Sites of in vivo extraction and interconversion of testosterone and androstenedione in dogs.
The interconversion and extraction of testosterone and androstenedione across and within different tissues or areas have been studied by the constant infusion technique. The results were calculated using the (3)H/(14)C ratios and radioactive concentrations of testosterone and androstenedione obtained from afferent and efferent blood and tissues at equilibrium. In each tissue studied, the interconversion between testosterone and androstenedione inside the tissue was significantly higher than the corresponding interconversion across the tissue. The pulmonary contribution to the total interconversion between testosterone and androstenedione was far more important than that of any of the other tissues studied. The hepatic metabolic clearance rates of testosterone and androstenedione were not different from their metabolic clearance rates in the mesenteric area. The extraction of each of these compounds, although not negligible, was lower in the kidney and the femoral bed compared with the extraction in the liver and the mesenteric area. Finally, with the possible exception of the liver, testosterone and androstenedione were more completely metabolized when they originated from the cells than from afferent blood. The evaluation of these different tissue transfer constants provides more precise information concerning the relative importance of different sites in the metabolism of these interconverting hormones.
D000728:Androgens / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D000731:Androstanes / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000378:metabolism; D002247:Carbon Isotopes; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D007659:Ketones / Q000378:metabolism; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008168:Lung / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008433:Mathematics; D008643:Mesentery / Q000378:metabolism; D008657:Metabolic Clearance Rate; D013739:Testosterone / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D014316:Tritium
D000728:Androgens; D000731:Androstanes; D002247:Carbon Isotopes; D007659:Ketones; D014316:Tritium; D013739:Testosterone
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