著者

鏑木 豊

出版者

The Kitakanto Medical Society

雑誌

北関東医学 (ISSN:00231908)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.35, no.2, pp.143-152, 1985-04-10 (Released:2009-10-15)

参考文献数

30

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In order to investigate the metabolism and mechanism of action of testosterone in the central nervous system, the following experiments were performed : 1. The pathway of testosterone metabolism in the anterior pituitary and the hypothalamus of male Wistar rats was analyzed using GC-MS. Main metabolites were identified as androst-4-ene-3, 17-dione, 5α-androstan-17β-ol-3-one, 5α-androstane-3α, 17β-diol, 5α-androstane-3β, 17β-diol, androst-4-ene-3α, 17β-diol and androst-4-ene-3β, 17β-diol.2. The metabolism of androst-4-ene-diol into 5α-androstanediol in the CNS was then analyzed using androst-4-ene-3α, 17β-diol-3-D1 (D = deuterium) and androst-4-ene-3β, 17β-diol-3-D1 as the incubation substrate. Twenty to thirty percent of androst-4-ene-3α, 17β-diol was converted directly into 5α-androstane-3α, 17β-diol, but androst-4-ene-3β, 17β-diol was not converted into 5α-androstane-3β, 17β-diol.3. Change in 5α-reductase activity in the CNS after castration was analyzed by measuring the amount of 5α-reduced metabolites (5α-DHT & 5α-androstanediol) formed by the incubation of testosterone-14C with a homogenate of the CNS tissues.It was evident that the 5α-reductase activity of the pituitary increased 5-fold at 5 weeks after castration, but in the hypothalamus no significant change was recognized.