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      Immunochemical distribution and immunohistochemical localization of 20β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase in neonatal pig tissues

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      The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
      Elsevier BV

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          Immunochemical distribution of 20beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (HSD) in neonatal pig tissues was investigated by Western blot analysis of the proteins reacting with anti-20beta-HSD antibody. 20beta-HSD was present in all organs investigated: brain, lung, thymus, submandibular gland, heart, liver, kidney, spleen, adrenal gland, testis, epididymis, prostate, vas deferens and seminal vesicle. In particular, high concentrations of 20beta-HSD were detected in the testis, followed by the kidney and liver, by the [125I]-protein A binding method. Immunohistochemical localization of the enzyme was achieved in paraffin sections of the testis, kidney, liver, epididymis, and vas deferens by the streptoavidin-biotin complex method. In the testis, very strong immunostaining was found only in interstitial Leydig cells, whereas the cells in seminiferous tubules, such as Sertoli cells and spermatogenic cells, were entirely negative. In the kidney, strong immunostaining was detected in epithelial cells of Henle's loop. The immunoreactive proteins were also localized in the hepatic lobules of the liver, tall columnar cells of the ductus epididymidis of the epididymis, and mucosal epithelium cells and muscularis of the vas deferens. These observations indicate that tissue distribution of 20beta-HSD is similar to that of carbonyl reductase in the human and rat. However, the specific and abundant expression of 20beta-HSD in testicular Leydig cells of the neonatal pig, which are concerned with the synthesis of androgens, suggests that 20beta-HSD has a very important physiological role in testicular function during the neonatal stage.

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          Journal
          The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
          The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
          Elsevier BV
          09600760
          December 1996
          December 1996
          : 59
          : 5-6
          : 485-493
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          10.1016/S0960-0760(96)00137-9
          9010354
          337df75e-b00b-42e1-816f-085824fb1436
          © 1996

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