title: RDH12, a retinol dehydrogenase causing Leber's congenital amaurosis, is also involved in steroid metabolism.
abstract: Three retinol dehydrogenases (RDHs) were tested for steroid converting abilities: human and murine RDH 12 and human RDH13. RDH12 is involved in retinal degeneration in Leber's congenital amaurosis (LCA). We show that murine Rdh12 and human RDH13 do not reveal activity towards the checked steroids, but that human type 12 RDH reduces dihydrotestosterone to androstanediol, and is thus also involved in steroid metabolism. Furthermore, we analyzed both expression and subcellular localization of these enzymes.
authors.affiliation: GSF-National Research Center for Environment and Health, Institute of Experimental Genetics, Genome Analysis Center, Ingolstaedter Landstr. 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Brigitte
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Keller
authors.forename: Jerzy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Adamski
mesh_terms: D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D001766:Blindness / Q000151:congenital* / Q000235:genetics*; D002384:Catalysis; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D029242:Optic Atrophy, Hereditary, Leber / Q000235:genetics*; D013256:Steroids / Q000378:metabolism*; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D013256:Steroids; D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases; C489649:RDH12 protein, human