Role of corticotropin-releasing factor receptors type 1 and 2 in modulating the rat adrenocorticotropin response to stressors.

abstract：:Male Siberian hamsters undergo physiological weight change in changing photoperiod. Weight loss was induced by food restriction in long days to mimic short-day weight loss, or by food restriction superimposed on short-day weight loss, to test the hypothesis that the hypothalamus differentiates between weight change in...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Mercer JG,Moar KM,Logie TJ,Findlay PA,Adam CL,Morgan PJ

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral ketoconazole has been demonstrated to lower plasma testosterone in man. Measurement of blood precursors of testosterone suggest that ketoconazole may have its effect inhibiting the 17,20-desmolase enzyme within the testis. To substantiate this, a series of in vitro experiments was conducted using the rat testis t...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Sikka SC,Swerdloff RS,Rajfer J

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present investigation was undertaken to examine the possible role of cAMP in PTH-stimulated prostaglandin (PG) production in organ cultures of neonatal mouse parietal bones. Cultures were treated with PTH, forskolin, isobutylmethylxanthine (IBMX), and 8-bromo-cAMP (8BrcAMP). We found that similar concentrations of...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Klein-Nulend J,Bowers PN,Raisz LG

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concentrations and contents of vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) and cholecystokinin (CCK) in the brain and of these peptides along with secretin and glucagon-like immunoreactivity (GLI) in the gut were compared in a group of 16 5-day fasted adult Sprague-Dawley rats with the corresponding peptides in a group of...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Zheng B,Eng J,Yalow RS

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monolayer cultures of mouse adrenal tumor cell line Y-1 have been used to investigate the effects of glucocorticoid on cell replication, [3H]thymidine incorporation into the trichloroacetic acid-precipitated cell fraction, steroidogenesis, and the ACTH receptors of adrenocortical cells. Corticosterone at a concentrati...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Saito E,Mukai M,Muraki T,Ichikawa Y,Homma M

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the kidney, 11 beta-dehydrogenase (11 beta-DH) converts the active steroid cortisol to inactive cortisone (corticosterone to 11-dehydrocorticosterone in the rat). In man, congenital and acquired deficiency of 11 beta-dehydrogenase are rare causes of hypertension in which cortisol acts as a potent mineralocorticoid....

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Stewart PM,Whorwood CB,Barber P,Gregory J,Monder C,Franklyn JA,Sheppard MC

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specific serum binding of 25-hydroxy-cholecalciferol (25-OHD3) was measured by saturation analysis in rats of various ages, and during vitamin D deprivation. The serum binding capacity for 25-OHD3 was observed to increase until age 6-8 weeks, then decline and remain stable thereafter at 3.7 x 10(-6) M. The 25-hydroxyv...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Rojanasathit S,Haddad JG

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The homozygous ablation of the gene encoding the PTH/PTHrP receptor (PPR(-/-)) leads to early lethality and limited developmental defects, including an acceleration of chondrocyte differentiation. In contrast to the findings in homozygous PTHrP-ablated (PTHrP(-/-)) animals, these PPR(-/-) mice show an increase in cort...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Soegiarto DW,Kiachopoulos S,Schipani E,Jüppner H,Erben RG,Lanske B

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The participation of growth factors in wound healing and tissue repair has been well established. Previous studies demonstrated that the expression of keratinocyte growth factor (KGF) was greatly elevated shortly after injury and that topical application of KGF accelerated healing. Steroidal antiinflammatory agents, s...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Chedid M,Hoyle JR,Csaky KG,Rubin JS

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The DNA binding protein nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) is a transcription factor translocated from the cytosol to the nucleus in response to stressors. Here we determined whether the known ability of alcohol to activate the hypothalamic-pituitary axis was mediated by NF-kappaB, tested the hypothesis that this pheno...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Lee S,Rivier C

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The endocrine-disrupting chemical bisphenol A (BPA) increases adipose tissue mass in vivo and promotes adipogenesis in vitro; however, mechanisms explaining BPA's obesogenic effect remain unknown. We investigated the effects of gestational BPA and its analog, bisphenol S (BPS), exposure on the adipogenic differentiati...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Pu Y,Gingrich JD,Steibel JP,Veiga-Lopez A

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin D receptor (VDR) null mice develop hypocalcemia, hyperparathyroidism, rickets, osteomalacia and alopecia. Normalization of mineral ion homeostasis prevents all of these abnormalities except alopecia. Hair reconstitution assays, performed in athymic nude mice, demonstrate that the lack of VDR in keratinocytes l...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Chen CH,Sakai Y,Demay MB

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SH2B1 is an SH2 domain-containing adaptor protein that plays a key role in the regulation of energy and glucose metabolism in both rodents and humans. Genetic deletion of SH2B1 in mice results in obesity and type 2 diabetes. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms in the SH2B1 loci and chromosomal deletions of the SH2B1 loci ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Morris DL,Cho KW,Rui L

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human myometrium contains hCG/LH receptors. There are fewer of these receptors during labor compared to no labor at preterm or term deliveries. Exogenous hCG can directly inhibit oxytocin-stimulated human myometrial contractions. These findings suggest that hCG may directly maintain myometrial quiescence during pregna...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ambrus G,Rao CV

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogens have been shown to have positive and negative effects on anxiety and depressive-like behaviors, perhaps explained by the existence of two distinct estrogen receptor (ER) systems, ERalpha and ERbeta. The ERbeta agonist, diarylpropionitrile (DPN) has been shown to have anxiolytic properties in rats. DPN exists...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Weiser MJ,Wu TJ,Handa RJ

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pdx-1 plays a key role in the development of the pancreas and the control of islet gene transcription and has also been proposed as a dominant regulator of the alpha- vs. beta-cell phenotype via extinction of proglucagon expression. To ascertain the relationship between Pdx-1 and proglucagon gene expression, we examin...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Flock G,Cao X,Drucker DJ

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adrenomedullin (AM), a potent and novel vasodilator 52-residue peptide originally isolated from pheochromocytoma, is processed from a precursor molecule (preproAM) in which another unique 20-residue sequence, termed proadrenomedullin N-terminal 20 peptide (PAMP), exists. Using [125I Tyr0] rat PAMP as a radioligand, we...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Iwasaki H,Hirata Y,Iwashina M,Sato K,Marumo F

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A primary culture system has been established for rainbow trout corpuscles of Stannius (CS). A RIA has also been developed to monitor and characterize the teleocalcin secreted by these cultures. The primary cultured CS cells actively synthesized and secreted teleocalcin for up to 39 days when maintained in amphibian a...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Gellersen B,Wagner GF,Copp DH,Friesen HG

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes is associated with increased generation of cytokines and tissue inflammation, but it is unclear how increased cytokine synthesis is causally related to the development of diabetic complications. Here, we report that exposure to high (25 mm) glucose, but not iso-osmotic concentrations of mannitol or 3-methyl g...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ramana KV,Tammali R,Reddy AB,Bhatnagar A,Srivastava SK

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital adrenal hyperplasia is a group of common inherited disorders leading to glucocorticoid deficiency. Most cases are caused by 21-hydroxylase deficiency (21OHD). The systemic consequences of imbalanced steroid hormone biosynthesis due to severe 21OHD remains poorly understood. Therefore, we developed a zebrafi...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Eachus H,Zaucker A,Oakes JA,Griffin A,Weger M,Güran T,Taylor A,Harris A,Greenfield A,Quanson JL,Storbeck KH,Cunliffe VT,Müller F,Krone N

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We hypothesized the existence of vagal arginine sensors in the liver which modulate arginine-induced pancreatic hormone secretion. The present study was carried out to examine the efferent pathways and receptor mechanisms from arginine sensors using selective vagotomies and autonomic drugs on the secretion of insulin ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Tanaka K,Inoue S,Nagase H,Takamura Y

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chorionic gonadotropin (CG) is an early embryo-derived signal that is known to support the corpus luteum. An in vivo baboon model was used to study the direct actions of human CG (hCG) on the endometrium, during the periimplantation period. Endometrial gene expression was analyzed using microarrays. The endometrial bi...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Sherwin JR,Sharkey AM,Cameo P,Mavrogianis PM,Catalano RD,Edassery S,Fazleabas AT

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GH promotes the conversion of cultured preadipose 3T3 cells into adipose cells. The serum of most animals also promotes this differentiation. In order to determine the extent to which GH is responsible for the adipogenic activity of serum, we used a specific antiserum able to suppress completely the adipogenic activit...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Nixon T,Green H

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of GH gene structure in the mouse permits evolutionary comparisons with GH gene structure in the rat and provides information about the mechanism responsible for heritable deficiencies of anterior pituitary hormones. The little mutation in mice is analogous to autosomal recessive, isolated, partial deficiency...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Parks JS,Herd JE,Wurzel JM,Martial JA

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidermal growth factor (EGF) and TGFalpha are well known for their activities in the ovary. Both factors initiate signal transduction by binding to the common EGF receptor that has been demonstrated in the ovary across vertebrates from fish to humans. Using zebrafish as the model, we demonstrated in the present study...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Pang Y,Ge W

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ghrelin, an endogenous ligand for the GH secretagogue receptor, induces GH secretion, food intake, and positive energy balance. Although ghrelin exhibits a variety of hormonal actions, the mechanisms regulating ghrelin expression and secretion remain unclear. To understand regulation of human ghrelin gene expression, ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kanamoto N,Akamizu T,Tagami T,Hataya Y,Moriyama K,Takaya K,Hosoda H,Kojima M,Kangawa K,Nakao K

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here the effects of antibodies to estrogen receptor (ER) on the binding of tritiated 5 alpha-androstane-3 beta-17 beta-diol and antiestrogens to receptor in calf uterine cytosol. The antibodies, prepared from a rabbit immunized with purified estradiol-receptor complex from calf uterine nuclei, were found to ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Garcia M,Greene G,Rochefort H,Jensen EV

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rat calvariae are known to secrete a bone-derived growth factor (BDGF) that stimulates bone DNA and collagen synthesis. BDGF was purified from calvarial culture medium with dialysis, gel filtration and HPLC. Amino acid composition of BDGF was compatible with murine beta 2 microglobulin (beta 2 m), and amino terminal s...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Canalis E,McCarthy T,Centrella M

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current in vivo and in vitro data indicate that progesterone (P) is required for epithelial proliferation in mammary glands of adult mice. P receptors (PgR) in adult mammary glands are under estrogenic regulation. By contrast in immature, pubertal 5-week-old mice, PgR are present only in low concentration and cannot b...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Haslam SZ

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently identified a 32 K mol wt insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-binding protein (BP) which is markedly increased in the serum of streptozotocin-diabetic rats and recognized by antiserum against the human amniotic fluid IGFBP (hIGFBP-1). In the present study we sought to confirm that this protein represents the r...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Unterman TG,Oehler DT,Gotway MB,Morris PW

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00