title: Cloning and expression of the bovine 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type-2.
abstract: The bovine 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2 enzyme (11beta-HSD-2) cDNA was cloned from three overlapping PCR fragments using primers based on the human and ovine 11beta-HSD-2 cDNA sequences. Both cDNA ends were obtained by a modified RACE (Rapid Amplification of cDNA Ends) method. The bovine 11beta-HSD-2 cDNA is 1878 bp long, excluding the poly(A) tail. It consists of a 5'-untranslated region of 133 bp, an open reading frame of 1215 bp and a 3'-untranslated region of 530 bp. Bovine 11beta-HSD-2 cDNA is highly homologous to that of the sheep (92%) and less related to the human (67%), rabbit (65%), rat (52%) and mouse (45%) cDNA. The predicted bovine 11beta-HSD-2 protein contains 404 amino acid residues with a calculated mol wt of 43,985. It is homologous to the sheep (98%) and human (88%) protein, and less related to that of the rabbit (76%), rat (80%) and mouse (77%). The cloned 11beta-HSD-2 cDNA was transfected into CHOP cells and the enzymatic characteristics determined. The enzyme functions primarily as an oxidase, uses NAD(+) and is more active with corticosterone as a substrate than with cortisol or dexamethasone. It is expressed in high concentrations in kidney, adrenal and colon, and in small concentrations in liver, heart and lung. In conclusion, the 11beta-HSD-2 enzyme of cattle is very similar to that of other species in its structure and enzymatic characteristics.
authors.affiliation: Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA.
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Romero
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Gomez-Sanchez
mesh_terms: D043209:11-beta-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 2; D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000201:enzymology; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002417:Cattle; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003106:Colon / Q000201:enzymology; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D006801:Humans; D006913:Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D007668:Kidney / Q000201:enzymology; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009243:NAD / Q000378:metabolism; D009249:NADP / Q000378:metabolism; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D009243:NAD; D009249:NADP; D006913:Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases; D043209:11-beta-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 2; C468387:HSD11B2 protein, human