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Immunohistochemical localization of the 11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type II enzyme in human kidney and placenta. 1995

Z Krozowski, and J A MaGuire, and A N Stein-Oakley, and J Dowling, and R E Smith, and R K Andrews
Laboratory of Molecular Hypertension, Baker Institute of Medical Research, Prahran, Australia.

It has been proposed that the inactivation of glucocorticoids by the enzyme 11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (11 beta HSD) is an obligatory step in the kidney, permitting binding of aldosterone to the mineralocorticoid receptor, and in the placenta, protecting the fetus from high circulating levels of maternal glucocorticoids. Both low and high affinity isoforms of 11 beta HSD are known to exist, with evidence accumulating that the former species (11 beta HSD1) does not fulfill criteria that would allow it to perform these physiological functions. We have recently cloned a high affinity isoform of the enzyme (11 beta HSD2) from a human kidney library and have shown this species to possess all of the characteristics predicted from whole cell studies. In the present study we have raised a polyclonal antibody (HUH23) to a synthetic peptide deduced from the carboxy-terminus of the protein. The immunopurified antibody recognized a single band at 41,000 daltons on Western blots of mammalian cells transfected with an expression plasmid containing 11 beta HSD2, slightly smaller than the predicted 44,140 daltons protein. A single band of identical size was also seen in blots of human kidney and placenta, suggesting post-translational processing of the enzyme. Immunohistochemical studies on frozen sections of human kidney showed strong 11 beta HSD2 immunoreactivity in the cortical distal convoluted tubules and collecting ducts. Strong staining was also observed in medullary tubules, which had the appearance of collecting ducts and the thick ascending limb of Henle's loop. Staining of medium intensity was observed in vascular smooth muscle cells. Epithelial cells of glomeruli showed weak but detectable reactivity with HUH23. In the placenta, HUH23 antibody immunoreactivity was restricted to syncytial trophoblast cells in which strong staining was observed. These results suggest that the 11 beta HSD2 enzyme colocalizes with the mineralocorticoid receptor in the distal nephron where it allows aldosterone to occupy its physiological receptor. Furthermore, 11 beta HSD2 is also ideally situated in the placenta to protect the fetus from high circulating levels of maternal glucocorticoids.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007150 Immunohistochemistry Histochemical localization of immunoreactive substances using labeled antibodies as reagents. Immunocytochemistry,Immunogold Techniques,Immunogold-Silver Techniques,Immunohistocytochemistry,Immunolabeling Techniques,Immunogold Technics,Immunogold-Silver Technics,Immunolabeling Technics,Immunogold Silver Technics,Immunogold Silver Techniques,Immunogold Technic,Immunogold Technique,Immunogold-Silver Technic,Immunogold-Silver Technique,Immunolabeling Technic,Immunolabeling Technique,Technic, Immunogold,Technic, Immunogold-Silver,Technic, Immunolabeling,Technics, Immunogold,Technics, Immunogold-Silver,Technics, Immunolabeling,Technique, Immunogold,Technique, Immunogold-Silver,Technique, Immunolabeling,Techniques, Immunogold,Techniques, Immunogold-Silver,Techniques, Immunolabeling
D007527 Isoenzymes Structurally related forms of an enzyme. Each isoenzyme has the same mechanism and classification, but differs in its chemical, physical, or immunological characteristics. Alloenzyme,Allozyme,Isoenzyme,Isozyme,Isozymes,Alloenzymes,Allozymes
D007668 Kidney Body organ that filters blood for the secretion of URINE and that regulates ion concentrations. Kidneys
D007672 Kidney Cortex The outer zone of the KIDNEY, beneath the capsule, consisting of KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; KIDNEY TUBULES, DISTAL; and KIDNEY TUBULES, PROXIMAL. Cortex, Kidney
D007678 Kidney Glomerulus A cluster of convoluted capillaries beginning at each nephric tubule in the kidney and held together by connective tissue. Glomerulus, Kidney
D007685 Kidney Tubules, Collecting Straight tubes commencing in the radiate part of the kidney cortex where they receive the curved ends of the distal convoluted tubules. In the medulla the collecting tubules of each pyramid converge to join a central tube (duct of Bellini) which opens on the summit of the papilla. Kidney Collecting Ducts,Kidney Collecting Duct,Collecting Duct, Kidney,Collecting Ducts, Kidney
D008861 Microsomes Artifactual vesicles formed from the endoplasmic reticulum when cells are disrupted. They are isolated by differential centrifugation and are composed of three structural features: rough vesicles, smooth vesicles, and ribosomes. Numerous enzyme activities are associated with the microsomal fraction. (Glick, Glossary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 1990; from Rieger et al., Glossary of Genetics: Classical and Molecular, 5th ed) Microsome
D008969 Molecular Sequence Data Descriptions of specific amino acid, carbohydrate, or nucleotide sequences which have appeared in the published literature and/or are deposited in and maintained by databanks such as GENBANK, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), National Biomedical Research Foundation (NBRF), or other sequence repositories. Sequence Data, Molecular,Molecular Sequencing Data,Data, Molecular Sequence,Data, Molecular Sequencing,Sequencing Data, Molecular
D010455 Peptides Members of the class of compounds composed of AMINO ACIDS joined together by peptide bonds between adjacent amino acids into linear, branched or cyclical structures. OLIGOPEPTIDES are composed of approximately 2-12 amino acids. Polypeptides are composed of approximately 13 or more amino acids. PROTEINS are considered to be larger versions of peptides that can form into complex structures such as ENZYMES and RECEPTORS. Peptide,Polypeptide,Polypeptides
D010920 Placenta A highly vascularized mammalian fetal-maternal organ and major site of transport of oxygen, nutrients, and fetal waste products. It includes a fetal portion (CHORIONIC VILLI) derived from TROPHOBLASTS and a maternal portion (DECIDUA) derived from the uterine ENDOMETRIUM. The placenta produces an array of steroid, protein and peptide hormones (PLACENTAL HORMONES). Placentoma, Normal,Placentome,Placentas,Placentomes

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