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Specific activity of 17 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (17 beta-HSD) was measured in 48 tissue specimens of human female breast cancer and, in addition, 48 nonmalignant tissue specimens obtained in each case from the same cancer-bearing breast. In all cases the nonmalignant tissue showed greater conversion of estradiol-17 beta into estrone than the neoplastic tissues. In normal human breast tissue of premenopausal women specific enzyme activity depended on the phase of the MENSTRUAL CYCLE: the highest values of 17 beta-HSD activity were found in the early secretory phase. To determine the intracellular distribution of the 17 beta-HSD, purified microsomes, mitochondria, peroxysomes, lysosomes, nuclei and cytosol fractions were prepared. The purity of each fraction was monitored by marker enzymes. It was found that the 17 beta-HSD was mainly located in mitochondria and microsomes. Furthermore it could be demonstrated that the microsomal enzyme was bound tightly to the membranes of the endoplasmic reticulum, while the mitochondrial 17 beta-HSD was mainly associated with the outer membranes of the organelle. Kinetic parameters (Km-values, coenzyme requirements and maximal velocities) of a cytoplasmic, nuclear, mitochondrial and microsomal 17 beta-HSD of normal and neoplastic human mammary tissue were compared. Maximal velocity was highest in enzyme preparations of normal mammary tissue obtained from premenopausal women in the early secretory phase. Km-values wrere nearly identical in normal and neoplastic mammary tissue preparations (approx. 1 X 10(-6) M). NAD was more efficient than NADP as a cofactor. For the conversion of estradiol to estrone the optimum temperature was approximately 40 degrees C and the optimum pH 9.5. For the reduction of estrone the optimum pH was 6.5. Sulphydryl groups were shown to be essential for catalysis.
Mol Cell Endocrinol 1977 Feb
PMID:Comparison of the in vitro conversion of estradiol-17 beta to estrone of normal and neoplastic human breast tissue. 1 41

The interconversion of estrone (E1) and 17 beta-estradiol (E2), androstenedione (4-ene-dione) and testosterone (T), as well as dehydroepiandrosterone and androst-5-ene-3 beta,17 beta-diol is catalyzed by 17 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (17 beta-HSD). The enzyme 17 beta-HSD thus plays an essential role in the formation of all active androgens and estrogens in gonadal as well as extragonadal tissues. The present study investigates the tissue distribution of 17 beta-HSD activity in the male and female rat as well as in some human tissues and the distribution of 17 beta-HSD mRNA in some human tissues. Enzymatic activity was measured using 14C-labeled E1, E2, 4-ene-dione and T as substrates. Such enzymatic activity was demonstrated in all 17 rat tissues examined for both androgenic and estrogenic substrates. While the liver had the highest level of 17 beta-HSD activity, low but significant levels of E2 as well as T formation were found in rat brain, heart, pancreas and thymus. The oxidative pathway (E2----E1, T----4-ene-dione) was favored over the reverse reaction in almost all rat tissues while in the human, almost equal rates were found in most of the 15 tissues examined. The widespread distribution of 17 beta-HSD in rat and human tissues clearly indicates the importance of this enzyme in peripheral sex steroid formation or intracrinology.
J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 1992 Mar
PMID:Distribution of 17 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase gene expression and activity in rat and human tissues. 131 80

The insert of 1278 bp containing the entire coding region of cDNA encoding human 17 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (17 beta-HSD) was inserted into a pHS1 vector and expressed in HeLA human cervical carcinoma cells and COS-1 monkey kidney tumor cells. Western blot analysis indicated that the expressed protein migrates at the same position as the purified enzyme and is recognized by the antibody raised against purified human placental 17 beta-HSD. The expressed enzyme efficiently catalyzes the interconversion of estrone and estradiol while dehydroepiandrosterone and 5-androstene-3 beta,17 beta-diol are interconverted at a lower rate. The present data suggest the existence of two 17 beta-HSDs.
J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 1992 Mar
PMID:Expression of human 17 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase in mammalian cells. 131 81

3 alpha-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (3 alpha-HSD) activity has been purified to homogeneity, the enzyme is a monomer with a Mw of 32,000 Da. 3 beta-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (3 beta-HSD) activity has been partially purified and has an apparent Mw of 30,000 Da. Both enzymes have the same cofactor requirements, optimal pH. However, 3 beta-HSD appeared to be an integral protein dependent on protein environment for its activity while 3 alpha-HSD activity is a protein more loosely associated to membranes.
J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 1992 Mar
PMID:Partial purification of 3 alpha- and 3 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases from human hyperplastic prostate. Comparison between the two enzymes. 137 4

3 alpha-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (3 alpha-HSD) was purified greater than 500-fold from human liver cytosol. The purification was monitored using 5 beta-[3H]dihydrocortisol (5 beta-DHF) as substrate. Electrophoretically homogeneous enzyme was obtained using a procedure that involved ammonium sulfate precipitation and three successive column chromatography steps: DEAE-cellulose, hydroxylapatite and Blue-Sepharose. The enzyme is a monomer since the native molecular weight was found to be 37,000, using a calibrated Sephadex G-75 column, and the denatured subunit molecular weight was determined to be 38,500, by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in sodium dodecyl sulfate. The enzyme had a pI of 5.6-5.9. The 3-ketosteroids: cortisol, testosterone, progesterone and androstenedione, were not substrates for 3 alpha-HSD indicating that a saturated 4,5 double bond was required for substrate activity. The conformation at the 5 position, however, did not influence substrate activity since 5 alpha- and 5 beta-DHF and 5 alpha-dihydrotestosterone were all reduced at similar rates. The purified enzyme preferred NADPH to NADH as a cofactor and showed a broad peak of activity in the pH range of 6.8-7.4. The apparent Km for 5 beta-DHF was 18 microM. The enzyme was markedly stabilized by 50 mM phosphate buffer containing 10 to 20% glycerol at 4 degrees C. Freezing and thawing of the enzyme resulted in a large loss of activity during early stages of the purification. This is the first report of the purification to homogeneity of 3 alpha-HSD from human tissue.
J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 1992 Oct
PMID:Purification and properties of human hepatic 3 alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase. 139 Feb 84

Primates are unique in having adrenals that secrete large amounts of the precursor sex steroids (PSS) dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and especially DHEA-sulfate. The adrenal PSS require the action of 3 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase/5-ene-4 ene isomerase (3 beta-HSD), 17 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (17 beta-HSD), 5 alpha-reductase and/or aromatase to form the androgen dihydrotestosterone (DHT) or the estrogens 17 beta-estradiol and androst-5-ene-diol. Knowing the crucial role of 3 beta-HSD and 17 beta-HSD in sex steroid biosynthesis both in classical as well as in peripheral steroidogenic tissues, we have concentrated our efforts on the elucidation of the molecular structure of these enzyme families. We have thus characterized two types of human 3 beta-HSD cDNA clones and their corresponding genes which encode deduced proteins of 371 and 372 amino acids and share 93.5% homology. Human type I 3 beta-HSD is the almost exclusive mRNA species expressed in the placenta and skin, while human type II is the predominant mRNA species in the adrenals, ovaries and testes. We have also recently elucidated the structure of three types of rat 3 beta-HSD cDNAs which all encode a 372 amino acid protein. The predicted rat type I and II 3 beta-HSD proteins expressed adrenals, gonads and adipose tissue share 94% homology while they share 80% similarity with the liver-specific type III 3 beta-HSD. Transient expression of human type I and II as well as rat type I and II 3 beta-HSD cDNAs in HeLa human cervical carcinoma cells reveals that 3 beta-ol dehydrogenase and 5-ene-4-ene isomerase activities reside within a single protein and that these cDNAs encode functional 3 beta-HSD proteins. The expressed rat type III protein possesses a unique property catalyzing selectively the reduction of 3 beta-androstane 5 alpha-steroids such as DHT. Furthermore, we have also demonstrated by site-directed mutagenesis that the lower activity of expressed rat type II compared to rat type I 3 beta-HSD protein is due to a change of four amino acid residues potentially involved in a membrane-spanning domain. In parallel, we have characterized the complete nucleotide sequence of human 17 beta-HSD cDNA clones encoding a 327 amino acid protein as well as two in tandem 17 beta-HSD genes. Two major 17 beta-HSD mRNA species have been detected in several tissues due to a tissue-specific alternative site of initiation of transcription.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 1992 Oct
PMID:Ontogeny and subcellular localization of 3 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (3 beta-HSD) in the human and rat adrenal, ovary and testis. 139 Feb 95

In earlier studies, two distinct molecules, 20 alpha-HSD-I and 20 alpha-HSD-II, responsible for 20 alpha-HSD activity of pig adrenal cytosol were purified to homogeneity and characterized [S. Nakajin et al., J. Steroid Biochem. 33 (1989) 1181-1189]. We report here that the purified 20 alpha-HSD-I, which mainly catalyzes the reduction of 17 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone to 17 alpha,20 alpha-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one, catalyzes 3 alpha-hydroxysteroid oxidoreductase activity for 5 alpha (or 5 beta)-androstanes (C19), 5 alpha (or 5 beta)-pregnanes (C21) in the presence of NADPH as the preferred cofactor. The purified enzyme has a preference for the 5 alpha (or 5 beta)-androstane substrates rather than 5 alpha (or 5 beta)-pregnane substrates, and the 5 beta-isomers rather than 5 alpha-isomers, respectively. Kinetic constants in the reduction for 5 alpha-androstanedione (Km; 3.3 microM, Vmax; 69.7 nmol/min/mg) and 5 beta-androstanedione (Km; 7.7 microM, Vmax; 135.7 nmol/min/mg) were demonstrated for comparison with those for 17 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone (Km; 26.2 microM, Vmax; 1.3 nmol/min/mg) which is a substrate for 20 alpha-HSD activity. Regarding oxidation, the apparent Km and Vmax values for 3 alpha-hydroxy-5 alpha-androstan-17-one were 1.7 microM and 43.2 nmol/min/mg, and 1.2 microM and 32.1 nmol/min/mg for 3 alpha-hydroxy-5 beta-androstan-17-one, respectively. 20 alpha-HSD activity in the reduction of 17 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone catalyzed by the purified enzyme was inhibited competitively by addition of 5 alpha-DHT with a Ki value of 2.0 microM. Furthermore, 17 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone inhibited competitively 3 alpha-HSD activity with a Ki value of 150 microM.
J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 1992 Feb
PMID:3 alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activity catalyzed by purified pig adrenal 20 alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase. 154 86

11 beta-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (11 beta-HSD) dictates specificity for the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) by converting the active steroid cortisol to cortisone in man (corticosterone to 11-dehydrocorticosterone in rodents), leaving aldosterone to occupy the MR. However cortisol is the principal circulating glucocorticoid in man and 11 beta-HSD, distributed in a tissue specific fashion, may represent a powerful mechanism in regulating exposure of active steroid to the glucocorticoid receptor (GR). A detailed localization study of 11 beta-HSD gene expression and activity in numerous rat tissues has been performed and compared with the presence of GR mRNA. 11 beta-HSD mRNA (1.4 kB) measured by hybridization to a cDNA derived from hepatic 11 beta-HSD, and enzyme activity, measured by percentage conversion of [3H]corticosterone to [3H]11-dehydrocorticosterone by tissue homogenate, was widespread, present in all tissues studied except spleen, brain cortex and heart. There was a close correlation between tissue 11 beta-HSD mRNA levels and activity (r = 0.91, P less than 0.001) suggesting pretranslational regulation of the enzyme at a tissue level. There was also close co-localization of GR mRNA (7 kB), measured by hybridization to a rat GR cRNA probe, and enzyme mRNA/activity in every tissue studied except heart and brain cortex in which GR mRNA was found. In the mineralocorticoid target tissues kidney and colon, additional 11 beta-HSD mRNA bands were seen (kidney 1.8 kB, colon 3.4 kB), suggesting the presence of multiple dehydrogenase species. 11 beta-HSD is widely distributed and suitably placed to modulate ligand occupancy of the GR. The possibility of multiple dehydrogenase species in mineralocorticoid target tissues is consistent with the hypothesis that the ubiquitous 'native' 1.4 kB hepatic enzyme regulates the GR, and these separate dehydrogenases regulate the MR.
J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 1992 Jan
PMID:Tissue localization of 11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase and its relationship to the glucocorticoid receptor. 173 33

The hypogonadal (hpg) mouse, which lacks circulating gonadotrophins during development, has been used (a) to determine whether initial expression of steroidogenic enzyme activity is dependent upon gonadotrophins and (b) to examine the responsiveness of these enzymes to luteinizing hormone (LH) stimulation. Activities of 17 alpha-hydroxylase, 17-ketosteroid reductase and 5 alpha-reductase were very low but detectable in the hpg testis while cholesterol side-chain cleavage (CSCC) activity was undetectable. In contrast, 3 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (3 beta HSD) activity was high (11% of normal testis). Treatment with LH increased CSCC and 17 alpha-hydroxylase activity more than 11-fold within 24 h. 5 alpha-Reductase activity was increased 3-fold after 3 days treatment while 17-ketosteroid reductase and 3 beta HSD activities did not respond until after 10 days of treatment. The overall increases in 5 alpha-reductase (4-fold) and 3 beta HSD (6-fold) activities were low while changes in 17-ketosteroid reductase (20-fold) and, particularly, CSCC (greater than 130-fold) and 17 alpha-hydroxylase (153-fold) were more marked. Results show (1) that expression of 3 beta HSD activity may be independent of gonadotrophins, (2) that activity of 17 alpha-hydroxylase, 17-ketosteroid reductase and 5 alpha-reductase is expressed, though at low levels, in the absence of gonadotrophins and (3) that prior exposure to gonadotrophins is not required for a rapid response to LH stimulation, particularly with respect to the cytochrome P-450 enzymes.
J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 1991 Dec
PMID:Steroidogenic enzyme activity in the hypogonadal (hpg) mouse testis and effect of treatment with luteinizing hormone. 175 91

Estrogen sulfotransferase (EST) activity measured under optimal in vitro conditions in the 105,000 g cytosols (HSS) of homogenized intrauterine tissues (amnion, chorion, endometrium, decidua basalis and placenta) from guinea-pigs at the 50th day of gestation indicated that the highest specific activity occurred in the chorion. EST activity in the chorion increased from day 34 (early gestation) to peak around day 45 (mid-gestation), before significantly decreasing around day 50 and further declining to barely detectable levels beyond day 60 (late gestation, the onset of parturition). 17 beta-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (17 beta-HSD) activity in the chorion was almost completely membrane associated. The specific activity of the 17 beta-HSD reduction reaction in the 105,000 g pellet was 2.5-fold higher at mid-gestation than at late gestation, while the specific activity of the 17 beta-HSD oxidation reaction was 1.7-fold higher at mid-gestation as compared with late gestation. When intact pieces of chorion tissue from mid- and late gestation were incubated with 5 nM [3H]estradiol (E2), approx. 80% of the recovered free estrogen was E1 (estrone). Only chorion from animals at the onset of parturition were able to produce detectable amounts of E2 from 5 nM [3H]E1. Under the same experimental conditions the ratio of estradiol sulfate (E2S) to estrone sulfate (E1S) isolated from the media and methanol washes of late gestation chorion tissue was 3-4 times greater than for the day 45 tissue.
J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 1991 Feb
PMID:Estrogen sulfotransferase and 17 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activities in guinea-pig chorion through gestation. 184 44


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