title: Steroidogenic effect of ent-kaur-16-en-15 beta-ol (kaurenol) on isolated rat adrenal cells.
abstract: In an in vitro bioassay system for adrenocorticotropic hormone using isolated rat adrenal cells, kaurenol, a diterpene alcohol, stimulated corticosterone production and augmented the steroidogenic effect of adrenocorticotropin or forskolin, dose-dependently. Kaurenol had no effect on cyclic AMP production by the cells. The diterpene also had no stimulatory effect on the adrenal adenylate cyclase activity in a cell free system. The results suggest that this particular diterpene exerts a steroidogenic effect through a mechanism independent of cyclic AMP generation.
mesh_terms: D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000378:metabolism; D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002772:Cholera Toxin / Q000494:pharmacology; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004224:Diterpenes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D004224:Diterpenes; C047875:kaur-16-en-15-ol; D005576:Colforsin; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; D002772:Cholera Toxin; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases