King Steven R, Manna Pulak R, Ishii Tomohiro, Syapin Peter J, Ginsberg Stephen D, Wilson Kevin, Walsh Lance P, Parker Keith L, Stocco Douglas M, Smith Roy G, Lamb Dolores J
Scott Department of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030-3498, USA.
J Neurosci. 2002 Dec 15;22(24):10613-20. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.22-24-10613.2002.
Recent data implicate locally produced steroids, termed neurosteroids, as regulators of neuronal function. Adrenal and gonadal steroidogenesis is controlled by changes in the steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR); however, little is known about the regulation of neurosteroid production. We now demonstrate unequivocally that StAR mRNA and protein are expressed within glia and neurons in discrete regions of the mouse brain, and that glial StAR expression is inducible. Consistent with a role in de novo neurosteroidogenesis, StAR colocalizes with the cholesterol side-chain cleavage enzyme P450(scc) in both mouse and human brains. These data support a role for StAR in the production of neurosteroids and identify potential sites of active de novo steroid synthesis in the brain.
最近的数据表明,局部产生的类固醇,即神经甾体,是神经元功能的调节因子。肾上腺和性腺的类固醇生成受类固醇生成急性调节蛋白(StAR)变化的控制;然而,关于神经甾体产生的调节知之甚少。我们现在明确证明,StAR mRNA和蛋白在小鼠脑的离散区域的神经胶质细胞和神经元中表达,并且神经胶质细胞中的StAR表达是可诱导的。与从头合成神经甾体的作用一致,在小鼠和人脑中,StAR与胆固醇侧链裂解酶P450(scc)共定位。这些数据支持StAR在神经甾体产生中的作用,并确定了脑中从头合成类固醇的潜在活性位点。