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Androgen 5 alpha-reductase and 3 alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activities in ventral prostate epithelial and stromal cells from immature and mature rats. 1983

J Orlowski, and C E Bird, and A F Clark

To study androgen-mediated differentiation in the rat ventral prostate, we separated the two principal cell types (epithelial and stromal) derived from prostates of immature and mature rats on two continuous Percoll gradients. Cells were immediately placed in culture medium. Testosterone metabolism by the two prostatic cell types was evaluated using [3H]testosterone and quantifying the formation of 5 alpha-[3H]dihydrotestosterone (5 alpha-DHT) and 5 alpha-[3H]androstane-(3 alpha or 3 beta), 17 beta-diols. In epithelial cells from both immature and mature rat prostates the major testosterone metabolites were 5 alpha-DHT and 5 alpha-androstane-3 alpha, 17 beta-diol. Stromal cells metabolized less testosterone than did the epithelial cells. Differences in the relative levels of the various metabolites were observed for the two age groups. To examine in more detail the changes in testosterone metabolism observed in vitro both types of cells and unfractionated cells from immature and mature rat prostates were assayed for testosterone 5 alpha-reductase (using testosterone as substrate) and 3 alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (using 5 alpha-DHT as substrate) activities (expressed as pmol substrate reduced/min per 10(6) cells). In immature rats both 5 alpha-reductase and 3 alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activities were localized in the epithelial cell fraction (17 and 52 respectively); stromal cells showed lower 5 alpha-reductase and 3 alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activity (4 and 4). Relative to epithelial cells from immature rats epithelial cells from mature rats showed a decrease in 5 alpha-reductase (7) and an increase in 3 alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (160) activity while stromal 5 alpha-reductase showed little change (3) and 3 alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase increased to 22.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D010088 Oxidoreductases The class of all enzymes catalyzing oxidoreduction reactions. The substrate that is oxidized is regarded as a hydrogen donor. The systematic name is based on donor:acceptor oxidoreductase. The recommended name will be dehydrogenase, wherever this is possible; as an alternative, reductase can be used. Oxidase is only used in cases where O2 is the acceptor. (Enzyme Nomenclature, 1992, p9) Dehydrogenases,Oxidases,Oxidoreductase,Reductases,Dehydrogenase,Oxidase,Reductase
D011467 Prostate A gland in males that surrounds the neck of the URINARY BLADDER and the URETHRA. It secretes a substance that liquefies coagulated semen. It is situated in the pelvic cavity behind the lower part of the PUBIC SYMPHYSIS, above the deep layer of the triangular ligament, and rests upon the RECTUM. Prostates
D011919 Rats, Inbred Strains Genetically identical individuals developed from brother and sister matings which have been carried out for twenty or more generations or by parent x offspring matings carried out with certain restrictions. This also includes animals with a long history of closed colony breeding. August Rats,Inbred Rat Strains,Inbred Strain of Rat,Inbred Strain of Rats,Inbred Strains of Rats,Rat, Inbred Strain,August Rat,Inbred Rat Strain,Inbred Strain Rat,Inbred Strain Rats,Inbred Strains Rat,Inbred Strains Rats,Rat Inbred Strain,Rat Inbred Strains,Rat Strain, Inbred,Rat Strains, Inbred,Rat, August,Rat, Inbred Strains,Rats Inbred Strain,Rats Inbred Strains,Rats, August,Rats, Inbred Strain,Strain Rat, Inbred,Strain Rats, Inbred,Strain, Inbred Rat,Strains, Inbred Rat
D002454 Cell Differentiation Progressive restriction of the developmental potential and increasing specialization of function that leads to the formation of specialized cells, tissues, and organs. Differentiation, Cell,Cell Differentiations,Differentiations, Cell
D002478 Cells, Cultured Cells propagated in vitro in special media conducive to their growth. Cultured cells are used to study developmental, morphologic, metabolic, physiologic, and genetic processes, among others. Cultured Cells,Cell, Cultured,Cultured Cell
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
D012741 Sexual Maturation Achievement of full sexual capacity in animals and in humans. Sex Maturation,Maturation, Sex,Maturation, Sexual
D013741 3-Oxo-5-alpha-Steroid 4-Dehydrogenase An enzyme that catalyzes the reduction of TESTOSTERONE to 5-ALPHA DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE. 3-Keto-5-alpha-Steroid delta-4-Dehydrogenase,5-alpha-Reductase, Testosterone,Testosterone 5-alpha-Reductase,Testosterone delta-4-5-alpha-Reductase,3-oxo-5 alpha-Steroid 4-Dehydrogenase (NADP+),3-oxo-5alpha-Steroid 4-Dehydrogenase (NADP+),4-Ene-3-Oxosteroid-5alpha-Reductase,4-Ene-5-alpha-Reductase,NADH-5-alpha-Reductase,NADPH delta(4)-3-Ketosteroid 5 alpha-Oxidoreductase,Steroid 5-alpha-Reductase,Steroid 5Alpha Reductase,Steroid delta-4-5-alpha Reductase,delta 4-3-keto Steroid 5 alpha-Oxidoreductase,delta(4)-3-Ketosteroid-5alpha-Reductase,delta4-3-ketosteroid 5alpha-Oxidoreductase,3 Keto 5 alpha Steroid delta 4 Dehydrogenase,3 Oxo 5 alpha Steroid 4 Dehydrogenase,4 Ene 3 Oxosteroid 5alpha Reductase,4 Ene 5 alpha Reductase,5 alpha Reductase, Testosterone,5-alpha-Reductase, Steroid,5Alpha Reductase, Steroid,5alpha-Oxidoreductase, delta4-3-ketosteroid,NADH 5 alpha Reductase,Reductase, Steroid 5Alpha,Reductase, Steroid delta-4-5-alpha,Steroid 5 alpha Reductase,Steroid delta 4 5 alpha Reductase,Testosterone 5 alpha Reductase,Testosterone delta 4 5 alpha Reductase,delta 4 3 keto Steroid 5 alpha Oxidoreductase,delta-4-5-alpha Reductase, Steroid,delta-4-5-alpha-Reductase, Testosterone,delta-4-Dehydrogenase, 3-Keto-5-alpha-Steroid,delta4 3 ketosteroid 5alpha Oxidoreductase
D015096 3-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases Catalyze the oxidation of 3-hydroxysteroids to 3-ketosteroids. 3-beta-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase,3 Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases,3 beta Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase,Dehydrogenase, 3-beta-Hydroxysteroid,Dehydrogenases, 3 Hydroxysteroid,Dehydrogenases, 3-Hydroxysteroid,Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases, 3

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