title: Receptor binding and biological activity of 18-hydroxycortisol.
abstract: Recently, 18-hydroxycortisol (11 beta,17 alpha,18,21-tetrahydroxy-4-pregnene-3,20-dione) was isolated and identified from extracts of urine and adrenal incubates of patients with primary aldosteronism. The receptor-binding activity to the renal gluco- and mineralocorticoid receptors and its biological activity as a glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid were investigated using synthetic 18-hydroxycortisol. The ability of 18-hydroxycortisol to compete with [3H]aldosterone for renal binding to the receptor was 0.13% that of unlabeled aldosterone. The addition of a specific glucocorticoid, RU-26988 (11 beta,17-dihydroxy-21-methyl-17 alpha-pregna-1,4,6-triene-20-yn-3-one) decreased the competing ability to 0.02%, indicating significant binding to the glucocorticoid receptor. The ability to compete with [3H]dexamethasone for the renal cytoplasmic glucocorticoid receptor was 0.1% that of unlabeled dexamethasone. The mineralocorticoid activity of 18-hydroxycortisol was undetectable. Its glucocorticoid activity using an in vitro bioassay based on the induction of tyrosine aminotransferase in the HTC cell was detectable at 10(-5) M, but was too low for adequate quantification. In a second in vitro glucocorticoid bioassay, inhibition of cell growth of the L929 fibroblast, 18-hydroxycortisol also showed minimal activity. In summary, it is unlikely that 18-hydroxycortisol plays a role in the metabolic syndrome in those patients who produce it in excess due to its inactivity as a gluco- or mineralocorticoid.
mesh_terms: D000315:Adrenalectomy; D000450:Aldosterone / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D001681:Biological Assay; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000378:metabolism; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism; D008114:Liver Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D011188:Potassium / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000378:metabolism*; D011965:Receptors, Glucocorticoid / Q000378:metabolism; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D011965:Receptors, Glucocorticoid; D000450:Aldosterone; D003907:Dexamethasone; D012964:Sodium; D011188:Potassium; C033689:18-hydroxycortisol; D006854:Hydrocortisone