D-Aspartate stimulation of testosterone synthesis in rat Leydig cells.

Abstract:

:D-Aspartate increases human chorionic gonadotropin-induced testosterone production in purified rat Leydig cells. L-Aspartate, D-,L-glutamate or D-,L-asparagine could not substitute for D-aspartate and this effect was independent of glutamate receptor activation. Testosterone production was enhanced only in cells cultured with D-aspartate for more than 3 h. The increased production of testosterone was well correlated with the amounts of D-aspartate incorporated into the Leydig cells, and L-cysteine sulfinic acid, an inhibitor of D-aspartate uptake, suppressed both testosterone production and intracellular D-aspartate levels. D-Aspartate therefore is presumably taken up into cells to increase steroidogenesis. Intracellular D-aspartate probably acts on cholesterol translocation into the inner mitochondrial membrane, the rate-limiting process in steroidogenesis.

journal_name

FEBS Lett

journal_title

FEBS letters

authors

Nagata Y,Homma H,Lee JA,Imai K

doi

10.1016/s0014-5793(99)00045-9

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Has Abstract

pub_date

1999-02-12 00:00:00

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160-4

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2-3

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0014-5793

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1873-3468

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S0014-5793(99)00045-9

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444

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