title: The binding of cortisol to adrenal mitochondria.
abstract: Binding of tritiated cortisol to adrenal zona glomerulosa mitochondria was studied and compared with that of corticosterone. Cortisol was shown to bind specifically to the inner membrane of zona glomerulosa mitochondria. Corticosterone and cortisol had similar apparent association constants (Ka) and concentrations of binding sites. The methodology was validated by obtaining similar Ka from both binding plots and kinetic data. Cortisol binding was inhibited by pretreatment with sodium dithionite, and displaced by deoxycorticosterone, corticosterone, 18-hydroxy-corticosterone, 11 beta-hydroxy-18-ethynyl-progesterone and metyrapone, but not by cholesterol. These results suggest that cortisol and corticosterone bind to the same cytochrome P-450.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa.
authors.forename: E N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Cozza
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Foecking
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Gómez-Sánchez
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D003345:Corticosterone / Q000378:metabolism; D004227:Dithionite / Q000494:pharmacology; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000378:metabolism*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism*; D013696:Temperature; D015384:Zona Glomerulosa / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004227:Dithionite; D003345:Corticosterone; D006854:Hydrocortisone