Abstract
Steroids synthesized de novo from cholesterol in the brain are generally called neurosteroids. We have recently demonstrated, using biochemical and molecular biological methods, that certain structures in the quail brain possess cytochrome P450 side-chain cleavage enzyme (P450scc) and 3beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase/Delta(5)-Delta(4)-isomerase (3beta-HSD) and produce pregnenolone, pregnenolone sulfate and progesterone. To clarify the biosynthetic pathway of neurosteroids in the avian brain, therefore, we examined the expression of messenger RNA (mRNA) encoding for the enzyme cytochrome P450 17alpha-hydroxylase/c17,20-lyase (P450(17alpha,lyase)), which converts pregnenolone to dehydroepiandrosterone via 17alpha-hydroxypregnenolone or progesterone to androstenedione via 17alpha-hydroxyprogesterone. RT-PCR analysis followed by Southern hybridization indicated the expression of P450(17alpha,lyase) mRNA in the brain of sexually mature birds without a clear-cut sex difference. Employing biochemical techniques combined with HPLC analysis, the conversion of progesterone to 17alpha-hydroxyprogesterone was also found in brain slices of the mature male. P450(17alpha,lyase) mRNA was detected in various brain regions, but there was a cle...Continue Reading
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