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| rdf:type | |
| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
3
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1979-7-25
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| pubmed:abstractText |
The potential of lung tissue of adult male rats metabolize dihydrotestosterone (DHT) in vitro was examined. Within 3 min, a homogenate of 100 mg lung tissue, cleared of blood by perfusion before homogenization, metabolized 90% of the [3H]DHT substrate. Appoximately 80% of the DHT was converted to 5 alpha-androstan- alpha, 17 beta-diol. The amount of 5 alpha-androstan-3 alpha, 17 beta-diol formed during a 5-min incubation increased linearly, with substrate concentrations ranging from 3.3 x 10(-8) to 3 x 10(-6) M. Thus, the capacity of rat lung tissue to metabolize DHT in vitro and the rate of 3 alpha-reduction of DHT are sufficiently great to consider the possibility that lung may be responsible for the rapid clearance of DHT from the circulation in this species.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
AIM
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| pubmed:chemical | |
| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Mar
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| pubmed:issn |
0013-7227
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
104
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
664-6
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-11-15
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| pubmed:meshHeading | |
| pubmed:year |
1979
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Steroid metabolism by the lung: conversion of dihydrotestosterone to 5 alpha-androstan-3 alpha, 17 beta-diol by rat lung tissue in vitro.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
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