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  • Title: Progesterone metabolism in the gastric mucosa microsomes of guinea pig.
    Author: Ichihara K, Tanaka C.
    Journal: J Steroid Biochem; 1989 Jun; 32(6):835-40. PubMed ID: 2547113.
    Abstract:
    The microsomes from guinea pig gastric mucosa were found to convert [4-14C]progesterone to two major metabolites in the presence of NADPH. The gastric metabolizing activity was the highest among the gastrointestinal tissues of guinea pig. 5 alpha-Pregnane-3,20-dione and 3 beta-hydroxy-5 alpha-pregnan-20-one were identified as the major metabolites by thin-layer chromatography and crystallization to constant specific activity, suggesting the presence of steroid 5 alpha-reductase and 3 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activities in the gastric mucosa microsomes. Furthermore, time course of progesterone metabolism and analysis of 5 alpha-pregnane-3,20-dione metabolites suggest that the gastric progesterone metabolism is initiated by 5 alpha-reductase and followed by 3 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase. The progesterone-metabolizing activity was strongly inhibited by SKF 525-A and disulfiram. The activity was also inhibited by methyrapone to a somewhat lesser extent than the above inhibitors. From gastric mucosa microsomes, the progesterone-metabolizing activity was successfully solubilized with 2% digitonin using 0.1 M potassium chloride and 1 mM dithiothreitol, 0.4 mM NADPH and 20% glycerol as stabilizers for the solubilized activity. Among these stabilizers, glycerol was found to be most effective for stabilizing the activity of the solubilized microsomes.
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