Glucocorticoid hormone resistance during primate evolution: receptor-mediated mechanisms
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The concentrations of total and protein-unbound plasma cortisol of New World monkeys are higher than those of Old World primates and prosimians. The urinary free-cortisol excretion also is increased markedly. However, there is no physiologic evidence of increased cortisol effect. These findings suggest end-organ resistance to glucocorticoids. This was confirmed by showing that the hypothalamic-pituitary adrenal axis is resistant to suppression by dexamethasone. To study this phenomenon, glucocorticoid receptors were examined in circulating mononuclear leukocytes and cultured skin fibroblasts from both New and Old World species. The receptor content is the same in all species, but the New World monkeys have a markedly decreased binding affinity for dexamethasone. Thus, the resistance of these species to the action of cortisol is due to the decreased binding affinity of the glucocorticoid receptor. This presumed mutation must have occurred after the bifurcation of Old and New World primates (approximately 60 x 10(6) yr ago) and before the diversion of the New World primates from each other (approximately 15 x 10(6) yr ago).
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- Authors
- Chrousos, G. P., Renquist, D., Brandon, D., Eil, C., Pugeat, M., Vigersky, R., Cutler, G. B., Loriaux, D. L., & Lipsett, M. B.
- Affiliations
- National Institutes of Health (US)
- Venue
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Publisher
- National Academy of Sciences
- Published
- 1982-03
- Volume
- 79
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 2036-2040
- ISSN
- 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
- 1091-6490
- PMC
- PMC346117
- OpenAlex
- W2073621450
- Cited by
- 179
- References
- 32
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- FWCI
- 1.90
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Estrogen and related hormone effects
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Adrenal Hormones and Disorders
- Keywords
- glucocorticoid resistance, glucocorticoid receptor, New World monkeys, Old World primates, prosimians, cortisol, urinary free cortisol, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, mononuclear leukocytes, dermal fibroblasts, primate evolution, receptor mutations
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Dexamethasone, Biological Evolution, Humans, Hydrocortisone, Leukocytes, Primates, Protein Binding, Receptors, Glucocorticoid, Receptors, Steroid, Species Specificity
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