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  • Title: Kinetic comparison of the 3 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activity in human placenta, chorion laeve, and ovary.
    Author: Gibb W, Lavoie JC, Morin-Gonthier M.
    Journal: Can J Biochem Cell Biol; 1985 Mar; 63(3):183-6. PubMed ID: 3857101.
    Abstract:
    Recent studies from our laboratory and others have shown that Km values for steroid substrates of the 3 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase in the human placenta were in the nanomolar range compared with micromolar values previously described. The purpose of the present study was to measure the kinetic parameters of the 3 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase in other human tissues, namely the ovary and chorion laeve, and to determine whether they were similar to those of the placental enzyme. In chorion laeve microsomes the 3 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase had Km values for dehydroepiandrosterone and pregnenolone similar to those found in placenta. Microsomes from human ovaries, on the other hand, had Km values for both substrates 10- to 20-fold higher. However, the ability of various steroids to inhibit the ovarian enzyme was similar to that previously described from the placenta and the chorion laeve.
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