Studies on ACTH dynamics in cultured adenohypophyseal cells: effect of adrenalectomy or dexamethasone in vitro.

abstract：:Sertoli cells regulate differentiation and development of the testis and are essential for maintaining adult testis function. To model the effects of dysregulating Sertoli cell number during development or aging, we have used acute diphtheria toxin-mediated cell ablation to reduce Sertoli cell population size. Results...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Rebourcet D,Darbey A,Monteiro A,Soffientini U,Tsai YT,Handel I,Pitetti JL,Nef S,Smith LB,O'Shaughnessy PJ

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the suitability of the insulin-receptor complex as a substrate for hepatic lysosomal and cytoplasmic insulin-degrading enzymes. Broken lysosome preparations degraded receptor-bound insulin more slowly than free insulin; most of the degradation of bound insulin could be accounted for by prior dissociati...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ozaki S,Kalant N

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the effects of ACTH and the Ca++ ionophore, A23187, on steroidogenesis and phospholipid metabolism during incubation of dispersed rat adrenal cells. Increasing doses of ACTH elicited nearly parallel increases in corticosterone production and adrenal inositide (mono- and di-) concentrations. As reported pre...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Farese RV,Sabir MA,Larson RE

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A competitive protein-binding (CPB) assay, suitable for measuring corticosterone levels in 20 mul of mouse plasma or 100 mg of brain, is described. The postnatal development of adrenocortical function was determined in C57BL/10 and DBA/1 mice by CPB assay of basal and stressinduced levels of plasma corticosterone and ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Diez JA,Sze PY,Ginsburg BE

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunohistochemical (immunoperoxidase) studies were performed on 478 sections from 97 rat pituitary glands with rabbit antisera to unconjugated human synthetic calcitonin beta-endorphin, and/or ACTH-(17--39). Calcitonin-positive cells were present in a majority of the anterior lobes studied, whereas they were present ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Watkins WB,Moore RY,Burton D,Bone HG 3rd,Catherwood BD,Deftos LJ

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the rat ovary, follicle cells produce and respond to activin, but as yet, the functional significance of the autocrine/paracrine effects of ovarian activin remains equivocal. To assess the effects of activin on folliculogenesis, normal cycling female rats were injected once every 8 h over a 40-h period with recombi...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Erickson GF,Kokka S,Rivier C

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the mouse, there is a large family of paralogous genes closely related to PRL. The objective of this report was to investigate the organization of the mouse PRL gene family locus. PRL family genes reside on chromosome 13 of the mouse genome. The PRL gene family members were localized to a series of overlapping bact...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Wiemers DO,Shao LJ,Ain R,Dai G,Soares MJ

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although lower than in brain, the type 2 PTH receptor (PTH2-R) has been shown to be expressed throughout the cardiovascular system. Tuberoinfundibular peptide (TIP) purified from brain is thought to be the endogenous selective ligand of the PTH2-R. In the present studies, TIP and PTH2-R mRNA expressions were evidenced...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Eichinger A,Fiaschi-Taesch N,Massfelder T,Fritsch S,Barthelmebs M,Helwig JJ

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin and protein kinase B (or Akt) play critical roles in cardiomyocytic growth and survival. High concentrations of glucocorticoids antagonize insulin's action. To examine whether endogenous glucocorticoids modulate insulin's effect on Akt signaling in the protein and glycogen synthetic pathways in myocardium, we ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Wu Y,Barrett EJ,Long W,Liu Z

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital hypothyroidism with thyroid dysgenesis (TD) is a frequent human condition characterized by elevated levels of TSH in response to reduced thyroid hormone levels. Congenital hypothyroidism is a genetically heterogeneous disease. In the majority of cases studied, no causative mutations have been identified and...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Amendola E,De Luca P,Macchia PE,Terracciano D,Rosica A,Chiappetta G,Kimura S,Mansouri A,Affuso A,Arra C,Macchia V,Di Lauro R,De Felice M

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vertebrate adenohypophysis forms as a placode at the anterior margin of the neural plate, requiring both hedgehog (Hh) and fibroblast growth factor (Fgf) mediated cell-cell signaling for induction and survival of endocrine cell types. Using small molecule inhibitors to modulate signaling levels during zebrafish de...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Guner B,Ozacar AT,Thomas JE,Karlstrom RO

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adrenal gland is highly vascularized with tightly regulated blood flow that is closely correlated with steroidogenesis. Mechanisms involved in the regulation of adrenal blood flow and vascular tone are largely unknown. The present study characterizes the contractile responses of isolated small cortical arteries fr...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Zhang DX,Gauthier KM,Campbell WB

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is one of the most important neurotransmitters that regulate the excitability of GnRH neurons. Numerous studies have shown that GABA activates Cl(-) currents in GnRH neurons, and these effects are antagonized by GABA(A) receptor antagonists. The GABA(B) receptor is a heterodimer composed...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Zhang C,Bosch MA,Rønnekleiv OK,Kelly MJ

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxisome proliferator activated receptor (PPARγ) is a nuclear receptor transcription factor that regulates adipogenesis and energy homeostasis. Recent studies suggest PPARγ may mediate some of its metabolic effects through actions in the brain. We used a Cre-recombinase-dependent (using NestinCre) conditionally acti...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Stump M,Guo DF,Lu KT,Mukohda M,Cassell MD,Norris AW,Rahmouni K,Sigmund CD

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Term pregnancy human placenta contains hCG/LH receptor mRNA transcripts and immunoreactive receptor protein. Both the receptor transcripts and receptor proteins are present only in trophoblasts. These findings led us to investigate whether hCG can regulate its own synthesis in term pregnancy human placenta. Treatment ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Licht P,Cao H,Lei ZM,Rao CV,Merz WE

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of amino acid substitutions introduced to the third alpha-helix in bovine GH (bGH) was investigated. A GH analog (bGH-M8), in which three amino acids were substituted to form an idealized amphiphilic alpha-helix, possessed the same specific binding affinity as wild-type bGH to cell membranes prepared from 3...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Okada S,Chen WY,Wiehl P,Kelder B,Goodman HM,Guller S,Sonenberg M,Kopchick JJ

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In mammals, lactation is associated with a period of infertility characterized by the loss of pulsatile secretion of GnRH and cessation of ovulatory cycles. Despite the importance of lactational infertility in determining overall fecundity of a species, the mechanisms by which the suckling stimulus suppresses GnRH sec...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Liu X,Brown RS,Herbison AE,Grattan DR

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A side population (SP) has been identified in a number of tissues, where it typically represents a small population enriched in stem/progenitor cells. In this study we show that the adult mouse anterior pituitary (AP) also contains a characteristic SP displaying verapamil-sensitive Hoechst dye efflux capacity. A major...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Chen J,Hersmus N,Van Duppen V,Caesens P,Denef C,Vankelecom H

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently identified, characterized, and cloned a luteal microsomal 32-kDa phosphoprotein that we named PRAP (for PRL-receptor associated protein), and we have demonstrated that PRAP binds to the intracellular domain of the short but not the long form of the PRL receptor. In this study, we used PRAP cDNA to exa...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Duan WR,Parmer TG,Albarracin CT,Zhong L,Gibori G

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we demonstrated that excision of the GnRH first intron (intron A) was largely attenuated in non-GnRH-producing tissues but accelerated in GnRH neurons. In the present study, we examined the splicing rate of GnRH pre-mRNA in developing normal mice and adult hypogonadal mice. The preoptic area and cerebral c...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Seong JY,Kim BW,Park S,Son GH,Kim K

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracts of spinach contain somatostatin (SRIF)-related material (6-80 pg/g wet wt). The SRIF-related material, when purified on HPLC, was recovered as two major mol wt forms; one that eluted with a retention time similar to that of synthetic SRIF-28 and reacted in both N- and C-terminal-specific immunoassays, and a s...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： LeRoith D,Pickens W,Wilson GL,Miller B,Berelowitz M,Vinik AI,Collier E,Cleland CF

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gonadal differentiation is dependent upon a cascade of molecular and morphological events. Steroidogenic factor 1 (SF-1) and DAX-1 have been implicated in this process. A SF-1 binding site has been reported to be present on the DAX-1 gene. We therefore used immunocytochemistry to determine whether these two transcript...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Majdic G,Saunders PT

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoclast precursors have not been well characterized because there are no known markers that can detect them. We have used osteoclast-like cells formed in vitro to develop a panel of specific antibodies that react with mature osteoclasts, osteoclast precursors, and other cells in the osteoclast lineage. Monoclonal a...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kukita T,Roodman GD

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of conditioned vs. fresh culture medium on the dopaminergic inhibition of TSH and PRL secretion by primary cultures of male rat anterior pituitary cells has been studied. In the presence of conditioned medium (that had been in contact with the cells over the 3-day culture period) 10(-6) M dopamine (DA) inhi...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Foord SM,Peters JR,Dieguez C,Shewring G,Hall R,Scanlon MF

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The protein thiol-modifying agent arsenite, a potent activator of stress signaling, was used to examine the involvement of MAPKs in the regulation of cardiac substrate uptake. Arsenite strongly induced p38 MAPK phosphorylation in isolated rat cardiac myocytes but also moderately enhanced phosphorylation of p42/44 ERK ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Luiken JJ,Momken I,Habets DD,El Hasnaoui M,Coumans WA,Koonen DP,Glatz JF,Bonen A

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is an aggressive cancer with a 5-year survival rate <35%. Mortality remains high due to lack of targeted therapies. Using bioinformatic analyses, we identified maternal embryonic leucine zipper kinase (MELK) as 4.1-fold overexpressed in ACC compared with normal adrenal samples. High MELK...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kiseljak-Vassiliades K,Zhang Y,Kar A,Razzaghi R,Xu M,Gowan K,Raeburn CD,Albuja-Cruz M,Jones KL,Somerset H,Fishbein L,Leong S,Wierman ME

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sulfonylureas are drugs widely used in the treatment of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. In addition to their pancreatic effect of stimulating insulin secretion, many studies suggest that sulfonylureas also have extrapancreatic actions. We have previously reported that gliclazide, a second-generation sulfonylur...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Rodríguez E,Pulido N,Romero R,Arrieta F,Panadero A,Rovira A

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:FSH stimulates follicular growth through inducing granulosa cell proliferation. Our working hypothesis is that mitogenesis is facilitated by a locally produced growth/differentiation factor(s) that modulates FSH action in developing granulosa cells. The present study was undertaken to examine the effect of the related...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Miró F,Hillier SG

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although kisspeptin is the primary stimulator of gonadotropin-releasing hormone secretion and therefore the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis, recent findings suggest kisspeptin can also regulate additional neuroendocrine processes including release of growth hormone (GH). Here we show that central delivery of kissp...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Foradori CD,Whitlock BK,Daniel JA,Zimmerman AD,Jones MA,Read CC,Steele BP,Smith JT,Clarke IJ,Elsasser TH,Keisler DH,Sartin JL

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary kidney cell cultures from normal rhesus monkeys were used to study the regulation of 24,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 production. Kidney cells were grown to confluency in the modified National Cancer Institute Medium NCTC 135 with 2% fetal calf serum and then maintained in a serum-free medium (2% bovine serum albumin...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Juan D,DeLUCA HF

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00