In mammals, glucocorticoids (GC) are inactivated by the oxidative activity of 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (11β-HSD). To study that mechanism in the testes of Bufo arenarum, 11β-HSD activity and plasma corticosterone (B) were determined in toads from pre- (PR), post- (P), and reproductive (R) periods. Toad 11β-HSD is NAD+-dependent and strongly inhibited by glycyrrhetinic acid. Vmax is higher in the P period (1.37 vs. R: 0.13 and PR: 0.26 pmol/min-mg protein), whereas Km values (around 200 nM) remain constant. Plasma B concentrations (R: 178; PR: 61; P: 114 nM) are close to Km values, suggesting that, under baseline conditions, 11β-HSD could protect testes against GC action. © 2005 New York Academy of Sciences.
Documento: | Artículo |
Título: | Seasonal changes in the activity of 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase in toad testes |
Autor: | Denari, D.; Ceballos, N.R. |
Filiación: | Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biologia Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Ciudad Universitaria, C1428EHA Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Palabras clave: | 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase; Corticosterone; Testis; Toad; 11beta hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase; corticosterone; glucocorticoid; glucose 6 phosphatase; glycyrrhetinic acid; nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide; succinate dehydrogenase; animal experiment; animal tissue; cell nucleus; cellular distribution; conference paper; controlled study; corticosterone blood level; cytosol; enzyme activity; Leydig cell; male; Michaelis constant; microsome; mitochondrion; nonhuman; oxidation; reproduction; seasonal variation; testis; toad; Anura; Bufo arenarum; Mammalia |
Año: | 2005 |
Volumen: | 1040 |
Página de inicio: | 297 |
Página de fin: | 300 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1196/annals.1327.046 |
Título revista: | Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences |
Título revista abreviado: | Ann. New York Acad. Sci. |
ISSN: | 00778923 |
CODEN: | ANYAA |
CAS: | 11beta hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase, 9041-46-7; corticosterone, 50-22-6; glucose 6 phosphatase, 9001-39-2; glycyrrhetinic acid, 471-53-4; nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, 53-84-9; succinate dehydrogenase, 9002-02-2, 9028-10-8 |
Registro: | https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00778923_v1040_n_p297_Denari |