Cholesterol side-chain cleavage activity in the adrenal gland of the young rat: development and responsiveness to adrenocorticotropin hormone.
Cholesterol side-chain cleavage activity in the adrenal gland of the young rat: development and responsiveness to adrenocorticotropin hormone.
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幼鼠肾上腺中的胆固醇侧链裂解活性:发育和对促肾上腺皮质激素的反应。
DOI:
10.1210/endo-85-3-500
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发表时间:
1969
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影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
R. B. Clayton
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作者:
C. Doering;R. B. Clayton
An improved method is described for the assay of the enzymic activity of cholesterol side-chain cleavage in rat adrenal glands. The method makes use of double isotope labeling and can be conveniently applied to smaller tissue samples than has been possible hitherto. With this improved technique, a study of the cholesterol side-chain cleavage activity of the adrenals of rats of various ages, from 1 to 46 days, has been undertaken and the results are reported. The enzyme activity is relatively high in the adrenal gland of the 1-day-old rat, but falls during the first 6 postnatal days, remains low until about the 12th postnatal day, then rises to a higher level by about the 25th day. This developmental pattern correlates closely with that which has been reported for the responsiveness of the adrenal of the neonatal rat to stress. Repeated injections of ACTH (adrenocorticotropic hormone) for 8 days prevent the decline of cleavage activity in the adrenal of the newborn. Treatment with ACTH for 2 days is not lo...