Effect of bile acids and estradiol on thymidine incorporation into DNA in MCF-7 and MCF-10A breast cell lines.

abstract：:Due to their high profile biological activity, the steroids are among the most important secondary metabolites. A review of literature on the synthesis of pentacyclic steroids is presented. ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Ibrahim-Ouali M

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The synthesis of seco-D and D-homo digitalis derivatives, from the carda-14,20(22)-dienolide 1, is described. Selective ozonolysis gave the seco-D 14-ketoaldehyde 2a. Modification of the two carbonyl groups and of the alpha, beta-unsaturated lactone ring of the seco-D 14-ketoaldehyde 2a allowed preparation of derivati...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Gobbini M,Benicchio A,Marazzi G,Padoani G,Torri M,Melloni P

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-hydroxyestrone (2OHE-1) and 16alpha-hydroxyestrone (16OHE-1) are two estrogen metabolites that may play important roles in the development or promotion of breast cancer. Our study assessed the reliability of a newly developed kit procedure for measuring 2OHE-1. Although under certain conditions the assay would not...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Spierto FW,Gardner F,Smith SJ

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibition of 5alpha-reduction of testosterone by an anti-androgen TSAA-291 (16beta-ethyl-17beta-hydroxy-4-estren-3-one) was studied in rat ventral prostates and the metabolic conversion of 3H-TSAA-291 was examined both in vitro and in vivo. In the in vitro experiment using nuclear 5alpha-reductase of the prostate, 5a...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Sudo K,Yoshida K,Akinaga Y,Nakayama R

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extranuclear estrogen receptors may mediate rapid effects of estradiol that communicate with nuclear receptors and contribute to proliferation of human cancers bearing these signaling proteins. To assess these growth-promoting pathways, we undertook controlled homogenization and fractionation of NIH-H23 non-small cell...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Pietras RJ,Márquez DC,Chen HW,Tsai E,Weinberg O,Fishbein M

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When day 6 rabbit blastocysts were cultured (3 embryos/mL) in medium 199 containing 3.68 microM estradiol-17 beta (E2), 40% of E2 was metabolized in 24 h, at a rate of 18 pmol/embryo(b)/h, yielding 4 major metabolite fractions. Two of them were identified to be estrogen glucosides: 17 beta-hydroxyestra-1,3,5(10)-trien...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Wu JT,Williams KI

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nature of the water-soluble products formed by incubating labelled estradiol with uterine peroxidase in the presence of H2O2 and tyrosine was examined by two-dimensional thin-layer chromatography and high voltage electrophoresis. It was shown that the steroid and amino acid were associated in a 1:2 or 1:3 ratio an...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Jellinck PH,McNabb T

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel steroid, 1alpha,3beta,5beta-trihydroxy-24-methylenecholestan-6-one (gibberoketosterol) (1), along with four known steroids, was isolated from the lipophilic extracts of a Taiwanese soft coral Sinularia gibberosa. The structure of the new metabolite was determined on the basis of extensive spectral analyses and...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Ahmed AF,Dai CF,Kuo YH,Sheu JH

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mass spectral elimination of water in epimeric 1,3-diols of vitamin D3 (colecalciferol) series has been investigated. It was found that the mass spectra of these steroisomers differ sharply in the relative intensities of the ions M-H2O (m/e 382) and a-H2O (m/e +/- 34), where ion a (formed via formal cleavage of th...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Zaretskii ZV

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetics of 11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (11HSD) catalyzing the interconversion of cortisol (F) and cortisone (E) were compared in vitro following incubation of homogenates of human (N = 7) and baboon (N = 2) placenta. In both species, enzyme activity catalyzing the conversion of F to E was associated with...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Pepe GJ,Albrecht ED

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the role of protein kinase C enzymatic activity as a physiologic determinant of stromal cell death in decidua basalis (DB) during pregnancy. The expression of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGF-R) and Bcl2 was used as an indicator of stromal cell proliferation/survival, whereas Bax and the occur...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Ogle TF,Dai D,George P

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have demonstrated a persistent rise in serum cortisol concentrations after cardiac surgery. To further investigate this finding and to evaluate the effect of hemodilution that occurs with the onset of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), concentrations of cortisol-binding globulin (CBG), total and unbound co...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Roth-Isigkeit AK,Dibbelt L,Schmucker P

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:16alpha-hydroxydehydroepiandrosterone was for the first time detected in human seminal plasma by using a combination of extraction, solvent partition, HPLC separation and final quantification by GC-MS as pentafluorobenzyloxime trimethylsilyl ether derivative in SIM mode. Three effective mass fragments m/z 266, 356 and...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Hert J,Hill M,Hampl R

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was undertaken to examine the mechanism whereby beta-lipotropin stimulates adrenal steroidogenesis. In guinea pig adrenal cells, beta-lipotropin (10(-8) M) increased basal steroid production 6-, 4-, and 5-fold for cortisol, androstenedione, and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), respectively, whereas the...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： O'Connell Y,McKenna TJ,Cunningham SK

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new synthesis of both epimeric forms of 26-cholestanoic acids and 26-alcohols containing a 3beta-hydroxy-Delta(5)- or a Delta(4)-3-keto-functionality in ring A is described starting from stigmasterol or (20S)-3beta-acetoxy-pregn-5-en-20-carboxylic acid. The obtained compounds are useful as standards for studies of c...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Khripach VA,Zhabinskii VN,Konstantinova OV,Khripach NB,Antonchick AV,Antonchick AP,Schneider B

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circulation levels of estrone sulfate (E1S) and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHAS) have been measured in plasma using a radioimmunoassay for estrone and dehydroepiandrosterone following extraction and hydrolysis of the sulfate. The mean +/- SE concentrations of E1S and DHAS in normal men were 458 +/- 25 pg/ml and 1...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Franz C,Watson D,Longcope C

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A facile method for the synthesis of a series of new steroidal 3-thioxamides from the 3-oxo compound, variously substituted at the 17 position, is described. The "one pot" reaction, using Lawesson's reagent (4-methoxyphenylthionophosphine sulphide dimer) in dichloromethane solution, gives the desired compounds with a ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Grisenti P,Magni A,Manzocchi A,Ferraboschi P

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycyrrhizic acid (GZA) and glycyrrhetinic acid (GRA) can be determined rapidly and precisely by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) in biological fluids and tissues from experimental animals and humans. From plasma and tissues, GZA and GRA are extracted by organic solvents and the extracts can directly be u...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Krähenbühl S,Hasler F,Krapf R

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies were carried out on the effect of oxygen tension on progesterone (P) accumulation in rat granulosa cell cultures. At 1-2% oxygen, basal, luteinizing hormone (LH)-stimulated, and follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)-stimulated P accumulations were 20, 18, and 11%, respectively, of P levels at 20% oxygen. Basal P ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Koos RD,Feiertag MA

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urinary steroid profile analysis requires enzymatic hydrolysis of glucuronide and sulfate conjugates and this is achieved simultaneously using Helix pomatia juice (HPJ), but steroids with 3beta-hydroxy-5-ene structure undergo transformation and yield of 5alpha-reduced corticosteroid glucuronides is poor. We describe t...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Christakoudi S,Cowan DA,Taylor NF

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To simultaneously measure some targeted endocrine disruptors and several forms of sex hormones in rat serum, an accurate analytical procedure was developed. First, a comparison between a polymeric-based solid-phase extraction (SPE) and a micro-extraction by packed sorbent was performed to choose the optimal method to ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Tournier M,Pouech C,Quignot N,Lafay F,Wiest L,Lemazurier E,Cren-Olivé C,Vulliet E

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tibolone is a highly effective postmenopausal hormone treatment that has its biological activity dependent on metabolism to 3alpha- and 3beta-OH tibolone, which bind solely to the estrogen receptor. Despite the high levels of estrogen receptor-binding metabolites in the circulation, the endometrium becomes atrophic, s...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Schatz F,Kuczynski E,Kloosterboer HJ,Buchwalder L,Tang C,Krikun G,Lockwood CJ

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell cycle regulator p21(CIP1) has controversial biological effects in breast cancer since in spite of its role as cell cycle inhibitor and promoter of cellular senescence, it also induces cell proliferation and chemoteraphy resistance. We here explored the molecular mechanisms involved in progestin regulation of p21(...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Diaz Flaqué MC,Vicario R,Proietti CJ,Izzo F,Schillaci R,Elizalde PV

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study the possible dual effects of adenosine as substrate and adenosine receptor agonist in rat granulosa cells, cumulus-oocyte complexes, luteal cells and ovarian membranes are discussed. Adenosine is an indispensable compound in cell energy metabolism, as precursor to cofactors, second messenger and n...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Billig H,Rosberg S,Johanson C,Ahrén K

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Saturation analysis of the binding of [3H]dexamethasone [( 3H]DEX) to ammonium sulfate precipitates (ASPs) confirmed the presence of a limited-capacity, high-affinity binder in human adipose tissue cytosols. Various non-radioactive steroids competed with [3H]DEX for binding to the ASPs in the following sequence: dexam...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Miller LK,Kral JG,Strain GW,Zumoff B

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A trisulfated derivative of 24,25,26,26-tetramethyl-5 alpha-cholest-23E-ene-2 alpha, 3 beta, 6 alpha-triol (sokotrasterol sulfate) has been isolated from the sponge Halichondriidae gen. sp., collected near Sokotra Island (Arabian Sea), and its structure has been elucidated. The side chain of the new steroid involves a...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Makarieva TN,Shubina LK,Kalinovsky AI,Stonik VA,Elyakov GB

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogen is an important atheroprotective molecule that causes the rapid dilation of blood vessels by stimulating endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS). There is also evidence that estrogen modulates airway epithelial NO production, thereby potentially affecting bronchial hyperresponsiveness. Studies in cultured en...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Shaul PW

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The metabolism of tamoxifen is being redefined in the light of several important pharmacological observations. Recent studies have identified 4-hydroxy N-desmethyltamoxifen (endoxifen) as an important metabolite of tamoxifen necessary for antitumor actions. The metabolite is formed through the enzymatic product of CYP...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Jordan VC

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The peripheral conversion of testosterone (T) into androstenedione (delta 4) and dihydrotestosterone (DHT) were studied in pregnant (days 32, 48 and 67 post coitum) and non-pregnant anesthetized guinea-pigs by constant intravenous infusion of tritium labeled T. Endogenous levels were measured by radioimmunoassay, and ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Despres G,Rigaudière N

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The synthesis of 6alpha- and 6beta-testosterone-bovine serum albumin (BSA) conjugates is described. 6beta-Carboxymethyl-4-androstene-3,17-dione was prepared by a route analogous to that described earlier for 6beta-carboxymethyl progesterone. Sodium borohydride reduction of the 3 and 17 keto groups and subsequent selec...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Jones CD,Mason NR

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00