期刊
STEROIDS
卷 113, 期 -, 页码 71-77出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2016.06.004
关键词
Progesterone; Testosterone; 17 beta-estradiol; Oxygen-glucose deprivation; Steroid metabolism
资金
- (KAKENHI) from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology of Japan [26740024, 22310041]
- Fujii Foundation
- Hiroshima University Education and Research Support Foundation
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [26740024, 22310041] Funding Source: KAKEN
In this study, protective actions of the sex steroid hormones, progesterone, testosterone, and 17 beta-estradiol, against oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD)/reoxygenation-induced neuronal cell death were examined using rat organotypic hippocampal slice cultures. Progesterone, testosterone, and 17 beta-estradiol significantly attenuated neuronal cell death elicited by OGD/reoxygenation. While the neuroprotection conferred by progesterone was not affected by SU-10603, an inhibitor of cytochrome P450(17 alpha), finasteride, a 5 alpha-reductase inhibitor that blocks the conversion of progesterone to allopregnanolone, partially reversed the neuroprotection induced by progesterone. The progesterone metabolite, allopregnanolone attenuated neuronal injury induced by OGD/reoxygenation. Pretreatment with letrozole, a cytochrome P450 aromatase inhibitor or 4-hydroxyphenyl-1-naphthol, a 17 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 2 inhibitor showed no effect on testosterone-mediated neuroprotection, while finasteride completely abolished the protective action of testosterone. Treatment with 5 alpha-dihydrotestosterone significantly suppressed neuronal injury. Pretreatment with mifepristone, a progesterone receptor antagonist and hydroxyflutamid, an androgen receptor antagonist significantly diminished the neuroprotective effects of progesterone and testosterone, respectively. IC1182,780, an estrogen receptor antagonist, showed no effect on neuroprotection mediated by 17 beta-estradiol. Pretreatment with actinomycin D or cycloheximide clearly abolished the neuroprotective effects of progesterone and testosterone, while actinomycin D and cycloheximide did not show any effect on neuroprotection mediated by 17 beta-estradiol. Taken together, progesterone protects neurons via progesterone receptor-dependent genomic pathway, and allopregnanolone is involved in progesterone-mediated neuroprotection. Testosterone and its metabolite 5 alpha-dihydrotestosterone protect neurons via the genomic pathway of the androgen receptor. Metabolism of sex steroid hormones in the brain might complicate their protective actions in the brain. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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