RRC ID 39537
著者 Kazeto Y, Ijiri S, Todo T, Adachi S, Yamauchi K.
タイトル Molecular cloning and characterization of Japanese eel ovarian P450c17 (CYP17) cDNA.
ジャーナル Gen Comp Endocrinol
Abstract As a first step in investigating the mechanism underlying the steroidogenic shift from the production of ovarian androgens (vitellogenic stage) to that of 17alpha-hydroxylated progestins (maturational stage) in Japanese eel during induced oogenesis, a cDNA encoding Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica) ovarian P450c17 (CYP17: steroid 17alpha-hydroxylase/C(17-20) lyase) was cloned and sequenced. This cDNA contained the complete coding region representing 510 amino acid residues, which showed high sequence homology to those of rainbow trout (74%) and mammals (45-55%). The protein encoded by this cDNA possessed high enzymatic activities of 17alpha-hydroxylase and C(17-20) lyase, thus quickly converting pregnenolone and progesterone to their respective delta(4) and delta(5) C19 products. P450c17 produced a single transcript of 2.4 kb in length, as assessed by Northern blot. Transcript levels of this enzyme significantly increased throughout artificially induced ovarian development. Considering this together with the previous data showing that C(17-20) lyase activity decreased from the vitellogenic to the maturational stage, whereas 17alpha-hydroxylase activity increased, the present data suggest that changes in C(17-20) lyase activity (the production of androgens) do not depend on transcriptional changes of the P450c17 gene.
巻・号 118(1)
ページ 123-33
公開日 2000-4-1
DOI 10.1006/gcen.1999.7449
PII S0016-6480(99)97449-X
PMID 10753574
MeSH Amino Acid Sequence Animals Base Sequence Blotting, Northern COS Cells Cloning, Molecular DNA, Complementary / analysis DNA, Complementary / biosynthesis* DNA, Complementary / genetics Eels / physiology* Female Gene Library Molecular Sequence Data Ovary / enzymology* Poly A / biosynthesis Poly A / genetics Pregnenolone / biosynthesis Progesterone / biosynthesis RNA, Messenger / biosynthesis RNA, Messenger / genetics Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction Species Specificity Steroid 17-alpha-Hydroxylase / biosynthesis* Steroid 17-alpha-Hydroxylase / genetics
IF 2.428
引用数 60
WOS 分野 ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM
リソース情報
ヒト・動物細胞