STEROID 21-HYDROXYLASE ACTIVITY IN EQUINE OVARIAN FOLLICLES EVIDENCED BY ISOTOPE DILUTION-MASS SPECTROMETRY

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BIJAULT, C [1 ]
DEHENNIN, L [1 ]
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[1] FDN RECH HORMONOL,F-94260 FRESNES,FRANCE
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10.1016/0960-0760(91)90122-L
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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Steroid 21-hydroxylase activity of the microsome-enriched fraction of follicular linings from equine ovaries has been demonstrated by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The 21-hydroxylated metabolites were quantified by isotope dilution with deuterated analogues. The two most abundant potential substrates for follicular steroid 21-hydroxylase, progesterone (P) and 17-hydroxyprogesterone (17OHP), were converted respectively to 11-deoxycorticosterone (DOC) and 11-deoxycortisol with corresponding apparent specific activities of 308 and 24 pmol/mg protein/h and apparent K(m) values of 1.1 and 6.4-mu-M. Competitive inhibition of the P-to-DOC conversion was exerted by 17OHP and pregnenolone. Hence, the ovarian follicle of the mare is an extraadrenal site of preferential DOC biosynthesis by an enzyme having steroid 21-hydroxylase activity.
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