Depot-specific modulation of rat intraabdominal adipose tissue lipid metabolism by pharmacological inhibition of 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1.

abstract：:The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis involves timed signaling between the hypothalamus, pituitary, and adrenal glands and back to the brain, causing an inherently oscillating system. Corticosteroids such as corticosterone (CORT) are secreted in a circadian rhythm, characterized by low and high levels at the start o...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： den Boon FS,de Vries T,Baelde M,Joëls M,Karst H

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three members of the progestin and adipoQ receptor (PAQR) family, PAQR-7, PAQR-8, and PAQR-5 [membrane progesterone (P4) receptor (PR) (mPR)α, mPRβ, and mPRγ], function as plasma mPRs coupled to G proteins in mammalian cells, but the characteristics of two other members, PAQR6 and PAQR9 (mPRδ and mPRε), remain unclear...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Pang Y,Dong J,Thomas P

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to increased numbers of young cancer patients and improved survival, the impact of anticancer treatments on fertility has become a major health concern. Despite mounting research on ovarian toxicity, there is paucity of data regarding reliable biomarkers of testicular toxicity. Our aim was to evaluate anti-Mülleri...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Levi M,Hasky N,Stemmer SM,Shalgi R,Ben-Aharon I

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Embryonic poly(A)-binding protein (EPAB) is the predominant poly(A)-binding protein in Xenopus, mouse, and human oocytes and early embryos before zygotic genome activation. EPAB is required for translational activation of maternally stored mRNAs in the oocyte and Epab(-/-) female mice are infertile due to impaired ooc...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Yang CR,Lowther KM,Lalioti MD,Seli E

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present studies investigated whether insulin inhibits the stimulatory effect of dexamethasone (DEX) on angiotensinogen (ANG) gene expression and induction of hypertrophy in rat immortalized renal proximal tubular cells (IRPTCs) in a high-glucose milieu. Rat IRPTCs were cultured in monolayer. ANG and ANG mRNA expre...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Zhang SL,Chen X,Wei CC,Filep JG,Tang SS,Ingelfinger JR,Chan JS

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of peptide YY (PYY)-like immunoreactivity (IR) in rat tissues was determined by specific RIA after extraction with boiled 1 N acetic acid. The high concentration of PYY-IR was observed in the gastrointestinal tract, with concentrations gradually increasing from the duodenum to the end of colon. The co...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Miyachi Y,Jitsuishi W,Miyoshi A,Fujita S,Mizuchi A,Tatemoto K

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GH deficiency is known to be clinically associated with a high incidence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, and this can be reversed by GH administration. Here we investigated the mechanistic basis for this phenomenon using engineered male mice lacking different signaling elements of the GH receptor, hepatic stat5a/...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Barclay JL,Nelson CN,Ishikawa M,Murray LA,Kerr LM,McPhee TR,Powell EE,Waters MJ

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The GnRH decapeptide controls reproductive function through its release from neuroendocrine terminals in the median eminence, a site where there is a convergence of numerous nerve terminals and glial cells. Previous work showed dynamic changes in the GnRH-glial-capillary network in the median eminence under different ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Yin W,Wu D,Noel ML,Gore AC

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the pituitary-grafted rat is a classic model of chronic PRL excess, the presence of somatotropes in grafted pituitary tissue indicates a potential for GH secretion. The current study was designed to investigate GH-releasing hormone (GRH)-induced GH secretion and beta-adrenergic inhibition of GH release in ani...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Krieg RJ Jr,Johnson JH,Adler RA

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PRL gene expression in the anterior pituitary has been the focus of intensive investigation for many years, but very little information is available on the actual dynamics by which this process occurs in individual mammotrope cells. Here, we used single cell bioluminescent imaging microscopy and a recently refined rep...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Shorte SL,Leclerc GM,Vazquez-Martinez R,Leaumont DC,Faught WJ,Frawley LS,Boockfor FR

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) was partially purified from incubation medium of calf fetal testes and injected into a BALB/c mouse, whose splenocytes were fused with Sp2/Ag8 myeloma cells. Hybridomas were screened for specific antibody production by double antibody precipitation of labeled AMH, which was obtained by inc...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Vigier B,Picard JY,Josso N

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolactin (Prl) secreting cells in a mixed pituitary cell culture form microscopically-identifiable plaques (zones of hemolysis around the lactotropes) when incubated in a monolayer with staphylococcal protein-A-coated ovine erythrocytes in the presence of Prl antiserum and complement. Plaques form first at 15-30 min ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Neill JD,Frawley LS

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential role of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) as a mediator of cell-cell interactions in the growth and development of the testis was examined. Nuclease protection analysis was used to evaluate bFGF gene expression in the testis and other male reproductive tract tissues. bFGF expression was evident in se...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Mullaney BP,Skinner MK

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of these experiments was to determine if the powerful effect of sodium chloride concentration on angiotensin II- and potassium-stimulated aldosterone secretion by isolated perfused adrenal glands is mediated by the sodium or chloride ion or by the obligatory change in osmolality. We used isolated Ringer's ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Schneider EG,Radke KJ,Ulderich DA,Taylor RE Jr

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of progesterone on the secretion of LH was studied in intact and castrated immature female sheep between 12 and 42 weeks of age. (First spontaneous ovulation occurs between 30 and 50 weeks of age.) Progesterone was administered by means of Silastic capsules inserted SC to achieve circulating progesterone co...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Foster DL,Karsch FJ

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In male rats maintained on a 12 h light-dark schedule (6 AM-6 PM), there is a nyctohemeral cycle of plasma prolactin which consists of a nadir at 11:30 AM and an apogee at approximately 11:30 PM. In rats exposed to constant darkness, this rhythm persists for 7 days. Seven days of constant light, however, reverses this...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kizer JS,Zivin JA,Jacobowitz DM,Kopin IJ

更新日期：1975-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ovulatory LH surge results in follicular inflammation with an increase in cytokines and PGs. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are also produced during inflammatory processes. To study ROS generation during the ovulatory cascade, preovulatory follicles were dissected from immature female rats primed with PMSG. Follicl...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kodaman PH,Behrman HR

更新日期：2001-02-01 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：:We previously reported a cooperative effect between insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) and 1,25-dihydroxy-vitamin D3 [1,25-(OH)2D3] in murine clonal osteoblastic cells, MCT3T3-E1. In the present study, the possible mechanism of interaction between these hormones was investigated. The effect of IGF-I on 1,25-(OH)2D3 ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kurose H,Yamaoka K,Okada S,Nakajima S,Seino Y

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolonged exposure to elevated FFA levels has been shown to induce peripheral insulin resistance and to alter the beta-cell secretory response to glucose. To investigate the effects of FFAs on preproinsulin gene expression, we measured insulin release, cell content, and messenger RNA (mRNA) levels in rat islets after ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ritz-Laser B,Meda P,Constant I,Klages N,Charollais A,Morales A,Magnan C,Ktorza A,Philippe J

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hormonal control of the adipose conversion of 3T3 L1 cells was studied in a chemically defined medium and compared to that under serum-containing conditions. Addition of insulin to a chemically defined medium (Dulbecco's Modified Eagle's Medium-Ham's F-12, 1:1) resulted in a dose-dependent increase in glycero-3-ph...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Hauner H

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of estrogens, androgens, and glucocorticoids on bone resorption were compared in organ culture. At a concentration of 10(-5) M, corticosterone, testosterone, dihydrotestosterone, dehydroepiandosterone, estradiol, ethinyl estradiol and estrone did not inhibit the release of 45Ca from 19-day fetal rat long b...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Caputo CB,Meadows D,Raisz LG

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To test the hypothesis that leptin secreted from adipose tissue is a mediator linking obesity and pancreatic islet hypertrophy, we examined the effects of leptin on proliferative and apoptotic responses in rat islet cells. Rat pancreatic islets were isolated and incubated with 0, 1, 5, or 75 nM leptin for 24 h under s...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Okuya S,Tanabe K,Tanizawa Y,Oka Y

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolonged fasting is associated with a number of changes in the thyroid axis manifested by low serum T3 and T4 levels and, paradoxically, low or normal TSH. This response is, at least partly, caused by suppression of proTRH gene expression in neurons of the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) and reduced hypoth...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Légrádi G,Emerson CH,Ahima RS,Flier JS,Lechan RM

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:6-Phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase (PFKFB) catalyzes the synthesis and degradation of fructose-2,6-bisphosphate, a key modulator of glycolysis-gluconeogenesis. To gain insight into the molecular mechanism behind hormonal and nutritional regulation of PFKFB expression, we have cloned and characterized...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Metón I,Egea M,Anemaet IG,Fernández F,Baanante IV

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogen has wide-ranging and complex effects on the reproductive axis, which are often difficult to interpret from in vivo studies. Estrogen negatively regulates tonic GnRH synthesis and also plays a pivotal role in the positive regulation of GnRH necessary for the preovulatory surge. To dissect the mechanisms by whi...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Roy D,Angelini NL,Belsham DD

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specific polyclonal antisera to the rat estrogen receptor (rER) were developed using a synthetic peptide as the antigen. The peptide corresponds to amino acids 270-284 deduced from the cloned rER cDNA and has no homology to other steroid hormone receptors. Antipeptide antisera raised in rabbits specifically recognize ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Furlow JD,Ahrens H,Mueller GC,Gorski J

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenylate cyclase of rat renal cortex was inhibited by angiotensin II (AII). Inhibition required Na+ (100-200 mM) and GTP (10(-8)-10(-4) M) and was opposed by the receptor antagonist [1-sarcosine, 8-isoleucine]AII. The EC50 value (+/- SE)for inhibition by AII was 3.7 +/- 1.2 nM, and the maximum inhibition (+/- SE) was...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Woodcock EA,Johnston CI

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary astroglial cells produce insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-binding proteins (IGFBPs), which modulate the biological activity of IGFs on the developing astroglia. Alterations in the synthesis of astroglial IGFBPs by hormones and growth factors may, therefore, influence the paracrine regulatory actions of IGFs. T...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Bradshaw SL,Han VK

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The levels of two steroid-binding proteins, progesterone-binding globulin (PBG) (1) and corticosteroid-binding globulin (CBG), present in the plasma of pregnant guinea pigs were determined just before and after parturition. Both PBG (3.37 +/- 2.1 microM) and CBG (10.1 +/- 1.7 microM) were present in high levels just b...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Raymoure WJ,Kuhn RW

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00