Vitamins and HormonesPub Date : 2023-01-01Epub Date: 2023-03-09DOI: 10.1016/bs.vh.2023.02.003
Yuta Tanizaki, Lingyu Bao, Yun-Bo Shi
{"title":"Steroid-receptor coactivator complexes in thyroid hormone-regulation of Xenopus metamorphosis.","authors":"Yuta Tanizaki, Lingyu Bao, Yun-Bo Shi","doi":"10.1016/bs.vh.2023.02.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/bs.vh.2023.02.003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Anuran metamorphosis is perhaps the most drastic developmental change regulated by thyroid hormone (T3) in vertebrate. It mimics the postembryonic development in mammals when many organs/tissues mature into adult forms and plasma T3 level peaks. T3 functions by regulating target gene transcription through T3 receptors (TRs), which can recruit corepressor or coactivator complexes to target genes in the absence or presence of T3, respectively. By using molecular and genetic approaches, we and others have investigated the role of corepressor or coactivator complexes in TR function during the development of two highly related anuran species, the pseudo-tetraploid Xenopus laevis and diploid Xenopus tropicalis. Here we will review some of these studies that demonstrate a critical role of coactivator complexes, particularly those containing steroid receptor coactivator (SRC) 3, in regulating metamorphic rate and ensuring the completion of metamorphosis.</p>","PeriodicalId":51209,"journal":{"name":"Vitamins and Hormones","volume":"123 ","pages":"483-502"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11274430/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10307496","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Vitamins and HormonesPub Date : 2023-01-01Epub Date: 2022-12-29DOI: 10.1016/bs.vh.2022.11.001
Jennifer S Stancill, John A Corbett
{"title":"Hydrogen peroxide detoxification through the peroxiredoxin/thioredoxin antioxidant system: A look at the pancreatic β-cell oxidant defense.","authors":"Jennifer S Stancill, John A Corbett","doi":"10.1016/bs.vh.2022.11.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/bs.vh.2022.11.001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Reactive oxygen species (ROS), such as hydrogen peroxide, are formed when molecular oxygen obtains additional electrons, increasing its reactivity. While low concentrations of hydrogen peroxide are necessary for regulation of normal cellular signaling events, high concentrations can be toxic. To maintain this balance between beneficial and deleterious concentrations of hydrogen peroxide, cells utilize antioxidants. Our recent work supports a primary role for peroxiredoxin, thioredoxin, and thioredoxin reductase as the oxidant defense pathway used by insulin-producing pancreatic β-cells. These three players work in an antioxidant cycle based on disulfide exchange, with oxidized targets ultimately being reduced using electrons provided by NADPH. Peroxiredoxins also participate in hydrogen peroxide-based signaling through disulfide exchange with redox-regulated target proteins. This chapter will describe the catalytic mechanisms of thioredoxin, thioredoxin reductase, and peroxiredoxin and provide an in-depth look at the roles these enzymes play in antioxidant defense pathways of insulin-secreting β-cells. Finally, we will evaluate the physiological relevance of peroxiredoxin-mediated hydrogen peroxide signaling as a regulator of β-cell function.</p>","PeriodicalId":51209,"journal":{"name":"Vitamins and Hormones","volume":"121 ","pages":"45-66"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10058777/pdf/nihms-1879247.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9563118","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tania Gómez-Sierra, Alexis Paulina Jiménez-Uribe, Ariadna Jazmín Ortega-Lozano, Karla Jaqueline Ramírez-Magaña, José Pedraza-Chaverri
{"title":"Antioxidants affect endoplasmic reticulum stress-related diseases.","authors":"Tania Gómez-Sierra, Alexis Paulina Jiménez-Uribe, Ariadna Jazmín Ortega-Lozano, Karla Jaqueline Ramírez-Magaña, José Pedraza-Chaverri","doi":"10.1016/bs.vh.2022.10.006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.vh.2022.10.006","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is a complex multifunctional organelle that maintains cell homeostasis. Intrinsic and extrinsic factors alter ER functions, including the rate of protein folding that triggers the accumulation of misfolded proteins and alters homeostasis, thus generating stress in the ER, which activates the unfolded protein response (UPR) pathway to promote cell survival and restore their homeostasis; however, if the damage is not corrected, it could also trigger cell death. In addition, ER stress and oxidative stress are closely related because excessive production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), a well-known inducer of ER stress, promotes the accumulation of misfolded proteins; at the same time, the ER stress enhances ROS production, generating a pathological cycle. Furthermore, it has been described that the dysregulation of the UPR contributes to the progression of various diseases, so the use of compounds capable of regulating ER stress, such as antioxidants, has been used in several experimental models of diseases to alleviate the damage induced by the maladaptive signaling of the UPR, the mechanism of action of antioxidants generally is dose-dependent, and it is specific in each tissue and pathology, could decrease or enhance specific proteins of the UPR to have beneficial or detrimental effects.</p>","PeriodicalId":51209,"journal":{"name":"Vitamins and Hormones","volume":"121 ","pages":"169-196"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10589896","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Vitamins and HormonesPub Date : 2023-01-01Epub Date: 2023-06-26DOI: 10.1016/bs.vh.2023.05.005
Shristi Pawnikar, Sana Akhter, Yinglong Miao
{"title":"Structural dynamics of chemokine receptors.","authors":"Shristi Pawnikar, Sana Akhter, Yinglong Miao","doi":"10.1016/bs.vh.2023.05.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/bs.vh.2023.05.005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Membrane proteins such as G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are involved in awide range of physiological and pathological cellular processes. Binding of extracellular signals to GPCRs, including hormones, neurotransmitters, peptides and proteins, can activate intracellular signaling cascades via G protein interaction. Chemokine receptors are key GPCRs implicated in cancers, immune responses, cell migration and inflammation. Specifically, the CCR5 and CXCR4 chemokine receptors serve as important therapeutic targets against Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV) entry into human cells. Maraviroc and Vicriviroc, two clinically used HIV entry inhibitors, are antagonists of the CCR5 receptor. These drugs block HIV entry, but ultimately resistance develops, due to emergence of viruses that can utilize the CXCR4 co-receptor. Unfortunately, development of chemokine receptor antagonists as selective drugs of HIV infection has been greatly hindered as their target orthosteric site is conserved among different receptor subtypes. Accordingly, it is important to understand the structural dynamics of these receptors to develop more effective therapeutics. In this chapter, we describe the latest advances in studies of these two key chemokine receptors with respect to their structures, dynamics and function.</p>","PeriodicalId":51209,"journal":{"name":"Vitamins and Hormones","volume":"123 ","pages":"645-662"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10671464","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Vitamins and HormonesPub Date : 2023-01-01Epub Date: 2023-03-30DOI: 10.1016/bs.vh.2023.03.001
Yelena Z Ginzburg
{"title":"Hepcidin and its multiple partners: Complex regulation of iron metabolism in health and disease.","authors":"Yelena Z Ginzburg","doi":"10.1016/bs.vh.2023.03.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/bs.vh.2023.03.001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The peptide hormone hepcidin is central to the regulation of iron metabolism, influencing the movement of iron into the circulation and determining total body iron stores. Its effect on a cellular level involves binding ferroportin, the main iron export protein, preventing iron egress and leading to iron sequestration within ferroportin-expressing cells. Hepcidin expression is enhanced by iron loading and inflammation and suppressed by erythropoietic stimulation. Aberrantly increased hepcidin leads to systemic iron deficiency and/or iron restricted erythropoiesis as occurs in anemia of chronic inflammation. Furthermore, insufficiently elevated hepcidin occurs in multiple diseases associated with iron overload such as hereditary hemochromatosis and iron loading anemias. Abnormal iron metabolism as a consequence of hepcidin dysregulation is an underlying factor resulting in pathophysiology of multiple diseases and several agents aimed at manipulating this pathway have been designed, with some already in clinical trials. In this chapter, we assess the complex regulation of hepcidin, delineate the many binding partners involved in its regulation, and present an update on the development of hepcidin agonists and antagonists in various clinical scenarios.</p>","PeriodicalId":51209,"journal":{"name":"Vitamins and Hormones","volume":"123 ","pages":"249-284"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10299446","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Vitamins and HormonesPub Date : 2023-01-01Epub Date: 2023-02-09DOI: 10.1016/bs.vh.2023.01.003
Arturo Hernandez, M Elena Martinez, Carolina Chaves, Joao Anselmo
{"title":"Epigenetic developmental programming and intergenerational effects of thyroid hormones.","authors":"Arturo Hernandez, M Elena Martinez, Carolina Chaves, Joao Anselmo","doi":"10.1016/bs.vh.2023.01.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/bs.vh.2023.01.003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Mounting evidence is showing that altered signaling through the nuclear hormone receptor superfamily can cause abnormal, long-term epigenetic changes which translate into pathological modifications and susceptibility to disease. These effects seem to be more prominent if the exposure occurs early in life, when transcriptomic profiles are rapidly changing. At this time, the coordination of the complex coordinated processes of cell proliferation and differentiation that characterize mammalian development. Such exposures may also alter the epigenetic information of the germ line, potentially leading to developmental changes and abnormal outcomes in subsequent generations. Thyroid hormone (TH) signaling is mediated by specific nuclear receptors, which have the ability to markedly change chromatin structure and gene transcription, and can also regulate other determinants of epigenetic marks. TH exhibits pleiotropic effects in mammals, and during development, its action is regulated in a highly dynamic manner to suit the rapidly evolving needs of multiple tissues. Their molecular mechanisms of action, timely developmental regulation and broad biological effects place THs in a central position to play a role in the developmental epigenetic programming of adult pathophysiology and, through effects on the germ line, in inter- and trans-generational epigenetic phenomena. These areas of epigenetic research are in their infancy, and studies regarding THs are limited. In the context of their characteristics as epigenetic modifiers and their finely tuned developmental action, here we review some of the observations underscoring the role that altered TH action may play in the developmental programming of adult traits and in the phenotypes of subsequent generations via germ line transmission of altered epigenetic information. Considering the relatively high prevalence of thyroid disease and the ability of some environmental chemicals to disrupt TH action, the epigenetic effects of abnormal levels of TH action may be important contributors to the non-genetic etiology of human disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":51209,"journal":{"name":"Vitamins and Hormones","volume":"122 ","pages":"23-49"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10938172/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9694638","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Vitamins and HormonesPub Date : 2023-01-01Epub Date: 2023-08-24DOI: 10.1016/bs.vh.2022.12.004
Edward O List, Silvana Duran-Ortiz, Prateek Kulkarni, Emily Davis, Patricia Mora-Criollo, Darlene E Berryman, John J Kopchick
{"title":"Growth hormone receptor gene disruption.","authors":"Edward O List, Silvana Duran-Ortiz, Prateek Kulkarni, Emily Davis, Patricia Mora-Criollo, Darlene E Berryman, John J Kopchick","doi":"10.1016/bs.vh.2022.12.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/bs.vh.2022.12.004","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Much of our understanding of growth hormone's (GH)'s numerous activities stems from studies utilizing GH receptor (GHR) knockout mice. More recently, the role of GH action has been examined by creating mice with tissue-specific or temporal GHR disruption. To date, 37 distinct GHR knockout mouse lines have been created. Targeted tissues include fat, liver, muscle, heart, bone, brain, macrophage, intestine, hematopoietic stem cells, pancreatic β cells, and inducible multi-tissue \"global\" disruption at various ages. In this chapter, a summary of each mouse line is provided with background information on the generation of the mouse line as well as important physiological outcomes resulting from GHR gene disruption. Collectively, these mouse lines provide unique insights into GH action and have resulted in the development of new hypotheses about the functions ascribed to GH action in particular tissues.</p>","PeriodicalId":51209,"journal":{"name":"Vitamins and Hormones","volume":"123 ","pages":"109-149"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11462719/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10299441","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Antioxidant conjugated metal complexes and their medicinal applications.","authors":"Anindya Roy, Jugun Prakash Chinta","doi":"10.1016/bs.vh.2022.10.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.vh.2022.10.003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Antioxidants are naturally available and man-made substances have the ability to protect cells from damage due to a number of intracellular redox activities. Moreover, Antioxidants such as α-lipoic acid, curcumin and catechin are good anticancer agents. In recent years, the usage of metal complexes as therapeutic agents is gaining importance due to their useful biological properties. Most of the metal ions act as the essential components in building drug molecules that serve as medicines for cancer and neurodegenerative diseases. In particular, metals like copper, gold, ruthenium, and platinum have adequate anticancer properties at both micro- and nano-levels. Hence, conjugation of antioxidants with metals and metal-based compounds results in hybrid bioactive materials with improved anticancer properties. In this chapter, medicinal applications of antioxidant conjugated metal complexes are reviewed and discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":51209,"journal":{"name":"Vitamins and Hormones","volume":"121 ","pages":"319-353"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10589898","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Vitamins and HormonesPub Date : 2023-01-01Epub Date: 2023-01-10DOI: 10.1016/bs.vh.2022.12.007
Peter J Fuller, Morag J Young, Jun Yang, Timothy J Cole
{"title":"Structure-function relationships of the aldosterone receptor.","authors":"Peter J Fuller, Morag J Young, Jun Yang, Timothy J Cole","doi":"10.1016/bs.vh.2022.12.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/bs.vh.2022.12.007","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The cellular response to the adrenal steroid aldosterone is mediated by the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR), a member of the nuclear receptor superfamily of ligand-dependent transcription factors. The MR binds more than one physiological ligand with binding at the MR determined by pre-receptor metabolism of glucocorticoid ligands by 11β hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2. The MR has a wide tissue distribution with multiple roles beyond the classical role in electrolyte homeostasis including cardiovascular function, immune cell signaling, neuronal fate and adipocyte differentiation. The MR has three principal functional domains, an N-terminal ligand domain, a central DNA binding domain and a C-terminal, ligand binding domain, with structures having been determined for the latter two domains but not for the whole receptor. MR signal-transduction can be best viewed as a series of interactions which are determined by the conformation conferred on the receptor by ligand binding. This conformation then determines subsequent intra- and inter-molecular interactions. These interactions include chromatin, coregulators and other transcription factors, and additional less well characterized cytoplasmic non-genomic effects via crosstalk with other signaling pathways. This chapter will provide a review of MR structure and function, and an analysis of the critical interactions involved in MR-mediated signal transduction, which contribute to ligand- and tissue-specificity. Understanding the relevant mechanisms for selective MR signaling in terms of these interactions opens the possibility of novel therapeutic approaches for the treatment of MR-mediated diseases.</p>","PeriodicalId":51209,"journal":{"name":"Vitamins and Hormones","volume":"123 ","pages":"285-312"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10299445","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Aberrant epigenetic regulation of estrogen and progesterone signaling at the level of endometrial/endometriotic tissue in the pathomechanism of endometriosis.","authors":"Dariusz Szukiewicz","doi":"10.1016/bs.vh.2022.11.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.vh.2022.11.005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Endometriosis is a term referring to a condition whereby the endometrial tissue is found outside the uterine cavity. This progressive and debilitating condition affects up to 15% of women of reproductive age. Due to the fact that endometriosis cells may express estrogen receptors (ERα, Erβ, GPER) and progesterone (P4) receptors (PR-A, PR-B), their growth, cyclic proliferation, and breakdown are similar to the processes occurring in the endometrium. The underlying etiology and pathogenesis of endometriosis are still not fully explained. The retrograde transport of viable menstrual endometrial cells with the retained ability to attach within the pelvic cavity, proliferate, differentiate and invade into the surrounding tissue explains the most widely accepted implantation theory. Endometrial stromal cells (EnSCs) with clonogenic potential constitute the most abundant population of cells within endometrium that resemble the properties of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). Accordingly, formation of the endometriotic foci in endometriosis may be due to a kind of EnSCs dysfunction. Increasing evidence indicates the underestimated role of epigenetic mechanisms in the pathogenesis of endometriosis. Hormone-mediated epigenetic modifications of the genome in EnSCs or even MSCs were attributed an important role in the etiopathogenesis of endometriosis. The roles of excess estrogen exposure and P4 resistance were also found to be crucial in the development of epigenetic homeostasis failure. Therefore, the aim of this review was to consolidate the current knowledge regarding the epigenetic background of EnSCs and MSCs and the changed properties due to estrogen/P4 imbalances in the context of the etiopathogenesis of endometriosis.</p>","PeriodicalId":51209,"journal":{"name":"Vitamins and Hormones","volume":"122 ","pages":"193-235"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9324230","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}