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JOURNAL OF STEROID BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
卷 167, 期 -, 页码 98-105出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2016.11.015
关键词
Trophoblast; Calcitriol; Cytochromes; Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases; Placenta
资金
- CONACyT, Mexico [154215]
- Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia (CONACyT, Mexico) [241393]
1,25-dihydroxivitamin D-3 (calcitriol), is a secoesteroid involved in several placental functions. In particular, we and others showed that calcitriol regulates peptides, proteins, cytokines and hormones production in human trophoblastic cells. On the other hand, calcitriol modifies the activity and expression of some steroidogenic enzymes, a process that is considered tissue-specific. However, the effects of calcitriol on the expression of enzymes involved in the synthesis of sex steroids in placental tissue have not yet been entirely studied. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of calcitriol upon gene expression of several steroid enzymes such as cytochrome P450scc (CYP11A1), type 1 3 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase(3 beta-HSD/), 17 beta-HSD3, 17 alpha-hydroxylase/17,20 lyase (CYP17A1) and aromatase (CYP19A1) in primary cultures of human placental cells. Cell cultures were performed using placentas obtained immediately after delivery by caesarean section from normotensive healthy women and calcitriol effects were evaluated, at level of transcription, by qPCR. The results showed that: 1) from basal expression values of the five genes studied, 3 beta-HSDI was the most expressed gene (P< 0.05); 2) basal expression of all enzymes was significantly higher in cultured syncytiotrophoblast than in cytotrophoblasts (P < 0.05); 3) the presence of calcitriol in cultured trophoblast cells generally resulted in a stimulatory effect of CYP11A1, CYP19A1 and 17 beta-HSD3 gene expression at 3 h of treatment whereas 3 beta-HSDI was induced at 6 h (P < 0.05). However, a time-dependent variable was also observed; 4) protein expression of CYP11A1 and 3 beta-HSDI were not modified significantly by calcitriol, however that of CYP19A1 was regulated in similar fashion as gene expression. In conclusion, calcitriol affected in a time dependent manner the expression of steroids metabolizing enzymes in human placental cell cultures. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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