The identification of sterols and steroids formed by incubation of [7alph-3H, 26-14C]cholesterol with mitochondrial enzymes from bovine adrenal cortex is reported. Only 17% of the radioactivity associated with cholesterol metabolites was found in pregnenolone, whereas 15% was reliable to oxygenated sterols and 6% to steroid compounds. The significance of the formation of these compounds is discussed particularly as regards oxygenated cholesterol derivatives.

Catabolism of cholesterol by bovine adrenal-cortex enzymes: in vitro formation of oxygenated sterols and side-chain cleavage products / E. Bosisio, G. Galli, S. Nicosia, M. Galli Kienle. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY. - ISSN 0014-2956. - 63:2(1976 Apr 01), pp. 491-497.

Catabolism of cholesterol by bovine adrenal-cortex enzymes: in vitro formation of oxygenated sterols and side-chain cleavage products

E. Bosisio
Primo
;
G. Galli
Secondo
;
S. Nicosia
Penultimo
;
1976

Abstract

The identification of sterols and steroids formed by incubation of [7alph-3H, 26-14C]cholesterol with mitochondrial enzymes from bovine adrenal cortex is reported. Only 17% of the radioactivity associated with cholesterol metabolites was found in pregnenolone, whereas 15% was reliable to oxygenated sterols and 6% to steroid compounds. The significance of the formation of these compounds is discussed particularly as regards oxygenated cholesterol derivatives.
Animals; Cattle; Chromatography, Gas; Sterols; Adrenal Glands; Pregnenolone; Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; Mitochondria; Adrenal Cortex; Cholesterol
Settore BIO/14 - Farmacologia
Settore BIO/10 - Biochimica
1-apr-1976
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