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  • Title: A radiometric assay method for aromatase activity using [1 beta-3H]16 alpha-hydroxyandrostenedione.
    Author: Numazawa M, Mutsumi A, Nakakoshi M, Nagaoka M.
    Journal: Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo); 1992 Jul; 40(7):1839-42. PubMed ID: 1394701.
    Abstract:
    [1 beta-3H]16 alpha-Hydroxyandrostenedione (16 alpha-OHA) (715 mCi/mmol) was prepared from commercially available [1 beta-3H]androstenedione (A) by the microbiological method with Streptomyces roseochromogenes and its structure and purity were determined by chromatographic and reverse isotope dilution methods. When [1 beta-3H]16 alpha-OHA was incubated with human placental microsomes and reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH), 3H2O-release into the medium was dependent upon protein concentration and incubation time. An apparent Km and Vmax of the microsomal aromatase for the [1 beta-3H]substrate were 650 nM and 34 pmol/min/mg protein, respectively. In this assay, aromatase activity could be determined as low as 0.1 nmol estrogen formation/min/mg protein. 3-Deoxyandrostenedione, a potent competitive inhibitor of the A aromatization, also blocked the 16 alpha-OHA aromatization in a competitive manner with Ki of 15 nM.
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