GERBIL ADRENAL 11-BETA-HYDROXYLATING AND 19-HYDROXYLATING ACTIVITIES RESPOND SIMILARLY TO INHIBITORY OR STIMULATORY AGENTS - 2 ACTIVITIES OF A SINGLE ENZYME
GERBIL ADRENAL 11-BETA-HYDROXYLATING AND 19-HYDROXYLATING ACTIVITIES RESPOND SIMILARLY TO INHIBITORY OR STIMULATORY AGENTS - 2 ACTIVITIES OF A SINGLE ENZYME
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DOI:
10.1016/0022-4731(88)90164-1
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发表时间:
1988-06-01
影响因子:
4.1
通讯作者:
MCCARTHY, JL
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作者:
DRUMMOND, TD;MASON, JI;MCCARTHY, JL
A high level of steroid 19-hydroxylation is exhibited by adrenal mitochondria of the gerbil, Meriones unguiculatus, that accounts for the ability of that species to produce nearly equal amounts of corticosterone and 19-hydroxycorticosterone (Proc. Soc. exp. Biol. Med. 165 (1980) 69-74). Inhibitors of steroidogenesis and a polyclonal antibody against bovine cytochrome P-45011.beta. were used to determine if the agents would effect differential or parallel suppression of 19-vs 11.beta.-hdyroxylation by gerbil adrenal mitochondria in vitro. The inhibitors (0.1-60 .mu.M) tested (listed in order of decreasing effectiveness) were imizalil, metyrapone, miconazole and 4-hydroxyandrostenedione. With each inhibitor the degree of suppression of 11.beta.-hydroxylation was accompanied by a parallel decline in 19-hydroxylation. The addition of the polyclonal antiody preparation also produced equivalent declines in the rates of the two hydroxylation reactions. The addition of ACTH 1 .mu.M to primary cultures of gerbil adrenal cells brought about nearly equal increases in the secretion of 11.beta.- and 19-hydroxylated steroids into the culture media. These results support the hypothesis that the 11.beta.-hydroxylase of gerbil adrenal mitochondria has the capacity to carryout 11.beta.- and 19-hydroxylations with nearly equal facility.