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Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Vol 79, 480-484, Copyright © 1994 by Endocrine Society
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PM Stewart, BA Murry and JI Mason
Cecil H. and Ida Green Center for Reproductive Biology Sciences, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235-9051.
11 beta-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (11 beta HSD) catalyzes the conversion of cortisol to cortisone and plays an important role in the mammalian kidney in regulating cortisol access to the mineralocorticoid receptor. 11 beta HSD-deficient states, such as the syndrome of apparent mineralocorticoid excess (AME), and licorice ingestion result in hypertension in which cortisol acts as a mineralocorticoid. A gene and complementary DNA sequence encoding type I human 11 beta HSD have been described, but this gene is normal in patients with AME. Separate 11 beta HSD isoforms have been described in rat and rabbit kidney, but 11 beta HSD has not been characterized in human kidney. Kinetic analysis of 11 beta HSD activity in human fetal kidney microsomes revealed only a high affinity isoform (apparent Km, 60 nmol/L for cortisol, 13 nmol/L for corticosterone), the activity of which was exclusively nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) dependent. No 11- oxo-reductase activity was seen in either renal homogenates or microsomes. 11 beta-Dehydrogenase activity was inhibited by glycyrrhetinic acid (the active ingredient in licorice) in a competitive fashion, with a Ki of 8.7 nmol/L. This 11 beta HSD isoform was clearly distinct from the type I h11 beta HSD enzyme, in that COS-1 cells transfected with type I h11 beta HSD complementary DNA expressed a low affinity (apparent Km, 2.13 mumol/L) isoform, the activity of which was NAD phosphate dependent. 11-Oxo-reductase activity was present in intact transfected cells (apparent Km for cortisone, 0.36 mumol/L), but not in cell lysates. In contrast to the cloned, low affinity, type I h11 beta HSD enzyme, human kidney contains a high affinity NAD-dependent 11 beta HSD isoform. It seems probable that this isoform is responsible for protecting the renal mineralocorticoid receptor from glucocorticoid excess, and a defect in its activity may explain AME.
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