title: The effect of hydrocortisone on cholesterol metabolism of cultured human skin fibroblasts.
abstract: Hydrocortisone in physiologic concentrations resulted in a reduction in sterol synthesis by cultured normal human skin fibroblasts. These changes were observed when [14C]acetate, [14C]octanoic acid and 3H2O were used as precursors. However, the incorporation of [3H]mevalonic acid lactone into digitonin-precipitable sterols was not affected by hydrocortisone, suggesting that hydrocortisone inhibits sterol synthesis at a site prior to the formation of mevalonic acid. In contrast, the activity of hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA reductase was stimulated several-fold by the hormone. Thus, the inhibitory effect of hydrocortisone on the cholesterol synthetic pathway may be on hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA synthase.
mesh_terms: D000085:Acetates / Q000378:metabolism; D002210:Caprylates / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000378:metabolism*; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006903:Hydroxymethylglutaryl CoA Reductases / Q000378:metabolism; D006904:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Synthase / Q000378:metabolism; D008798:Mevalonic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism; D012867:Skin / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000085:Acetates; D002210:Caprylates; C015367:mevalonolactone; D002784:Cholesterol; D006903:Hydroxymethylglutaryl CoA Reductases; D006904:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Synthase; C031492:octanoic acid; D008798:Mevalonic Acid; D006854:Hydrocortisone