PMID- 22921477 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130214 LR - 20131121 IS - 1878-5867 (Electronic) IS - 0039-128X (Linking) VI - 77 IP - 12 DP - 2012 Oct TI - 3D models of human ERalpha and ERbeta complexed with 5-androsten-3beta,17beta-diol. PG - 1192-7 LID - S0039-128X(12)00212-7 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.steroids.2012.07.014 [doi] AB - Recently, binding of 5-androsten-3beta,17beta-diol (Delta(5)-androstenediol) to human estrogen receptor-beta (ERbeta) was found to repress microglia-mediated inflammation, which is associated with various neurodegenerative diseases, such as multiple sclerosis. In contrast, binding of estradiol to ERbeta resulted in little or no repression of microglia-mediated inflammation. Binding of Delta(5)-androstenediol to ERbeta, as well as to ERalpha, is unexpected because unlike estradiol, Delta(5)-androstenediol has a saturated A ring and a C19 methyl group. To begin to elucidate the interaction of Delta(5)-androstenediol with both ERs, we constructed 3D models of Delta(5)-androstenediol with human ERalpha and ERbeta for comparison with the crystal structures of estradiol in ERalpha and ERbeta. Conformational flexibility in human ERalpha and ERbeta accommodates the C19 methyl on Delta(5)-androstenediol. This conformational flexibility may be relevant for binding of other Delta(5)-steroids with C19 methyl substituents, such as 25-hydroxycholesterol and 27-hydroxycholesterol, to ERs. CI - Copyright (c) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Baker, Michael E AU - Baker ME AD - Department of Medicine, 0693 University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0693, USA. mbaker@ucsd.edu FAU - Uh, Kayla Y AU - Uh KY FAU - Chandsawangbhuwana, Charlie AU - Chandsawangbhuwana C LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20120813 PL - United States TA - Steroids JT - Steroids JID - 0404536 RN - 0 (Estrogen Receptor alpha) RN - 0 (Estrogen Receptor beta) RN - 4TI98Z838E (Estradiol) RN - 95PS51EMXY (Androstenediol) SB - IM MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Androstenediol/*metabolism MH - Estradiol/metabolism MH - Estrogen Receptor alpha/*chemistry/*metabolism MH - Estrogen Receptor beta/*chemistry/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - *Molecular Docking Simulation MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Protein Binding MH - Protein Conformation MH - Protein Stability EDAT- 2012/08/28 06:00 MHDA- 2013/02/15 06:00 CRDT- 2012/08/28 06:00 PHST- 2012/04/13 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/07/12 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2012/07/26 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2012/08/28 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/08/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/02/15 06:00 [medline] AID - S0039-128X(12)00212-7 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.steroids.2012.07.014 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Steroids. 2012 Oct;77(12):1192-7. doi: 10.1016/j.steroids.2012.07.014. Epub 2012 Aug 13.