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- Title
PDIp is a major intracellular oestrogen-storage protein that modulates tissue levels of oestrogen in the pancreas.
- Authors
FU, Xinmiao; WANG, Pan; FUKUI, Masayuki; LONG, Cheng; YIN, Linxiang; CHOI, Hye Joung; ZHU, Bao Ting
- Abstract
E2 (17ß-oestradiol), a female sex hormone, has important biological functions in awoman's body. The pancreas, often considered a non-classical E2-targeting organ, is known to be functionally regulated by E2, but little is known about how oestrogen actions are regulated in this organ. In the present study we report that PDIp (pancreas-specific protein disulfide isomerase), a proteinfolding catalyst, can act as a major intracellular E2 storage protein in a rat model to modulate the pancreatic tissue level, metabolism and action of E2. The purified endogenous PDIp from both rat and human pancreatic tissues can bind E2 with a Kd value of approximately 150 nM. The endogenous PDIp-bound E2 accounts for over 80% of the total protein-bound E2 present in rat and human pancreatic tissues, and this binding protects E2 from metabolic disposition and prolongs its duration of action. Importantly, we showed in ovariectomized female rats that the E2 level in the pancreas reaches its highest level (9-fold increase over its basal level) at 24-48 h after a single injection of E2, and even at 96 h its level is still approximately 5-fold higher. In contrast, the E2 level in the uterus quickly returns to its basal level at 48 h after reaching its maximal level (approximately 2-fold increase) at 24 h. Taken together, these results show for the first time that PDIp is a predominant intracellular oestrogen storage protein in the pancreas, which offers novel mechanistic insights into the accumulation and action of oestrogen inside pancreatic cells.
- Subjects
ESTROGEN receptors; SEX hormones; PANCREAS; LABORATORY rats; PROTEIN disulfide isomerase; PROTEIN folding
- Publication
Biochemical Journal, 2012, Vol 447, Issue 1, p115
- ISSN
0264-6021
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1042/BJ20120868