, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Institute of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
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- Steroid Research & Mass Spectrometry Unit, Laboratory for Translational Hormone Analytics, Pediatric Endocrinology & Diabetology, Center of Child and Adolescent Medicine, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
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- Veterinary Clinic for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Andrology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
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- Veterinary Clinic for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Andrology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
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- Steroid Research & Mass Spectrometry Unit, Laboratory for Translational Hormone Analytics, Pediatric Endocrinology & Diabetology, Center of Child and Adolescent Medicine, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Veterinary Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
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Sinreih M, Knific T, Anko M, Hevir N, Vouk K, Jerin A, Frković Grazio S, Rižner TL. The Significance of the Sulfatase Pathway for Local Estrogen Formation in Endometrial Cancer. Front Pharmacol 2017; 8:368. [PMID: 28690541 PMCID: PMC5481366 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2017.00368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2017] [Accepted: 05/29/2017] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Endometrial cancer (EC) is the most common estrogen-dependent gynecological malignancy in the developed World. To investigate the local formation of estradiol (E2), we first measured the concentrations of the steroid precursor androstenedione (A-dione) and the most potent estrogen, E2, and we evaluated the metabolism of A-dione, estrone-sulfate (E1-S), and estrone (E1) in cancerous and adjacent control endometrium. Furthermore, we studied expression of the key genes for estradiol formation via the aromatase and sulfatase pathways. A-dione and E2 were detected in cancerous and adjacent control endometrium. In cancerous endometrium, A-dione was metabolized to testosterone, and no E2 was formed. Both, E1-S and E1 were metabolized to E2, with increased levels of E2 seen in cancerous tissue. There was no significant difference in expression of the key genes of the aromatase (CYP19A1) and the sulfatase (STS, HSD17B1, HSD17B2) pathways in cancerous endometrium compared to adjacent control tissue. The mRNA levels of CYP19A1 and HSD17B1 were low, and HSD17B14, which promotes inactivation of E2, was significantly down-regulated in cancerous endometrium, especially in patients with lymphovascular invasion. At the protein level, there were no differences in the levels of STS and HSD17B2 between cancerous and adjacent control tissue by Western blotting, and immunohistochemistry revealed intense staining for STS and HSD17B2, and weak staining for SULT1E1 and HSD17B1 in cancerous tissue. Our data demonstrate that in cancerous endometrium, E2 is formed from E1-S via the sulfatase pathway, and not from A-dione via the aromatase pathway.
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- Maša Sinreih
- Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of LjubljanaLjubljana, Slovenia
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of LjubljanaLjubljana, Slovenia
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of LjubljanaLjubljana, Slovenia
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of LjubljanaLjubljana, Slovenia
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of LjubljanaLjubljana, Slovenia
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Biochemistry, University Medical CentreLjubljana, Slovenia
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- Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Pathology, University Medical CentreLjubljana, Slovenia
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of LjubljanaLjubljana, Slovenia
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Current insights into the sulfatase pathway in human testis and cultured Sertoli cells. Histochem Cell Biol 2016; 146:737-748. [DOI: 10.1007/s00418-016-1503-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/21/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Schweigmann H, Sánchez-Guijo A, Ugele B, Hartmann K, Hartmann MF, Bergmann M, Pfarrer C, Döring B, Wudy SA, Petzinger E, Geyer J, Grosser G. Transport of the placental estriol precursor 16α-hydroxy-dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (16α-OH-DHEAS) by stably transfected OAT4-, SOAT-, and NTCP-HEK293 cells. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2014; 143:259-65. [PMID: 24717977 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2014.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2013] [Revised: 03/24/2014] [Accepted: 03/31/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
16α-Hydroxy-dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (16α-OH-DHEAS) mainly originates from the fetus and serves as precursor for placental estriol biosynthesis. For conversion of 16α-OH-DHEAS to estriol several intracellular enzymes are required. However, prior to enzymatic conversion, 16α-OH-DHEAS must enter the cells by carrier mediated transport. To identify these carriers, uptake of 16α-OH-DHEAS by the candidate carriers organic anion transporter OAT4, sodium-dependent organic anion transporter SOAT, Na(+)-taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide NTCP, and organic anion transporting polypeptide OATP2B1 was measured in stably transfected HEK293 cells by LC-MS-MS. Furthermore, the study aimed to localize SOAT in the human placenta. Stably transfected OAT4-HEK293 cells revealed a partly sodium-dependent transport for 16α-OH-DHEAS with an apparent Km of 23.1 ± 5.1 μM and Vmax of 485.0 ± 39.1 pmol/mg protein/min, while stably transfected SOAT- and NTCP-HEK293 cells showed uptake only under sodium conditions with Km of 319.0 ± 59.5 μM and Vmax of 1465.8 ± 118.8 pmol/mg protein/min for SOAT and Km of 51.4 ± 9.9 μM and Vmax of 1423.3 ± 109.6 pmol/mg protein/min for NTCP. In contrast, stably transfected OATP2B1-HEK293 cells did not transport 16α-OH-DHEAS at all. Immunohistochemical studies and in situ hybridization of formalin fixed and paraffin embedded sections of human late term placenta showed expression of SOAT in syncytiotrophoblasts, predominantly at the apical membrane as well as in the vessel endothelium. In conclusion, OAT4, SOAT, and NTCP were identified as carriers for the estriol precursor 16α-OH-DHEAS. At least SOAT and OAT4 seem to play a functional role for the placental estriol synthesis as both are expressed in the syncytiotrophoblast of human placenta.
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- H Schweigmann
- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Justus Liebig University of Giessen, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Steroid Research & Mass Spectrometry Unit, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology, Center of Child and Adolescent Medicine, Justus Liebig University of Giessen, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- University Hospital, Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, 80337 Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Veterinary Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Justus Liebig University of Giessen, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Steroid Research & Mass Spectrometry Unit, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology, Center of Child and Adolescent Medicine, Justus Liebig University of Giessen, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Veterinary Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Justus Liebig University of Giessen, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Anatomy, University of Veterinary Medicine, 30173 Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Justus Liebig University of Giessen, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Steroid Research & Mass Spectrometry Unit, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology, Center of Child and Adolescent Medicine, Justus Liebig University of Giessen, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Justus Liebig University of Giessen, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Justus Liebig University of Giessen, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Justus Liebig University of Giessen, 35392 Giessen, Germany.
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Wlcek K, Hofstetter L, Stieger B. Transport of estradiol-17β-glucuronide, estrone-3-sulfate and taurocholate across the endoplasmic reticulum membrane: evidence for different transport systems. Biochem Pharmacol 2014; 88:106-18. [PMID: 24406246 PMCID: PMC3969151 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2013.12.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2013] [Revised: 12/23/2013] [Accepted: 12/23/2013] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Important reactions of drug metabolism, including UGT mediated glucuronidation and steroidsulfatase mediated hydrolysis of sulfates, take place in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) of hepatocytes. Consequently, UGT generated glucuronides, like estradiol-17β-glucuronide, have to be translocated back into the cytoplasm to reach their site of excretion. Also steroidsulfatase substrates, including estrone-3-sulfate, have to cross the ER membrane to reach their site of hydrolysis. Based on their physicochemical properties such compounds are not favored for passive diffusion and therefore likely necessitate transport system(s) to cross the ER membrane in either direction. The current study aims to investigate the transport of taurocholate, estradiol-17β-glucuronide, and estrone-3-sulfate in smooth (SER) and rough (RER) endoplasmic reticulum membrane vesicles isolated from Wistar and TR− rat liver. Time-dependent and bidirectional transport was demonstrated for taurocholate, showing higher uptake rates in SER than RER vesicles. For estradiol-17β-glucuronide a fast time-dependent efflux with similar efficiencies from SER and RER but no clear protein-mediated uptake was shown, indicating an asymmetric transport system for this substrate. Estrone-3-sulfate uptake was time-dependent and higher in SER than in RER vesicles. Inhibition of steroidsulfatase mediated estrone-3-sulfate hydrolysis decreased estrone-3-sulfate uptake but had no effect on taurocholate or estradiol-17β-glucuronide transport. Based on inhibition studies and transport characteristics, three different transport mechanisms are suggested to be involved in the transport of taurocholate, estrone-3-sulfate and estradiol-17β-glucuronide across the ER membrane.
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- Katrin Wlcek
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital Zurich, Rämistrasse 100, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital Zurich, Rämistrasse 100, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital Zurich, Rämistrasse 100, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland.
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Elias PM, Williams ML, Choi EH, Feingold KR. Role of cholesterol sulfate in epidermal structure and function: lessons from X-linked ichthyosis. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2013; 1841:353-61. [PMID: 24291327 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2013.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2013] [Revised: 11/13/2013] [Accepted: 11/20/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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X-linked ichthyosis is a relatively common syndromic form of ichthyosis most often due to deletions in the gene encoding the microsomal enzyme, steroid sulfatase, located on the short area of the X chromosome. Syndromic features are mild or unapparent unless contiguous genes are affected. In normal epidermis, cholesterol sulfate is generated by cholesterol sulfotransferase (SULT2B1b), but desulfated in the outer epidermis, together forming a 'cholesterol sulfate cycle' that potently regulates epidermal differentiation, barrier function and desquamation. In XLI, cholesterol sulfate levels my exceed 10% of total lipid mass (≈1% of total weight). Multiple cellular and biochemical processes contribute to the pathogenesis of the barrier abnormality and scaling phenotype in XLI. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled The Important Role of Lipids in the Epidermis and their Role in the Formation and Maintenance of the Cutaneous Barrier. Guest Editors: Kenneth R. Feingold and Peter Elias.
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- Peter M Elias
- Dermatology Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco, CA USA.
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- Departments of Dermatology and Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, CA USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Yonsei University, Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, South Korea
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- Medical Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Ugele B, Bahn A, Rex-Haffner M. Functional differences in steroid sulfate uptake of organic anion transporter 4 (OAT4) and organic anion transporting polypeptide 2B1 (OATP2B1) in human placenta. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2008; 111:1-6. [PMID: 18501590 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2008.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2007] [Revised: 04/01/2008] [Accepted: 04/01/2008] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Human trophoblasts depend on the supply of external precursors such as dehydroepiandrosterone-3-sulfate (DHEA-S) and 16alpha-OH-DHEA-S for synthesis of estrogens. Recently, we have characterized the uptake of DHEA-S by isolated mononucleated trophoblasts and identified different transporter polypeptides involved in this process. Immunohistochemistry of 1st and 3rd trimester placenta detected organic anion transporter 4 (OAT4) and organic anion transporting polypeptide 2B1 (OATP2B1, former name OATP-B) in cytotrophoblast membranes and at the basal surface of the syncytiotrophoblast, indicating that both transporter polypeptides are involved in placental uptake of foetal derived steroid sulfates. In the present study we have characterized and compared the kinetics of DHEA-S and estrone sulfate (E(1)S) uptake by these transporters stably expressed in FlpIn -HEK293 cells using the Flp recombinase-mediated site-specific recombination. Uptake of E(1)S by OAT4- and OATP2B1-transfected cells was highly increased compared to the non-transfected cells. In contrast, DHEA-S uptake was only highly increased in OAT4 (40 times), but only weakly enhanced in OATP2B1 cells. The uptake of DHEA-S and E(1)S by OAT4 was partly Na(+)-dependent (about 50%), whereas uptake of DHEA-S by OATP2B1 was Na(+)-independent. Kinetic analysis of the initial uptake rates of E(1)S by OAT4 and OATP2B1 gave very similar values for K(m) (about 20microM) and V(max) (about 600pmol/(minxmg protein)). In contrast, the affinity of DHEA-S towards OATP2B1 was about 10 times lower (K(m)>200microM) then for OAT4 (K(m)=29microM). Our results suggest different physiological roles of the two transporter polypeptides in placental uptake of foetal derived steroid sulfates. OATP2B1 seems not to be involved in de novo synthesis of placental estrogens but may contribute to the clearance of estrogen sulfates from foetal circulation.
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- Bernhard Ugele
- Klinikum der Universität München, Lindwurmstr. 2a, D-80337 München, Germany.
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Roszek K, Gniot-Szulzycka J. Cholesterol sulphate sulphohydrolase of human placenta lysosomal membrane. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2008; 110:48-55. [PMID: 18343103 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2007.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2007] [Accepted: 10/22/2007] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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In this paper we report that the activity of cholesterol sulphate sulphohydrolase (CHS-ase) is associated with the lysosomal membranes. The procedure of purification of CHS-ase from human placenta lysosomes was elaborated. The purified enzyme is highly specific to cholesterol sulphate (specific activity 2126.60+/-940.90 nmol min(-1) mg protein(-1)) and acts optimally at pH 3.4. The K(M) value for the hydrolysis of cholesterol sulphate is 3.6+/-0.95 x 10(-5)mol/l. The isoelectric point (pI) has the value 5.7, molecular weight estimated by SDS-PAGE electrophoresis is 38 kDa. The described enzyme may be involved in a regulation of cholesterol and cholesterol sulphate levels in the lysosomal membrane.
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- Katarzyna Roszek
- Nicolaus Copernicus University, Institute of General and Molecular Biology, Biochemistry Department, ul. Gagarina 7, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
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Elias PM, Williams ML, Holleran WM, Jiang YJ, Schmuth M. Pathogenesis of permeability barrier abnormalities in the ichthyoses: inherited disorders of lipid metabolism. J Lipid Res 2008; 49:697-714. [PMID: 18245815 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.r800002-jlr200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Many of the ichthyoses are associated with inherited disorders of lipid metabolism. These disorders have provided unique models to dissect physiologic processes in normal epidermis and the pathophysiology of more common scaling conditions. In most of these disorders, a permeability barrier abnormality "drives" pathophysiology through stimulation of epidermal hyperplasia. Among primary abnormalities of nonpolar lipid metabolism, triglyceride accumulation in neutral lipid storage disease as a result of a lipase mutation provokes a barrier abnormality via lamellar/nonlamellar phase separation within the extracellular matrix of the stratum corneum (SC). Similar mechanisms account for the barrier abnormalities (and subsequent ichthyosis) in inherited disorders of polar lipid metabolism. For example, in recessive X-linked ichthyosis (RXLI), cholesterol sulfate (CSO(4)) accumulation also produces a permeability barrier defect through lamellar/nonlamellar phase separation. However, in RXLI, the desquamation abnormality is in part attributable to the plurifunctional roles of CSO(4) as a regulator of both epidermal differentiation and corneodesmosome degradation. Phase separation also occurs in type II Gaucher disease (GD; from accumulation of glucosylceramides as a result of to beta-glucocerebrosidase deficiency). Finally, failure to assemble both lipids and desquamatory enzymes into nascent epidermal lamellar bodies (LBs) accounts for both the permeability barrier and desquamation abnormalities in Harlequin ichthyosis (HI). The barrier abnormality provokes the clinical phenotype in these disorders not only by stimulating epidermal proliferation, but also by inducing inflammation.
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- Peter M Elias
- Dermatology Services, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
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Greven H, Kowalewski MP, Hoffmann B, Geyer J, Rex-Haffner M, Ugele B, Schuler G. Bovine Placental Steroid Sulphatase: Molecular Cloning and Expression Pattern in Placentomes during Gestation and at Parturition. Placenta 2007; 28:889-97. [PMID: 17350090 DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2007.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2006] [Revised: 01/08/2007] [Accepted: 01/12/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Apart from during the prepartal period, the main oestrogen produced by the bovine trophoblast is oestrone sulphate (E1S) which does not bind to nuclear oestrogen receptors (ER). High steroid sulphatase (StS) activities previously detected in the maternal part of bovine placentomes (caruncles) suggest the local activation of E1S ("sulphatase pathway"). Consequently, the expression pattern of StS in bovine placentomes was investigated by immunohistochemistry using an antiserum against human placental StS. Cross-reactivity for bovine StS was confirmed by Western blot yielding a single band of 62 kDa in both bovine and human placenta. Immunostaining for StS was detected in caruncular epithelial cells (CEC), which was clearly related to gestational age. In animals pregnant between 100 and 284 days (n=17), signals were restricted to CEC adjacent to the chorionic plate and basal primary and secondary chorionic villi. After the onset of prepartal luteolysis (days 273-282; n=3) and during active labour (n=5) overall staining intensity had increased substantially and signals occurred ubiquitously in the flattened and partially dismantled caruncular epithelium. A 2204 bp full-length mRNA transcript of the bovine StS exhibiting 74% and 77% sequence identity to human StS on the mRNA and protein levels, respectively, was cloned by RACE-PCR. Real-time RT-PCR detected a 2.5-fold increase of StS-mRNA in prepartal placentomes, which, however, was not statistically significant. The co-localisation of ERalpha and StS in CEC is consistent with a role of placental oestrogens as regulators of caruncular growth and differentiation, and the up-regulation of carunclar StS may be involved in the marked prepartal increase of free oestrogens.
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- H Greven
- Clinic for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Andrology of Large and Small Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Justus-Liebig-University, Frankfurter Strasse 106, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
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Selcer KW, Difrancesca HM, Chandra AB, Li PK. Immunohistochemical analysis of steroid sulfatase in human tissues. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2007; 105:115-23. [PMID: 17604157 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2006.12.105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2006] [Accepted: 12/18/2006] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Steroid sulfatase (EC 3.1.6.2) is an enzyme that removes the sulfate group from 3beta-hydroxysteroid sulfates. This enzyme is best known for its role in estrogen production via the fetal adrenal-placental pathway during pregnancy; however, it also has important functions in other physiological and pathological steroid pathways. The objective of this study was to examine the distribution of steroid sulfatase in normal human tissues and in breast cancers using immunohistochemistry, employing a newly developed steroid sulfatase antibody. A rabbit polyclonal antiserum was generated against a peptide representing a conserved region of the steroid sulfatase protein. In Western blotting experiments using human placental microsomes, this antiserum crossreacted with a 65 kDa protein, the reported size of steroid sulfatase. The antiserum also crossreacted with single protein bands in Western blots of microsomes from two human breast cancer cell lines (MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7) and from rat liver; however, there were some size differences in the immunoreactive bands among tissues. The steroid sulfatase antibody was used in immunohistochemical analyses of individual human tissue slides as well as a human tissue microarray. For single tissues, human placenta and liver showed strong positive staining against the steroid sulfatase antibody. ER+/PR+ breast cancers also showed relatively strong levels of steroid sulfatase immunoreactivity. Normal human breast showed moderate levels of steroid sulfatase immunoreactivity, while ER-/PR- breast cancer showed weak immunoreactivity. This confirms previous reports that steroid sulfatase is higher in hormone-dependent breast cancers. For the tissue microarray, most tissues showed some detectable level of steroid sulfatase immunoreactivity, but there were considerable differences among tissues, with skin, liver and lymph nodes having the highest immunoreactivity and brain tissues having the lowest. These data reveal the utility of immunohistochemistry in evaluation of steroid sulfatase activity among tissues. The newly developed antibody should be useful in studies of both humans and rats.
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- Kyle W Selcer
- Department of Biological Sciences, Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, USA.
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Sulfatases are a highly conserved family of proteins that cleave sulfate esters from a wide range of substrates. The importance of sulfatases in human metabolism is underscored by the presence of at least eight human monogenic diseases caused by the deficiency of individual sulfatases. Sulfatase activity requires a unique posttranslational modification, which is impaired in patients with multiple sulfatase deficiency (MSD) due to a mutation of the sulfatase modifying factor 1 (SUMF1). Here we review current knowledge and future perspectives on the evolution of the sulfatase gene family, on the role of these enzymes in human metabolism, and on new developments in the therapy of sulfatase deficiencies.
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- Graciana Diez-Roux
- Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Department of Pediatrics, Federico II University, Naples 80131, Italy.
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Weidler C, Struharova S, Schmidt M, Ugele B, Schölmerich J, Straub RH. Tumor necrosis factor inhibits conversion of dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS) to DHEA in rheumatoid arthritis synovial cells: A prerequisite for local androgen deficiency. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 52:1721-9. [PMID: 15934093 DOI: 10.1002/art.21112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Use of anti-tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF) antibody therapy in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has expanded our understanding of possible mechanisms by which this treatment reduces inflammation. Beyond its effects on local immune responses, anti-TNF treatment may also modulate the local hormone supply. Because androgens are thought to inhibit immune responses, their presence in inflamed tissue is an additional important antiinflammatory factor. METHODS We investigated conversion of the ubiquitous dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS), the biologically inactive precursor of DHEA, to the androgen DHEA in mixed synovial cells from patients with RA and patients with osteoarthritis (OA), making use of thin-layer chromatography and phosphorimaging. Using immunohistochemical analysis, we detected the key enzyme, steroid sulfatase. RESULTS DHEAS-to-DHEA conversion in synovial cells from patients with RA was significantly lower than that in synovial cells from patients with OA (mean +/- SEM 3.3 +/- 0.5% versus 6.0 +/- 0.9% of applied (3)H-DHEAS per 10(6) synovial cells; P = 0.042). In RA, but not in OA, the level of converted (3)H-DHEA was inversely correlated with the density of synovial macrophages (for RA, R(rank) = -0.725, P = 0.005; for OA, R(rank) = 0.069, P not significant [NS]) and T cells (for RA, R(rank) = -0.621, P = 0.024; for OA, R(rank) = 0.247, P NS). Double immunohistochemistry analysis revealed that steroid sulfatase was located mainly in synovial macrophages but was also observed in fibroblasts. Neutralization of TNF largely up-regulated the conversion of DHEAS to DHEA in RA, but not in OA. A similar neutralizing effect was observed with polyclonal human immunoglobulins; this effect is most probably mediated via TNF neutralization at low TNF concentrations. CONCLUSION These data indicate that TNF inhibits the conversion of DHEAS to DHEA in RA synovial cells. Because androgens are antiinflammatory mediators, TNF-induced inhibition of the local androgen supply is a supplementary proinflammatory factor. Consequently, anti-TNF strategies may also exert their positive effects by increasing tissue androgens.
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Steckelbroeck S, Nassen A, Ugele B, Ludwig M, Watzka M, Reissinger A, Clusmann H, Lütjohann D, Siekmann L, Klingmüller D, Hans VH. Steroid sulfatase (STS) expression in the human temporal lobe: enzyme activity, mRNA expression and immunohistochemistry study. J Neurochem 2004; 89:403-17. [PMID: 15056284 DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2004.02336.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and its sulfate (DHEAS) are suggested to be important neurosteroids. We investigated steroid sulfatase (STS) in human temporal lobe biopsies in the context of possible cerebral DHEA(S) de novo biosynthesis. Formation of DHEA(S) in mature human brain tissue has not yet been studied. 17 alpha-Hydroxylase/C17-20-lyase and hydroxysteroid sulfotransferase catalyze the formation of DHEA from pregnenolone and the subsequent sulfoconjugation, respectively. Neither their mRNA nor activity were detected, indicating that DHEA(S) are not produced within the human temporal lobe. Conversely, strong activity and mRNA expression of DHEAS desulfating STS was found, twice as high in cerebral neocortex than in subcortical white matter. Cerebral STS resembled the characteristics of the known placental enzyme. Immunohistochemistry revealed STS in adult cortical neurons as well as in fetal and adult Cajal-Retzius cells. Organic anion transporting proteins OATP-A, -B, -D, and -E showed high mRNA expression levels with distinct patterns in cerebral neocortex and subcortical white matter. Although it is not clear whether they are expressed at the blood-brain barrier and facilitate an influx rather than an efflux, they might well be involved in the transport of steroid sulfates from the blood. Therefore, we hypothesize that DHEAS and/or other sulfated 3beta-hydroxysteroids might enter the human temporal lobe from the circulation where they would be readily converted via neuronal STS activity.
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- Stephan Steckelbroeck
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Pennsylvannia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia 19104-6084, USA.
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Elias PM, Crumrine D, Rassner U, Hachem JP, Menon GK, Man W, Choy MHW, Leypoldt L, Feingold KR, Williams ML. Basis For Abnormal Desquamation And Permeability Barrier Dysfunction in RXLI. J Invest Dermatol 2004; 122:314-9. [PMID: 15009711 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2003.22258.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Mutations in the gene for steroid sulfatase (SSase), are responsible for recessive x-linked ichthyosis (RXLI). As a consequence of SSase deficiency, its substrate, cholesterol sulfate (CSO4), accumulates in the epidermis. Accumulation of this amphipathic lipid in the outer epidermis provokes both a typical scaling phenotype and permeability barrier dysfunction. Research on RXLI has illuminated several, potentially overlapping pathogenic mechanisms and provided insights about the role of SSase and CSO4 in normal differentiation, barrier maintenance, and desquamation. We now show here that SSase is concentrated in lamellar bodies (LB), and secreted into the SC interstices, along with other LB-derived lipid hydrolases. There, it degrades CSO4, generating some cholesterol for the barrier, while the progressive decline in CSO4 (a serine protease (SP) inhibitor) permits corneodesmosome (CD) degradation leading to normal desquamation. Two molecular pathways contribute to disease pathogenesis in RXLI: 1) excess CSO4 produces nonlamellar phase separation in the stratum corneum (SC) interstices, explaining the barrier abnormality. 2) The increased CSO4 in the SC interstices inhibit activity sufficiently to delay CD degradation, leading to corneocyte retention. We also show here that increased Ca++ in the SC interstices in RXLI could contribute to corneocyte retention, by increasing CD and interlamellar cohesion. RXLI represents one of the best understood diseases in dermatology--from the gene to the SC interstices, its etiology and pathogenesis are becoming clear, and assessment of disease mechanisms in RXLI led to new insights about the role of SSase and CSO4 in epidermis terminal differentiation.
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- Peter M Elias
- Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco and Dermatology and Medical Services, VAMC, San Francisco, 94143, USA
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Ugele B, St-Pierre MV, Pihusch M, Bahn A, Hantschmann P. Characterization and identification of steroid sulfate transporters of human placenta. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2003; 284:E390-8. [PMID: 12409283 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00257.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Human trophoblasts depend on the supply of external precursors, such as dehydroepiandrosterone-3-sulfate (DHEA-S) and 16 alpha-OH-DHEA-S, for synthesis of estrogens. The aim of the present study was to characterize the uptake of DHEA-S by isolated mononucleated trophoblasts (MT) and to identify the involved transporter polypeptides. The kinetic analysis of DHEA-(35)S uptake by MT revealed a saturable uptake mechanism (K(m) = 26 microM, V(max) = 428 pmol x mg protein(-1) x min(-1)), which was superimposed by a nonsaturable uptake mechanism (diffusion constant = 1.2 microl x mg protein(-1) x min(-1)). Uptake of [(3)H]DHEA-S by MT was Na(+) dependent and inhibited by sulfobromophthalein (BSP), steroid sulfates, and probenecid, but not by steroid glucuronides, unconjugated steroids, conjugated bile acids, ouabain, p-aminohippurate (PAH), and bumetanide. MT took up [(35)S]BSP, [(3)H]estrone-sulfate, but not (3)H-labeled ouabain, estradiol-17beta-glucuronide, taurocholate, and PAH. RT-PCR revealed that the organic anion-transporting polypeptides OATP-B, -D, -E, and the organic anion transporter OAT-4 are highly expressed, and that OATP-A, -C, -8, OAT-3, and Na(+)-taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide (NTCP) are not or are only lowly expressed in term placental tissue and freshly isolated and cultured trophoblasts. Immunohistochemistry of first- and third-trimester placenta detected OAT-4 on cytotrophoblast membranes and at the basal surface of the syncytiotrophoblast. Our results indicate that uptake of steroid sulfates by isolated MT is mediated by OATP-B and OAT-4 and suggest a physiological role of both carrier proteins in placental uptake of fetal-derived steroid sulfates.
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- Bernhard Ugele
- I. Frauenklinik Innenstadt and Medizinische Klinik II Grosshadern, Klinikum der Universität München, D-80337 Munich, Germany.
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Hohn HP, Linke M, Denker HW. Adhesion of trophoblast to uterine epithelium as related to the state of trophoblast differentiation: in vitro studies using cell lines. Mol Reprod Dev 2000; 57:135-45. [PMID: 10984413 DOI: 10.1002/1098-2795(200010)57:2<135::aid-mrd4>3.0.co;2-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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At the initial phase of embryo implantation, the trophoblast must have acquired competence for adhesion to the uterine epithelium, a condition whose cell biological basis is far from understood. In the present study, trophoblast-type cells (BeWo, JAr, and Jeg-3 choriocarcinoma cell lines) were treated with retinoic acid, methotrexate, dibutyryl-cAMP, or phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate in order to modulate their ability to adhere to uterine epithelial cells (RL95-2). In an established model, multicellular spheroids of choriocarcinoma cells were transferred onto the surface of monolayer cultures of RL95-2 cells followed by a centrifugal force-based adhesion assay. In controls, about 45% of BeWo and JAr cell spheroids and 75% of Jeg-3 spheroids adhered to uterine monolayers within 30 min. Pretreatment of spheroids with either of the agents stimulated differentiation as indicated by the rate of chorionic gonadotropin secretion, but consistently reduced the adhesion to the endometrial monolayer in all three choriocarcinoma cell lines. While previous investigations had shown that invasiveness of trophoblast cells (into extracellular matrix) does not seem to be linked to the differentiation program in a simple manner, the present data suggest that such an (inverse) link may indeed exist with respect to the ability to initiate an adhesive interaction with the uterine epithelium. These observations support the view that epithelial cell interactions as typical for the initial phase of embryo implantation are regulated in a way that is clearly different from cell-matrix interactions governing later phases of trophoblast invasion into the endometrial stroma.
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- H P Hohn
- Institut für Anatomie, Universitätsklinikum, Universität-GHS Essen, Essen, Germany.
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Ugele B, Simon S. Uptake of dehydroepiandrosterone-3-sulfate by isolated trophoblasts from human term placenta, JEG-3, BeWo, Jar, BHK cells, and BHK cells transfected with human sterylsulfatase-cDNA. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 1999; 71:203-11. [PMID: 10704909 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-0760(99)00138-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The human placenta lacks the enzyme 17alpha-hydroxylase/17-20-lyase, and is thus unable to convert cholesterol into estrogens. Therefore estrogen synthesis of trophoblast cells depends on the supply of precursors such as dehydroepiandrosterone-3-sulfate (DHEA-S) and 16alpha-hydroxy-dehydroepiandrosterone-3-sulfate by maternal and fetal blood. To investigate the cellular internalisation of these anionic hydrophilic precursors, the uptake of [(3)H]-/[(35)S]-DHEA-S and [(3)H]-taurocholate by isolated cytotrophoblasts, cells of choriocarcinoma cell lines (JEG-3, BeWo, Jar), BHK and BHK cells transfected with human sterylsulfatase-cDNA (BHK-STS cells) was studied. Furthermore, the activity of sterylsulfatase of these cells in suspension and in corresponding cell homogenate was measured. During the first 5 min of incubation with [(3)H]-DHEA-S or [(35)S]-DHEA-S, radioactivity of cytotrophoblasts increased significantly, while radioactivity of JEG-3, Jar, BHK and BHK-STS cells did not increase. Radioactivity of BeWo cells increased slightly. For all cell types, there was no significant difference for uptake of either substrate. During incubation with [(3)H]-taurocholate, radioactivity of cytotrophoblasts did not increase. Sterylsulfatase activity of cytotrophoblast homogenate was significantly lower than that of cytotrophoblast suspension. Sterylsulfatase activity of BHK-STS, JEG-3 or BeWo cell homogenate was significantly higher than that of the corresponding cell suspension. In BHK and Jar cells sterylsulfatase activity was not detectable. Cytotrophoblasts take up DHEA-S without prior hydrolysis. BHK, BHK-STS, JEG-3, and Jar cells do not take up and BeWo cells slowly take up DHEA-S. In cytotrophoblasts extracellular DHEA-S rapidly gains access to intracellular sterylsulfatase, while in choriocarcinoma and BHK-STS cells access of DHEA-S to sterylsulfatase is limited. Our results indicate, that uptake by cytotrophoblasts is mediated by a carrier which is not expressed in choriocarcinoma or BHK cells and which is different from the known taurocholate-transporting organic anion transporting polypetides.
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- B Ugele
- I. Frauenklinik, Klinikum Innenstadt, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Maistr. 11, D-80337, Munich, Germany.
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Hohn HP, Linke M, Ugele B, Denker HW. Differentiation markers and invasiveness: discordant regulation in normal trophoblast and choriocarcinoma cells. Exp Cell Res 1998; 244:249-58. [PMID: 9770367 DOI: 10.1006/excr.1998.4184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In tumor cells, malignant (invasive) behavior and differentiation tend to be correlated inversely, although it is not clear to what extent this can be generalized and whether it may also apply to normal invasive cell types. We have modulated differentiation of normal trophoblast cells from first trimester or term placenta as well as choriocarcinoma cells (BeWo, Jeg-3, and JAr) with retinoic acid (RA), methotrexate (MTX), dibutyryl-cAMP (dbcAMP), or phorbol-[12-myristoyl-13-acetyl]-diester (PMA). The secretion of the differentiation marker chorionic gonadotrophin was stimulated by nearly all substances in all cell types. The activity of cellular sterylsulfatase showed a tendency to be increased (decreased by RA and dbcAMP in normal trophoblast; not detected in JAr). Invasiveness was decreased by all effectors in normal trophoblast (both types) and in BeWo. In Jeg-3 and JAr, however, PMA treatment (in JAr also RA treatment) increased invasion rates. These results suggest that only in normal trophoblast and in BeWo (but not in other choriocarcinoma cells, i.e., Jeg-3 and JAr) invasiveness and differentiation tend to be correlated inversely. When extrapolating to the various subpopulations of cells within a tumor, induction of differentiation-as intended in certain strategies for tumor therapy ("differentiation therapy")-may have the unwanted effect of stimulating invasiveness in certain subpopulations of tumor cells.
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- H P Hohn
- Universitätsklinikum, Universität-GH Essen, Essen, Germany
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Dibbelt L, Nagel H, Knuppen R, Ugele B, Kuss E. Sterylsulfatase expression in normal and transformed human placental cells. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 1994; 49:167-71. [PMID: 8031713 DOI: 10.1016/0960-0760(94)90007-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Isolated cytotrophoblast cells and choriocarcinoma cell lines are commonly applied in-vitro systems for the study of human placental endocrine function. We tested these normal and transformed placental cells for expression of the enzyme sterylsulfatase which is necessary for the production of free steroids from sulfoconjugated precursors in the placenta as well as in other human tissues, and compared the results with respective data obtained from term placental tissue. Specific sterylsulfatase activity was highest in placental homogenates but was lower by about a factor of 5 to 10 in homogenates of freshly isolated cytotrophoblast or JEG-3 cells and by about a factor of 100 in BeWo cell homogenates; the enzyme activity could not be detected in Jar cells. Sterylsulfatase mRNA levels as analyzed by Northern blotting roughly paralleled the levels of enzyme activity measured in cytotrophoblast, JEG-3, and BeWo cells; in Jar cells, RNA species complementary to the specific probe were clearly detectable but differed by size from the mRNA species found in the other cells. Our results indicate that sterylsulfatase activity is differently expressed in normal and transformed placental cells due to different rates or products of gene transcription in these cells.
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- L Dibbelt
- Institut für Biochemische Endokrinologie, Medizinische Universität Lübeck, Germany
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Zur Kinetik der zellulären Aufnahme von Steriodsulfaten. Arch Gynecol Obstet 1993. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02265927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Dibbelt L, Kuss E. The sterylsulfatase of human placenta: Kinetic properties of the membrane-bound and the isolated enzyme. Placenta 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0143-4004(05)80320-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- M L Williams
- Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco 94143
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The intent of this review was a selective consideration of recent advances in understanding placental steroidogenesis in humans. While we have omitted material, both intentionally and unintentionally, we hope this discourse presents a flavour of the current molecular endocrinology of placental steroidogenesis. In particular, advances in knowledge as it relates to the enzymes involved in progesterone and oestrogen metabolism have been addressed and correlated with placental development. Finally, because relatively less is known about regulation of steroidogenesis in the human placenta beyond the aspects of growth and differentiation, we have discussed regulation in general terms using recent data obtained in animal species.
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