Title : Glucocorticoids enhance the cholesterol side-chain cleavage activity of ovine adrenocortical mitochondria.

Pub. Date : 1995 Oct

PMID : 7577721






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1 These results indicate that exposure of ovine adrenocortical cells to glucocorticoids or ACTH enhances their steroidogenic potency not only by increasing the amount of cholesterol available for steroidogenesis but also by enhancing some step(s) involved in the transformation of cholesterol into pregnenolone. Cholesterol proopiomelanocortin Homo sapiens
2 These results indicate that exposure of ovine adrenocortical cells to glucocorticoids or ACTH enhances their steroidogenic potency not only by increasing the amount of cholesterol available for steroidogenesis but also by enhancing some step(s) involved in the transformation of cholesterol into pregnenolone. Cholesterol proopiomelanocortin Homo sapiens