Effects of steroid hormones in vitro on adrenal xenobiotic metabolism in the guinea pig |
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Authors: | Howard D Colby Marsha L Marquess Peggy B Johnson Marlene R Pope |
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Institution: | Department of Physiology, West Virginia University Medical Centre, Morgantown, WV 26506, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | Studies were carried out to determine the effects of steroid hormones in vitro on adrenal and hepatic microsomal benzphetamine demethylation and benzoa] pyrene hydroxylation. Testosterone inhibited adrenal drug metabolism but had no effect on hepatic enzymes, whereas 6β-hydroxytestosterone had no effect in either tissue. All of the corticosteroids tested (cortisol, corticosterone, 11-deoxycortisol, 11-deoxycorticosterone, progesterone, and 17-hydroxyprogesterone) produced a concentration-dependent inhibition of adrenal drug metabolism, but had little or no effect on hepatic metabolism. The 17-deoxy-steroids were more potent inhibitors of adrenal metabolism than were their 17-hydroxylated counterparts. Cortisol was a potent inhibitor of adrenal benzphetamine and benzoa]pyrene metabolism, produced a type I difference spectrum in adrenal microsomes, and diminished the magnitude of the benzphetamine-induced spectrum; 6 β-hydroxycortisol had none of these effects. Prior addition of benzphetamine to adrenal microsomes reduced the size of cortisol-induced spectral change. The results demonstrate that the effects of corticosteroids in vitro are relatively specific for adrenal enzymes and established a close association between the 6 β-hydroxylase and some drug-metabolizing enzymes. Adrenal steroids may have an important role in the regulation of adrenal xenobiotic metabolism. |
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