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Cumene hydroperoxide, sodium periodate and iodosobenzene were not able to support aromatization by placental microsomes in the absence of NADPH or molecular oxygen. In the presence of these oxidizing agents and NADPH, aromatase was slowly inactivated. Dithiothreitol (10mM) prevented the loss of aromatizing activity in the presence of these compounds. One function of dithiothreitol may be to protect aromatase by scavenging harmful oxidizing agents.
Steroids 1978 Apr
PMID:Stabilization of placental aromatase by dithiothreitol in the presence of oxidizing agents. 66 86

Different cellular fractions of guinea-pig placenta were incubated in the presence of (7n-3H) testosterone. Microsomal aromatization of 3H-testosterone into estrone and estradiol-17beta was demonstrated in the presence of NADPH. The predominance of estrone after incubation with 17beta-hydroxylated precursors, (7n-3H) testosterone and (6,7-3H) estradiol-17beta, indicate that there is a microsomal 17beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activity. In this report, cytosolic sulfurylation of estrogens is demonstrated. This latter activity represents a quite original characteristic of the placental metabolism of estrogens in guinea-pigs. In contrast with the human placenta where there is considerable sulfatase activity, the guinea-pig placenta can sulfurylate estrogens.
Steroids 1978 Oct
PMID:Conversion, in vitro, of (7n-3H) testosterone to estrone and estradiol-17beta and their 3-sulfate conjugate by the guinea-pig placenta. 71 21

After incubation of [4-14C]progesterone with cell-free homogenates of mouse mammary gland in the presence of NADPH, [14C]-labeled 4-pregnene-3alpha, 20alpha-diol was identified as a metabolite, besides 20alpha-hydroxy-4-pregnene-3-one which was the major metabolite.
Steroids 1977 Apr
PMID:Formation of a steroidal allyl alcohol in the mammary glands of mice. 86 49

The effects of norethindrone (NEI), norethandrolone (NEA), and ethinyl estradiol (EE) on liver cytochrome P-450 in rats were studied. Rats were pretreated with phenobarbitone sodium (80 mg/kg for 3 days), 3-methyl cholanthrene (20 mg/kg for 3 days), and pregnenolone 16alpha-carbonitrite (75 mg/kg twice daily for 3 days). NEI, NEA, and EE were given at a dose of 100 mg/kg. Liver microsomal fractions were prepared and determinations of cytochromes P-450 and b5 made. Steroids were also incubated with liver mitochondrial preparations and P-450 measured. Liver porphyrins were determined as were mitochondrial 5-aminolaevulinate synthase activity. Isolation of green pigments was undertaken. NEI and EE caused a time-dependent loss of cytochrome P-450 when incubated in vitro with rat microsomal fractions and NADPH-generating systems. The effect of pretreatment of rats with inducers of mixed-function oxidases on the steroid mediated loss of cytochrome P-450 in vitro were: 1) phenobarbitone stimulated P-450 breakdown, 2) methylcholanthrene-induced cytochrome P-448 was unaffected, and 3) pregnenolone was without effect. The enzyme system involved in the NEI breakdown of P-450 has many of the characteristics of the microsomal mixed-function oxidases. In vivo, there was a marked decrease in P-450 (52%) after a single injection of NEI. Cytochrome b5 was minimally affected. Loss of P-450 was accompanied by increasing porphyrin levels. NEI, NEA, and EE caused a 3.2-fold induction of 5-aminolaevulinate synthase activity. Rats pretreated with phenobarbitone and given NEI or EE formed green pigments. While metabolic pathways differ between the species, it is suggested that long-term estrogen therapy might predispose some individuals to the type of porphyria associated with the side effects of these compounds.
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PMID:Decreased liver cytochrome P-450 in rats caused by norethindrone or ethynyloestradiol. 90 18

Homogenates from human myometrium with an added NADPH regenerating system and ATP were incubated with 4-(14)C progesterone. Six metabolites were identified: 5alpha-pregnane-3, 20-dione, 5beta-pregnane-3, 20-dione, 3alpha-hydroxy-4-pregnen-20-one, 3beta hydroxy-4-pregnen-20-one. 20alpha-hydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one and 20beta-hydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one. The identification of these metabolites was based on their behaviour in paper and thin layer chromatography and especially in radiogaschromatography either as free compounds or after formation of derivatives. The identification of the two allylic metabolites was supplemented by specific microchemical and enzymatic reactions. The formation of 5beta-pregnane-3, 20-dione, 20beta-hydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one and of the two allylic alcohols 3alpha-hydroxy-4-pregnen-20-one and 3beta-hydroxy-4-pregnen-20-one in human myometrium homogenates was demonstrated for the first time.
Steroids 1977 Jul
PMID:New progesterone metabolites in human myometrium. 91 10

The properties and subcellular distribution of anterior pituitary delta4-steroid (progesterone) 5alpha-reductase, which stimulates the conversion of progesterone to 5alpha-pregnane-3,20-dione, have been investigated utilizing 3H-substrate and a reverse isotopic dilution assay system. The enzymic activity was stimulated by NADPH but not NADH and exhibited a Km of 2.7+/-0.9 times 10(-7) M for progesterone. The substrate specificity of the enzyme for other delta4-3-ketosteroids and the effect of estradiol-17beta were also studied. 20alpha-hydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one was more reactive than progesterone, while testosterone was less reactive. Estradiol-17beta in vitro had an inhibitory effect on the 5alpha-reduction of progesterone. Studies on the subcellular distribution of the 5alpha-reductase activity indicate that the bulk of the activity was widely distributed amongst particulates sedimenting at 1,000, 15,000 and 100,000xg; with the 15,000xg pellet containing the most enzymic activity. The 100,000xg supernatant possessed only a small fraction of the total activity. After further fractionation of the 1,000xg pellet, the activity was distributed equally between the purified nuclear and cell debris-membranes fractions.
Steroids 1975 Jul
PMID:Properties and subcellular distribution of delta4-steroid (progesterone) 5alpha-reductase in rat anterior pituitary. 116 84

The kinetics of enzymatic hydrogenation of synthetic progestogens by female rat liver microsomes with NADPH as hydrogen donor were investigated by means of an optical test. Steroids with high progestational activity (Clauberg test) showed a low hydrogenation rate (Vmax). There also seemed to be a certain correlation between molecular structure and Vmax. The metabolites from incubation with the progestogens were isolated from the micro-preparations, and identified by infrared spectroscopy. It was found that the hydrogenation of the olefinic and carbonylic groups involved the uptake of hydrogen from NADPH.
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PMID:Kinetic study of the enzymatic inactivation of progestogens by rat liver microsomes. 118 30

Because serum estrogen levels are associated with the presence of osteoarthritis, and cartilage tissue is known to contain estrogen receptors, it is of interest to determine the extent to which estrogen is biosynthesized and/or metabolized in cartilage tissue or isolated chondrocytes. In this preliminary study, using a sensitive assay method, estrogen synthetase (aromatase) was undetectable in articular cartilage or isolated chondrocytes in culture from immature female rabbits. However, estrogen metabolism, specifically estrogen 17 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activity, was detected in homogenized cartilage tissue, and at substantially higher specific activities in freshly isolated chondrocytes. These fresh chondrocytes, assayed in culture without any exogenous cofactor, demonstrated a significantly higher activity for converting the weak estrogen, estrone, to the more potent estrogen, estradiol. Chondrocytes grown to confluence in culture had very low estrogen 17 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase specific activity. Homogenized cartilage tissue, tested only with added NADPH as cofactor, also showed a preference for estradiol as the principal product, but this may have been primarily due to the use of reduced cofactor. If subsequent experiments confirm the presence of estrogen 17 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activity, and its preference for converting estrone into estradiol, in human cartilage tissue and chondrocytes, this could have substantial implications in the estrogen dependency of osteoarthritis.
Steroids 1992 Oct
PMID:Estrogen metabolism, not biosynthesis, in rabbit articular cartilage and isolated chondrocytes: a preliminary study. 145 59

Peroxidase activity in the uterine luminal fluid of mice treated with diethylstilbestrol was measured by the guaiacol assay and also by the formation of 3H2O from [2-3H]estradiol. In the radiometric assay, the generation of 3H2O and 3H-labeled water-soluble products was dependent on H2O2 (25 to 100 microM), with higher concentrations being inhibitory. Tyrosine or 2,4-dichlorophenol strongly enhanced the reaction catalyzed either by the luminal fluid peroxidase or the enzyme in the CaCl2 extract of the uterus, but decreased the formation of 3H2O from [2-3H]estradiol by lactoperoxidase in the presence of H2O2 (80 microM). NADPH, ascorbate, and cytochrome c inhibited both luminal fluid and uterine tissue peroxidase activity to the same extent, while superoxide dismutase showed a marginal activating effect. Lactoferrin, a major protein component of uterine luminal fluid, was shown not to contribute to its peroxidative activity, and such an effect by prostaglandin synthase was also ruled out. However, it was not possible to exclude eosinophil peroxidase, brought to the uterus after estrogen stimulation, as being the source of peroxidase activity in uterine luminal fluid.
Steroids 1991 Apr
PMID:Characteristics of estrogen-induced peroxidase in mouse uterine luminal fluid. 165 74

The oral administration of indole-3-carbinol (IC), present in cabbage and other members of the Cruciferae family, to female rats almost doubled their ability to convert estradiol to catechol estrogens in the liver. This was determined by the release of 3H from C-2 of the estrogen and also by isolation of the 14C-labeled catechol derivative after incubation with hepatic microsomal fractions. The yield of 4-hydroxyestradiol was also elevated and these effects were similar to those produced by 3-methylcholanthrene (MC), a well-characterized cytochrome P450 inducer. Further evidence for the involvement of a mixed-function oxidase was provided by a 70% to 80% decrease in the yield of 3H2O and water-soluble radioactivity by SKF-525A (0.1 mM) when added to the microsomal fractions isolated from the livers of control or IC-treated rats. In addition, NADPH could not be replaced by NADH in these experiments. Pretreatment with ethionine prevented the increase in estradiol metabolism brought about by oral administration of IC. Both IC and MC inhibited catechol estrogen formation when added directly to the liver microsomal system, confirming earlier findings that in vivo inducers can act as in vitro inhibitors. However, IC was less inhibitory than MC, supporting the theory that IC is converted to a more active product in the stomach. Thus, IC may be conferring protection against estrogen-dependent neoplasia by increasing the hepatic oxidation of estradiol, thereby lowering the amount of available active estrogen.
Steroids 1991 Aug
PMID:Influence of indole-3-carbinol on the hepatic microsomal formation of catechol estrogens. 166 92


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