Expression of steroidogenic enzymes in the bovine placenta and fetal adrenal glands throughout gestation.

Abstract:

:The expression of cholesterol side-chain cleavage cytochrome P450 (P450scc), 17 alpha-hydroxylase cytochrome P450 (P45017 alpha), and 3 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (3 beta HSD) was studied in bovine placenta and fetal adrenal glands throughout gestation. The levels of expression of these enzymes were much lower in the placenta than in the adrenals by Western and Northern analyses. The levels of P450scc, however, remained relatively constant in bovine placenta and fetal adrenal glands at all gestational stages studied. In contrast, P45017 alpha expression was higher in both the placenta and the fetal adrenal glands during the early stages of pregnancy, but declined markedly in both tissues through the period of midgestation. The expression of P45017 alpha increased markedly in the fetal adrenal glands in late gestation. The levels of 3 beta HSD were extremely low in placental tissues, but were higher in the fetal adrenals, where they were found to be slightly elevated in early and late gestation compared to those in midgestational stages. Immunocytochemical examination of the levels of P45017 alpha and 3 beta HSD in the fetal adrenal glands correlated with the results of Western and Northern analyses. In addition, the morphology and distribution of these two enzymes in the developing bovine fetal adrenal glands indicated that while the early activated gland is functional relative to the ability to secrete steroids, structural and functional organization more typical of mature adrenal glands is not achieved until the time of activation of the fetal adrenals in late gestation.

journal_name

Endocrinology

journal_title

Endocrinology

authors

Conley AJ,Head JR,Stirling DT,Mason JI

doi

10.1210/endo.130.5.1374010

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1992-05-01 00:00:00

pages

2641-50

issue

5

eissn

0013-7227

issn

1945-7170

journal_volume

130

pub_type

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