Journal: Endocrinology
Article Title: Female Mice with HSD17B1 Inactivation Show Mild Hyperandrogenism without Notable Impact on Reproductive Function or Bone
doi: 10.1210/endocr/bqaf167
Figure Lengend Snippet: HSD17B1 inactivating mutation affected ovarian steroidogenesis. (A) Conversion of E1 to E2 in MCF-7 cells transfected with Ser143Ala mutant (Mut) HSD17B1 is greatly impaired in comparison with cells transfected with WT HSD17B1, being equal to nontransfected cells (Sham). (B) No change was observed in Hsd17b1 mRNA expression in adult mouse ovaries analyzed by quantitative PCR (n = 4). (C) Intraovarian E1, A4, and DHT concentrations were increased in 6-month-old females, but other steroids were unchanged (n = 13). (D) Serum E1, A4, and T concentrations were also increased in the same animals. (E) Serum LH concentrations were increased in 6- to 7-month-old females (WT n = 11, HSD17B1-KI n = 12). (F) Ovary/serum steroid concentration ratio of A4 was increased, and T decreased in the HSD17B1-KI females. (G) The ratio of T to A4 was decreased in the HSD17B1-KI ovary but unchanged in serum. In (A), data are presented as means and SD; in (B-F), data are presented as individual values, with lines indicating means; and in (C, D, F), data were log 2 -transformed prior to analysis. *= P < .05, **= P < .01, ***= P < .001. Abbreviations: A4, androstenedione; DHT, dihydrotestosterone; E1, estrone; E2, estradiol; HSD17B1, 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 1; HSD17B1-KI, 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 1 Ser143Ala knock-in; T, testosterone; WT, wild-type.
Article Snippet: Briefly, the point mutation was introduced to a wild-type (WT) mouse Hsd17b1 expression plasmid (Origene) with a Q5 Site Directed Mutagenesis Kit (NE Biolabs) according to manufacturer instructions, with the following primers: forward 5′-GTGACCGCGGCAGTGGGAGGCTT-3′, reverse 5′-CAGCACACGCCCAGAGTGGC-3′.
Techniques: Mutagenesis, Transfection, Comparison, Expressing, Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction, Concentration Assay, Transformation Assay, Knock-In