Steroids

Evidence for a new biologic pathway of androstenedione synthesis from 11-deoxycortisol

A Auzéby, A Bogdan, Y Touitou

Index: Auzeby, Andre; Bogdan, Andre; Touitou, Yvan Steroids, 1991 , vol. 56, # 1 p. 33 - 36

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Abstract

Abstract 17-Hydroxyprogesterone is a well-known precursor of androstenedione in adrenal biosynthesis. This study using sheep adrenal incubations demonstrates that 11- deoxycortisol, the precursor of cortisol synthesis, also can be a precursor of androstenedione. Indeed, our data show that androstenedione synthesis is negatively correlated to the synthesis of cortisol and cortisone. This fact allowed us to infer that this ...