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  • Title: Sexual differences of steroidogenic enzymes in embryonic gonads of the chicken (Gallus domesticus).
    Author: Imataka H, Suzuki K, Inano H, Kohmoto K, Tamaoki B.
    Journal: Gen Comp Endocrinol; 1988 Feb; 69(2):153-62. PubMed ID: 3259197.
    Abstract:
    The left ovary and testis of 15-day-old embryos of the chicken were compared in the enzyme activities related to steroidogenesis. The activity of delta 5-3 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase coupled with delta 5-delta 4 isomerase in the ovary was similar to that of the testis. Activities of 17 alpha-hydroxylase and C-17-C-20 lyase in the ovary were 2.5 and 2.6 times those in the testis. From the CO-induced difference spectrum, the content of cytochrome P-450 in the ovarian microsomes was estimated as 27.6 pmol/mg protein. However, no detectable amount of cytochrome P-450 was observed in the testicular microsomal fraction. The substrate (progesterone)-induced difference spectrum was appreciable only in the ovarian microsomes. The activity of microsomal NADPH-cytochrome c reductase in the ovary was significantly higher than that in the testis. The activities of 17 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase in both gonads were similar to each other, when androstenedione was used as substrate. However, its activity in the ovary was 1.4 and 3.1 times that in the testis, when dehydroepiandrosterone and estrone were used as substrate, respectively. Aromatase activity in the ovary was over 100 times that in the testis, as assessed by release of [3H]water from [1-3H]testosterone. Appreciable amounts of radioactive estradiol-17 beta and estrone were formed from [4-14C]testosterone and [7-3H]androstenedione, respectively, only by the ovarian tissue. 5 beta-Reductase activity in the ovary was 1.4 times that in the testis.
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