Ethanol directly stimulates dihydrotestosterone conversion to 5 alpha-androstan-3 alpha, 17 beta-diol and 5 alpha-androstan-3 beta, 17 beta-diol in rat liver |
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Authors: | E P Murono V Fisher-Simpson |
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Affiliation: | Medical Research Service, Dorn Veterans'' Administration Hospital and Departments of Medicine and Physiology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina 29201, USA |
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Abstract: | The present results demonstrate for the first time in rat liver, that low ethanol concentrations (2.2 and 22 mM) directly stimulate dihydrotestosterone conversion to 5 alpha-androstan-3 alpha, 17 beta-diol and 5 alpha-androstan-3 beta, 17 beta-diol. Because this effect was blocked by 4-methylpyrazole, an alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor, or by the addition of a saturating NADH concentration, this action probably is mediated by hepatic alcohol dehydrogenase activity through elevation of the NADH/NAD+ ratio. It remains to be determined whether this effect of ethanol actually reduces circulating and/or target tissue dihydrotestosterone levels; nevertheless, it is tempting to speculate that this action, in part, is responsible for the reported adverse effects of alcohol on male reproductive functions. |
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Keywords: | For correspondence at the following address: Dorn Veterans' Administration Hospital Dept. of Medicine Bldg 28 Columbia SC 29201 |
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