Abstract:
:Neurosteroids are steroids that are synthesized de novo in the brain and include some classical (adrenal and gonadal steroids) and some unique brain-specific steroids. Neurosteroids are thought to mediate their action through ion gated channel receptors such as gamma-aminobutyric acid(A) and N-methyl-D-aspartate rather than through classical nuclear steroid hormone receptors. Some enzymes involved in neurosteroidogenesis have been identified as those found in steroidogenic tissues, and some may be unique to the brain. We previously demonstrated that the messenger RNAs (mRNA) for the cholesterol side-chain cleavage enzyme, cytochrome P450scc, and one form of 11 beta-hydroxylase, cytochrome P450c11 beta, are regionally expressed in the adult rat brain. However, cytochrome P450c17, which has 17-hydroxylase and 17,20-lyase activity and is thought to be required for the synthesis of dehydroepiandrosterone, was not detected in any region of the rat brain, even though dehydroepiandrosterone is one of the most abundant neuroactive steroids. We now demonstrate that P450c17 is expressed in the nervous system of the developing rodent embryo. By ribonuclease protection assays, P450c17 mRNA was found in the trunk but not in the head of rat embryos but reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction analysis showed expression of P450c17 mRNA in the head of E15.5 to E19.5 rat embryos. Immunocytochemically detectable P450c17 protein was expressed in the nervous system as early as embryonic day E10.5 in the mouse, mainly in tissue derived from the neural crest. Neuronal cell bodies as well as fibers staining for P450c17 were observed in the central and peripheral nervous systems. The sites of P450c17 expression in the peripheral nervous system suggest it may be involved in a wide variety of sensory-motor functions. In the central nervous system, cell bodies expressing P450c17 are found in the hind brain, in mesencephalic nuclei, and in a region in the location of the locus coeruleus, but in cells distinct from those expressing the dopamine-beta-hydroxylase. Furthermore, its particular location and temporal expression in axons reaching the cortical areas suggest it is a marker for the axonal growth in this region, and that its neurosteroid product may be a signal for targeting cortical axons during embryogenesis.
journal_name
Endocrinologyjournal_title
Endocrinologyauthors
Compagnone NA,Bulfone A,Rubenstein JL,Mellon SHdoi
10.1210/endo.136.11.7588260subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1995-11-01 00:00:00pages
5212-23issue
11eissn
0013-7227issn
1945-7170journal_volume
136pub_type
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