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Identification of the molecular switch that regulates access of 5α-DHT to the androgen receptor

Overview of attention for article published in Molecular & Cellular Endocrinology, January 2007
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Title
Identification of the molecular switch that regulates access of 5α-DHT to the androgen receptor
Published in
Molecular & Cellular Endocrinology, January 2007
DOI 10.1016/j.mce.2006.12.007
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Authors

Trevor M. Penning, David R. Bauman, Yi Jin, Tea Lanisik Rizner

Abstract

Pairs of hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases (HSDs) govern ligand access to steroid receptors in target tissues and act as molecular switches. By acting as reductases or oxidases, HSDs convert potent ligands into their cognate inactive metabolites or vice versa. This pre-receptor regulation of steroid hormone action may have profound effects on hormonal response. We have identified the HSDs responsible for regulating ligand access to the androgen receptor (AR) in human prostate. Type 3 3alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (aldo-keto reductase 1C2) acts solely as a reductase to convert 5alpha-dihydrotestosterone (DHT), a potent ligand for the AR (K(d)=10(-11)M for the AR), to the inactive androgen 3alpha-androstanediol (K(d)=10(-6)M for the AR); while RoDH like 3alpha-HSD (a short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase (SDR)) acts solely as an oxidase to convert 3alpha-androstanediol back to 5alpha-DHT. Our studies suggest that aldo-keto reductase (AKRs) and SDRs function as reductases and oxidases, respectively, to control ligand access to nuclear receptors.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 24 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 7 29%
Researcher 4 17%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 2 8%
Student > Postgraduate 2 8%
Other 3 13%
Unknown 3 13%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 9 38%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 13%
Computer Science 2 8%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 1 4%
Unspecified 1 4%
Other 2 8%
Unknown 6 25%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 9. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 September 2023.
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#4,312,846
of 25,374,917 outputs
Outputs from Molecular & Cellular Endocrinology
#288
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#19,036
of 172,974 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Molecular & Cellular Endocrinology
#1
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