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Slices of an adreno-cortical adenoma which had been obtained at operation from an 11-year-old girl with clinical signs of virilism were incubated with each of the following steroids: [1,2-3H]progesterone, [4-14C]pregnenolone, [1,2-3H]testosterone, [4-14C]androstenedione and [7-3H]dehydroepiandrosterone, respectively. Isolation and identification of the free radioactive metabolites were achieved by gel column chromatography on Sephadex LH-20, thin-layer chromatography, radio gas chromatography and isotope dilution. After incubation of progesterone, the following metabolites were identified: 11beta-hydroxyprogesterone, 16alpha-hydroxyprogesterone, 17alpha-hydroxyprogesterone, 21-deoxycortisol, corticosterone and cortisol. Pregnenolone was metabolized to 17alpha-hydroxypregnenolone, progesterone, dehydroepiandrosterone, androstenedione and 11beta-hydroxyandrostenedione. When testosterone was used as substrate, 11beta-hydroxytestosterone, androstenedione and 11beta-hydroxyandrostenedione were found as metabolites, whereas androstenedione was metabolized to testosterone and 11beta-hydroxyandrostenedione. After incubation of dehydroepiandrosterone, only androstenedione and 11beta-hydroxyandrostenedione were isolated and identified. From these results, it appears that cortisol was formed in the adenoma tissue via 21-deoxycortisol and corticosterone. Delta4-3oxo steroids of the C19-series arose exclusively from pregnenolone via 17alpha-hydroxypregnenolone and dehydroepiandrosterone, and not from progesterone and 17alpha-hydroxyprogesterone. Calculated on the amounts of metabolites formed, the highest enzyme activities were those of the 11beta-hydroxylase and the 17alpha-hydroxylase. It is interesting to note that only traces of testosterone were detected after incubation of androstenedione, whereas testosterone yielded large amounts of androstenedione.
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