title: On the metabolism of prostaglandins by rat brain homogenate.
abstract: Using radio-immuno assays for prostaglandins and prostaglandin metabolites, three prostaglandin metabolizing enzymes were found in the 100,000 X g supernatant of rat brain, 15-hydroxy-prostaglandin-dehydrogenase, delta13-reductase and prostaglandin E-9-keto-reductase. Specific activity of the latter enzyme was highest in striatum and midbrain and lowest in cortex, cerebellum and spinal cord.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000378:metabolism; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000378:metabolism; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000378:metabolism; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000378:metabolism; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000378:metabolism; D006911:Hydroxyprostaglandin Dehydrogenases / Q000378:metabolism; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000378:metabolism; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D008636:Mesencephalon / Q000378:metabolism; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000378:metabolism*; D011458:Prostaglandins E / Q000378:metabolism; D011460:Prostaglandins F / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D011453:Prostaglandins; D011458:Prostaglandins E; D011460:Prostaglandins F; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D006911:Hydroxyprostaglandin Dehydrogenases