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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
卷 278, 期 32, 页码 29979-29986出版社
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M303242200
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The effect of neurosteroids is mediated through their membrane or nuclear receptors. However, no dehydroepiandrosterone ( DHEA)-specific receptors have been evidenced so far in the brain. In this paper, we showed by isothermal titration calorimetry that the DHEA specifically binds to the dendritic brain microtubule-associated protein MAP2C with an association constant of 2.7 x 10(7) M-1 and at a molar ratio of 1: 1. By partial tryptic digestions and mass spectrometry analysis, we found that the binding involved the N-terminal region of MAP2C. Interestingly, MAP2C displays homologies with 17beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 1, an enzyme required for estrogen synthesis. Based on these sequence homologies and on the x-ray structure of the DHEA-binding pocket of 17beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 1, we modeled the complex of DHEA with MAP2C. The binding of DHEA to MAP2C involved specific hydrogen bonds that orient the steroid into the pocket. This work suggests that DHEA can directly influence brain plasticity via MAP2C binding. It opens interesting ways for understanding the role of DHEA in the brain.
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