METABOLISM OF PROGESTERONE BY THE RAT OVARY: FORMATION OF 3β-HYDROXY-5α-PREGNAN-20-ONE BY OVARIAN MICROSOMES
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ABSTRACT A microsomal fraction from rat ovaries incubated with [4-14C] progesterone in the presence of NADPH produced radioactive 3β-hydroxy-5α-pregnan-20-one as the major metabolite. Identification of this compound, not hitherto isolated from mammalian ovaries, was based on (i) paper and gas-chromatographic behaviour of the free compound and its acetate, (ii) gas-chromatographic characterization of the thioketal derivative and the oxidation product, and (iii) recrystallization with authentic carrier to constant specific activity. Ovaries from both pregnant and prooestrous rats showed this enzymic activity. The possible biological function of ovarian steroid reductases is discussed.
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