We reported on the unusually high isotope effect of non-aromatizing androgen 19- hydroxylase in sheep and dog adrenals and the validity of the [
3H] water method using [19-
3H
3] androgen. We have extended the study to examine whether this 19-hydroxylation is catalyzed by a cytochrome P-450 dependent enzyme. Sheep adrenal homogenate (1.65mg prot.) was incubated in the presence of NADPH (5.6mM) with [19-
3 H
3, 4-
14 C] -andro-stenedione (A) (3.2μM, 8.24 × 10
4 dpm
3H/μg,
3 H/
14 C = 17.2) in a total of 1.2ml PO
4 buffer under air at pH 7.4 for 2, 5 and 10 min. [19-
3 H
2, 4-
14C] -19-hydroxy-A (19-OHA) with added carrier was purified through extraction, TLC, acetylation to form 19-AcOA, and further TLC to give 19-hydroxylase activity as assessed by the product isolation method. Simultaneously, the [
3 H] water was measured by distillation, and with correction by the apparent kinetic isotope effect (KH/KT=11.8), used for assessment of 19-hydroxylase activity. The effects on the hydroxylation by cofactor (NADPH, NADH), incubation atmosphere (N
2, CO/O
2), cytochrome P-450 inhibitors (metyrapone, clotrimazole) and heating were measured by both methods. Compared to the complete system (89.6pmol/min/mg as 100%), carbon monoxide suppressed 15.8, 59.3 and 86.4% of the 19-hydroxylation when a CO/O
2 ratio of 0.1, 1 and 9 was used, respectively. Replacement to nitrogen atmosphere decreased the activity by 93.8%. Replacement of NADPH with NADH (7.5mM) caused more than a 92.1% decrease in activity. Metyrapone at 50 and 200μM and clotrimazole at 2.5 and 10μM suppressed the activity by 82.8, 90.4, 85.4 and 94.9%, respectively. A larger scale sheep adrenal incubation of A (250μM) under 18 O
2 atmosphere and isolation of 19-AcOA were carried out in a similar manner. The gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis of the purified product showed 48.5% of the product to be
18 O-labeled as [M
+ + 2], m/e 346. Thus, the non-aromatizing androgen 19-hydroxylase requires NADPH and molecular oxygen. It is strongly inhibited by carbon monoxide and cytochrome P-450 inhibitors. These results indicate that the enzyme system responsible for non-aromatizing androgen 19-hydroxylase in adrenal is a cytochrome P-450 dependent monooxygenase. This research was supported in part by USPHS NIH RESEARCH GRANT HD 18792.
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