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Plays a key role in steroid hormone synthesis by enhancing the metabolism of cholesterol into pregnenolone. Mediates the transfer of cholesterol from the outer mitochondrial membrane to the inner mitochondrial membrane where it is cleaved to pregnenolone.
基因功能參考文獻:
The present study revealed that StAR overexpression can reduce hepatic lipid accumulation, regulate glucose metabolism and attenuate insulin resistance through a mechanism involving the activation of FXR. PMID: 28153708
Reduced fractalkine levels were found in follicular fluid and granulosa cells, accompanied by decreased progesterone production and reduced steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR) expression in the granulosa cells of patients with polycystic ovary syndrome. Administration of fractalkine reversed the inhibition of progesterone and StAR expression. PMID: 27386819
Remarkably, in terms of fluorescence response, 20NP slightly outperforms commonly used 22NC and can thus be used for screening of various potential ligands by a competition mechanism in the future. PMID: 29408456
solution structure of human steroidogenic acute regulatory protein STARD1 studied by small-angle X-ray scattering PMID: 28576490
immunohistochemical staining for StAR is a reliable pathological approach for the diagnosis and classification of adrenocortical adenomas with cAMP/PKA signaling-activating mutations. PMID: 27606678
Data suggest that expression of STAR (steroidogenic acute regulatory protein) and AKR1B10 (aldo-keto reductase family 1, member B10) is down-regulated in high-grade versus low-grade endometrial tumors; expression of AKR1B10 correlates with body mass index, with up-regulation of expression of AKR1B10 in obese patients with endometrial tumors. PMID: 28232277
target of the microRNA let-7, which itself is regulated by the long noncoding RNA H19 PMID: 27813675
Immunostaining of CLOCK and PER2 protein was detected in the granulosa cells of dominant antral follicles but was absent in the primordial, primary, or preantral follicles of human ovaries.Oscillating expression of the circadian gene PER2 can be induced by testosterone in human granulosa cells in vitro. Expression of STAR also displayed an oscillating pattern after testosterone stimulation PMID: 27614897
Current level of understanding on tissue-specific and hormone-induced regulation of STAR expression and steroidogenesis, and insights into a number of cholesterol and/or steroid coupled physiological consequences.[review] PMID: 26271515
activins A, B and AB down-regulate StAR expression and decrease progesterone production in human granulosa cells, likely via an ALK4-mediated SMAD2/SMAD4-dependent pathway. PMID: 26001835
amino acid of mutant position of the novel p.E123K was highly conserved in ten different species and was predicted to have impacts on the structure and function of StAR protein by the PolyPhen-2 prediction software PMID: 26014698
Mutagenesis confirmed that Arg(312) and Arg(313) are crucial for this mode of regulation, and novel interactions with the START domain PMID: 25002576
StAR proteolysis is executed by at least 2 mitochondrial proteases, the matrix LON protease and the inner membrane complexes of the metalloproteases AFG3L2 and AFG3L2:SPG7/paraplegin. PMID: 24422629
Hypoxia in pulmonary artery endothelial cells results in upregulation of STAR protein. PMID: 25001622
BMP15 down-regulates StAR expression and decreases progesterone production in human granulosa cells, likely via ALK3-mediated SMAD1/5/8 signaling. PMID: 24140593
The novel mutation p.Trp147Arg of the steroidogenic acute regulatory protein causes classic lipoid congenital adrenal hyperplasia with adrenal insufficiency and 46,XY disorder of sex development. PMID: 23920000
Data suggest that mutation analysis of the STAR gene is essential for definitive diagnosis, genetic counseling, and prenatal diagnosis of Lipoid congenital adrenal hyperplasia (LCAH). PMID: 23748066
Cholesterol-mediated conformational changes in StAR are essential for steroidogenesis. PMID: 24053410
Expression of StAR and P45011beta (cytochrome P450 family 11 subfamily B polypeptide 1) is down-regulated in adrenocortical cells and neurons under oxidative stress by ALADIN (triple A syndrome protein, human) knockdown. PMID: 23825130
deficiencies in the steroidogenic acute regulatory protein and the cholesterol side chain cleavage enzyme cause neonatal adrenal failure PMID: 23158025
biochemical, genetic, and long-term clinical data in 5 Greek patients from 4 families with mutations in STAR gene (46, XX and 46, XY disorders of sex development): All patients presented in early infancy with adrenal insufficiency. [CASE STUDIES] PMID: 23211570
Mutant FOXL2 in granulosa cell tumors is able to differentially regulate the expression of many genes, including two well known FOXL2 targets, StAR and CYP19A. PMID: 23029457
Mutations in the CYP11A1 gene encoding cholesterol side-chain cleavage enzyme cause disordered pregnenolone synthesis, and STAR mutations do not necessarily results in typical congenital lipoid adrenal hyperplasia. PMID: 23330251
The status of ARO and StAR contribute to estrogen synthesis in situ, especially for the regulation of elastic fiber formation, and to testosterone synthesis, which may be associated with hair growth, respectively. PMID: 22634420
Allelic losses of the loci containing StAR have significant prognostic value for intermediate-risk prostate cancer. PMID: 22213075
The STAR mutation spectrum has been investigated and a novel STAR mutation functionally analyzed in Korean patients with congenital lipoid adrenal hyperplasia; p.Q258X is the most common STAR mutation in Korea. PMID: 21846663
analysis of angiotensin II-dependent transcriptional activation of human steroidogenic acute regulatory protein gene by a 25-kDa cAMP-responsive element modulator protein isoform and Yin Yang 1 PMID: 22253417
report a novel transcriptional cooperation between GATA factors and cJUN on the mouse Star and human STAR promoters in MA-10 Leydig cells. This cooperation was observed with different GATA members, whereas only cJUN could cooperate with GATA factors PMID: 21350237
StAR mutations located in the cholesterol binding pocket (V187M, R188C, R192C, G221D/S) seem to cause non-classic lipoid congenital adrenal hyperplasia PMID: 21647419
a biological marker for Leydig cells and sex-cord stromal tumors PMID: 21217523
The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of adiponectin on StAR protein expression, steroidogenic genes, and cortisol production and to dissect the signalling cascades involved in the activation of StAR expression. PMID: 21334384
The role of protein tyrosine phosphatases in the regulation of steroid biosynthesis, relating them to steroidogenic acute regulatory protein, arachidonic acid metabolism and mitochondrial rearrangement, is described. PMID: 21145937
The considerable extra energy expenditure that is required for synthesis of the long mRNA is used to provide a refined control of StAR expression. PMID: 21147196
StAR, its expression pattern and the clinical consequences of the loss of its activity. PMID: 21164258
GDF9 attenuates the suppressive effects of activin A on StAR expression and progesterone production by increasing the expression of inhibin B, which acts as an activin A competitor. PMID: 20660033
novel SF-1 binding sites between 3,000 and 3,400 bp upstream of StAR PMID: 20601698
study describes four patients with nonclassic or atypical congenital lipoid adrenal hyperplasia (lipoid CAH) identifes their StAR mutations and characterizes the activities of the mutants to explore genotype/phenotype correlations PMID: 20444910
No associations between StAR SNPs and endometrial cancer risk were observed. PMID: 20199803
Overexpression of StAR decreased number of apoptotic macrophages by decreasing expression of pro-apoptotic genes Caspase-3 & Bax mRNA, & through increasing expression of anti-apoptotic gene Bcl-2 mRNA levels in absence & presence of Ox-LDL. PMID: 19946756
Increased steroidogenic acute regulatory protein expression is associated with endometriosis severity. PMID: 19930843
FOXL2 is sumoylated by Ubc9, and this Ubc9-mediated sumoylation is essential to the transcriptional activity of FOXL2 on the StAR promoter. PMID: 19744555
Leptin acts through the MAPK pathway to downregulate cAMP-induced StAR protein expression and progesterone production in immortalized human granulosa cells. PMID: 19849856
No mutations in MC2R, MRAP or STAR were identified in any patient with Addison's disease PMID: 19903795
StAR picks up cholesterol from a source in the outer mitochondrial membrane (OMM) and not from cytoplasmic cholesterol; StAR is stabilized at the OMM by cholesterol on its way to the mitochondrial matrix. PMID: 19899816
StAR protein is an absolute requirement in the rate-limiting step in steroidogenesis, the transfer of cholesterol into the mitochondria [review] PMID: 12044915
StAR can transfer cholesterol between synthetic membranes without other protein components found in mitochondria PMID: 12372832
StAR requires structural alterations to allow cholesterol binding, most evidently by C-terminal alpha-helix above U-shaped beta-barrel. Unfolding of helix probable and leads to 2% subpopulation of partially unfolded StAR. PMID: 12530644
modulation of DAX-1 and steroidogenic factor-1 intracellular levels in granulosa cells suggests that these transcription factors could be involved in mitogen-activated protein kinase suppression of steroidogenic acute regulatory protein expression PMID: 12727988
Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein expression in the normal human brain and intracranial tumors. PMID: 12834921
hCG-stimulated steroidogenic response in the mid- and late luteal phase is correlated with increased StAR mRNA and protein abundance PMID: 12843197