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Induction of the enzyme Δ5-3-ketosteroid isomerase in Pseudomonas testosteroni was found to be strongly inhibited by reserpine and by the alkaloids of Vinca and Ergot. Morphine, colchicine and papaverine caused weaker inhibition whilst a series of other alkaloids were almost ineffective. Ergot alkaloids were inhibitory towards all steroids tested, androgens, oestrogens and progestagens, and a similar effect was shown with the other inducible enzymes, 3α- and 3β.17β-hydroxysteroid-dehydrogenase.
Experiments with cell-free protein synthesis indicate that reserpine inhibits the induction of messenger RNA.