title: Characterization of the steroid-metabolizing capacity of the hepatic cytochrome P450IIC5 expressed in COS-1 cells: 3 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase/delta 5----4 isomerase type activity.
abstract: Cytochrome P450IIC5 (rabbit liver 21-hydroxylase) is unusual among hepatic forms of cytochromes P450 because it catalyzes the conversion of one active steroid hormone (progesterone) to another active hormone (deoxycorticosterone). Another interesting aspect of this steroid-hydroxylating enzyme is the ability to convert delta 5-3 beta-hydroxysteroids to the delta 4-3-ketosteroid configuration. The delta 5-3-beta-hydroxysteroid, pregnenolone, was readily 21-hydroxylated, and this product was further metabolized to the delta 4-3-ketosteroid, deoxycorticosterone. It is suggested that the mechanism of this cytochrome P450-mediated, 3 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase/delta 5----4 isomerase-like reaction is through a gem-diol formation. In this study, COS-1 cells were transfected with the plasmid encoding cytochrome P450IIC5 to express a functional enzyme within the cell milieu. Transfected COS cells preferentially metabolize pregnenolone compared with all other steroids tested. Progesterone and 17 alpha-hydroxypregnenolone are also 21-hydroxylated, whereas 17 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone is a poor substrate. Substrate preference of this 21-hydroxylase differs from that seen with bovine adrenal P450XXIA1 (formerly P450C21) hydroxylase. Additionally, this study demonstrated that C19 steroids, like dehydroepiandrosterone and androstenedione, are hydroxylated at the 16 alpha position. Contrary to previous reports, no metabolite of estradiol-17 beta was detected, presumably due to the unstable nature of catechol estrogens (2-hydroxyestradiol).
authors: Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235.
authors: J M
authors: JM
authors: Trant
authors: M C
authors: MC
authors: Lorence
authors: E F
authors: EF
authors: Johnson
authors: C H
authors: CH
authors: Shackleton
authors: J I
authors: JI
authors: Mason
authors: R W
authors: RW
authors: Estabrook
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000072467:Cytochrome P450 Family 2; D003687:Dehydroepiandrosterone / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes / Q000235:genetics*; D010957:Plasmids; D011284:Pregnenolone / Q000378:metabolism; D011374:Progesterone / Q000378:metabolism; D011375:Progesterone Reductase / Q000235:genetics*; D011817:Rabbits; D013255:Steroid 21-Hydroxylase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D013251:Steroid Isomerases / Q000235:genetics*; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: C021425:3 beta-hydroxysteroid oxidoreductase-delta(5) 3-ketosteroid isomerase; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; D003687:Dehydroepiandrosterone; D011374:Progesterone; D011284:Pregnenolone; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D011375:Progesterone Reductase; C065407:CYP2C5 protein, Oryctolagus cuniculus; D000072467:Cytochrome P450 Family 2; D013255:Steroid 21-Hydroxylase; D013251:Steroid Isomerases