Placental cytochrome P450scc (CYP11A1): comparison of catalytic properties between conditions of limiting and saturating adrenodoxin reductase

被引:12
作者
Tuckey, RC [1 ]
Headlam, MJ [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Western Australia, Dept Biochem, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia
关键词
cytochrome P450scc; adrenodoxin reductase; pregnenolone; progesterone; placenta;
D O I
10.1016/S0960-0760(02)00058-4
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The mitochondrial side-chain cleavage of cholesterol, catalysed by cytochrome P450scc, is rate-limiting in the synthesis of progesterone by the human placenta. Cytochrome P450scc activity is in turn limited by the concentration of adrenodoxin reductase (AR) in placental mitochondria. In order to better understand which components of the cholesterol side-chain cleavage system are important in the regulation of placental progesterone synthesis, we have examined their effects on P450scc activity with both saturating and limiting concentrations of AR. The present study reveals that decreasing the AR concentration causes a decrease in the K-m of cytochrome P450scc for cholesterol, facilitating saturation of the enzyme with its substrate. Decreasing AR resulted in P450scc activity becoming less sensitive to changes in P450scc concentration. The adrenodoxin (Adx) concentration in mitochondria from term placentae is near-saturating for P450scc and under these conditions, we found that decreasing AR reduces the K-m of P450scc for adrenodoxin. Increasing either the cholesterol or P450scc concentration increased the amount of AR required for P450scc to work at half its maximum velocity. A relatively small increase in AR can support considerably higher rates of side-chain cleavage activity when there is a coordinate increase in AR and P450sce concentrations. We conclude from this study that cholesterol is near-saturating for cytochrome P450scc activity in placental mitochondria due to the P450scc displaying a low K-m for cholesterol resulting from the low and rate-limiting concentration of AR present. This study reveals that it is unlikely that cholesterol or adrenodoxin concentrations are important regulators of placental progesterone synthesis but AR or coordinate changes in AR and P450scc concentrations are likely to be important in its regulation. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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