Recombinant Human Aldo-keto reductase family 1 member C2 (AKR1C2)

1. Curcumin treatments considerably increased the expression of AKR1C2 in prostate cancer cell lines. PMID: 29369461
2. We identified two powerful genes in the liver cancer metastasis process, AEG-1 and AKR1C2. PMID: 26318406
3. Identify two novel factors, AKR1C2 (positive factor) and NF1 (negative factor), as the AEG-1 downstream players in the process of metastasis in liver cancer. PMID: 26351209
4. The endogenous HMOX1 gene but not the AKR1C2 gene is strongly repressed by Bach1 in HaCaT keratinocytes. PMID: 26244607
5. In model cell lines of endometrial cancer, AKR1C2 and SRD5A1 have crucial roles in progesterone metabolism. PMID: 25463305
6. Significantly higher levels of SRD5A1, AKR1C2, AKR1C3, and HSD17B10 mRNA were however found in bone metastases than in non-malignant and/or malignant prostate tissue PMID: 24244276
7. The V54L mutation significantly decreases the 3alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activity of DDH2 for the reduction of dihydrotestosterone. PMID: 24434280
8. DDH2 expression might be a potential predictor and monitor of cisplatin efficacy in advanced NSCLC patients. PMID: 22534668
9. Data suggest that modulation of AKR1C2 by glucocorticoids (dexamethasone in this study) locally modifies exposure of adipose cells to endogenous androgens; thus, AKR1C2 activation/inactivation may be involved in regional fat deposition. PMID: 22275760
10. role of AKR1C2 in the metabolism of testosterone and progesterone via the 5beta-reductase pathway. PMID: 21521174
11. The folding initiation mechanism of human bile acid-binding protein (BABP) has been examined by (19) F NMR. PMID: 21280124
12. Overexpression of aldo-keto reductase 1C2 is associated with disease progression in patients with prostatic cancer PMID: 20840669
13. We investigated associations between single nucleotide polymorphisms in genes HSD3B1, SRD5A1/2, and AKR1C2 and prostate cancer risk PMID: 20056642
14. human ileal bile acid binding protein binds two molecules of glycocholic acid with low intrinsic affinity but an extraordinarily high degree of positive cooperativity PMID: 11854486
15. The kinetics of 3-alpha-HSD type III indicates an ordered ternary complex mechanism characterized by allopregnanolone formation, with NAD cofactor binding before the steroid substrate and dissociating after release of the steroid product. PMID: 12416991
16. in prostate cells AKR1C2 acts as a 3-ketosteroid reductase to eliminate 5alpha-DHT and prevents activation of the androgen receptor. PMID: 12810547
17. Glaucomatous optic nerve head astrocytes express a higher level of 3alpha-HSD isoform AKR1C2 and its mRNA than normal astrocytes. PMID: 13678667
18. expression and activity of type 5 17beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase and type 3 3alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase in female subcutaneous tissue and omental adipose tissue and in preadipocytes PMID: 14671194
19. Akr1c2 which is up-regulated in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma probably plays an important role in tumor development of esophagus and may be proposed as a potential molecular target treatments. PMID: 15188492
20. metabolizes tibolone PMID: 15383625
21. Results suggest that 17beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (17beta-HSD) type 3 might play slightly different roles in zebrafish compared with human although testosterone itself is likely to have similar functions in both organisms. PMID: 16216911
22. human ileal bile acid binding protein has a high degree of selectivity in its interactions with glycocholate and glycochenodeoxycholate brought on by the conformation of its ternary complex PMID: 16411748
23. The regulation of AKR1C2 by antioxidant response element suggests that AKR1C2 detoxifies products of reactive oxidant injury. PMID: 16478829
24. continual intake of arsenic in drinking water might provoke AKR1C2 expression that could in turn induce drug resistance in bladder cancer, and AKR1C2 may have a role in development of bladder cancer PMID: 17203165
25. Wild-type ileal BABP undergoes a slow conformational change after both bile-salt binding sites become occupied, a kinetic step that is missing in mutants that lack positive cooperativity. PMID: 17432832
26. The inhibition of activation of the beta-catenin/TCF-signaling pathway is believed to be one mechanism by which AKR1C2 siRNA exerts a gatekeeper function during hepatocarcinogenesis. PMID: 18251165
27. Higher mRNA levels of enzymes synthesizing and inactivating androgens are found in differentiated adipocytes, consistent with higher androgen-processing rates in these cells. PMID: 18984855
28. The results show that several naturally occurring single nucleotide polymorphisms in AKR1C2 result in reduced enzyme activities. These variant AKR1C2 alleles may represent one factor involved in the variable degradation of dihydrotestosterone in vivo. PMID: 19258517
29. The disulfide bridge does not modify the protein-binding stoichiometry, but has a key role in modulating recognition at both sites, inducing site selectivity for glycocholic and glycochenodeoxycholic acid. PMID: 19754879
30. The researchers found an increased risk of breast cancer in women with AKR1C2 who carried 1 or 2 alleles and who used estrogen-progesterone therapy. PMID: 19846565

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HGNC: 385

OMIM: 600450

KEGG: hsa:1646

STRING: 9606.ENSP00000370129

UniGene: Hs.460260