title: Cloning of chicken 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 and its tissue distribution.
abstract: 11beta-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11HSD1) is an enzyme that interconverts active 11-hydroxy glucocorticoids (cortisol, corticosterone) and their inactive 11-oxo derivatives (cortisone, 11-dehydrocorticosterone). Although bidirectional, it is considered to operate in vivo as an 11-reductase that regenerates active glucocorticoids and thus amplifies their local activity in mammals. Here we report the cloning, characterization and tissue distribution of chicken 11HSD1 (ch11HSD1). Its cDNA predicts a protein of 300 amino acids that share 51-56% sequence identity with known mammalian 11HSD1 proteins, while in contrast to most mammals, ch11HSD1 contains only one N-linked glycosylation site. Analysis of the tissue distribution pattern by RT-PCR revealed that ch11HSD1 is expressed in a large variety of tissues, with high expression in the liver, kidney and intestine, and weak in the gonads, brain and heart. 11-Reductase activity has been found in the liver, kidney, intestine and gonads with low or almost zero activity in the brain and heart. These results provide evidence for a role of 11HSD1 as a tissue-specific regulator of glucocorticoid action in non-mammalian vertebrates and may serve as a suitable model for further analysis of 11HSD1 evolution in vertebrates.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídenská 1083, 142 20 Prague 4 - Krc, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Petra
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Klusonová
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kucka
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ergang
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Miksík
authors.forename: Jana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bryndová
authors.forename: Jirí
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pácha
mesh_terms: D043205:11-beta-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 1 / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002645:Chickens / Q000378:metabolism*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids; D043205:11-beta-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 1