Effects of pinealectomy on adrenal function in vivo and in vitro in female rats.

abstract：:Hypothalamic proopiomelanocortin (POMC)-derived MSH peptides and the melanocortin receptor antagonist, agouti-related protein (AgRP), interact to regulate energy balance. Both POMC and AgRP neurons express estrogen receptors, but little is known about estrogen regulation of the melanocortin system in the primate. We h...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Xiao E,Kim AJ,Dutia R,Conwell I,Ferin M,Wardlaw SL

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most frequent chronic liver disease in the United States and is strongly associated with hepatic insulin resistance. We examined whether the thyroid hormone receptor-α (Thra) would be a potential therapeutic target to prevent diet-induced NAFLD and insulin resistance. Fo...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Jornayvaz FR,Lee HY,Jurczak MJ,Alves TC,Guebre-Egziabher F,Guigni BA,Zhang D,Samuel VT,Silva JE,Shulman GI

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has previously only been possible to assess osteoclastic bone resorption in intact bone, where other cell types may modify or mediate osteoclastic responses to environmental agents. We have recently developed techniques which enable us to measure bone resorption by osteoclasts extracted from bone and have used thes...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Chambers TJ,McSheehy PM,Thomson BM,Fuller K

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin in the brain acts as a satiety factor, reduces appetite, and decreases body mass. Altered sensing by brain of insulin may be a leading cause of weight gain and insulin resistance. A decrease in the transport across the blood-brain barrier (BBB) of insulin may induce brain insulin resistance by inducing obesity...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Urayama A,Banks WA

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of white adipose tissue involves both the hypertrophy of existing adipocytes and the proliferation and differentiation of preadipocytes. Adipogenic differentiation is inhibited by TGFβ signaling through Smad2/3, and IGF binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3) is also known to activate Smad2/3 signaling in some cel...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： de Silva HC,Firth SM,Twigg SM,Baxter RC

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Posttranslational modifications of prolactin (PRL), including phosphorylation, vary with physiologic state and alter biologic activity. In light of the growing evidence for a role for PRL in proliferation in mammary cancer, we examined the ability of a mimic of phosphorylated human PRL, S179D-PRL, to initiate signals ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Schroeder MD,Brockman JL,Walker AM,Schuler LA

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activins and transforming growth factor-beta (TGF beta) are crucial autocrine, paracrine, and endocrine modulators of anterior pituitary function. Activins regulate most pituitary cells and lactotropes are targets of TGF beta. Smad2 and Smad3 are two cellular mediators of activin/TGF beta signaling, whereas Smad7 is a...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Bilezikjian LM,Corrigan AZ,Blount AL,Chen Y,Vale WW

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is highly expressed in the hypothalamus, where it regulates feeding and energy homeostasis. Interestingly, NPY and its receptors are also expressed in peripheral tissues with roles in metabolism, including pancreatic islets. In islets, NPY is known to suppress insulin secretion acutely. In additio...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Machida Y,Bruinsma C,Hallinger DR,Roper SM,Garcia E,Trevino MB,Nadler J,Ahima R,Imai Y

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sex differences in vocal communication are prevalent in both the animals and humans. The mechanism(s) mediating gender differences in human language are unknown, although, sex hormones, principally androgens, play a central role in the development of vocalizations in a wide variety of animal species. The discovery of ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Bowers JM,Perez-Pouchoulen M,Roby CR,Ryan TE,McCarthy MM

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the physiological role of GRF and somatostatin (SRIF) in GH secretion in adult male rats, we prepared in vitro models using the perifusion system of cultured rat anterior pituitary cells exposed to various combinations of human GRF-(1-44)NH2 (hGRF) and SRIF. We studied the following three models on GRF ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Sato M,Takahara J,Fujioka Y,Niimi M,Irino S

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biological activity of 1 alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1 alpha,25(OH)2D3], 23(S)25(R)-1 alpha,25(OH)2D3-26,23-lactone, and three intermediate metabolites of the lactone in vivo and in vitro was comparatively examined. The three intermediate metabolites, 1 alpha,25(R)26(OH)3D3, 1 alpha,23(S)25(R)26(OH)4D3, and 23(S...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ishizuka S,Sumitani K,Hiura K,Kawata T,Okawa M,Hakeda Y,Kumegawa M

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunohistochemical localization of androgen in the testes of both rat and squirrel monkey has been performed using an antiserum specific to testosterone and certain related androgens. The bound antibodies were visualized by coupling with antigammaglobulin labeled either with fluorescein isothiocyanate or with a horse...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Bubenik GA,Brown GM,Grota LJ

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), in the form of either GLP-1-(7-36)amide or GLP-1-(7-37), has been shown to potently stimulate insulin release in a glucose-dependent manner and is suggested to be a physiological incretin. To explore the mechanisms by which GLP-1-(7-36)amide stimulates insulin release, we investigated ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Yada T,Itoh K,Nakata M

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PTH increases calcium reabsorption exclusively in the distal nephron. Two mechanisms of Ca++ transport through the basolateral membrane (BLM) have been described: the ATP-dependent and the sodium gradient-dependent transport. In the present study, we investigated the effect of PTH and (Bu)2cAMP on these two mechanisms...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Bouhtiauy I,Lajeunesse D,Brunette MG

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Around the onset of labor, uterine sensitivity to oxytocin (OT) increases tremendously. Although this is considered to reflect OT receptor (OTR) augmentation in myometrium, neither spatial expression of OTR nor the level of the receptor message during the course of pregnancy have been investigated at the molecular lev...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kimura T,Takemura M,Nomura S,Nobunaga T,Kubota Y,Inoue T,Hashimoto K,Kumazawa I,Ito Y,Ohashi K,Koyama M,Azuma C,Kitamura Y,Saji F

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term glucocorticoid treatment impairs the survival and bone formation of osteogenic cells, leading to bone mass loss. The Wnt inhibitor Dickkopf-1 (DKK1) acts as a potent bone-remodeling factor that mediates several types of skeletal disorders. Whereas excess glucocorticoid is known to disturb Wnt signaling in os...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Wang FS,Ko JY,Yeh DW,Ke HC,Wu HL

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RIAs specific for the alpha-subunit of glycoprotein hormones were used to monitor the subunit conformation in ovine FSH and TSH and in recombinants of ovine LH alpha with (ovine and porcine) LH beta and hCG beta. Differences in log-logit slopes of the RIA dilution curves were interpreted to indicate changes, presumabl...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Strickland TW,Puett D

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ovarian follicular development is initiated by FSH secreted from the pituitary gland. The FSH-induced follicular development involves granulosa cell proliferation and differentiation. We demonstrated that a growth factor of epidermal growth factor (EGF) family epiregulin was rapidly induced in the primary culture of r...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Sekiguchi T,Mizutani T,Yamada K,Yazawa T,Kawata H,Yoshino M,Kajitani T,Kameda T,Minegishi T,Miyamoto K

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1,25-(OH)2D3] regulates PTH secretion, we have tested its effects in both short term incubations (30-120 min) and long term primary cell cultures (24-96 h) of bovine parathyroid cells. In short term incubations, 10(-11)-10(-7) M 1,25-(OH)2D3 had no consistent effect on PT...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Cantley LK,Russell J,Lettieri D,Sherwood LM

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bilateral destruction of the hypothalamic paraventricular nuclei (PVN) produced a profound depression of plasma TSH and the median eminence TRH concentration in hypothyroid rats. Anterior pituitary type II iodothyronine 5'-deiodinase (5'-D) activity was consistently lower but not significantly different in sham- and P...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Murakami M,Tanaka K,Greer MA,Mori M

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Newborn male rats were treated SC with dexamethasone phosphate (100 microgram) or dexamethasone acetate (100 microgram) on postnatal day 1, dexamethasone phosphate (5.0 microgram) opn postnatal days 1, 2, 3, or the corresponding drug vehicle. All animals were sacrificed 65-70 days later at previously determined daily ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Poland RE,Rubin RT,Weichsel ME Jr

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on the finding that retinoic acid (RA) increases 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1,25-(OH)2D3] receptor number in ROS 17/2 cells, we investigated the effects of RA on the ability of 1,25-(OH)2D3 to regulate alkaline phosphatase activity and PTH-responsive adenylate cyclase in these cells. A maximally effective dose of...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Grigoriadis AE,Petkovich PM,Rosenthal EE,Heersche JN

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Age-associated changes in the reproductive hormones-the gonadal steroid hormones and the gonadotropins-have been identified as potential risk factors for Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, levels of gonadotropins and estrogens are closely linked in vivo, and it has proven difficult to separate the effects of gonadotro...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Barron AM,Verdile G,Taddei K,Bates KA,Martins RN

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two experiments tested whether serotonergic neurons participate in the acute feedback effects of estradiol on LH and PRL secretion. In the first study, ovariectomized female rats received oil vehicle or estradiol benzoate and were killed 3 h later. The turnover of serotonin [5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)] in microdissect...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Johnson MD,Crowley WR

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously demonstrated that the mitochondrial peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptor (PBR) is coupled to hormone-activated steroidogenesis by regulating the intramitochondrial cholesterol transport, the rate-determining step of steroid biosynthesis. In the present study we examined whether PBR is the site of horm...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Boujrad N,Gaillard JL,Garnier M,Papadopoulos V

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benign prostatic hyperplasia is a nonmalignant enlargement of the prostate that commonly occurs in older men. We show that liver X receptor (Lxr)-α knockout mice (lxrα(-/-)) develop ventral prostate hypertrophy, correlating with an overaccumulation of secreted proteins in prostatic ducts and an alteration of vesicular...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Viennois E,Esposito T,Dufour J,Pommier A,Fabre S,Kemeny JL,Guy L,Morel L,Lobaccaro JM,Baron S

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new hydrolase activity has been identified by its capability of cleaving t-boc-Ala-Ala-Pro-Ala-AMC, the released 7-amino-4-methylcoumarin (AMC) being quantified fluorometrically. The activity in the 28,000 X g supernatant fraction of homogenates of weanling mouse uterus was about one fifth that of the adult mouse. T...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Katz J,Finlay TH,Tom C,Levitz M

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stimulation of rat granulosa cell aromatase activity by FSH has recently been used as a sensitive biological end point to develop an in vitro FSH bioassay. The present report provides a detailed validation and application of this assay. In the presence of androstenedione and diethylstilbestrol, FSH stimulated estrogen...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Jia XC,Hsueh AJ

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After hormonal ablation, 90% of the secretory epithelial cells of the prostate undergo apoptosis, and the remaining cells are reorganized as the tissue is remodeled. Using differential display RT-PCR of total RNA extracted from the rat ventral prostate before and 4 days after castration, we have cloned and sequenced a...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Morrissey C,Bennett S,Nitsche E,Guenette RS,Wong P,Tenniswood M

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estradiol-17beta (E2) is suspected to exert a role in the regulation of testicular activity. Using a nonmammalian vertebrate model (the frog, Rana esculenta), we have investigated whether c-fos activity is detectable in the testis during the annual sexual cycle and whether E2 exerts a regulatory role on spermatogenesi...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Cobellis G,Pierantoni R,Minucci S,Pernas-Alonso R,Meccariello R,Fasano S

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00