title: A novel human hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase like 1 gene (HSDL1) is highly expressed in reproductive tissues.
abstract: We report the cloning and characterization of a novel human hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase like gene (HSDL1) located on human chromosome 16q24.2. The HSDL1 cDNA is 3407 base pair in length, encoding a 309 amino acid polypeptide related to human 17beta-HSD3. Northern blot reveals that the HSDL1 is highly expressed in testis and ovary. In situ hybridization indicates that the expression of HSDL1 is predominantly increased in the prostate cancer tissue compared with the normal prostate tissue, which suggests that the gene expression is important to the arising of prostate cancer.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institute of Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ying
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mao
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002885:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 16 / Q000235:genetics; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005260:Female; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D006801:Humans; D006913:Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009928:Organ Specificity; D010053:Ovary / Q000378:metabolism*; D011467:Prostate / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013737:Testis / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; C464422:HSDL1 protein, human; D006913:Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases