作者:Satoshi Endo、Kengo Matsumoto、Toshiyuki Matsunaga、Shuhei Ishikura、Kazuo Tajima、Ossama El-Kabbani、Akira Hara
DOI:10.1248/bpb.29.2488
日期:——
AKR1C12, a mouse member of the aldo-keto reductase (AKR) superfamily, is highly expressed in the stomach and is identical to a protein encoded in an interleukin-3-regulated gene in mouse myeloid cells, but its function remains unknown. In this study, the recombinant AKR1C12 was purified to homogeneity and the specificity for coenzymes and substrates was examined at a physiological pH of 7.4. The enzyme reduced various α-dicarbonyl compounds, several ketosteroids, aldehydes and some ketones using NADH as the preferred coenzyme. In the reverse reaction, the enzyme showed coenzyme preference for NAD+, and oxidized 3α-, 17β- and 20α-hydroxysteroids, and non-steroidal aliphatic and alicyclic alcohols, of which many hydroxysteroids and geranylgeraniol were good substrates, exhibiting low Km and high kcat/Km values. The results, together with the intracellular high ratio of NAD+/NADH, suggest that AKR1C12 functions as a dehydrogenase for the endogenous hydroxysteroids and geranylgeraniol in mouse stomach and myeloid cells.
AKR1C12是醛酮还原酶(AKR)超家族的小鼠成员,在胃中高表达,与小鼠髓系细胞中白细胞介素-3调控基因编码的蛋白相同,但其功能仍不清楚。本研究纯化了重组 AKR1C12,并在生理 pH 值为 7.4 的条件下检测了其对辅酶和底物的特异性。该酶以 NADH 为首选辅酶,还原了各种 α-二羰基化合物、几种类固醇、醛类和一些酮类化合物。在反向反应中,该酶表现出对 NAD+ 的辅酶偏好,可氧化 3α-、17β- 和 20α-羟基类固醇、非类固醇脂肪醇和脂环醇,其中许多羟基类固醇和香叶醇是良好的底物,表现出较低的 Km 值和较高的 kcat/Km 值。这些结果以及细胞内 NAD+/NADH 的高比率表明,AKR1C12 在小鼠胃和髓系细胞中发挥着内源性羟基类固醇和香叶醇脱氢酶的功能。