title: Evidence that fibulin family members contribute to the steroid-dependent extravascular sequestration of sex hormone-binding globulin.
abstract: Sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) binds steroids in the blood but is also present in the extravascular compartments of some tissues. Mice expressing a human SHBG transgene in the liver have human SHBG in their blood. In these animals, human SHBG accumulates within the stromal matrix of the endometrium and epididymis. This is remarkable because these tissues do not express the transgene. Human SHBG administered intravenously to wild-type mice in the presence of estradiol is rapidly sequestered within the endometrial stroma, and this prompted us to search for SHBG interacting proteins. Yeast two-hybrid screens revealed that fibulin-1D and fibulin-2 interact with the amino-terminal laminin G domain of SHBG. These interactions were verified in GST-pull down assays in which human SHBG bound the carboxyl-terminal domains of fibulin-1D and fibulin-2 in a steroid-dependent manner, with estradiol being the most effective ligand, and were enhanced by reducing the N-glycosylation of human SHBG. Like human SHBG, fibulin-1 and fibulin-2 concentrate within the endometrial stroma. In addition, SHBG co-immunoprecipitates with these fibulins in a proestrus uterine extract. These matrix-associated proteins may therefore sequester plasma SHBG within uterine stroma where it can control sex-steroid access to target cells. Given the interplay between fibulins and numerous proteins within the basal lamina, interactions between SHBG and matrix proteins may exert novel biological effects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of British Columbia, and Child and Family Research Institute, Vancouver V5Z 4H4, Canada.
authors.forename: Kwong-Man
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.forename: Maria G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Catalano
authors.forename: Tomàs
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pinós
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Selva
authors.forename: George V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Avvakumov
authors.forename: Francina
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Munell
authors.forename: Geoffrey L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Hammond
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D017931:DNA Primers; D004717:Endometrium / Q000378:metabolism; D004822:Epididymis / Q000378:metabolism; D004958:Estradiol / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008811:Mice, Inbred DBA; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012738:Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D019076:Transgenes; D020798:Two-Hybrid System Techniques
chemical_list: D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D017931:DNA Primers; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D012738:Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin; C060820:fibulin; D004958:Estradiol