title: Genetic regulation of testosterone 15 alpha-hydroxylase (cytochrome P-450(15)alpha) in renal microsomes of female mice.
abstract: P-450(15)alpha is a form of cytochrome P-450 purified from liver microsomes of female 129/J mice that is specific for oxidation of testosterone to its 15 alpha-hydroxylated product. Testosterone 15 alpha-hydroxylase activity that was inhibited by anti-P-450(15)alpha antibody was approximately 50 times higher in renal microsomes from 129/J than in BALB/cJ females. Western blots of renal microsomes using anti-P-450(15)alpha antibody showed the presence of immunoreactive protein with a molecular weight identical with that of hepatic P-450(15)alpha in 129/J but not in BALB/cJ female mice. To investigate the genetic basis for the strain differences in this activity, the distribution of P-450(15)alpha-dependent testosterone 15 alpha-hydroxylase activity in renal microsomes from individual females of 129/J and BALB/cJ, of F1 offspring of these strains, and of F1 back-crosses to the progenitor strains were determined. The results were consistent with a sex-related autosomal dominant regulation of the higher activity in 129/J females by a single locus, designated Rsh (regulation of steroid hydroxylase). The amounts of immunochemically cross-reactive P-450(15)alpha protein were linearly correlated with testosterone 15 alpha-hydroxylase activities in renal microsomes from Rsh heterozygotes and homozygotes. At least twice as much mRNA, which hybridized with the cDNA clone for hepatic P-450(15)alpha, was detected in 129/J and 129CF1/J compared to BALB/cJ female kidneys. The evidence suggests a pretranslational regulation of the P-450(15)alpha isozyme in the female mouse kidney by the Rsh locus.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001189:Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D000072467:Cytochrome P450 Family 2; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D007668:Kidney / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D008861:Microsomes / Q000201:enzymology*; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D011061:Poly A / Q000032:analysis; D012313:RNA / Q000032:analysis; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D013250:Steroid Hydroxylases / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011061:Poly A; D012313:RNA; D004247:DNA; D013250:Steroid Hydroxylases; D001189:Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases; C460223:Cyp2a4 protein, mouse; D000072467:Cytochrome P450 Family 2; C050356:steroid 15-alpha-hydroxylase