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ReviewMolecular and cellular endocrinology2017

A single cell level measurement of StAR expression and activity in adrenal cells.

Jinwoo Lee, Takeshi Yamazaki, Hui Dong, Colin Jefcoate

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Review in Molecular and cellular endocrinology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Jinwoo LeeDepartment of Cell and Regenerative Biology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, United States; Endocrinology and Reproductive Physiology Program, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, United States.
Takeshi YamazakiGraduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
Hui DongDepartment of Cellular Biology and Pharmacology, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, United States.
Colin JefcoateDepartment of Cell and Regenerative Biology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, United States; Endocrinology and Reproductive Physiology Program, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, United States; Molecular and Environmental Toxicology Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, United States. Electronic address: jefcoate@wisc.edu.
Florida International University · USHiroshima University · JPUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison · USUniversity of Wisconsin System · US

Funding

Cytochrome P4501B1 and basal liver PPARa activityR01DK090249 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI JEFCOATE, COLIN ROBERT · 2012 to 2016
$1.6M
StAR expression: Integration of Transcription with regulation via the mRNA 3'UTRR01DK074819 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI JEFCOATE, COLIN ROBERT · 2008 to 2012
$1.6M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK074819NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK090249
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR) directs mitochondrial cholesterol uptake through a C-terminal cholesterol binding domain (CBD) and a 62 amino acid N-terminal regulatory domain (NTD) that contains an import sequence and conserved sites for inner membrane metalloproteases. Deletion of the NTD prevents mitochondrial import while maintaining steroidogenesis but with compromised cholesterol homeostasis. The rapid StAR-mediated cholesterol transfer in adrenal cells depends on concerted mRNA translation, p37 StAR phosphorylation and controlled NTD cleavage. The NTD controls this process with two cAMP-inducible modulators of, respectively, transcription and translation SIK1 and TIS11b/Znf36l1. High-resolution fluorescence in situ hybridization (HR-FISH) of StAR RNA resolves slow RNA splicing at the gene loci in cAMP-induced Y-1 cells and transfer of individual 3.5 kB mRNA molecules to mitochondria. StAR transcription depends on the CREB coactivator CRTC2 and PKA inhibition of the highly inducible suppressor kinase SIK1 and a basal counterpart SIK2. PKA-inducible TIS11b/Znf36l1 binds specifically to highly conserved elements in exon 7 thereby suppressing formation of mRNA and subsequent translation. Co-expression of SIK1, Znf36l1 with 3.5 kB StAR mRNA may limit responses to pulsatile signaling by ACTH while regulating the transition to more prolonged stress.

Indexed as

Adrenal GlandsAnimalsCholesterolHumansMitochondriaPhosphoproteinsSingle-Cell AnalysisSteroidogenic Acute Regulatory ProteinTranscription, GeneticCholesterolPhosphoproteinsSteroidogenic Acute Regulatory ProteinCRTCSIKStARSteroidogenesisTIS11B

Identifiers

PMID27521960
PMCPMC5896326
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