Cholesterol Metabolism Plays a Crucial Role in the Regulation of Autophagy for Cell Differentiation of Granular Convoluted Tubules in Male Mouse Submandibular Glands

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Journal Development

Specialty Biology

Date 2019 Sep 28

PMID 31558435

Citations 8

Authors

Akiko Suzuki

Junbo Shim

Kenichi Ogata

Hiroki Yoshioka

Junichi Iwata

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Abstract

It has been long appreciated that sex hormone receptors are expressed in various non-gonadal organs. However, it remains unclear how sex hormones regulate the morphogenesis of these non-gonadal organs. To address this issue, we used a male mouse model of androgen-dependent salivary gland morphogenesis. Mice with excessive cholesterol synthesis in the salivary glands exhibited defects in the maturation of granular convoluted tubules (GCTs), which is regulated through sex hormone-dependent cascades. We found that excessive cholesterol synthesis resulted in autophagy failure specifically in the duct cells of salivary glands, followed by the accumulation of NRF2, a transcription factor known as one of the specific substrates for autophagy. The accumulated NRF2 suppressed the expression of , which forms a transcriptional complex with the androgen receptor to regulate target genes. Taken together, our results indicate that cholesterol metabolism plays a crucial role in GCT differentiation through autophagy.

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