title: Why is 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 facing the endoplasmic reticulum lumen? Physiological relevance of the membrane topology of 11beta-HSD1.
abstract: 11Beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11beta-HSD1) is essential for the local activation of glucocorticoid receptors (GR). Unlike unliganded cytoplasmic GR, 11beta-HSD1 is an endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-membrane protein with lumenal orientation. Cortisone might gain direct access to 11beta-HSD1 by free diffusion across membranes, indirectly via intracellular binding proteins or, alternatively, by insertion into membranes. Membranous cortisol, formed by 11beta-HSD1 at the ER-lumenal side, might then activate cytoplasmic GR or bind to ER-lumenal secretory proteins. Compartmentalization of 11beta-HSD1 is important for its regulation by hexose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (H6PDH), which regenerates cofactor NADPH in the ER lumen and stimulates oxoreductase activity. ER-lumenal orientation of 11beta-HSD1 is also essential for the metabolism of the alternative substrate 7-ketocholesterol (7KC), a major cholesterol oxidation product found in atherosclerotic plaques and taken up from processed cholesterol-rich food. An 11beta-HSD1 mutant adopting cytoplasmic orientation efficiently catalyzed the oxoreduction of cortisone but not 7KC, indicating access to cortisone from both sides of the ER-membrane but to 7KC only from the lumenal side. These aspects may be relevant for understanding the physiological role of 11beta-HSD1 and for developing therapeutic interventions to control glucocorticoid reactivation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Clinical Research, University of Berne, Freiburgstrasse 15, 3010 Berne, Switzerland. alex.odermatt@dkf.unibe.ch
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Odermatt
authors.forename: Atanas G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Atanasov
authors.forename: Zoltan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Balazs
authors.forename: Roberto A S
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Schweizer
authors.forename: Lyubomir G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Nashev
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schuster
authors.forename: Thierry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Langer
mesh_terms: D043205:11-beta-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002237:Carbohydrate Dehydrogenases / Q000378:metabolism; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology; D004721:Endoplasmic Reticulum / Q000201:enzymology*; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D007653:Ketocholesterols / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D005938:Glucocorticoids; D007653:Ketocholesterols; C027091:cortisol binding globulin; D002237:Carbohydrate Dehydrogenases; C020552:galactose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase; D043205:11-beta-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 1; C003001:7-ketocholesterol