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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-9-10
pubmed:abstractText
The effects of flavonoids and quinones on NADPH- and NADH-dependent 20alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (20alpha-HSD) activities were examined in cytosolic fractions from the liver and kidney of mice. Judging from the data for the inhibition of NADPH- and NADH-dependent 20alpha-HSD activities by flavonoids and quinones, enzyme catalyzing renal NADPH-dependent 20alpha-HSD activity was found to be distinct from enzyme(s) catalyzing hepatic NADPH- and NADH-dependent 20alpha-HSD activities. Sulfobromophthalein (SBP) had little ability to inhibit hepatic NADPH-dependent 20alpha-HSD activity and bromophenol blue (BPB) exhibited a weak activation against the enzyme activity, whereas SBP and BPB were potent and moderate inhibitors, respectively, of hepatic NADH-dependent 20alpha-HSD activity. Thus, enzyme catalyzing hepatic NADPH-dependent 20alpha-HSD activity appeared to be distinct from enzyme catalyzing hepatic NADH-dependent 20alpha-HSD activity. The data for the pH profiles of hepatic NADPH- and NADH-dependent 20alpha-HSD activities also led us to the conclusion. Based on these results, we propose the possibility that several distinct enzymes catalyze NADPH- and NADH-dependent 20alpha-HSD activities in cytosolic fractions from the liver and kidney of mice.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0960-0760
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
107
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
120-6
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Several distinct enzymes catalyze 20alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activity in mouse liver and kidney.
pubmed:affiliation
Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 5-1 Oe-honmachi, Kumamoto 862-0973, Japan. yorishig@gpo.kumamoto-u.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro