title: 3 Beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase-isomerase activity in bovine adrenocortical cells in culture: lack of response to ACTH treatment.
abstract: Primary cultures of bovine adrenocortical cells (BAC) were used to determine whether the adrenal microsomal 3 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase-isomerase complex (3 beta-HSD), like the 17 alpha-hydroxylase (17-OHase), responded to ACTH treatment with an increase in activity. Both enzymes influence the steroidogenic path leading to 17 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone formation and thus could affect adrenal androgen biosynthesis. 3 beta-HSD Activity in postmitochondrial supernatant fluid, homogenates or cell monolayers remained unchanged after cells had been maintained in 1 microM ACTH up to 48 h. Since ACTH exposure led to a marked increase in 17-OHase activity over the same time period, it is concluded that, under the conditions used, the 3 beta-HSD-isomerase complex in BAC is nonresponsive to tropic hormone treatment.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Marston
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Waterman
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: McCarthy
mesh_terms: D015096:3-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000302:Adrenal Cortex / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D007700:Kinetics; D011374:Progesterone / Q000096:biosynthesis; D011375:Progesterone Reductase / Q000378:metabolism*; D013254:Steroid 17-alpha-Hydroxylase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D011374:Progesterone; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; D015096:3-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases; D011375:Progesterone Reductase; D013254:Steroid 17-alpha-Hydroxylase