Abstract:
:There are two main regulatory sites of aldosterone biosynthesis, the early rate-limiting step by the P450scc and the final steps by the P450aldo. We have already demonstrated that, during gestation, activity and mRNA levels of P450aldo are increased. It has been shown that changes in sodium and potassium in the diet modulate the expression of P450aldo in adrenal zona glomerulosa (ZG). In the present study, we compared the effects of low-sodium (Na+) and high-potassium (K+) diet on the expression of enzymes controlling aldosterone synthesis during gestation. Pregnant and nonpregnant rats were randomly assigned to control group or to group receiving low Na+ or high K+ diet during the last week of pregnancy. By the end of the treatment, the two diets induced increases of plasma aldosterone and P450aldo mRNA levels in nonpregnant and pregnant rats. However, plasma renin activity and P450scc mRNA levels were only in the pregnant group fed the low Na+ diet. High K+ diet had no effect on these parameters. We, thus, suggest that the renin-angiotensin system and the enzymes implicated in aldosterone synthesis are differently regulated during gestation.
journal_name
Endocr Resjournal_title
Endocrine researchauthors
Brochu M,Roy-Clavel E,Picard S,St-Louis Jdoi
10.3109/07435809809032648subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1998-08-01 00:00:00pages
575-9issue
3-4eissn
0743-5800issn
1532-4206journal_volume
24pub_type
杂志文章abstract::Y1 cells derived from mouse tumor zona fasciculata cells (ZF) were used to assess the importance of extracellular (EC) calcium availability via voltage-dependent calcium channels (VDCC) on steroidogenesis. The steroidogenic response to ACTH was investigated in the presence of blockers known to affect both calcium and ...
journal_title:Endocrine research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/07435809609043745
更新日期:1996-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Endocrine research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/07435809809032638
更新日期:1998-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/07435800.2015.1015730
更新日期:2015-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Endocrine research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/07435800.2014.967354
更新日期:2015-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Endocrine research
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
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更新日期:2003-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Endocrine research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/07435800.2015.1066803
更新日期:2016-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/07435800.2019.1694538
更新日期:2020-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Endocrine research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/07435800.2015.1124437
更新日期:2016-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Endocrine research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/07435800009048628
更新日期:2000-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Endocrine research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/07435800.2012.733987
更新日期:2013-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Endocrine research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/07435809109027197
更新日期:1991-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Endocrine research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1081/erc-200043600
更新日期:2004-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Endocrine research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/07435800009066172
更新日期:2000-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Adrenocortical steroidogenesis is regulated in addition to a central regulation via the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis by intra-adrenal mechanisms involving the adrenal medulla. We could previously show that adrenocortical steroidogenesis is stimulated by co-culturing bovine adrenocortical cells with medullary ch...
journal_title:Endocrine research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/07435800009048606
更新日期:2000-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Endocrine research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/07435809809032670
更新日期:1998-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Endocrine research
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1081/erc-120026947
更新日期:2003-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Endocrine research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/07435809109106818
更新日期:1991-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Endocrine research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/07435808609035449
更新日期:1986-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Endocrine research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1081/erc-120016999
更新日期:2002-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Endocrine research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/07435800.2010.542415
更新日期:2011-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Endocrine research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/07435800.2013.875563
更新日期:2014-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Endocrine research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/07435809809135531
更新日期:1998-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Endocrine research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1081/erc-120016824
更新日期:2002-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Endocrine research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/07435800500229151
更新日期:2005-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Endocrine research
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.3109/07435808909036356
更新日期:1989-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::The MA-10 mouse Leydig tumor cell line produces large amounts of steroids only in response to hormonal stimulation while the R2C rat Leydig tumor cell line is constitutively steroidogenic in nature. In an effort to uncover the potential reasons for constitutive steroidogenesis in R2C cells, we have recently shown that...
journal_title:Endocrine research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1081/erc-120016813
更新日期:2002-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Diabetes mellitus impairs ventricular function, which itself may be disparately influenced by gender. This study compared the impact of gender on cardiac contractile response in ventricular myocytes from wild-type FVB and calmodulin-induced diabetic transgenic (OVE26) mice at young (2 month) and older (11 month) age. ...
journal_title:Endocrine research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1081/erc-120022318
更新日期:2003-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Endocrine research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/07435809409030404
更新日期:1994-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Combined partial deficiency of 17alpha-hydroxylase and 21-hydroxylase activities was first described in 1985; however the genes for P450c17 and P450c21 in these patients lack mutations. In 1986 we postulated that this disorder might be due to mutations in P450 oxidoreductase (POR), the flavoprotein that donates electr...
journal_title:Endocrine research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1081/erc-200044134
更新日期:2004-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Recent studies from our laboratory have shown that human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), human luteinizing hormone (hLH), and CG-like proteins from Xanthomonas maltophilia (xCG) and Candida albicans (CaCGLP) induce Candida albicans transition from blastospores to hyphal forms. Xanthomonas maltophilia CG-like protein (xC...
journal_title:Endocrine research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/07435809409035852
更新日期:1994-02-01 00:00:00