title: 18-Hydroxy-11-deoxycortisol: a new steroid isolated from incubations of the adrenal with 11-deoxycortisol.
abstract: Cortisol has been shown to be metabolized in the zona glomerulosa of the adrenal gland through the same pathway involving the cytochrome P-450, corticosterone methyl oxidase by which corticosterone is transformed to 18-hydroxycorticosterone and aldosterone. When cortisol is the precursor, 18-hydroxycortisol and 18-oxocortisol are formed. 18-Hydroxycortisol can also be made at a similar rate in the bovine zona fasciculata and reticularis as in the zona glomerulosa. We studied the possibility that the formation of 18-hydroxycortisol in the zona fasciculata and reticularis might be through a different pathway involving initial 18-hydroxylation of 11-deoxycortisol before 11 beta-hydroxylation. Rat adrenal capsules or cores were incubated with 10 micrograms of cortisol or 11-deoxycortisol and the formation of 18-hydroxycortisol was measured by radioimmunoassay. Both capsules and cores transformed 11-deoxycortisol to 18-hydroxycortisol, but cortisol was only transformed in the capsular portion. Sixty-two rat adrenals were incubated with 10 mg of 11-deoxycortisol and the putative steroid, 18-hydroxy-11-deoxycortisol, was purified by TLC and HPLC and subjected to gas chromatography mass spectrometry. The mass spectra indicated that the steroid isolated was indeed 18-hydroxy-11-deoxycortisol. The function of this steroid is still unknown.
mesh_terms: D015065:17-Hydroxycorticosteroids / Q000378:metabolism*; D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D003350:Cortodoxone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism*; D019405:Cytochrome P-450 CYP11B2; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000378:metabolism; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D015065:17-Hydroxycorticosteroids; C051711:18-hydroxy-11-deoxycortisol; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases; D019405:Cytochrome P-450 CYP11B2; C025352:corticosterone methyl oxidase II; D003350:Cortodoxone; D006854:Hydrocortisone