Article ; Online: Pregnenolone sulfate: from steroid metabolite to TRP channel ligand.
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
2013 Volume 18, Issue 10, Page(s) 12012–12028
Abstract: Pregnenolone sulfate is a steroid metabolite with a plethora of actions and functions. As a neurosteroid, pregnenolone sulfate modulates a variety of ion channels, transporters, and enzymes. Interestingly, as a sulfated steroid, pregnenolone sulfate is ... ...
Abstract | Pregnenolone sulfate is a steroid metabolite with a plethora of actions and functions. As a neurosteroid, pregnenolone sulfate modulates a variety of ion channels, transporters, and enzymes. Interestingly, as a sulfated steroid, pregnenolone sulfate is not the final- or waste-product of pregnenolone being sulfated via a phase II metabolism reaction and renally excreted, as one would presume from the pharmacology textbook knowledge. Pregnenolone sulfate is also the source and thereby the starting point for subsequent steroid synthesis pathways. Most recently, pregnenolone sulfate has been functionally "upgraded" from modulator of ion channels to an activating ion channel ligand. This review will focus on molecular aspects of the neurosteroid, pregnenolone sulfate, its metabolism, concentrations in serum and tissues and last not least will summarize the functional data. |
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MeSH term(s) | Animals ; Humans ; Ligands ; Pregnenolone/physiology ; Receptors, GABA/metabolism ; Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate/metabolism ; Signal Transduction ; Transient Receptor Potential Channels/metabolism |
Chemical Substances | Ligands ; Receptors, GABA ; Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate ; Transient Receptor Potential Channels ; pregnenolone sulfate (04Y4D91RG0) ; Pregnenolone (73R90F7MQ8) |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2013-09-27 |
Publishing country | Switzerland |
Document type | Journal Article ; Review |
ZDB-ID | 1413402-0 |
ISSN | 1420-3049 ; 1431-5165 ; 1420-3049 |
ISSN (online) | 1420-3049 |
ISSN | 1431-5165 ; 1420-3049 |
DOI | 10.3390/molecules181012012 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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