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Catabolism of [4-14C]testosterone by subcellular fractions of human prostate.

ABSTRACT: 1. Incubation conditions were established in experiments with human-prostate homogenates for almost complete conversion of [4-(14)C]testosterone into at least ten transformation products. 2. Whole homogenates of tissue with benign hypertrophy were shown to contain 3alpha-, 3beta- and 17beta-hydroxy steroid dehydrogenases, Delta(4)-3-oxo steroid 5alpha- and 5beta- reductases and unidentified hydroxylases. 3. Most of the 17beta-hydroxy steroid-dehydrogenase activity was located in the mitochondria, which showed little other activity. 4. The 3alpha- and 3beta-hydroxy steroid dehydrogenases and the 5beta-reductase were located in the high-speed supernatant and required supplementation with NADPH for activity. 5. The 5alpha-reductase was located in both microsomal and high-speed supernatant fractions and also required supplementation with NADPH.

SUBMITTER: Chamberlain J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1265049 | biostudies-other | 1966 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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