Interaction of cyclic AMP and alloxan on insulin secretion in isolated rat islets perifused in vitro.

abstract：:17 beta-Estradiol (E2; 100 micrograms/kg X day) was infused iv for 6 days into three chronically catheterized ovine fetuses beginning at 105-106 days of gestation (term, 147 days) and into four younger fetuses for 3 days commencing at 87-92 days. Control studies were performed on three fetuses at each age. At 90 days,...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Gluckman PD,Marti-Henneberg C,Kaplan SL,Grumbach MM

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Steady state levels of plasma membrane receptors (measured in radioligand assays) result from processes that contribute to the production of receptors (synthesis, recycling, and unmasking) as well as those that contribute to the loss of receptors (degradation, internalization, and inactivation). Accordingly, we have p...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Braden TD,Conn PM

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The beta-isoform of protein kinase C (PKC) has paradoxically been suggested to be important for both insulin action and insulin resistance as well as for contributing to the pathogenesis of diabetic complications. Presently, we evaluated the effects of knockout of the PKCbeta gene on overall glucose homeostasis and in...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Standaert ML,Bandyopadhyay G,Galloway L,Soto J,Ono Y,Kikkawa U,Farese RV,Leitges M

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic exposure to stressors impairs the function of multiple organ systems and has been implicated in increased disease risk. In the rodent, the chronic variable stress (CVS) paradigm has successfully modeled several stress-related illnesses. Despite striking disparities between men and women in the prevalence and e...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Borrow AP,Bales NJ,Stover SA,Handa RJ

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, we reported that ovariectomy (OVX)-induced FSH hypersecretion can be elicited in hypophysectomized rats bearing renal pituitary allografts isolated from direct hypothalamic intervention. The possible role of the FSH-stimulating protein, activin-B, in eliciting this response was investigated using passive imm...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： DePaolo LV,Bald LN,Fendly BM

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arachidonic acid metabolites have been implicated in the regulation of ACTH secretion. To define further which eicosanoid(s) is primarily involved, we examined the effects of both inhibitors of the three arachidonate metabolic pathways (cyclooxygenase, lipoxygenase, and epoxygenase) and specific eicosanoid products on...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Won JG,Orth DN

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteocalcin (OC), a bone specific protein expressed during differentiation and mineralization of the bone extracellular matrix, is down-regulated upon treatment with transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta 1. To address the potential role of OC gene expression in relation to TGF-beta 1 regulation of bone formation and r...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Banerjee C,Stein JL,Van Wijnen AJ,Frenkel B,Lian JB,Stein GS

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nuclear translocation of PRL is demonstrated at the immunofluorescence and electron microscopic (EM) levels in interleukin-2 (IL2)-stimulated cloned T-cells and concanavalin A-stimulated splenocytes. This translocation occurs 2-10 h after IL2 stimulation, and is reversed by the addition of anti-PRL antiserum into ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Clevenger CV,Sillman AL,Prystowsky MB

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The multifunctional cytokine tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF alpha) stimulates osteoclastic resorption. It is not known which steps in osteoclast formation are affected by TNF alpha. We have investigated the effects of recombinant human TNF alpha (rhTNF alpha) on osteoclast development and osteoclastic resorption in ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： van der Pluijm G,Most W,van der Wee-Pals L,de Groot H,Papapoulos S,Löwik C

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms underlying the glucose dependence of arginine vasopressin (AVP)-stimulated insulin secretion were examined in a hamster insulin-secreting cell line (HIT cells). At 1.67 mM glucose, 100 nM AVP stimulated biphasic changes in free cytosolic Ca2+ ([Ca2+]i) and insulin secretion. The initial spike of [Ca2+]i...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Lu M,Soltoff SP,Yaney GC,Boyd AE 3rd

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adrenal cortex contains a kallikrein-like enzyme that may lead to bradykinin (BK) formation. This study was designed to determine whether BK acts on adrenocortical cells to stimulate steroid secretion. BK, Lys-BK, a specific BK 2 (B2) receptor agonist, and desArg9-BK, a specific BK 1 (B1) receptor agonist, all sti...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Rosolowsky LJ,Campbell WB

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The action of excitatory amino acid agonists on endogenous somatostatin release was examined in primary cultures of rat diencephalic neurons. Increasing concentrations of glutamate stimulated somatostatin release in a dose-dependent manner. Since this effect was decreased by Mg2+, all experiments were performed in Mg2...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Tapia-Arancibia L,Astier H

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently reported that a subpopulation of galanin (GAL)-immunoreactive perikarya in the preoptic area near the organum vasculosum of the lamina terminalis (OVLT) has morphological characteristics similar to those of LHRH-containing neurons. In fact, both peptides are colocalized in those neurons in the male ra...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Merchenthaler I,López FJ,Lennard DE,Negro-Vilar A

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kisspeptins are hypothalamic neuropeptides encoded by KISS1 and recently described as major regulators of GnRH release from hypothalamic neurons. Although 17beta-estradiol (E2)-induced up-regulation of KISS1 expression has been documented in anteroventral periventricular nucleus neurons, E2 down-regulates KISS1 expres...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Huijbregts L,de Roux N

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IL-6 abundance in amniotic fluid and uterine tissues increases in late gestation or with infection-associated preterm labor. A role in regulation of labor onset is suggested by observations that IL-6 increases expression of genes controlling prostaglandin synthesis and signaling in isolated uterine cells, but whether ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Robertson SA,Christiaens I,Dorian CL,Zaragoza DB,Care AS,Banks AM,Olson DM

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The TSH receptor (TSHR) is constitutively active and is further enhanced by TSH ligand binding or by stimulating TSHR antibodies (TSHR-Abs) as seen in Graves' disease. TSH is known to activate the thyroid epithelial cell via both Galphas-cAMP/protein kinase A/ERK and Galphaq-Akt/protein kinase C coupled signaling netw...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Morshed SA,Latif R,Davies TF

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The physicochemical and immunological properties of androgen receptors from kidney and brain of testicular-feminized (Tfm) mutant mice and wild-type mice were compared. Analysis by gel filtration and sucrose density gradients revealed that the mol wt of the mutant receptor was 66K (38A; 3.8S) which was significantly s...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Young CY,Johnson MP,Prescott JL,Tindall DJ

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypophyseotropic dopamine exerts a tonic inhibitory tone on pituitary lactotrophs by the activation of dopamine D2 receptors (D2R). Ablation of D2R through gene knock-out approaches results in hyperprolactinemia and prolactinomas. This phenotype is more severe and develops more rapidly in female mice. We tested whethe...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Hentges ST,Low MJ

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine the relative roles of FSH and LH in stimulating testicular inhibin secretion in the male rhesus monkey. Recombinant human (rh) FSH and rhCG were used as the gonadotropic stimuli, and juvenile rhesus monkeys, in which the endocrine activity of the pituitary-testicular axis was b...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Majumdar SS,Winters SJ,Plant TM

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complementary DNA-encoding proteins with high homology to steroidogenic acute regulatory proteins (StAR) of mammals were cloned from rainbow trout head kidney and a mixture of several brook trout tissues. A cDNA encoding an MLN64 homolog was also cloned from brook trout. The C-terminal domains of rainbow trout StAR an...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kusakabe M,Todo T,McQuillan HJ,Goetz FW,Young G

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO) has emerged as a potent regulator useful in alleviating estrogen deficiency bone loss. Osteoprotegerin (OPG) and receptor activator of nuclear factor-kappaB ligand (RANKL) play important roles in regulating osteoclastogenesis. Although recent studies have reported NO donor attenuation of bone loss, t...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Wang FS,Wang CJ,Chen YJ,Huang YT,Huang HC,Chang PR,Sun YC,Yang KD

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dipeptidyl peptidase-IV (DPPIV) is a serine proteinase widely distributed in mammalian tissues, including lymphocytes, where it is identical to the T-cell activation antigen, cluster differentiation antigen-26. In the present study, DPPIV enzymatic activity was found in uterine secretions of unilaterally pregnant ewes...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Liu WJ,Hansen PJ

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In view of recent reports on ovarian production and action of transforming growth factors (TGFs) and inhibin-related proteins (inhibin, activin, and follistatin), we have examined the effects of these hormones on the function of preovulatory follicles in vitro. Individual preovulatory follicles were obtained from PMSG...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Tsafriri A,Vale W,Hsueh AJ

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucose-dependent insulinotropic peptide (GIP) is a 42-amino acid peptide synthesized and secreted from endocrine cells in the small intestine. The role of GIP in coupling nutrient intake and insulin secretion, the incretin effect, is well known. We report that GIP receptor messenger RNA and protein are present in nor...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Bollag RJ,Zhong Q,Phillips P,Min L,Zhong L,Cameron R,Mulloy AL,Rasmussen H,Qin F,Ding KH,Isales CM

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Similar to insulin, osmotic shock treatment of 3T3-L1 adipocytes causes translocation of GLUT4 protein to the plasma membrane and an increase in glucose transport activity. In our study, we evaluated the effect of chronic insulin treatment on the osmotic shock signaling pathway leading to GLUT4 translocation and gluco...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Janez A,Worrall DS,Olefsky JM

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well established that in the pituitary gland corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) stimulates the release of beta-endorphin (beta-E) via a cAMP-linked mechanism. Studies of the mechanisms underlying the CRH stimulation of beta-E release from rat hypothalamic slices perifused in vitro are reported in this paper. ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Burns G,Almeida OF,Passarelli F,Herz A

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid hormones are of considerable importance for vertebrate reproductive function and during development. To further assess the role of these compounds in this capacity, we examined the expression pattern of the type 2 iodothyronine deiodinase (D2), which converts T(4) to the more active hormone T(3), in the rat ut...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Galton VA,Martinez E,Hernandez A,St Germain EA,Bates JM,St Germain DL

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Humanin (HN) is a novel 24-amino acid mitochondrial-derived peptide that has demonstrated diverse cytoprotective effects, including an emerging role in diabetes. The purpose of this study was to examine the pharmacokinetics of humanin analogues, which show great potential as therapeutic agents (HNG and the non-IGFBP-3...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Chin YP,Keni J,Wan J,Mehta H,Anene F,Jia Y,Lue YH,Swerdloff R,Cobb LJ,Wang C,Cohen P

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adrenal medulla contains fenestrated capillaries that allow catecholamines and neuropeptides secreted by adrenal chromaffin cells (ACCs) to readily access the circulation. These capillaries may also allow bacterial products to enter the adrenal medulla and interact with ACCs during infection. One potential mediato...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Lukewich MK,Lomax AE

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of rat CRF, arginine vasopressin (VP), oxytocin (OXY), and isoproterenol (ISO) on the biosynthesis and release of pro-ACTH/endorphin-derived peptides by monolayer cultures of rat anterior pituitary cells in complete serum-free medium (CSFM) were studied. When cells were exposed to hormone for 3 h, CRF, VP,...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Wand GS,Eipper BA

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00