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. 1968 Mar;107(2):191–196. doi: 10.1042/bj1070191

Sterol-like compound from sensory ganglia. Effect of a nerve growth factor and insulin on its biosynthesis

Antonia Liuzzi 1, Fredrik H Foppen 1
PMCID: PMC1198645  PMID: 5641875

Abstract

1. Sensory ganglia from 8-day-old chick embryos were incubated with a specific nerve growth factor and with insulin. 2. From the total lipid extract of the ganglia a compound with steroid characteristics was isolated. 3. The synthesis of this compound, measured spectrophotometrically, diminished after addition of the nerve growth factor and insulin to the incubation medium. 4. The incorporation of sodium [2-14C]acetate and dl-[2-14C]mevalonic acid into total lipids of the sensory ganglia was stimulated by the nerve growth factor and insulin, but the radioactivity of the sterol-like compound was slightly lower. The incorporation of labelled mevalonic acid either into total lipids or into the sterol-like compound was about 25% lower. 5. About 20% of the acetate incorporated into total lipids and about 87% of the mevalonic acid were recovered in the sterol-like compound.

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