ISSN:
1432-2013
Keywords:
Renal corticosteroid metabolism
;
Corticosterone
;
Kidney metabolism of corticosteroid
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Isolated rat kidney
;
Metopirone (Metyrapone)
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HPLC
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract Kidneys of male Sprague Dawley rats have been isolated and perfused in vitro in order to study the metabolism of corticosterone (B). B is the main endogenous corticosteroid in this species. Using3H-B and HPLC for the separation of steroid metabolites it has been possible to detect radioactive derivatives of B which have been denoted as met I, II and III. These substances were purified and compared with authentic reference hormones under different isocratic and gradient elution techniques. We observed chromatographic identity of met I with 11-dehydro-20-dihydro-B, of met II with 20-dihydro-B and of met III with 5α-H-4,5-dihydro-B. From the fact that conversion of B can be observed with normal (50 g · l−1 albumin in perfusate) and elevated (75 g · l−1) colloid osmotic pressure of the recirculating perfusate it can be concluded that B gets access to the metabolic site in renal tissue not solely by glomerular filtration and tubular reabsorption. The metabolites identified presently are excreted in the urine. Metopirone increased the concentration of met I and decreased the concentration of met II. This is compatible with the concept of a stimulatory effect of metopirone on a C-20-hydroxysteroid oxidoreductase and a C-11-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00587533
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