Abstract
We have found an activity variant for testicular and liver steroid sulfatase among inbred strains of mice that is not X-linked. C57BL/6J, SM/J and SWR/J testicular extracts hydrolyze 3H-dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate twice as rapidly as do A/J extracts. The C3H/HeJ and DBA/2J strains were intermediate. The Km values for C57BL/6J and A/J are 2.29 ± 0.10 and 1.01 ± 0.02 µM, respectively. The F 1 values in both directions were intermediate, which argues against X-linkage of this trait. F2 values show scattered high-intermediate-low values compatible with assay variation superimposed on the segregation of codominant alleles. When assayed for both testicular and liver steroid sulfatase, nine recombinant inbred lines between A/J and C57BL/6J segregate to near the parental strain values. Thus, this activity variation for steroid sulfatase appears to be determined by a single gene, which is not X-linked. Sex and steroidal hormone differences in liver steroid sulfatase activity were not present in the A/J strain, but females of the C57BL/6J and some recombinant inbred lines had higher levels. Electrophoretic studies only disclosed a variant in the SM/J strain, which seems to be secondary to the well-known neuraminidase variation in SM/J.
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