Biology:Steroid sulfatase

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Short description: Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


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Steryl-sulfatase
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EC number3.1.6.2
CAS number9025-62-1
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Steroid sulfatase (STS), or steryl-sulfatase (EC 3.1.6.2), formerly known as arylsulfatase C, is a sulfatase enzyme involved in the metabolism of steroids. It is encoded by the STS gene.[1]

Reactions

This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

3β-hydroxyandrost-5-en-17-one 3-sulfate + H2O [math]\displaystyle{ \rightleftharpoons }[/math] 3β-hydroxyandrost-5-en-17-one + sulfate

Also acts on some related steryl sulfates.

Function

The protein encoded by this gene catalyzes the conversion of sulfated steroid precursors to the free steroid. This includes DHEA sulfate, estrone sulfate, pregnenolone sulfate, and cholesterol sulfate, all to their unconjugated forms (DHEA, estrone, pregnenolone, and cholesterol, respectively).[2][3] The encoded protein is found in the endoplasmic reticulum, where it is present as a homodimer.[1]

Distribution of STS and EST activities for interconversion of estrone (E1) and estrone sulfate (E1S) in adult human tissues.[4]

Clinical significance

A congenital deficiency in the enzyme is associated with X-linked ichthyosis, a scaly-skin disease affecting roughly 1 in every 2,000 to 6,000 males.[5][6] The excessive skin scaling and hyperkeratosis is caused by a lack of breakdown and thus accumulation of cholesterol sulfate, a steroid that stabilizes cell membranes and adds cohesion, in the outer layers of the skin.[2]

Genetic deletions including STS are associated with an increased risk of developmental and mood disorders (and associated traits), and of atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter in males.[7] Both steroid sulfatase deficiency and common genetic risk variants within STS may confer increased atrial fibrillation risk.[8] Blood-clotting abnormalities may occur more frequently in males with XLI and female carriers.[9] Knockdown of STS gene expression in human skin cell cultures affects pathways associated with skin function, brain and heart development, and blood-clotting that may be relevant for explaining the skin condition and increased likelihood of ADHD/autism, cardiac arrhythmias and disorders of hemostasis in XLI.[10]

Steroid sulfates like DHEA sulfate and estrone sulfate serve as large biologically inert reservoirs for conversion into androgens and estrogens, respectively, and hence are of significance for androgen- and estrogen-dependent conditions like prostate cancer, breast cancer, endometriosis, and others. A number of clinical trials have been performed with inhibitors of the enzyme that have demonstrated clinical benefit, particularly in oncology and so far up to Phase II.[11] The non-steroidal drug Irosustat has been the most studied to date.

Inhibitors

Inhibitors of STS include irosustat, estrone sulfamate (EMATE), estradiol sulfamate (E2MATE), and danazol.[12][13] The most potent inhibitors are based around the aryl sulfamate pharmacophore[14] and it is thought that such compounds irreversibly modify the active site formylglycine residue of steroid sulfatase.[11]

Names

Steryl-sulfatase is also known as arylsulfatase, steroid sulfatase, sterol sulfatase, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate sulfatase, arylsulfatase C, steroid 3-sulfatase, steroid sulfate sulfohydrolase, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfatase, pregnenolone sulfatase, phenolic steroid sulfatase, 3-beta-hydroxysteroid sulfate sulfatase, as well as by its systematic name steryl-sulfate sulfohydrolase.[15][16][17]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Entrez Gene: STS steroid sulfatase (microsomal), arylsulfatase C, isozyme S". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=412. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "The Regulation of Steroid Action by Sulfation and Desulfation". Endocrine Reviews 36 (5): 526–63. October 2015. doi:10.1210/er.2015-1036. PMID 26213785. 
  3. "The Important Roles of Steroid Sulfatase and Sulfotransferases in Gynecological Diseases". Frontiers in Pharmacology 7: 30. 2016. doi:10.3389/fphar.2016.00030. PMID 26924986. 
  4. "Systemic distribution of steroid sulfatase and estrogen sulfotransferase in human adult and fetal tissues". The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 87 (12): 5760–8. December 2002. doi:10.1210/jc.2002-020670. PMID 12466383. 
  5. "Characterization of point mutations in patients with X-linked ichthyosis. Effects on the structure and function of the steroid sulfatase protein". The Journal of Biological Chemistry 272 (33): 20756–63. August 1997. doi:10.1074/jbc.272.33.20756. PMID 9252398. 
  6. "Mutations in X-linked ichthyosis disrupt the active site structure of estrone/DHEA sulfatase". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease 1739 (1): 1–4. December 2004. doi:10.1016/j.bbadis.2004.09.003. PMID 15607112. 
  7. "Medical and neurobehavioural phenotypes in carriers of X-linked ichthyosis-associated genetic deletions in the UK Biobank". Journal of Medical Genetics 57 (10): 692–698. Mar 2020. doi:10.1136/jmedgenet-2019-106676. PMID 32139392. 
  8. "Characterising heart rhythm abnormalities associated with Xp22.31 deletion". Journal of Medical Genetics 60 (7): 636–643. November 2022. doi:10.1136/jmg-2022-108862. PMID 36379544. 
  9. Brcic L, Wren GH, Underwood JFG, Kirov G, Davies W (2022) Comorbid medical issues in X-linked ichthyosis. JID Innovations 2(3):100109 PMID 35330591 doi:10.1016/j.xjidi.2022.100109 URL: https://www.jidinnovations.org/article/S2667-0267(22)00016-9/fulltext
  10. McGeoghan F, Camera E, Maiellaro M, Menon M, Huang M, Dewan P, Ziaj S, Caley MP, Donaldson M, Enright AJ, O'Toole EA (2023) RNA sequencing and lipidomics uncovers novel pathomechanisms in recessive X-linked ichthyosis Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences 10:1176802 PMID 37363400 doi:10.3389/fmolb.2023.1176802 URL:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmolb.2023.1176802/full
  11. 11.0 11.1 "SULFATION PATHWAYS: Steroid sulphatase inhibition via aryl sulphamates: clinical progress, mechanism and future prospects". Journal of Molecular Endocrinology 61 (2): T233–T252. August 2018. doi:10.1530/JME-18-0045. PMID 29618488. https://jme.bioscientifica.com/view/journals/jme/61/2/JME-18-0045.xml. 
  12. "Estrogen O-sulfamates and their analogues: Clinical steroid sulfatase inhibitors with broad potential". The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 153: 160–9. September 2015. doi:10.1016/j.jsbmb.2015.03.012. PMID 25843211. 
  13. "Inhibition of steroid sulfatase activity by danazol". Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica Supplement 123: 107–11. 1984. doi:10.3109/00016348409156994. PMID 6238495. 
  14. "Discovery and Development of the Aryl O-Sulfamate Pharmacophore for Oncology and Women's Health". Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 58 (19): 7634–58. October 2015. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5b00386. PMID 25992880. 
  15. "The steroid sulphatase of Patella vulgata". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 15 (2): 300–1. October 1954. doi:10.1016/0006-3002(54)90078-5. PMID 13208702. 
  16. "The Synthesis and Hydrolysis of Sulfate Esters". Advances in Enzymology and Related Areas of Molecular Biology. Advances in Enzymology - and Related Areas of Molecular Biology. 22. 1960. 205–35. doi:10.1002/9780470122679.ch5. ISBN 9780470122679. 
  17. "The enzymic hydrolysis of steroid conjugates. I. Sulphatase and β-glucuronidase activity of molluscan extracts". The Biochemical Journal 63 (4): 705–10. August 1956. doi:10.1042/bj0630705. PMID 13355874. 

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