期刊
NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY
卷 86, 期 2, 页码 84-93出版社
KARGER
DOI: 10.1159/000107072
关键词
sex hormone-binding globulin; iodination of SHBG; plasma membrane-associated receptor for SHBG; SHBG immunocytochemistry; SHBG receptors; brain SHBG; SHBG uptake; ER beta; HT22 cells; choroids plexus; periventricular nucleus; SHBG internalization
资金
- NIMH NIH HHS [R21 MH 069810] Funding Source: Medline
Background: Sex hormone- binding globulin (SHBG) is a 94kDa homodimer that binds steroids and is made in the hypothalamus. We have demonstrated that infusions of SHBG into the hypothalami of rats increase their female sexual receptivity except when SHBG is coupled to dihydrotestosterone (DHT) suggesting that SHBG has an active function in behavioral neuroendocrinology. Methods: This study examines the possibility that SHBG is internalized by neuronal and/ or non- neuronal brain cells as one possible mode of action using in vitro and in vivo techniques. Results: First, analysis of the uptake of radiolabeled SHBG ((125) I- SHBG) found (125) I- SHBG uptake in HT22 hippocampal cells stably transfected with cDNA for ER beta (HT22- ER beta). The addition of DHT to (125) I- SHBG significantly inhibited (125) I- SHBG uptake in HT22ER beta cells but not in HT22- ER beta or HT22 wild- type cells. SHBG internalization was specific as it did not occur in either the human neuroblastoma cell line SK- N- SH or the glioma cell line C6. Second, SHBG was labeled with a fluor (Alexa- 555 (TM)), and infused into the lateral cerebroventricles of ovariectomized rats. Optimal SHBG uptake was seen 10 min after these infusions. SHBG uptake was seen in specific parts of the choroid plexus and periventricular cells as well as into cells in the paraventricular nucleus, the medial forebrain bundle, and the habenula. Conclusions: These studies suggest that SHBG is internalized by brain cells, which may be affected by the presence of ER beta. The gonadal steroids have numerous effects in brain and the discovery that the steroidbinding protein SHBG is taken up into neurons and brain cells may demand a change in thinking about how steroids are delivered to brain cells to affect neurophysiology. Copyright (C) 2007 S. Karger AG, Basel.
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