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Title: | Corticosteroid-Binding Globulin is expressed in the adrenal gland and its absence impairs corticosterone synthesis and secretion in a sex-dependent manner |
Author: | Gulfo Cabrales, Jose Castel, Ricard Ledda, Angelo Romero Romero, María del Mar Esteve Ràfols, Montserrat Grasa Martínez, Maria del Mar |
Keywords: | Glucocorticoides Endocrinologia Glucocorticoids Endocrinology |
Issue Date: | 30-Sep-2019 |
Publisher: | Nature Publishing Group |
Abstract: | Corticosteroid-binding globulin (CBG) is synthesized by the liver and secreted into the bloodstream where binds to glucocorticoids. Thus CBG has the role of glucocorticoid transport and free hormone control. In addition, CBG has been detected in some extrahepatic tissues without a known role. CBG-deficient mice show decreased total corticosterone levels with missing of classical sexual dimorphism, increased free corticosterone, higher adrenal gland size and altered HPA axis response to stress. Our aim was to ascertain whether CBG deficiency could affect the endocrine synthetic activity of adrenal gland and if the adrenal gland produces CBG. We determined the expression in adrenal gland of proteins involved in the cholesterol uptake and its transport to mitochondria and the main enzymes involved in the corticosterone, aldosterone and catecholamine synthesis. The results showed that CBG is synthesized in the adrenal gland. CBG-deficiency reduced the expression of ACTH receptor, SRB1 and the main genes involved in the adrenal hormones synthesis, stronger in females resulting in the loss of sexual dimorphism in corticosteroid adrenal synthesis, despite corticosterone content in adrenal glands from CBG-deficient females was similar to wildtype ones. In conclusion, these results point to an unexplored and relevant role of CBG in the adrenal gland functionality related to corticosterone production and release. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-50355-1 |
It is part of: | Scientific Reports, 2019, vol. 9, p. 14018 |
URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/2445/144303 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-50355-1 |
ISSN: | 2045-2322 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Bioquímica i Biomedicina Molecular) |
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