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Effect of lindane on mitochondrial side-chain cleavage of cholesterol in mice. 1990

S Sircar, and P Lahiri

Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta, India.

Cholesterol side-chain cleavage of mitochondria, the key rate limiting step in steroid biosynthesis in ovarian tissues, was studied in female Swiss mice fed lindane (gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane) at various doses and over varying periods. The insecticide adversely affected cholesterol side-chain cleavage of the ovary as judged by decreased conversion of this sterol to pregnenolone and subsequently to progesterone in a dose-dependent manner. The formation of pregnenolone was maximally inhibited (75% inhibition) at the highest intake of insecticide with simultaneous inhibition of its conversion to progesterone. At all doses, the rate of inhibition of pregnenolone formation was comparatively higher than its conversion to progesterone. The significant inhibition of cholesterol side-chain cleavage by lindane and resultant decrease in the rate of steroidogenesis in the ovary would account for the observed gonadal hormone deficiency and related reproductive disorders in the lindane-fed mice.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008928	Mitochondria	Semiautonomous, self-reproducing organelles that occur in the cytoplasm of all cells of most, but not all, eukaryotes. Each mitochondrion is surrounded by a double limiting membrane. The inner membrane is highly invaginated, and its projections are called cristae. Mitochondria are the sites of the reactions of oxidative phosphorylation, which result in the formation of ATP. They contain distinctive RIBOSOMES, transfer RNAs (RNA, TRANSFER); AMINO ACYL T RNA SYNTHETASES; and elongation and termination factors. Mitochondria depend upon genes within the nucleus of the cells in which they reside for many essential messenger RNAs (RNA, MESSENGER). Mitochondria are believed to have arisen from aerobic bacteria that established a symbiotic relationship with primitive protoeukaryotes. (King & Stansfield, A Dictionary of Genetics, 4th ed)	Mitochondrial Contraction,Mitochondrion,Contraction, Mitochondrial,Contractions, Mitochondrial,Mitochondrial Contractions
D010053	Ovary	The reproductive organ (GONADS) in female animals. In vertebrates, the ovary contains two functional parts: the OVARIAN FOLLICLE for the production of female germ cells (OOGENESIS); and the endocrine cells (GRANULOSA CELLS; THECA CELLS; and LUTEAL CELLS) for the production of ESTROGENS and PROGESTERONE.	Ovaries
D011284	Pregnenolone	A 21-carbon steroid, derived from CHOLESTEROL and found in steroid hormone-producing tissues. Pregnenolone is the precursor to GONADAL STEROID HORMONES and the adrenal CORTICOSTEROIDS.	5-Pregnen-3-beta-ol-20-one,5 Pregnen 3 beta ol 20 one
D011374	Progesterone	The major progestational steroid that is secreted primarily by the CORPUS LUTEUM and the PLACENTA. Progesterone acts on the UTERUS, the MAMMARY GLANDS and the BRAIN. It is required in EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; PREGNANCY maintenance, and the development of mammary tissue for MILK production. Progesterone, converted from PREGNENOLONE, also serves as an intermediate in the biosynthesis of GONADAL STEROID HORMONES and adrenal CORTICOSTEROIDS.	Pregnenedione,Progesterone, (13 alpha,17 alpha)-(+-)-Isomer,Progesterone, (17 alpha)-Isomer,Progesterone, (9 beta,10 alpha)-Isomer
D002784	Cholesterol	The principal sterol of all higher animals, distributed in body tissues, especially the brain and spinal cord, and in animal fats and oils.	Epicholesterol
D002786	Cholesterol Side-Chain Cleavage Enzyme	A mitochondrial cytochrome P450 enzyme that catalyzes the side-chain cleavage of C27 cholesterol to C21 pregnenolone in the presence of molecular oxygen and NADPH-FERRIHEMOPROTEIN REDUCTASE. This enzyme, encoded by CYP11A1 gene, catalyzes the breakage between C20 and C22 which is the initial and rate-limiting step in the biosynthesis of various gonadal and adrenal steroid hormones.	CYP11A1,Cholesterol Desmolase,Cholesterol Monooxygenase (Side-Chain-Cleaving),Cytochrome P-450 CYP11A1,Cytochrome P-450(scc),20,22-Desmolase,CYP 11A1,Cytochrome P450 11A1,Cytochrome P450scc,20,22 Desmolase,Cholesterol Side Chain Cleavage Enzyme,Cytochrome P 450 CYP11A1
D005260	Female		Females
D000284	Administration, Oral	The giving of drugs, chemicals, or other substances by mouth.	Drug Administration, Oral,Administration, Oral Drug,Oral Administration,Oral Drug Administration,Administrations, Oral,Administrations, Oral Drug,Drug Administrations, Oral,Oral Administrations,Oral Drug Administrations
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D001556	Hexachlorocyclohexane	Any of several polyhalogenated organic compounds consisting of a six-carbon ring with one chlorine and one hydrogen attached to each carbon.	Benzene Hexachloride,Lindane,gamma-Benzene Hexachloride,BHC Insecticide,Delitex,Epsilon-hexachlorocyclohexane,Eta-hexachlorocyclohexane,Gamma-666,Gammexane,Hexachlorane,Jacutin,Kwell,PMS-Lindane,Scabecid,Scabene,Scabisan,Tetocid,Zeta-hexachlorocyclohexane,gamma-HCH,gamma-Hexachlorocyclohexane,Epsilon hexachlorocyclohexane,Eta hexachlorocyclohexane,Gamma 666,Hexachloride, Benzene,Hexachloride, gamma-Benzene,Insecticide, BHC,PMS Lindane,Zeta hexachlorocyclohexane,gamma Benzene Hexachloride,gamma HCH,gamma Hexachlorocyclohexane

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