title: Regulation of the scavenger receptor BI and the LDL receptor by activators of aldosterone production, angiotensin II and PMA, in the human NCI-H295R adrenocortical cell line.
abstract: In human adrenal cells, cholesterol for steroidogenesis is derived from both high-density lipoproteins (HDL) via the Scavenger Receptor Class B Type I (SR-BI) and low-density lipoproteins (LDL) via the LDL receptor pathway. We have previously shown that, in the human adrenocortical carcinoma cell line, NCI-H295R, SR-BI and LDL receptor expression and steroidogenesis are coordinately regulated by activators of protein kinase A (PKA) leading to glucocorticoid synthesis. In the present study, we studied whether SR-BI and LDL receptor expression are regulated by activators of the protein kinase C (PKC) signaling pathway, such as angiotensin II, which stimulate mineralocorticoid synthesis. First, it is shown that, in NCI-H295R cells, aldosterone synthesis is stimulated by a phorbol ester (phorbol-12-myristate-13 acetate, PMA), a potent PKC activator. Northern blot analysis indicated that both angiotensin II and PMA stimulated SR-BI expression in a time-dependent manner. LDL receptor expression is slightly stimulated by PMA. The induction of SR-BI gene expression occurs at the transcriptional level, via an activation of the human SR-BI promoter, as shown by transient transfection experiments. Finally, SR-BI protein level was increased in angiotensin II- and PMA-stimulated cells, resulting in higher lipoprotein binding and specific cholesteryl ester (CE) uptake from HDL, as well from LDL after angiotensin II and PMA stimulation.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U545, Institut Pasteur de Lille and Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Lille 2, 59019, Lille, France.
authors.forename: Antoine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pilon
authors.forename: Geneviève
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: Stéphanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bultel-Brienne
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Junquero
authors.forename: André
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Delhon
authors.forename: Jean-Charles
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Fruchart
authors.forename: Bart
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Staels
authors.forename: Véronique
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Clavey
mesh_terms: D000302:Adrenal Cortex / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D000450:Aldosterone / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000378:metabolism; D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018955:CD36 Antigens; D002788:Cholesterol Esters / Q000378:metabolism; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000378:metabolism; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL / Q000378:metabolism; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D011973:Receptors, LDL / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D018110:Receptors, Lipoprotein; D051116:Receptors, Scavenger; D051122:Scavenger Receptors, Class B; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D018955:CD36 Antigens; D002788:Cholesterol Esters; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; D011973:Receptors, LDL; D018110:Receptors, Lipoprotein; D051116:Receptors, Scavenger; C495124:SCARB1 protein, human; C454739:Scarb1 protein, mouse; D051122:Scavenger Receptors, Class B; D000804:Angiotensin II; D000450:Aldosterone; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate