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Paitz RT, Bowden RM. Progesterone metabolites, "xenobiotic-sensing" nuclear receptors, and the metabolism of maternal steroids. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2010; 166:217-21. [PMID: 19932108 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2009] [Revised: 11/04/2009] [Accepted: 11/12/2009] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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During development, embryos utilize steroid signals to direct sexual differentiation of tissues necessary for reproduction. Disruption of these signals by exogenous substances (both natural and synthetic) frequently produce phenotypic effects that can persist into adulthood and influence reproduction. This paper reviews the evidence that during embryonic development, progesterone metabolites and xenobiotic-sensing nuclear receptors may interact to increase the expression of numerous enzymes responsible for steroid metabolism in oviparous and placental amniotes. In these groups, embryonic development is characterized by (1) elevated progesterone concentrations, (2) 5 beta reduction being the primary metabolic pathway of progesterone, (3) the presence of xenobiotic-sensing nuclear receptors that can bind 5 beta metabolites of progesterone, and (4) increased expression of a suite of enzymes responsible for the metabolism of multiple steroids. We propose that xenobiotic-sensing nuclear receptors initially evolved to buffer the developing embryo from the potentially adverse effects of various maternal steroids on sexual differentiation.
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- Ryan T Paitz
- School of Biological Sciences, Campus Box 4120, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790-4120, USA.
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Paitz RT, Bowden RM. A proposed role of the sulfotransferase/sulfatase pathway in modulating yolk steroid effects. Integr Comp Biol 2008; 48:419-27. [DOI: 10.1093/icb/icn034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Reed MJ, Purohit A, Woo LWL, Newman SP, Potter BVL. Steroid sulfatase: molecular biology, regulation, and inhibition. Endocr Rev 2005; 26:171-202. [PMID: 15561802 DOI: 10.1210/er.2004-0003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 372] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.6] [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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Steroid sulfatase (STS) is responsible for the hydrolysis of aryl and alkyl steroid sulfates and therefore has a pivotal role in regulating the formation of biologically active steroids. The enzyme is widely distributed throughout the body, and its action is implicated in physiological processes and pathological conditions. The crystal structure of the enzyme has been resolved, but relatively little is known about what regulates its expression or activity. Research into the control and inhibition of this enzyme has been stimulated by its important role in supporting the growth of hormone-dependent tumors of the breast and prostate. STS is responsible for the hydrolysis of estrone sulfate and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate to estrone and dehydroepiandrosterone, respectively, both of which can be converted to steroids with estrogenic properties (i.e., estradiol and androstenediol) that can stimulate tumor growth. STS expression is increased in breast tumors and has prognostic significance. The role of STS in supporting tumor growth prompted the development of potent STS inhibitors. Several steroidal and nonsteroidal STS inhibitors are now available, with the irreversible type of inhibitor having a phenol sulfamate ester as its active pharmacophore. One such inhibitor, 667 COUMATE, has now entered a phase I trial in postmenopausal women with breast cancer. The skin is also an important site of STS activity, and deficiency of this enzyme is associated with X-linked ichthyosis. STS may also be involved in regulating part of the immune response and some aspects of cognitive function. The development of potent STS inhibitors will allow investigation of the role of this enzyme in physiological and pathological processes.
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- M J Reed
- Endocrinology and Metabolic Medicine, Imperial College, St. Mary's Hospital, London W2 1NY, United Kingdom.
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The goal of this article is to summarize what is known about the pathways of steroid hormone synthesis and metabolism in human pregnancy. Emphasis is placed on the distinctions between steroidogenic pathways in adults and those that are operative during human pregnancy.
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- Caleb B Kallen
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Section of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, P.O. Box 208063, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
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The ichthyoses are a heterogeneous group of disorders with both inherited and acquired forms. Clinical presentation, pattern of inheritance, and laboratory evaluation may establish a precise diagnosis, which can assist in prognosis and genetic counseling. Congenital autosomal recessive ichthyosis (CARI) usually presents at birth, often as a collodion baby. CARI can progress into any one of a spectrum of disorders. Lamellar ichthyosis is characterized by dark, plate (armor)-like scale. This disease is often caused by mutations in the gene encoding the enzyme transglutaminase 1. Congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma is another phenotype within CARI, marked by generalized redness and fine white scale. Epidermolytic hyperkeratosis is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by hyperkeratosis and blistering, and at least six clinical phenotypes have been described. It may be due to mutations in the gene encoding the intermediate filament proteins keratin 1 and 10. Ichthyosis vulgaris is the most common ichthyosis, and is inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern. Involvement is generally mild and may vary greatly with climate and humidity. X-linked ichthyosis, due to a defect in the enzyme steroid sulfatase, affects males with generalized scaling that usually begins soon after birth. There may be associated corneal opacities that do not affect vision. Sjögren-Larsson syndrome is an autosomal recessive ichthyosis associated with progressive spastic paralysis and mental retardation. This condition is caused by mutations in the gene for fatty aldehyde dehydrogenase. Refsum's disease, due to accumulation of phytanic acid, results in ichthyosis and progressive neurologic dysfunction. The erythrokeratodermas are characterized by hyperkeratosis and localized erythema. Erythrokeratodermia variabilis is autosomal dominant and characterized by generalized or localized hyperkeratosis and migratory red patches. Mutations in the genes encoding the gap junction proteins, connexins, underlie this disorder. Netherton's syndrome is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by ichthyosis, a hair shaft abnormality and atopy. The ichthyosis may present at birth with erythroderma or in some cases a collodion presentation. However, a frequent characteristic skin manifestation is ichthyosis linearis circumflexa. Netherton's syndrome has been found to be due to an abnormality in a serum protease inhibitor. Acquired ichthyosis can have a variety of underlying causes including neoplastic, infectious, drugs, endocrine, metabolic, autoimmune, malabsorptive states, and hereditary. Topical, and in more severe cases, systemic, therapy are useful in managing this array of disorders of cornification.
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- John J DiGiovanna
- Division of Dermatopharmacology, Brown Medical School and Rhode Island Hospital, Providence 02903, USA.
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Epidermolytic hyperkeratosis is an autosomal dominant ichthyosis characterized by blistering, especially at birth and during childhood, and hyperkeratosis. Epidermolytic hyperkeratosis presents striking clinical heterogeneity, particularly between families. Several avenues of research have implicated an abnormality of epidermal differentiation in the pathogenesis of this disease. In a three-generation family with 20 affected individuals, we tested a variety of candidate loci and identified linkage to the type II keratin region on chromosome 12. Further investigation revealed a mutation in the H1 subdomain of the keratin 1 gene as the cause of EHK in this family. Because keratin 10 is the co-expressed partner of keratin 1, it was not surprising when abnormalities in keratin 10 were found in other families with EHK. We have examined 52 patients from 21 families and have identified at least six clinical phenotypes. The most useful distinguishing feature was the presence or absence of severe hyperkeratosis of the palms and soles. We and others are continuing to search for and characterize mutations in keratin 1 and 10 in patients with epidermolytic hyperkeratosis. Correlation of the clinical disease types with the specific mutations should lead to a better understanding of the relationship between keratin structure and function in normal and diseased epidermis.
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- J J DiGiovanna
- Dermatology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892
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Ohsaki M, Matsumoto T, Sakura N, Ueda K. Enzymatic diagnosis of steroid sulfatase deficiency by high performance liquid chromatography. Clin Chim Acta 1993; 215:165-71. [PMID: 8403433 DOI: 10.1016/0009-8981(93)90123-l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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We established a reversed phase high performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method of assaying lymphocyte steroid sulfatase activity using estrone sulfate as the substrate. Application of this method for diagnosis of 8 patients allowed us to clearly distinguish the patients from the normal controls. This method is simpler and less expensive than the method previously reported, since neither radioisotope labeled substrates nor radioisotope facilities are required. We consider it to be easily used and widely available in most clinical laboratories.
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- M Ohsaki
- Department of Pediatrics, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, Japan
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Fan X, Petruschka L, Wulff K, Grimm U, Herrmann FH. Biochemical and immunological characterization of X-linked ichthyosis. J Inherit Metab Dis 1993; 16:17-26. [PMID: 8487498 DOI: 10.1007/bf00711310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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An immunoquantification protocol based on an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was developed to measure the abundance of the microsomal enzyme steroid sulphatase (STS). The two-step sandwich immunoassay is sufficiently sensitive to detect 100-200 pg purified steroid sulphatase in a 50-microliters sample. The steroid sulphatase content in fibroblast, leukocyte and placental extracts correlates with the steroid sulphatase activity in these extracts. No steroid sulphatase protein was found in approximately 350 micrograms plasma proteins from a normal person. In three of four X-linked ichthyosis patients a complete gene deletion was found by Southern hybridization with the full-length STS cDNA as probe. Neither steroid sulphatase protein nor enzymatic activity was found in fibroblast extracts of these three patients. In a fibroblast extract of another X-linked ichthyosis patient, which had a normal Southern blotting pattern, no immunoreactive protein was detected. Residual activity of steroid sulphatase was also not found after prolonged incubation of this fibroblast extract with the natural substrate oestrone sulphate.
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- X Fan
- Institute of Medical Genetics, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University, Greifswald, Germany
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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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X-linked ichthyosis is generally diagnosed by a deficiency of steroid sulfatase activity in fibroblasts or leukocytes. We established a method of assaying nail steroid sulfatase activity for diagnostic use. Nail samples were easy to collect and handle, and satisfied the screening criteria of accuracy, sensitivity, and stability. The detergents Tween 20 and Triton-X 100, which enhance nail STS activity, enabled us to assay the activity with small amounts of nails. The detergent-facilitated assay was also suitable for use with pediatric patients, from whom small amounts of nails were collected.
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- T Matsumoto
- Department of Pediatrics, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, Japan
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The region of the human X chromosome containing the steroid sulfatase locus was analyzed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Restriction site maps were generated for the X chromosome in the blood of a normal male individual and that in the mouse-human hybrid cell line ThyB-X; these maps extend over approximately 4.3 Mb of DNA of the former, and 3.2 Mb of the latter. Physical linkage was defined between the STS locus and sequences detected by the probes GMGX9 (DXS237), GMGXY19 (DYS74), CRI-S232 (DXS278), and dic56 (DXS143), and the order telomere--(STS, DYS74)--DXS237--DXS278--DXS143--centromere was deduced. The pulsed-field maps were used to demonstrate a deletion of 180 kb of DNA from the X chromosome of an individual with X-linked ichthyosis. Also, possible locations for the Kallmann syndrome gene were revealed, and the distance between the steroid sulfatase locus and the pseudoautosomal region was estimated to be at least 4 Mb.
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- M T Ross
- Genetics Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- E H Epstein
- Department of Dermatology San Francisco General Hospital, California
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Bonifas JM, Morley BJ, Oakey RE, Kan YW, Epstein EH. Cloning of a cDNA for steroid sulfatase: frequent occurrence of gene deletions in patients with recessive X chromosome-linked ichthyosis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1987; 84:9248-51. [PMID: 3480541 PMCID: PMC299730 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.84.24.9248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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A human steroid sulfatase (steryl-sulfatase; steryl-sulfate sulfohydrolase, EC 3.1.6.2) cDNA 2.4 kilobases long was isolated from a human placental lambda gt11 cDNA expression library. The library was screened with monospecific rabbit antibodies elicited by injection of steroid sulfatase protein purified from human placentas. Hybridization of the cDNA with EcoRI-digested genomic DNA indicated that patients from 14 of 15 apparently unrelated families have gross deletions of the gene for steroid sulfatase. One patient had genomic DNA fragments that were identical to those from normal individuals, indicating the absence of any major deletions as the cause of his lack of steroid sulfatase enzyme activity.
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- J M Bonifas
- Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco
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Ballabio A, Sebastio G, Carrozzo R, Parenti G, Piccirillo A, Persico MG, Andria G. Deletions of the steroid sulphatase gene in "classical" X-linked ichthyosis and in X-linked ichthyosis associated with Kallmann syndrome. Hum Genet 1987; 77:338-41. [PMID: 3480263 DOI: 10.1007/bf00291422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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We have studied 16 men, from 10 unrelated Italian families, affected by steroid suphatase (STS) deficiency, which is the basic defect of X-linked ichthyosis (XLI). The patients' clinical diagnoses were of either isolated ichthyosis or ichthyosis associated with Kallmann syndrome (KS) (hypogonadotropic hypogonadism and anosmia). DNA from patients and their relatives was analysed by Southern blotting followed by hydridization with an STS cDNA probe. None of the patients affected by either XLI or XLI/KS showed any hybridization signal, thus revealing a deletion in the STS gene. We suggest that a gene deletion may be the most common molecular defect involved in XLI and that the syndrome XLI/KS may be due to a deletion of both the STS and the KS loci.
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- A Ballabio
- Department of Paediatrics, Second Faculty of Medicine, University of Naples, Italy
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Ballabio A, Parenti G, Carrozzo R, Sebastio G, Andria G, Buckle V, Fraser N, Craig I, Rocchi M, Romeo G. Isolation and characterization of a steroid sulfatase cDNA clone: genomic deletions in patients with X-chromosome-linked ichthyosis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1987; 84:4519-23. [PMID: 3474618 PMCID: PMC305121 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.84.13.4519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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We have isolated several cDNA clones from a lambda gt11 expression library by screening with antibodies prepared against the microsomal enzyme steroid sulfatase, which is deficient in classical X-chromosome-linked ichthyosis patients. One of these clones (p422) has been assigned by mapping with a somatic cell hybrid panel and by in situ hybridization to Xp22.3. Clone p422 therefore has a coincident localization with the previously identified locus for steroid sulfatase expression in the region of the X chromosome escaping from inactivation. Twelve steroid sulfatase-deficient patients, including eight cases of classical ichthyosis, were found to be deleted for genomic sequences detected by the clone.
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Yen PH, Allen E, Marsh B, Mohandas T, Wang N, Taggart RT, Shapiro LJ. Cloning and expression of steroid sulfatase cDNA and the frequent occurrence of deletions in STS deficiency: implications for X-Y interchange. Cell 1987; 49:443-54. [PMID: 3032454 DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(87)90447-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 209] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Human STS is a microsomal enzyme important in steroid metabolism. The gene encoding STS is pseudoautosomal in the mouse but not in humans, and escapes X inactivation in both species. We have prepared monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies to the protein which has been purified and from which partial amino acid sequence data have been obtained. cDNA clones containing the entire coding sequence were isolated, sequenced, and expressed in heterologous cells. Variable length transcripts have been shown to be present and due to usage of alternative poly(A) addition sites. The functional gene maps to Xp22.3-Xpter and there is a pseudogene on Yq suggesting a recent pericentric inversion. Absence of STS enzymatic activity occurs frequently in human populations and produces a visible phenotype of scaly skin or ichthyosis. Ten patients with inherited STS deficiency were studied and eight had complete gene deletions. The possibility that STS deficiency results from aberrant X-Y interchange is discussed.
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Lane PA, Shew RL, Iarocci TA, Mohandas N, Hays T, Mentzer WC. Unique alpha-spectrin mutant in a kindred with common hereditary elliptocytosis. J Clin Invest 1987; 79:989-96. [PMID: 3818958 PMCID: PMC424257 DOI: 10.1172/jci112911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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We report here a unique variant of alpha spectrin in a kindred with hereditary elliptocytosis. This novel red blood cell-membrane protein migrated to a position between the normal alpha- and beta-spectrin subunits in SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. It was identified as an alpha spectrin by its binding to anti-alpha spectrin antibodies, by the absence of a phosphorylation site, and by the normal 1:1 stoichiometry between total alpha- and beta-spectrin molecules. The quantity of the alpha-spectrin mutant, expressed as a percentage of the total alpha spectrin, varied from 9.9-45.2% among six affected individuals. Two-dimensional electrophoretic analysis of spectrin tryptic digests was qualitatively normal but showed a decreased quantity of a normal alpha IV fragment. The variable quantity of alpha-spectrin mutant among family members correlated directly with the increased percentage of spectrin dimers in cold low ionic strength spectrin extracts (r = 0.92) and inversely with red blood cell ghost mechanical stability (r = -0.98). The data suggest that this new alpha-spectrin mutant is responsible for decreased spectrin dimer-dimer association and for red cell instability in affected individuals.
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Parenti G, Ballabio A, Hoogeveen AT, Van der Loos CM, Jobsis AC, Andria G. Studies on cross-reacting material to steroid sulphatase in fibroblasts from patients affected by different types of steroid sulphatase deficiency. J Inherit Metab Dis 1987; 10:224-8. [PMID: 3123779 DOI: 10.1007/bf01800065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Immunologically cross-reacting material to antibodies against steroid sulphatase has not been found in fibroblasts from patients with steroid sulphatase deficiency.
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- G Parenti
- Department of Paediatrics, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, University of Naples, Italy
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Roblin S, Nicollier M, Rémy-Martin JP, Adessi GL. Lack of correlation between steroid sulfatase activities and lipid content in uterus and liver microsomes of guinea pigs. Steroids 1986; 48:369-79. [PMID: 3481888 DOI: 10.1016/0039-128x(86)90023-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Lipid content and steroid sulfatase activities were determined in liver and uterus microsomes of non-pregnant guinea pigs. The results were compared with values obtained in pregnant and cortisol-treated animals. Steroid sulfatase activities were always higher in pregnant animals, and we supposed that the increase in circulating cortisol in pregnant guinea pigs before parturition has an influence on the membrane-bound sulfatase activities. Sulfatase activities were identical in cortisol-treated and untreated non-pregnant females, although cortisol induced changes in microsomal lipid composition. These results lead us to three conclusions: in intact female guinea pigs, cortisol induces variations in the lipid content of uterus and liver microsomes, especially in the cholesteryl sulfate to phospholipid ratios; the variations of the lipid composition in pregnant animals do not appear to be cortisol-dependent; membrane-bound steroid sulfatase activities are not directly influenced by the lipid composition of microsomes.
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- S Roblin
- Unité de Recherche de Biochimie Hormonale et des Régulations INSERM U 198, Besançon, France
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