title: Regulation of adrenal scavenger receptor-BI expression by ACTH and cellular cholesterol pools.
abstract: Scavenger receptor BI (SR-BI) mediates selective uptake of high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesteryl ester in the liver and adrenal gland. Adrenal SR-BI is increased both in adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-treated mice and also in apolipoprotein A-I knock-out (apoA-I0) mice which have depleted adrenal cholesterol stores. The goal of the present study was to determine whether adrenal cholesterol stores and ACTH have independent effects on SR-BI expression in adrenal gland. Adrenal SR-BI levels were 5-fold higher in apoA-I0 than wild-type mice when killed under low stress condition, and plasma ACTH levels were similar in both strains. After male apoA-I0 or wild-type mice were treated with dexamethasone to suppress ACTH release, adrenal SR-BI protein levels were decreased in both groups but remained 13-fold higher in apoA-I0 than in wild-type mice. By contrast, uncontrolled stress or supplemental ACTH treatment increased SR-BI levels but narrowed the difference in SR-BI expression between apoA-I0 and wild-type. Cholesterol depletion by beta-cyclodextrin in cultured Y1-BS1 adrenal cells also led to a rapid 2- to 3-fold increase in SR-BI mRNA and protein levels, in association with a significant depletion of cellular free cholesterol. These results indicate that depletion of adrenal cholesterol stores can act independently from ACTH to increase SR-BI expression, but in vivo this effect is diminished under high ACTH conditions. Both stimuli may increase selective uptake via increased SR-BI as a means of replenishing cholesterol stores for steroid hormone synthesis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Tall
mesh_terms: D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000097:blood / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D016632:Apolipoprotein A-I / Q000172:deficiency / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D018955:CD36 Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000378:metabolism*; D003505:Cyclodextrins; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; D018110:Receptors, Lipoprotein / Q000235:genetics; D051116:Receptors, Scavenger; D051122:Scavenger Receptors, Class B
chemical_list: D016632:Apolipoprotein A-I; D018955:CD36 Antigens; D003505:Cyclodextrins; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; D018110:Receptors, Lipoprotein; D051116:Receptors, Scavenger; C454739:Scarb1 protein, mouse; D051122:Scavenger Receptors, Class B; D003907:Dexamethasone; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; D002784:Cholesterol