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313614

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1979-9-17
pubmed:abstractText
Cultures of Sertoli cells isolated from testes of 18-and 36-day-old Long Evans rats were used to investigate their capacity to metabolize testosterone and the effect of FSH on such metabolism. Three different approaches were used: 1) investigation of the metabolism of radiolabeled testosterone under saturating substrate conditions; 2) study of the metabolism of radiolabeled testosterone utilizing trace amounts of high specific activity substrates; 3) the utilization of radioimmunoassay for measurement of estradiol-17 beta. The following steroids were isolated and identified by recrystallization to constant specific acitvity from the control and FSH-treated cultures; testosterone (unconverted substrate), androstenedione, dihydrotestosterone, 3 alpha-hydroxy-5 alpha-androstan-17-one and 5 alpha-androstane-3 alpha, 17 beta-diol. Radioimmunoassay data suggests that the Sertoli cells produce an estradiol-17 beta-like compound from unlabeled testosterone and that this production is stimulated by FSH. However, the radioactive metabolite from all our studies that behaved chromatographically like estradiol--17 beta failed to crystallize to constant specific activity, while in each experiment, authentic radiolabeled estradiol-17 beta added as recovery tracer did. The data demonstrate that : 1) cultures of Sertoli cells from immature rats have 5 alpha-reductase, 3 alpha- and 17 beta-hydroxysteroid oxidoreductase activities; 2) these enzymes may be affected by FSH; 3) based on radiolabeled metabolic techniques, Sertoli cells were unable to biotransform testosterone to estradiol-17 beta even in the presence of FSH.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0039-128X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
33
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
495-526
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1979
pubmed:articleTitle
In vitro metabolism of testosterone by cultured Sertoli cells and the effect of FSH.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article