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. 1973 Feb;132(2):293–300. doi: 10.1042/bj1320293

Adrenal microsomal C19-steroid 5α-reductase activity in the Snell transplantable rat adrenocortical tumour 494 and the effect of oestradiol, testosterone propionate and adrenocorticotrophin in intact and gonadectomized rats

Paul V Maynard 1, Euan H D Cameron 1
PMCID: PMC1177587  PMID: 4353445

Abstract

The C19-steroid 5α-reductase activity in the microsomal fraction of rat adrenal tissue under various hormonal treatments was examined. In intact control rats the activity is similar in both males and females, and after gonadectomy it is markedly increased. Treatment with oestradiol (150μg/day per animal for 7 days) or testosterone propionate (2mg/day per animal for 7 days) lowered the activity of 5α-reductase in castrated animals to approximately the values for intact animals in both sexes, and in intact animals the activity was also decreased by these treatments. The enzyme activity was also decreased by adrenocorticotrophin treatment but to a lesser extent than by the steroid hormones. The activity of the 5α-reductase enzyme in the Snell adrenocortical tumour 494 is very low when incubated as a whole homogenate, but the activity in microsomal material of the tumour was measured and unexpectedly found to be similar to that in intact controls.

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