title: 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activity in human aortic smooth muscle cells.
abstract: 11beta-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases (11beta-HSD) interconvert cortisol, the physiological glucocorticoid, and its inactive metabolite cortisone in humans. There are two isoforms. The type 1 isoform (11beta-HSD1) catalyzes both 11beta-dehydrogenation (cortisol to cortisone) and the reverse oxoreduction (cortisone to cortisol), but the type 2 isoform (11beta-HSD2) catalyzes only 11beta-dehydrogenation. The diminished dehydrogenase activity has been demonstrated in resistance vessels of genetically hypertensive rats. However, the isoform(s) that plays a significant role in conferring the dehydrogenase activity on vasculature has not been determined. We investigated 11beta-HSD activities in human vascular smooth muscle cells by manipulating 11beta-HSD expressions with antisense oligonucleotides. The results showed that 11beta-HSD2 dominates functioning in the dehydrogenase mode in these cells. This indicates that impairment of 11beta-HSD2 activity in vascular wall may be related to the pathogenesis of hypertension.
authors.affiliation: Third Department of Internal Medicine, Fukui Medical University, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hatakeyama
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Inaba
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Miyamori
mesh_terms: D042842:11-beta-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006801:Humans; D006913:Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology*; D016376:Oligonucleotides, Antisense; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis
chemical_list: D016376:Oligonucleotides, Antisense; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D006913:Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases; D042842:11-beta-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases