Regulation of androgen biosynthesis - A short review and preliminary results from the hyperandrogenic starvation NCI-H295R cell model

Kempna, Petra; Marti, Nesa Magdalena; Udhane, Sameer Sopanrao; Flück, Christa (2015). Regulation of androgen biosynthesis - A short review and preliminary results from the hyperandrogenic starvation NCI-H295R cell model. Molecular and cellular endocrinology, 408, pp. 124-132. Elsevier Ireland 10.1016/j.mce.2014.12.015

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Regulation of androgen production is poorly understood. Adrenarche is the physiologic event in mid-childhood when the adrenal zona reticularis starts to produce androgens through specific expression of genes for enzymes and cofactors necessary for androgen synthesis. Similarly, expression and activities of same genes and products are deregulated in hyperandrogenic disorders such as the polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Numerous studies revealed involvement of several signaling pathways stimulated through G-protein coupled receptors or growth factors transmitting their effects through cAMP- or non-cAMP-dependent signaling. Overall a complex network regulates androgen synthesis targeting involved genes and proteins at the transcriptional and post-translational levels. Newest players in the field are the DENND1A gene identified in PCOS patients and the MAPK14 which is the kinase phosphorylating CYP17 for enhanced lyase activity. Next generation sequencing studies of PCOS patients and transcriptome analysis of androgen producing tissues or cell models provide newer tools to identify modulators of androgen synthesis.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Review Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > BioMedical Research (DBMR) > Unit Childrens Hospital > Forschungsgruppe Endokrinologie / Diabetologie / Metabolik (Pädiatrie)
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Endocrinology (DFKE) > Clinic of Paediatric Medicine

Graduate School:

Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences (GCB)

UniBE Contributor:

Kempna, Petra, Marti, Nesa Magdalena, Udhane, Sameer Sopanrao, Flück Pandey, Christa Emma

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

0303-7207

Publisher:

Elsevier Ireland

Language:

English

Submitter:

Anette van Dorland

Date Deposited:

20 Mar 2015 11:49

Last Modified:

02 Mar 2023 23:26

Publisher DOI:

10.1016/j.mce.2014.12.015

PubMed ID:

25543021

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Adrenals, Androgens, C19 steroids, Signaling, Steroidogenesis

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.65299

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/65299

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