TY - JOUR
T1 - Regulation of proteins in the cholesterol side-chain cleavage system in JEG-3 and Y-1 cells
AU - Black, Stephen M.
AU - Szklarz, Grazyna D.
AU - Harikrishna, Jennifer A.
AU - Lin, Dong
AU - Wolf, C. Roland
AU - Miller, Walter L.
PY - 1993/2
Y1 - 1993/2
N2 - The conversion of cholesterol to pregnenolone, the rate-limiting step in steroid hormone synthesis, occurs on mitochondrial cytochrome P450scc, which catalyzes this reaction by receiving electrons from NADPH via a flavoprotein [adrenodoxin reductase (AdRed)] and an iron sulfur protein [adrenodoxin (Adx)]. The behavior of the genes and mRNAs encoding these proteins has been studied in several systems, but little is known about the behavior of the human proteins. Using cloned cDNAs for human P450scc and AdRed, we constructed bacterial expression vectors to make milligram quantities of the corresponding proteins. These, plus purified human Adx similarly prepared by Dr. L. Vickery, were injected into rabbits to raise antiserum to each of the proteins. Each antiserum was highly specific and did not cross-react with other mitochondrial proteins detectable by Western blotting. Human JEG-3 choriocarcinoma cells and mouse Y-1 adrenocortical carcinoma cells were then incubated for 0-24 h with 1 mM 8-bromocAMP (SBr-cAMP) or 30 nM phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA; phorbol ester) plus 1 μM 23187 (calcium ionophore) to activate the protein kinase-A and -C pathways, respectively. In JEG-3 cells, 8Br-cAMP increased and PMA/A23187 slightly decreased the abundance of P450scc and Adx, but neither treatment had a detectable effect on AdRed. The production of pregnenolone by these cells increased 3-fold in response to 8Br-cAMP and fell to one third in response to PMA/ A23187. In Y-1 cells, 8Br-cAMP increased the abundance of all three proteins, while PMA/A23187 decreased the abundance of P450scc and Adx. The production of pregnenolone by these cells increased 9-fold in response to 8Br-cAMP and was unaffected by TPA/A23187. These studies show that the three proteins of the cholesterol side-chain cleavage system behave in response to 8Br-cAMP and PMA/A23187 as predicted from the study of their genes and mRNAs, indicating that the chronic regulation of steoridogenesis in these cell systems is regulated principally at the level of mRNA abundance.
AB - The conversion of cholesterol to pregnenolone, the rate-limiting step in steroid hormone synthesis, occurs on mitochondrial cytochrome P450scc, which catalyzes this reaction by receiving electrons from NADPH via a flavoprotein [adrenodoxin reductase (AdRed)] and an iron sulfur protein [adrenodoxin (Adx)]. The behavior of the genes and mRNAs encoding these proteins has been studied in several systems, but little is known about the behavior of the human proteins. Using cloned cDNAs for human P450scc and AdRed, we constructed bacterial expression vectors to make milligram quantities of the corresponding proteins. These, plus purified human Adx similarly prepared by Dr. L. Vickery, were injected into rabbits to raise antiserum to each of the proteins. Each antiserum was highly specific and did not cross-react with other mitochondrial proteins detectable by Western blotting. Human JEG-3 choriocarcinoma cells and mouse Y-1 adrenocortical carcinoma cells were then incubated for 0-24 h with 1 mM 8-bromocAMP (SBr-cAMP) or 30 nM phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA; phorbol ester) plus 1 μM 23187 (calcium ionophore) to activate the protein kinase-A and -C pathways, respectively. In JEG-3 cells, 8Br-cAMP increased and PMA/A23187 slightly decreased the abundance of P450scc and Adx, but neither treatment had a detectable effect on AdRed. The production of pregnenolone by these cells increased 3-fold in response to 8Br-cAMP and fell to one third in response to PMA/ A23187. In Y-1 cells, 8Br-cAMP increased the abundance of all three proteins, while PMA/A23187 decreased the abundance of P450scc and Adx. The production of pregnenolone by these cells increased 9-fold in response to 8Br-cAMP and was unaffected by TPA/A23187. These studies show that the three proteins of the cholesterol side-chain cleavage system behave in response to 8Br-cAMP and PMA/A23187 as predicted from the study of their genes and mRNAs, indicating that the chronic regulation of steoridogenesis in these cell systems is regulated principally at the level of mRNA abundance.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 8425475
AN - SCOPUS:0027398066
SN - 0013-7227
VL - 132
SP - 539
EP - 545
JO - Endocrinology
JF - Endocrinology
IS - 2
ER -