Journal
BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 392, Issue 1, Pages 58-62Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.12.165
Keywords
Oxidative stress; Cholesterol hydroperoxide; StAR proteins; Lipid trafficking; Steroidogenesis
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- NIH [CA72630, HL85677]
- Polish Ministry of Science [N301 08332/3232]
- American Heart Association
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StAR family proteins, including StarD4, play a key role in steroidogenesis by transporting cholesterol (Ch) into mitochondria for conversion to pregnenolone. Using a model system consisting of peroxidized cholesterol (7 alpha-OOH)-containing liposomes as donors, we showed that human recombinant StarD4 accelerates 7 alpha-OOH transfer to isolated liver mitochondria, and to a greater extent than Ch transfer. StarD4 had no effect on transfer of non-oxidized or peroxidized phosphatidylcholine, consistent with sterol ring specificity. StarD4-accelerated 7 alpha-OOH transfer to mitochondria resulted in greater susceptibility to free radical lipid peroxidation and loss of membrane potential than in a non-StarD4 control. The novel implication of these findings is that in oxidative stress states, inappropriate StAR-mediated trafficking of peroxidized Ch in steroidogenic tissues could result in damage and dysfunction selectively targeted to mitochondria. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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