Elsevier

Vitamins & Hormones

Volume 58, 2000, Pages 89-120
Vitamins & Hormones

Prostaglandin D synthase: Structure and function

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Abstract

Prostaglandin (PG) D synthase catalyzes the isomerization of PGH2, a common precursor of various prostanoids, to produce PGD2 in the presence of sulfhydryl compounds. PGD2 induces sleep, regulates nociception, inhibits platelet aggregation, acts as an allergic mediator, and is further converted to 9α, 11β-PGF2 or the J series of prostanoids, such as PGJ2, Δ12-PGJ2, and 15-deoxy-Δ12,14-PGJ2. We have purified two distinct types of PGD synthase; one is the lipocalin-type enzyme and the other is the hematopoietic enzyme. We isolated the cDNA and the gene for each enzyme and determined the tissue distribution profile and the cellular localization in several animal species. Lipocalin-type PGD synthase is localized in the central nervous system and male genital organs of various mammals and the human heart and is secreted into cerebrospinal fluid, seminal plasma, and plasma, respectively. The human enzyme was identified as β-trace, which is a major protein in human cerebrospinal fluid. This enzyme is considered to be a dual-function protein; it acts as a PGD2-producing enzyme and also as a lipophilic ligand-binding protein, because the enzyme binds retinoids, thyroids, and bile pigments, with high affinities. Hematopoietic PGD synthase is widely distributed in the peripheral tissues and localized in the antigen-presenting cells, mast cells, and megakaryocytes. The hematopoietic enzyme is the first recognized vertebrate homolog of the sigma class of glutathione S-transferase. X-ray crystallographic analyses and generation of gene-knockout and transgenic mice for each enzyme have been performed.

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