Transcriptional cofactors exhibit differential preference toward peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors alpha and delta in uterine cells.

abstract：:For centuries our image of the skeleton has been one of an inert structure playing a supporting role for muscles and a protective role for inner organs like the brain. Cell biology and physiology modified this view in the 20st century by defining the constant interplay between bone-forming and bone resorbing cells tha...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ducy P

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of alloxan-induced diabetes on uterine decidualization and the associated changes in uterine blood flow (UBF) and corpus luteum activity were evaluated in rats between days 4-9 of pseudopregnancy (day 0 = ovulation). Rats were made diabetic (D) with a 40 mg/kg injection (iv) of alloxan on day 1 of pseudopr...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Garris DR

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PTHrP is produced in vessels and acts as a local modulator of tone. We recently reported that PTHrP(1-34) is able to induce vasorelaxation in rat uterine arteries, but in pregnancy, this response is blunted and becomes strictly endothelium dependent. The present study aimed to get insights into the mechanisms involved...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Meziani F,Tesse A,Welsch S,Kremer H,Barthelmebs M,Andriantsitohaina R,Schneider F,Gairard A

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To further characterize the effect of TSH administration on thyroid iodothyronine monodeiodinating activity, we have evaluated the in vitro conversion of T4 to T3 (outer ring deiodination) and T3 to 3,3'-diiodothyronine (T2; inner ring deiodination) by mouse thyroid, liver, and kidney homogenates, comparing tissues fr...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Wu SY,Reggio R,Florsheim WH

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogen increases the alpha 1-adrenergic contractile sensitivity of the rabbit uterus. Since estrogen treatment increases prostaglandin (PG) production by the perfused rabbit uterus, and PGs contribute to the alpha 1-adrenergic contractile response, we postulated that estrogen's effects on PG production or response m...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Hurd WW,Riemer RK,Goldfien A,Roberts JM

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoxia and biological responses to hypoxia are commonly encountered in both normal and pathologic cellular processes. Here we report that extracellular superoxide dismutase (EC-SOD) plays a major role in regulating the magnitude of hypoxia-induced erythropoietin (Epo) gene expression, thus implicating superoxide as a...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Zelko IN,Folz RJ

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous experiments showed that LSH/SsLak female hamsters cease ovarian cyclicity after 2-4 weeks of short photoperiod (SP) treatment. This study was designed to reveal early hormonal and histological changes on day 1 of the estrous cycle (estrus) in SP-treated animals and changes brought about by the SP-induced acyc...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Hauser UE,Benson B

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently found that the Japanese red-bellied newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster, actively produces 7alpha-hydroxypregnenolone, a previously undescribed amphibian neurosteroid. 7alpha-Hydroxypregnenolone stimulates locomotor activity of male newts. Locomotor activity of male newts increases during the breeding period as in o...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Haraguchi S,Koyama T,Hasunuma I,Vaudry H,Tsutsui K

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The developmental patterns of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) was examined in female Long-Evans rats by radioimmunoassay of pituitary and plasma from 5 through 80 days of age. The effects of hypothyroidism on normal TSH levels were examined in animals radiothyroidectomized at birth. Control animals showed a peak in ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Cons JM,Umezu M,Timiras PS

更新日期：1975-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ghrelin is a gastric peptide that regulates appetite and GH secretion. Circulating ghrelin levels are elevated by fasting and suppressed postprandially. However, the mechanisms regulating circulating ghrelin levels are unclear. Oxyntomodulin is an anorexic peptide hormone released from L cells in the gut. We investiga...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Patterson M,Murphy KG,Patel SR,Patel NA,Greenwood HC,Cooke JH,Campbell D,Bewick GA,Ghatei MA,Bloom SR

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a previous study we found that PTH stimulated bone resorption and release of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) and IGF-II from cultured neonatal mouse calvaria. Since IGF-I and IGF-II stimulate osteoblast proliferation and collagen synthesis, these results suggested that increased release of IGFs during resorpti...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Linkhart TA,Keffer MJ

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the Sertoli cell is a key cell mediating the actions of FSH- and LH-stimulated testosterone (T) in the testis, there is little information to indicate how this cell responds structurally to hormonal insufficiency. The present study used morphometric techniques to study the structural manifestations of the Ser...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ghosh S,Bartke A,Grasso P,Reichert LE Jr,Russell LD

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perturbing the endoplasmic reticulum homeostasis of thyroid cell lines with thapsigargin, a specific inhibitor of the sarcoendoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+) adenosine triphosphatases, and tunicamycin, an inhibitor of the N-linked glycosylation, blocked Tg in the endoplasmic reticulum. This event was signaled outside the en...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Leonardi A,Vito P,Mauro C,Pacifico F,Ulianich L,Consiglio E,Formisano S,Di Jeso B

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the hypotheses attempting to explain the etiology of the human disease X-linked hypophosphatemia (XLH) posits renal hypersensitivity to parathyroid hormone (PTH). These studies were designed to test this hypothesis in vivo, using the hemizygous hypophosphatemic (Hyp/Y) mouse as an animal model for XLH. Vehicle ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kiebzak GM,Meyer RA Jr

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The secretory pattern of GH secretion is markedly sexually dimorphic in the adult rat. The patterning of GH secretion is determined by the coordinated activity of somatostatin (SS)- and GH-releasing hormone (GHRH)-containing neurosecretory cells located in the hypothalamus. In this study we examined whether there is s...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Argente J,Chowen JA,Zeitler P,Clifton DK,Steiner RA

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present report, we show that prostaglandin (PG) E2 is the most potent factor which stimulates aromatase expression via cyclic AMP and promoter II. PGE2 acts via EP1 and EP2 receptor subtypes to stimulate both the PKC and PKA pathways. The combined stimulation of both of these pathways results in maximal express...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Zhao Y,Agarwal VR,Mendelson CR,Simpson ER

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent processes are altered by manipulations of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. In particular, adrenalectomy (ADX) attenuates hippocampal, but not cortical, calmodulin-dependent adenylate cyclase activity measured during the active (waking) phase of rats. The involvement of calmodulin- and...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Gannon MN,Akompong T,Billingsley ML,McEwen BS

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the gene expression of V-1, a novel soluble protein with the cdc10/SWI6 motif, in pseudopregnant rat ovaries. Northern blot analysis on days 1, 5, and 11 of pseudopregnancy revealed an approximately 2-fold increase in the V-1 messenger RNA (mRNA) expression level on day 5 to that on day 1, and no significa...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Song SY,Asakai R,Kenmotsu N,Taoka M,Isobe T,Yamakuni T

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is increasing evidence that protein kinase C (PKC) isoforms modulate insulin-signaling pathways in both positive and negative ways. Recent reports have indicated that the novel PKCdelta mediates some of insulin's actions in muscle and liver cells. Many studies use the specific inhibitor rottlerin to demonstrate ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kayali AG,Austin DA,Webster NJ

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:L-Asparaginase (ASNase), a drug widely used in the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia, has been reported to decrease serum T4-binding globulin (TBG) levels, while results of serum albumin determinations were conflicting. This effect in vivo has been attributed to depressed liver protein synthesis, but this hypo...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Bartalena L,Martino E,Antonelli A,Pacchiarotti A,Robbins J,Pinchera A

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Src homology 2-containing tyrosine phosphatase, Shp-2, is a crucial enzyme that mediates intracellular signaling and is implicated in cell proliferation and differentiation. Here we investigated the involvement of the Shp-2 tyrosine phosphatase in determining the downstream signaling pathways initiated by the Ret ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： D'Alessio A,Califano D,Incoronato M,Santelli G,Florio T,Schettini G,Carlomagno MS,Cerchia L,de Franciscis V

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corticotropin-releasing factor-like immunoreactivity (CRF) and plasma ACTH were measured in rats bearing bilateral lesions of the paraventricular nucleus (PVN). Four to 6 days after stereotaxic surgery, CRF-like immunoreactivity content of the stalk-median eminence was reduced by 87-90% and the ACTH response to a 3-mi...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Bruhn TO,Plotsky PM,Vale WW

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GH and IGF-I are potent regulators of muscle growth and function. Although IGF-I is known to mediate many of the effects of GH, it is not yet clear whether all effects of GH are completely dependent on the IGF-I system. To evaluate the biological effects of the GH/IGF-I axis on muscle growth, we administrated recombin...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kim H,Barton E,Muja N,Yakar S,Pennisi P,Leroith D

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the role of protein kinase C (PKC) isoenzymes in the differential growth regulation of human pancreatic carcinoma cell lines by all-trans retinoic acid (RA). RA treatment results in dose-dependent stimulation of anchorage-independent growth in AsPc1 cells and growth inhibition in Capan 2 cells. Bo...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Rosewicz S,Brembeck F,Kaiser A,Marschall ZV,Riecken EO

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduced and S-carbamidomethylated human GH (RCAM-hGH) was digested with human plasmin, yielding a mixture of products. These were partially separated by chromatography on DEAE-cellulose, yielding three major fractions: Da and Db, which were equipotent with native hGH in the weight gain test; and Dc, which was about ha...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Mills JB,Kostyo JL,Moseley MH,Reagan CR,Wilhelmi AE

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine how the physical characteristics of light influence the short photoperiod-induced atrophy of the reproductive system. In the first experiment, groups of Syrian hamsters were exposed to a 14-h light, 10-h dark (14:10) photoperiod, a 11:13 photoperiod or a 11:13 photoperiod exten...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Brainard GC,Vaughan MK,Reiter RJ

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A miniature thermoelectric probe was used to record continuously tissue blood flow in the anterior pituitary gland of anesthetized dogs. The output of the flow probe is linear in the range of tissue blood flow encountered in the pituitary. Probe placement required minimal tissue trauma, and zero blood flow was recorde...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kopaniky DR,Gann DS

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study possible mechanisms controlling diurnal changes in corticosterone (CORT) levels, we tested the CORT responses to ACTH in the morning (AM) and evening (PM) in male Wistar and Sprague-Dawley rats. Rat ACTH-(1-39) or human ACTH-(1-24) (3.75-15 ng/rat) was given as an iv bolus or an intraarterial infusion to (un)...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Dijkstra I,Binnekade R,Tilders FJ

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The absence of TSH-stimulated radioiodide uptake in differentiated thyroid cancer is associated with a high recurrence rate and reduced survival. We studied regulation of the sodium/iodide symporter gene in human papillary thyroid cancer cell lines (BHP) and primary human thyroid cells. BHP cells expressed very low le...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kogai T,Hershman JM,Motomura K,Endo T,Onaya T,Brent GA

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism by which aluminum chloride stimulates de novo bone formation is unknown. To evaluate the role of bone remodeling and mature osteoblastic function in aluminum-induced neoosteogenesis, we compared the osteogenic effects of aluminum in normal beagles to those in animals with low turnover osteomalacia induce...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Quarles LD,Drezner MK

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00