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  • Title: Effects of adrenocorticotropin on 17 alpha-hydroxylase activity and cytochrome P-450(17 alpha) synthesis in bovine adrenocortical cells.
    Author: Zuber MX, Simpson ER, Hall PF, Waterman MR.
    Journal: J Biol Chem; 1985 Feb 10; 260(3):1842-8. PubMed ID: 2981874.
    Abstract:
    The effects of adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) on 17 alpha-hydroxylase activity and cytochrome P-450(17 alpha) synthesis have been studied utilizing bovine adrenocortical cells in primary monolayer culture. A 20-fold stimulation of the conversion of pregnenolone to 17 alpha-hydroxypregnenolone was observed in postmitochondrial supernatant fractions from cells treated with ACTH as compared to controls. This increase in 17 alpha-hydroxylase activity was found to be due to a change in the Vmax and not a change in the Km(app). By immunoisolation of newly synthesized protein from an RNA-directed cell-free translation system we found that the level of P-450(17 alpha) was many-fold greater when RNA from ACTH-stimulated cells was used, as compared to RNA from control cells. A similar pattern was obtained when the rate of P-450(17 alpha) synthesis was analyzed by immunoisolation from radiolabeled cellular protein from ACTH-stimulated cells. When the total amount of P-450(17 alpha) was measured by immunoblotting we found that the levels of enzyme present correlated with the 17 alpha-hydroxylase activity. In addition, we found that these ACTH-mediated effects could be mimicked by treatment of cells with analogs of cyclic AMP. These results indicate that the activity of P-450(17 alpha) is regulated primarily by cyclic AMP-mediated changes in synthesis, probably at the transcriptional level, which in turn has a profound effect on the pattern of steroid secretion. Thus, we believe cytochrome P-450(17 alpha) to be a key regulatory enzyme in the steroidogenic pathway.
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