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  • Title: Inactivation of aromatase in vitro by 4-hydroxy-4-androstene-3,17-dione and 4-acetoxy-4-androstene-3,17-dione and sustained effects in vivo.
    Author: Brodie AM, Garrett WM, Hendrickson JR, Tsai-Morris CH, Marcotte PA, Robinson CH.
    Journal: Steroids; 1981 Dec; 38(6):693-702. PubMed ID: 7336466.
    Abstract:
    4-Hydroxy-4-androstene-3,17-dione (4-OHA) and 4-acetoxy-4-androstene-3,17-dione (4-AcA), in addition to being competitive inhibitors of aromatase, cause time-dependent, irreversible, loss of enzyme activity in both human placental and rat ovarian microsomes. In vivo, treatment of rats with 4-OHA also causes loss of ovarian aromatase activity. To test whether this loss of activity could have in vivo significance, rats with hormone-dependent, mammary tumors were treated with 4-OHA on alternate weeks. Tumor regression continued to occur during the weeks without treatment. These findings suggest that inactivation of aromatase is important in the mechanism of action of the compounds in vivo.
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