Evidence for a specific uptake and retention mechanism for 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) in skeletal muscle cells.

abstract：:Androgens play a critical role in the development and progression of prostate cancer (PCa), and androgen deprivation therapy via surgical or medical castration is front-line therapy for patients with advanced PCa. However, intratumoral testosterone levels are elevated in metastases from patients with castration-resist...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Cho E,Montgomery RB,Mostaghel EA

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the effect of two thirds hepatectomy on rat liver insulin-like growth factor-II (IGF-II) receptors and IGF-II receptor messenger RNA (mRNA) levels. IGF-II receptor levels were determined in liver plasma membrane and Golgi/endosome fractions from sham-operated and hepatectomized rats by ligand bindi...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Scott CD,Ballesteros M,Baxter RC

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between serum levels of rat GH (rGH), rat PRL (rPRL), corticosterone, estrogen, and testosterone and the liver-binding sites specific to [125I]iodo-human GH (hGH), -human PRL (hPRL), and -rPRL were investigated in normal rats, in rats bearing the GH- and PRL-secreting tumor (GH3), and in rats 14 days ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Furuhashi N,Fang VS

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adipokine, leptin (LEP), is a hormonal gateway, signaling energy stores to appetite-regulatory neurons, permitting reproduction when stores are sufficient. Dual-labeling for LEP receptors (LEPRs) and gonadotropins or GH revealed a 2-fold increase in LEPR during proestrus, some of which was seen in LH gonadotropes....

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Akhter N,CarlLee T,Syed MM,Odle AK,Cozart MA,Haney AC,Allensworth-James ML,Beneš H,Childs GV

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catecholamines may stimulate ACTH secretion during stress. To investigate the nature and site of such an action, plasma ACTH was measured in four groups of unanesthetized adult female rats with an indwelling carotid cannula. Sequential 300-microliter blood samples were taken 60 min, 30 min, and immediately before an i...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Szafarczyk A,Malaval F,Laurent A,Gibaud R,Assenmacher I

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tunicamycin, an inhibitor of glycosylation, was incubated with ovine thyroid cells in culture to determine the role of glycosylation in the subsequent processing of thyroglobulin to form thyroid hormone. After a 6-h preincubation with tunicamycin (1 microgram/ml), mannose incorporation into glycoproteins in the cell l...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Eggo MC,Burrow GN

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The formation of junctional complexes between adjacent epithelial principal cells leads to formation of the blood-epididymal barrier; this barrier is complete by 21 days of postnatal age. Cadherins are cell surface proteins that mediate intercellular adhesion and are involved in the formation of adherence, gap, and ti...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Cyr DG,Hermo L,Robaire B

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of the synthesis and migration of thyroglobulin has been carried out by the incubation of calf thyroid slices in the presence of [14C]leucine followed by the separation of intracellular compartments from the colloid by differential and density gradient centrifugation. The effect of inhibitors on these processe...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Spiro MJ,Gorski KM

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In thyroid epithelial cells, TSH via cAMP induces a rounding up of the cells associated with actin stress fiber disruption, expression of differentiation genes and cell cycle progression. Here we have evaluated the role of small G proteins of the Rho family and their impact on the actin cytoskeleton in these different...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Fortemaison N,Blancquaert S,Dumont JE,Maenhaut C,Aktories K,Roger PP,Dremier S

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes is associated with increased generation of cytokines and tissue inflammation, but it is unclear how increased cytokine synthesis is causally related to the development of diabetic complications. Here, we report that exposure to high (25 mm) glucose, but not iso-osmotic concentrations of mannitol or 3-methyl g...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ramana KV,Tammali R,Reddy AB,Bhatnagar A,Srivastava SK

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was undertaken to determine whether T3 could modify anterior pituitary Ca++ metabolism under basal conditions and in the presence of TRH. Paired hemipituitaries from hypothyroid rats were preincubated with T3 (10(-7) M) for 2 h, allowed to accumulate 45Ca++ for the third hour, and repeatedly washed i...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Schrey MP,Larsen PR

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bisphosphonates are effective for preventing and treating skeletal disorders associated with hyperresorption. Their safety and efficacy has been studied in adults where the growth plate is fused and there is no longitudinal bone growth and little appositional growth. Although bisphosphonate use in the pediatric popula...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Zhu ED,Louis L,Brooks DJ,Bouxsein ML,Demay MB

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TGF-β plays an important role in the progression of prostate cancer. It exhibits both tumor suppressor and tumor-promoting activities. Correlations between cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 overexpression and enhanced production of prostaglandin (PG)E2 have been implicated in cancer progression; however, there are no studies ind...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Vo BT,Morton D Jr,Komaragiri S,Millena AC,Leath C,Khan SA

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Concern that some chemicals in our environment may affect human health by disrupting normal endocrine function has prompted research on interactions of environmental contaminants with steroid hormone receptors. We compared the activity of 2,2-bis-(p-hydroxyphenyl)-1,1,1-trichloroethane (HPTE), an estrogenic metabolite...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Gaido KW,Leonard LS,Maness SC,Hall JM,McDonnell DP,Saville B,Safe S

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amiodarone, a potent antiarrhythmic drug, contains 37.2% iodine by weight and may induce either hypo- or hyperthyroidism. The high iodine content of amiodarone may be responsible for both complications, but a cytotoxic effect of the drug on the thyroid resulting in thyroiditis has been reported. In the present study t...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Chiovato L,Martino E,Tonacchera M,Santini F,Lapi P,Mammoli C,Braverman LE,Pinchera A

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human decidual cells synthesize and release decidual PRL (dPRL) immunologically and biochemically identical to human pituitary PRL. However, stimulators and inhibitors of PRL secretion such as TRH, bromocriptine or dopamine have no effect on dPRL release. The evidence for the involvement of Ca2+ in dPRL release is bas...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Sartor P,Couderc B,Corcuff JB,Odessa MF,Mayer G,Dufy B

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested the hypothesis that depressed duodenal calcium absorption in the streptozotocin diabetic rat is the consequence of diabetes rather than nephrotoxicity of the diabetogenic agent causing abnormal renal vitamin D metabolism. We treated streptozotocin diabetic rats with insulin and compared their duodenal calciu...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Schneider LE,Nowosielski LM,Schedl HP

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study on highly enriched populations of cultured rat corticotropes, Ca2+ channel inhibitors were used to identify subtypes of the high threshold Ca2+ channel current under voltage clamp conditions. From a holding potential (-50 mV) that eliminated the low threshold T-type current, 52 +/- 4% of the total curren...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kuryshev YA,Childs GV,Ritchie AK

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human IGF binding protein-3 (hIGFBP-3) overexpression in mice causes hyperglycemia, but its effect on β-cell function is unknown. We compared wild-type mice with mice overexpressing hIGFBP-3 [phoshoglycerate kinase (PGK)BP3] and mutant (Gly⁵⁶/Gly⁸⁰/Gly⁸¹)hIGFBP-3 devoid of IGF binding affinity (PGKmBP3). Intraperitone...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Nguyen KH,Yao XH,Moulik S,Mishra S,Nyomba BL

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In previous studies it was shown that bovine GH (bGH) suppressed and glucagon stimulated the level of 24- and 30- to 34-kilodalton insulin-like growth factor-binding proteins (IGFBPs) in the media of cultured rat hepatocytes. In the present study we have evaluated the regulation of IGFBP-1 gene expression in primary r...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kachra Z,Yang CR,Murphy LJ,Posner BI

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A heat-stable protein which inhibits cAMP dependent protein kinase was prepared from the bovine thyroid 100,000 X g supernatant. This protein inhibited the cAMP-dependent protein kinase both from bovine thyroid cytosol and bovine thyroid plasma membranes. The inhibitory effect was noncompetitive with histone as substr...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Hashizume K,DeGroot LJ

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Leydig cells of the testis are known to possess high affinity receptors for luteinizing hormone and human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), but no information concerning the synthesis of these receptors is available yet. In order to investigate this question, we have purified crude rat interstitial cell preparations o...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Aubry M,Collu R,Ducharme JR,Crine P

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 50-70% depletion in the anterior pituitary concentration of PRL occurred within 5 min of electrical stimulation of a single abdominal mammary nerve of urethane-anesthetized lactating rats previously nonsuckled for 6-8 h. The stimulus parameters were: 1-msec pulses, 10-20/sec at 5-30 V applied 5 sec on and 10 sec off...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Mena F,Pacheco P,Grosvenor CE

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human breast cancer cell line MCF-7 responds to estrogens with increased progesterone receptor (PR) levels. In this study, we use dense amino acid density shift analyses to address directly the question of whether estrogen increases PR levels in MCF-7 cells by altering rates of receptor synthesis and/or degradatio...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Nardulli AM,Greene GL,O'Malley BW,Katzenellenbogen BS

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are many precedents for the production from a single precursor of multiple peptides, with independent receptors and different bioactivities. Gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) is initially synthesized as amino acids 1-27 of a 125-residue precursor, proGRP, and is subsequently cleaved and amidated to form GRP18-27. ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Patel O,Dumesny C,Shulkes A,Baldwin GS

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In virtually all studies with MA-10 cells, progesterone RIAs have been used to measure steroid synthesis. To test whether progesterone is a stable end product, we investigated the metabolism of added tritiated progesterone and pregnenolone in MA-10 cells over a period of 3 h. Steroids were then extracted, separated by...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Rommerts FF,King SR,Span PN

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To find out whether the hippocampus is involved in central nervous system-mediated glucoregulation, we injected saline, neostigmine, dopamine, norepinephrine, bombesin, beta-endorphin, somatostatin, and prostaglandin F2 alpha into the dorsal hippocampus in anesthetized fed rats. After injection of dopamine, norepineph...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Uemura K,Iguchi A,Yatomi A,Miura H,Honmura A,Yanase M,Sakamoto N

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberoinfundibular peptide is a recently discovered agonist for the PTH receptor-2; the latter has a wide distribution including the external zone of the median eminence of the hypothalamus, suggesting a role in neuroendocrine function. We have investigated the effects of tuberoinfundibular peptide on the hypothalamo-...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ward HL,Small CJ,Murphy KG,Kennedy AR,Ghatei MA,Bloom SR

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-1, IGF binding protein (IGFBP)-2, and IGFBP-3 are expressed in the rat brain in regions of neuronal loss by 3 days after hypoxic- ischemic (HI) brain injury and IGF-2 somewhat later. Central administration of rh-IGF-1 after HI injury reduces neuronal loss in vivo. To clarify the mode o...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Guan J,Williams CE,Skinner SJ,Mallard EC,Gluckman PD

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Products of the Stannius corpuscles (SC) of rainbow trout were tested in an established PTH bioassay involving bone resorption in embryonic mouse calvaria. Aqueous extracts from Stannius corpuscles (SC-homogenate) showed a bone-resorbing activity comparable to PTH in 24-h cultures of calvaria, indicated by a dose-depe...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Lafeber FP,Schaefer HI,Herrmann-Erlee MP,Wendelaar Bonga SE

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00