ReviewBiology of reproduction2018
Current knowledge on the acute regulation of steroidogenesis.
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65 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 118 citations in OpenAlex.
- Human studies of mitochondrial biology demonstrate an overall lack of binary sex differences: A multivariate meta-analysis.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2022Pooled it
- Stress and circulating cell-free mitochondrial DNA: A systematic review of human studies, physiological considerations, and technical recommendations.Mitochondrion · 2021Pooled it
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- Target validation uncouples mitochondrial translocator protein from 19-Atriol-mediated inhibition of steroidogenesis and identifies enzymatic targets.The Journal of biological chemistry · 2026Article
- Mild Neonatal Hypoxia Modifies the Reactivity of the Glucocorticoid System in Adult Rats, Promoting Improved Learning and Spatial Memory Under Stressful Conditions.Neurochemical research · 2026Article
- Effect of atrazine and curcumin on mouse I-10 Leydig cells: steroidogenesis and beyond.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Article
- StAR Protein Deficiency in Clinical Practice: A Case Series From Saudi Arabia.Case reports in endocrinology · 2026Article
- STAR/STARD1: A mitochondrial intermembrane space cholesterol shuttle degraded through mitophagy.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Ablation of Steroidogenic Superoxide Dismutase 2 Increases Oxidative Stress and Diminishes Steroid Hormone Production.Endocrinology · 2025Article
- From cholesterol to glucose: uncovering how statins induce β-cell dysfunction to promote type 2 diabetes.The Journal of endocrinology · 2025Review
- Single cell resolution of neurosteroidogenesis in the murine brain: de novo biosynthesis.The Journal of endocrinology · 2025Article
- Sexual Dimorphism in Migraine. Focus on Mitochondria.Current pain and headache reports · 2025Review
- Molecular pathways affecting reproductive efficiency in seasonal breeders: prospects and implications for improving fertility in donkeys.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Review
- Estradiol action in the female hypothalamo-pituitary-gonadal axis.Journal of neuroendocrinology · 2024Review
- Alterations in the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis as a Response to Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis inBiomolecules · 2024Article
- Acetylation of Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory Protein Sensitizes 17β-Estradiol Regulation in Hormone-Sensitive Breast Cancer Cells.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- Endogenous and fluorescent sterols reveal the molecular basis for ligand selectivity of human sterol transporters.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- The ameliorative effects of curcumin nanomicelle on testicular damage in the mouse model of multiple sclerosis.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2024Article
- Discovery of a Cushing's syndrome protein kinase A mutant that biases signaling through type I AKAPs.Science advances · 2024Article
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Abstract
How rapid induction of steroid hormone biosynthesis occurs in response to trophic hormone stimulation of steroidogenic cells has been a subject of intensive investigation for approximately six decades. A key observation made very early was that acute regulation of steroid biosynthesis required swift and timely synthesis of a new protein whose role appeared to be involved in the delivery of the substrate for all steroid hormones, cholesterol, from the outer to the inner mitochondrial membrane where the process of steroidogenesis begins. It was quickly learned that this transfer of cholesterol to the inner mitochondrial membrane was the regulated and rate-limiting step in steroidogenesis. Following this observation, the quest for this putative regulator protein(s) began in earnest in the late 1950s. This review provides a history of this quest, the candidate proteins that arose over the years and facts surrounding their rise or decline. Only two have persisted-translocator protein (TSPO) and the steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR). We present a detailed summary of the work that has been published for each of these two proteins, the specific data that has appeared in support of their role in cholesterol transport and steroidogenesis, and the ensuing observations that have arisen in recent years that have refuted the role of TSPO in this process. We believe that the only viable candidate that has been shown to be indispensable is the StAR protein. Lastly, we provide our view on what may be the most important questions concerning the acute regulation of steroidogenesis that need to be asked in future.
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