title: The differential regulation of the intranuclear progestin in mouse kidney and prostate-seminal vesicles.
abstract: This study was designed to confirm the identity of the enzyme involved in the appearance of a nuclear metabolite of 6a-methyl progesterone (6MP) in mouse kidney but not in prostate-seminal vesicle. 6MP and progesterone competed for metabolism by the kidney enzyme. Using progesterone as substrate, the results of recrystallization of the product with 20a-hydroxy progesterone supported the identification of the enzyme as 20a-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (20aHSD). The enzyme had a substrate specificity similar to that reported for 20aHSD in other tissues. Renal enzyme activity was higher in female than in male CD-1 mice while activity was generally lower and without a sex difference in a random bred colony. Renal enzyme activity varied slightly with the estrous cycle, being highest at proestrus and lowest on day 2 of diestrus. Little enzyme activity was detected in prostate-seminal vesicles. It appears that 20aHSD is an important factor in regulating the differential presence of the 20a-metabolite of 6MP in kidney and prostate-seminal vesicle nuclei.
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Houben
authors.forename: L P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Bullock
mesh_terms: D015089:20-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases / Q000378:metabolism; D043607:20-alpha-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase; D000818:Animals; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D004971:Estrus; D005260:Female; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D011374:Progesterone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism; D011372:Progestins / Q000378:metabolism*; D011467:Prostate / Q000378:metabolism*; D011987:Receptors, Steroid / Q000378:metabolism; D012669:Seminal Vesicles / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D011372:Progestins; D011987:Receptors, Steroid; D011374:Progesterone; C020408:6-alpha-methyl-progesterone; D015089:20-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases; D043607:20-alpha-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase