Opposing actions of two transforming growth factor-beta isoforms on pituitary lactotropic cell proliferation.

abstract：:Synthetic selective thyroid hormone (TH) receptor (TR) modulators (STRM) exhibit beneficial effects on dyslipidemias in animals and humans and reduce obesity, fatty liver, and insulin resistance in preclinical animal models. STRM differ from native TH in preferential binding to the TRβ subtype vs. TRα, increased uptak...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Yuan C,Lin JZ,Sieglaff DH,Ayers SD,Denoto-Reynolds F,Baxter JD,Webb P

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the structural and functional characteristics of insulin receptors from rat brain and liver from late gestation through adulthood as well as from cultured neuronal and glial cells from neonatal rats. Specific insulin binding was present on membrane preparations from brain and liver at all stages of developm...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Lowe WL Jr,Boyd FT,Clarke DW,Raizada MK,Hart C,LeRoith D

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin D deficiency is associated with a range of muscle disorders, including myalgia, muscle weakness, and falls. In humans, polymorphisms of the vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene are associated with variations in muscle strength, and in mice, genetic ablation of VDR results in muscle fiber atrophy and motor deficits. H...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Girgis CM,Mokbel N,Cha KM,Houweling PJ,Abboud M,Fraser DR,Mason RS,Clifton-Bligh RJ,Gunton JE

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The levels of beta 1- and beta 3-adrenoreceptor mRNAs in several rat tissues were determined simultaneously with a sensitive nuclease protection assay. The beta 1-receptor gene was expressed to varying degrees in most tissues examined. By contrast, high levels of beta 3-receptor mRNA were only found in brown and white...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Granneman JG,Lahners KN

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Galanin-like peptide (GALP), a 29-amino-acid neuropeptide, is located in the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus (ARC), binds to galanin receptor subtype 2, and induces food intake upon intracerebroventricular (icv) injection in rats. However, neural mechanisms underlying its orexigenic action remain unclear. We aimed to ide...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kuramochi M,Onaka T,Kohno D,Kato S,Yada T

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aggression enables individuals to obtain and retain limited resources. Studies of the neuroendocrine regulation of aggression have focused on territorial and reproductive contexts. By contrast, little is understood concerning the neuroendocrine regulation of aggression over other resources, such as food. Here, we deve...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Fokidis HB,Prior NH,Soma KK

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary cultures of enzymatically dispersed rat anterior pituitary cells were used to examine the effect of pure 31 kilodalton bovine inhibin on GnRH-induced up-regulation of GnRH binding sites. After 2 days in culture, the cells were exposed to stimuli with or without test substances for 10 h, followed by evaluation ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Wang QF,Farnworth PG,Findlay JK,Burger HG

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The direct effects of epinephrine and norepinephrine (NE) on lipid mobilization were studied in coho salmon liver slices incubated in vitro. Fatty acid (FA) release from liver slices was measured continuously by pH-stat titration. The pH-stat assay system was validated by simultaneous colorimetric measurement of FA an...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Sheridan MA

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bromocriptine, a dopamine agonist, inhibited secretion of PRL and did not affect GH release from rat anterior pituitary cells in culture. The reversal of this inhibition of PRL release by butaclamol, a dopamine antagonist, was stereospecific; 10 nM d-butaclamol completely reversed the inhibition caused by 10 nM bromoc...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： West B,Dannies PS

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To ascertain whether changes in the pattern of GnRH release from the hypothalmus occur during the 4-day rat estrous cycle, the pattern of LH release was characterized on each day of the estrous cycle, and the results were interpreted in light of the changes in pituitary responsiveness to GnRH previously described by t...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Fox SR,Smith MS

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IGF-I is an endocrine and paracrine regulator of skeletal homeostasis, principally by virtue of its anabolic effects on osteoblastic cells. In the current study, we examined the intracellular signaling pathways by which IGF-I promotes proliferation and survival in SaOS-2 human osteoblastic cells. Inhibition of each of...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Grey A,Chen Q,Xu X,Callon K,Cornish J

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently identified a novel hypothalamic neuropeptide stimulating GH release in bullfrogs and termed it frog GH-releasing peptide (fGRP). The fGRP precursor encodes fGRP and its related peptides (fGRP-RP-1, -RP-2, and -RP-3), and fGRP-RP-2 also stimulates GH and prolactin (PRL) release. Cell bodies and terminals co...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Chowdhury VS,Yamamoto K,Saeki I,Hasunuma I,Shimura T,Tsutsui K

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In humans, the incidence and severity of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) are greater in males than in females. Chronic infusion of angiotensin II (AngII) into apolipoprotein E-deficient (apoE(-/-)) mice promotes atherosclerosis and causes the formation of AAAs. Just as human males are more susceptible to developing A...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Henriques TA,Huang J,D'Souza SS,Daugherty A,Cassis LA

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid hormone is essential for normal proliferation and differentiation of chondrocytes. Thus, untreated congenital hypothyroidism is marked by severe short stature. The monocarboxylate transporter 8 (MCT8) is a highly specific transporter for thyroid hormone. The hallmarks of Allan-Herndon-Dudley syndrome, caused b...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Abe S,Namba N,Abe M,Fujiwara M,Aikawa T,Kogo M,Ozono K

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript (CART) is an anorexigenic neuropeptide synthesized in the hypothalamus. A Leu34Phe missense mutation in proCART has been found in an obese family in humans. Here we show that humans bearing the Leu34Phe mutation in proCART have severely diminished levels of bioactive CART,...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Yanik T,Dominguez G,Kuhar MJ,Del Giudice EM,Loh YP

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analogs of the seco-steroid hormone, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1,25-(OH)-2D3] can preferentially stimulate genomic or nongenomic signaling pathways in osteoblasts. In this study, we used 1,25-(OH)2D3 analogs and voltage-sensitive Ca2+ channel (VSCC) ligands, including dihydropyridines (Bay K 8644 and nitrendipine), in...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Khoury R,Ridall AL,Norman AW,Farach-Carson MC

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A clonal cell line (44-2C) which synthesizes and secretes somatostatin, neurotensin, calcitonin (CT), and CT gene-related peptide and transiently expresses c-fos was used to characterize the mechanism of action of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF). bFGF had two modes of action: 1) short term incubation of 44-2C ce...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Zeytin FN,Rusk SF,Raymond V,Mandell AJ

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dispersed cells from whole testes or from isolated interstitial tissue of mature rats, yielded two distinct populations of Leydig cells when subjected to centrifugation in a 0-40% metrizamide gradient. One population (I) was found in a fractions with a density of 1.085-1.117 g/cm3, and the other population (II) was fo...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Payne AH,Downing JR,Wong KL

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Relaxin is a naturally occurring regulator of collagen turnover. In this study, we determined the role of endogenous relaxin in the pathogenesis of primary tubulointerstitial fibrosis after unilateral ureteric obstruction (UUO). Four- to 6-wk-old relaxin (RLX) gene-knockout (RLX(-/-)) and age-matched wild-type (RLX(+/...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Hewitson TD,Mookerjee I,Masterson R,Zhao C,Tregear GW,Becker GJ,Samuel CS

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor-beta (TGFbeta) and adrenomedullin (AM) are multifunctional regulatory peptides that are secreted by a variety of normal and malignant cells. The TGFbetas are expressed in developing organs and adults, and their tissue distribution pattern has possible significance for signaling roles in many...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Montuenga LM,Mariano JM,Prentice MA,Cuttitta F,Jakowlew SB

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Equine CG (eCG) both radioiodinated and unlabeled, was injected iv into male rats, and the disappearance of the hormone from the circulation was studied. The uptake and inactivation of the hormone by various tissues was also examined. The disappearance curve of eCG consisted of two exponential components with apparent...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Aggarwal BB,Papkoff H

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single-minded 1 (SIM1) mutations are associated with obesity in mice and humans. Haploinsufficiency of mouse Sim1 causes hyperphagic obesity with increased linear growth and enhanced sensitivity to a high-fat diet, a phenotype similar to that of agouti yellow and melanocortin 4 receptor knockout mice. To investigate t...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kublaoui BM,Holder JL Jr,Tolson KP,Gemelli T,Zinn AR

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study uses a high purity cell culture system to extend previous observations of factors controlling the end of the Sertoli cell proliferative phase. Thyroid hormone, retinoic acid, and testosterone were assessed for their ability to halt the proliferative phase and regulate the expression of markers associated wi...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Buzzard JJ,Wreford NG,Morrison JR

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have established the presence of an extrahypothalamic GnRH in a variety of tissues. GnRH receptor is known to be present in the placenta, which produces and secretes the decapeptide from the very early stages of placentation. We hypothesized that GnRH may play a role in the preimplantation development...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Raga F,Casañ EM,Kruessel J,Wen Y,Bonilla-Musoles F,Polan ML

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxytocin plays a pivotal role in rat parturition, acting within the brain to facilitate its own release in the supraoptic nucleus (SON) and paraventricular nucleus, and to stimulate maternal behavior. We investigated oxytocin receptor (OTR) expression and activation perinatally. Using a (35)S-labeled riboprobe complem...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Meddle SL,Bishop VR,Gkoumassi E,van Leeuwen FW,Douglas AJ

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA blot hybridization analysis with cloned rat CRF precursor (prepro-CRF) cDNA as a probe showed that prepro-CRF mRNA existed in rat hypothalamic and extrahypothalamic brain tissue, whereas it was undetectable in the pituitary and adrenal. To study the effect of glucocorticoid on the level of prepro-CRF mRNA in the h...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Jingami H,Matsukura S,Numa S,Imura H

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoclast precursors reach sites of osteoclast formation and remodelling via the vasculature and are therefore destined to encounter endothelium before migrating to the bone surface. Here we investigated the hypothesis that endothelium may be involved in the regulation of osteoclast precursor recruitment to sites of ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： McGowan NW,Walker EJ,Macpherson H,Ralston SH,Helfrich MH

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The castration-induced regression and testosterone stimulated regrowth of the vasculature in the rat ventral prostate lobe were studied using stereological techniques. Seven days after castration, the endothelial cell proliferation rate (bromodeoxyuridine labeling index); the total weights of blood vessel walls, blood...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Franck-Lissbrant I,Häggström S,Damber JE,Bergh A

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro addition of rat insulin (200, 400 or 800 muU/ml) to collagenase-isolated pancreatic islets of adult rats diminished glucose (3 mg/ml)-induced insulin release which was correlated with a decrease of the ratio of total NADPH/NADP and inhibition of glucose oxidation via the pentose phosphate shunt (PPS). NADH an...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ammon HP,Verspohl E

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogens are crucial for growth and function of the female genital tract. Recently, we showed that induction of uterine epithelial proliferation by estradiol is a paracrine event requiring an estrogen receptor-positive stroma. Growth factors [such as EGF (epidermal growth factor) ligands] are likely paracrine mediato...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Hom YK,Young P,Wiesen JF,Miettinen PJ,Derynck R,Werb Z,Cunha GR

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00