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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-12-1
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Glucocorticoids promote the development of many organ systems vital for extrauterine survival, and fetal cortisol provides the trigger for birth in sheep. The activity of glucocorticoids may be influenced at a cellular level by 11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (11 beta-HSD), which is responsible for the interconversion of cortisol and cortisone. To examine 11 beta-HSD gene expression during fetal development, two overlapping clones which yield a 1.4 kilobase (kb) complementary DNA encoding sheep 11 beta-HSD from a liver library were isolated by using a rat 11 beta-HSD cDNA as the probe. This cDNA contains a 879 base pair open reading frame for a protein of 292 amino acids that has more than 70% sequence identity to rat and human 11 beta-HSDs. To define the tissue distribution of 11 beta-HSD messenger RNA in sheep, selected tissues were collected from one fetus at day 130 and term (approximately 145 days), and from a nonpregnant ewe. Cellular RNA was extracted and subjected to Northern blot analysis, and a single 1.8 kb transcript was detected in the fetal and adult liver, lung, hypothalamus, anterior pituitary, and placenta. This was undetectable in adrenals and kidneys, but a smaller (1.5 kb) transcript was present in fetal and adult kidney RNA. The relative abundance of 11 beta-HSD mRNA was greatest in fetal and adult livers, and it was much higher in adult liver, lung, and kidney than in the corresponding fetal tissues. To examine whether 11 beta-HSD gene expression is developmentally regulated in the fetal sheep, liver, lung, and kidney tissues were taken from fetuses at day 60-70, day 100-110, day 125-130, at term, and from newborn lambs (24-48 h old). In the lung and kidney, the relative abundance of 11 beta-HSD mRNA did not change from day 60 to term but increased in the lungs of newborn lambs. In contrast, 11 beta-HSD mRNA levels in the liver increased between day 125 and term and rose further in the newborn. Collectively, these results demonstrate that 11 beta-HSD gene expression in sheep is regulated in a tissue-specific and developmentally programmed manner.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0013-7227
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
131
pubmed:geneSymbol
11&bgr;-HSD
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2120-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1425412-11-beta-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases, pubmed-meshheading:1425412-Adrenal Glands, pubmed-meshheading:1425412-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:1425412-Animals, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:1425412-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:1425412-Blotting, Northern, pubmed-meshheading:1425412-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:1425412-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:1425412-Embryonic and Fetal Development, pubmed-meshheading:1425412-Female, pubmed-meshheading:1425412-Fetus, pubmed-meshheading:1425412-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:1425412-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases, pubmed-meshheading:1425412-Hypothalamus, pubmed-meshheading:1425412-Liver, pubmed-meshheading:1425412-Lung, pubmed-meshheading:1425412-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:1425412-Pituitary Gland, Anterior, pubmed-meshheading:1425412-Placenta, pubmed-meshheading:1425412-Pregnancy, pubmed-meshheading:1425412-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:1425412-Sheep, pubmed-meshheading:1425412-Tissue Distribution
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Cloning of an ovine 11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase complementary deoxyribonucleic acid: tissue and temporal distribution of its messenger ribonucleic acid during fetal and neonatal development.
pubmed:affiliation
Lawson Research Institute, St. Joseph's Health Centre, London, Ontario, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't