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15117747

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-7-28
pubmed:abstractText
Lung maturation is delayed in male fetuses compared with female fetuses, which has been attributed to higher levels of androgens in the male lung. Our previous studies demonstrated that the genes encoding for the 17 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (17 beta-HSD) type 5 (androstenedione --> testosterone) and type 2 (the opposite reaction) are expressed in human epithelial type II (PTII)-like A549 cells and in human lung fibroblasts, respectively. Here, we aim to explain the physiological relevance of androgen synthesis by PTII cells. We showed that both 17 beta-HSD type 2 and type 5 genes are upregulated in correlation with the emergence of mature PTII cells in both male and female developing lungs of the mouse. In contrast, the androgen receptor gene is expressed equally in both sexes with no temporal regulation. We conclude that the expression profile of the 17 beta-HSD type 5 gene does not explain the presence of higher levels of androgen in the male fetal lung, but that androgen synthesis must be a normal feature of mature PTII cells for both sexes. The production of androgens after the emergence of mature PTII cells should negatively regulate PTII cell maturation and, thus, a role for androgens in cell reprogramming is suggested.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1073-449X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
170
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
296-305
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-12-12
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
A link between lung androgen metabolism and the emergence of mature epithelial type II cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Ontogeny and Reproduction, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Centre de Recherche en Biologie de la Reproduction, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Quebec, Quebec, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Duplicate Publication