Expression of aromatase cytochrome P450 in rat H540 Leydig tumor cells

The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
M YoungM J McPhaul

Abstract

The rat H540 Leydig cell tumor has been shown to express cholesterol side-chain cleavage and 17alpha-hydroxylase cytochrome P450s, 3beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase/delta 5-delta 4 isomerase, and steroid 5alpha-reductase, making it a useful model in which to study steroidogenesis. In the current studies, we report that cultured H540 cells express high levels of aromatase cytochrome P450 (P450arom), which converts androgens to estrogens. Levels of aromatase activity varied from 9.4 to 51.7 pmol/h/mg protein and inhibition of 5alpha-reductase with finasteride did not significantly effect aromatase measurements, indicating that 5alpha-reductase is not competing for the substrate used in the aromatase assays. Aromatase activity was decreased 95% by preincubating the cells with 4-hydroxyandrostenedione, an aromatase inhibitor. Characterization of the aromatase mRNA expressed in the H540 cell line demonstrates that, like R2C cells and rat ovarian tissue, three distinct P450arom mRNA species are detected by Northern analysis, and that these transcripts are derived from the same site of transcription initiation. Despite these similarities, the regulation of aromatase activity by 8-bromo-cAMP in H540 cells differs from both R2C cells a...Continue Reading

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