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Characterization and identification of steroid sulfate transporters of human placenta.

Human trophoblasts depend on the supply of external precursors, such as dehydroepiandrosterone-3-sulfate (DHEA-S) and 16 alpha-OH-DHEA-S, for synthesis of estrogens. The aim of the present study was to characterize the uptake of DHEA-S by isolated mononucleated trophoblasts (MT) and to identify the involved transporter polypeptides. The kinetic analysis of DHEA-(35)S uptake by MT revealed a saturable uptake mechanism (K(m) = 26 microM, V(max) = 428 pmol x mg protein(-1) x min(-1)), which was superimposed by a nonsaturable uptake mechanism (diffusion constant = 1.2 microl x mg protein(-1) x min(-1)). Uptake of [(3)H]DHEA-S by MT was Na(+) dependent and inhibited by sulfobromophthalein ( BSP), steroid sulfates, and probenecid, but not by steroid glucuronides, unconjugated steroids, conjugated bile acids, ouabain, p-aminohippurate (PAH), and bumetanide. MT took up [(35)S]BSP, [(3)H]estrone-sulfate, but not (3)H-labeled ouabain, estradiol-17beta-glucuronide, taurocholate, and PAH. RT-PCR revealed that the organic anion-transporting polypeptides OATP-B, -D, -E, and the organic anion transporter OAT-4 are highly expressed, and that OATP-A, -C, -8, OAT-3, and Na(+)-taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide (NTCP) are not or are only lowly expressed in term placental tissue and freshly isolated and cultured trophoblasts. Immunohistochemistry of first- and third-trimester placenta detected OAT-4 on cytotrophoblast membranes and at the basal surface of the syncytiotrophoblast. Our results indicate that uptake of steroid sulfates by isolated MT is mediated by OATP-B and OAT-4 and suggest a physiological role of both carrier proteins in placental uptake of fetal-derived steroid sulfates.[1]

References

  1. Characterization and identification of steroid sulfate transporters of human placenta. Ugele, B., St-Pierre, M.V., Pihusch, M., Bahn, A., Hantschmann, P. Am. J. Physiol. Endocrinol. Metab. (2003) [Pubmed]
 
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