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The effect of hypophysectomy and subsequent treatment with adrenocorticotropic hormone (adrenocorticotropin, ACTH) on the isoenzymes of glutathione transferase in the rat adrenal gland was investigated. A large increase (approx. 11-fold) in the level of transferase subunit 4 was observed in hypophysectomized animals by immunoblotting. When the activity of glutathione transferase 4-4 was measured in adrenal cytosol using trans-stilbene oxide as a selective substrate, a 15-fold increase was noted. Lack of the pituitary hormone ACTH is apparently related to this increase, since treatment of hypophysectomized animals with ACTH for 2 weeks partially down-regulated subunit 4. Glutathione transferase subunits 3 and 8 in the adrenal were also increased in amount by hypophysectomy, but not at all to the same extent. The activity of glutathione transferase 4-4 was elevated also in the liver and ovary (5 and 1.5 times respectively) after hypophysectomy. These elevated enzyme levels were, however, not affected by ACTH treatment. This down-regulation of glutathione transferases in the rat adrenal by ACTH may be related to the fact that, under normal conditions, this organ is highly susceptible to the toxic effects of various polycyclic hydrocarbons, whereas under circumstances where there is no ACTH production, as in hypophysectomized rats, the adrenal is resistant to these same hydrocarbons.

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Increase in the amount of glutathione transferase 4-4 in the rat adrenal gland after hypophysectomy and down-regulation by subsequent treatment with adrenocorticotrophic hormone