STOICHIOMETRIC RELATIONSHIPS IN CORTISOL-INDUCED SWELLING OF RAT LIVER MITOCHONDRIA,
Abstract
The influence of cortisol on the swelling of rat liver mitochondria was studied by measuring the changes of optical density of mitochondrial suspensions in the presence and in the absence of the steroid. The results show that an increase of the swelling rate under the influence of cortisol is apparent 12 and 44 minutes after mixing the hormones and the mitochondrial suspension; the effect disappears after a few hours. Maximal acceleration is observed at 1/10 to the 9th power M cortisol. At this steroid concentration the ratio of cortisol molecules per mitochondrion is approximately 1000:1. This is the same order of magnitude that has previously been observed in spontaneous beinding of cortisol to rat liver mitochondria. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 31, 1965
- Accession Number
- AD0466946
Entities
People
- F. Devenuto
- U. Westpahl
Organizations
- United States Army Medical Research Laboratory