PMID- 23416106 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20131213 LR - 20131021 IS - 1879-1220 (Electronic) IS - 0960-0760 (Linking) VI - 137 DP - 2013 Sep TI - Interaction of Androst-5-ene-3beta,17beta-diol and 5alpha-androstane-3beta,17beta-diol with estrogen and androgen receptors: a combined binding and cell study. PG - 316-21 LID - S0960-0760(13)00017-4 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2013.01.012 [doi] AB - Androst-5-ene-3beta,17beta-diol (ADIOL) and 5alpha-androstane-3beta,17beta-diol (3beta-DIOL), metabolites of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and dihydrotestosterone (DHT), respectively, are known to possess estrogenic properties. To better understand their hormonal action and roles in the proliferation of breast cancer (BC) cells, we studied their binding to sex-hormone receptors in estrogen receptor (ER)-positive (ZR-75-1 and T-47D) and ER-negative (MDA-MB-231) human BC cells. The results demonstrated that estradiol (E2), ADIOL and 3beta-DIOL stimulated the proliferation of ZR-75-1 and T-47D cells, but had no effect on ER-negative cells. In the presence of estradiol, ADIOL and 3beta-DIOL inhibited the estrogen-stimulated BC cell growth. This inhibition was counteracted by anti-androgens, which were unable to affect the ADIOL and 3beta-DIOL stimulatory effects in E2-free medium. On the other hand, in the presence of tamoxifen, ADIOL and 3beta-DIOL showed an additional anti-proliferative activity on hormone-sensitive BC cells compared with tamoxifen treatment alone. These results are similar to previous reports obtained using MCF-7 cells, which confirmed that ADIOL and 3beta-DIOL stimulated estrogen-dependent BC cell growth via ERs, but inhibited growth via androgen receptors (ARs). Several steroids bind to both ER and AR in a different preference and degree, i.e. E2>estrone (E1)>ADIOL>3beta-DIOL>testosterone (T)>DHT for ER and DHT>T>3beta-DIOL>ADIOL>E1>E2 for AR. The relative binding affinities of ADIOL, 3beta-DIOL, and E2 corresponded well to their respective potential in stimulating cell proliferation of ZR-75-1 and T-47D cells in our results. The intrinsic relationship between cell proliferation effects and binding affinities for receptors of several steroids was revealed here by a combined binding and cell study. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled 'Synthesis and biological testing of steroid derivatives as inhibitors'. CI - Copyright (c) 2013. Published by Elsevier Ltd. FAU - Chen, Jiong AU - Chen J AD - Laboratory of Structural Biology with Visiting Scientists, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes of Biological Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China. FAU - Wang, Wei-Qi AU - Wang WQ FAU - Lin, Sheng-Xiang AU - Lin SX LA - eng GR - MOP 89851/Canadian Institutes of Health Research/Canada PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20130214 PL - England TA - J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol JT - The Journal of steroid biochemistry and molecular biology JID - 9015483 RN - 0 (Receptors, Androgen) RN - 0 (Receptors, Estrogen) RN - 25126-76-5 (Androstane-3,17-diol) RN - 95PS51EMXY (Androstenediol) SB - IM MH - Androstane-3,17-diol/*metabolism MH - Androstenediol/*metabolism MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Humans MH - Protein Binding MH - Receptors, Androgen/*metabolism MH - Receptors, Estrogen/*metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - 3beta-DIOL OT - 5alpha-androstane-3beta,17beta-diol OT - ADIOL OT - AR OT - Androgens OT - Antiandrogens OT - Antiestrogens OT - BC OT - DHEA OT - DHT OT - E1 OT - E2 OT - ER OT - Estrogen receptors OT - Estrogens OT - Ligands OT - OH-flu OT - T OT - androgen receptor OT - androst-5-ene-3beta,17beta-diol OT - breast cancer OT - dehydroepiandrosterone OT - dihydrotestosterone OT - estradiol OT - estrogen receptor OT - estrone OT - hydroxyflutamine OT - testosterone EDAT- 2013/02/19 06:00 MHDA- 2013/12/18 06:00 CRDT- 2013/02/19 06:00 PHST- 2012/11/27 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/01/04 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2013/01/24 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/02/19 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/02/19 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/12/18 06:00 [medline] AID - S0960-0760(13)00017-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2013.01.012 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2013 Sep;137:316-21. doi: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2013.01.012. Epub 2013 Feb 14.