Binding of 7 alpha, 17 alpha-dimethyl-19-nortestosterone (mibolerone) to androgen and progesterone receptors in human and animal tissues.

abstract：:Levels of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I), IGF-II, and IGF-binding proteins (IGFBPs) were studied in ovine follicular fluid and serum with a view to determining their respective endocrine and/or paracrine roles in ovarian folliculogenesis. Ovarian follicles of Ile-de-France ewes were dissected and measured indivi...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Monget P,Monniaux D,Pisselet C,Durand P

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In contrast to other systems in which angiotensin-II (AII) inhibits adenylyl cyclase, in fetal skin fibroblasts the peptide stimulates cAMP accumulation. The mechanism of this novel effect was studied by analysis of the actions of AII and other regulators on the adenylyl cyclase system in cultured cells. In the presen...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Johnson MC,Aguilera G

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA blot hybridization analysis with cloned rat CRF precursor (prepro-CRF) cDNA as a probe showed that prepro-CRF mRNA existed in rat hypothalamic and extrahypothalamic brain tissue, whereas it was undetectable in the pituitary and adrenal. To study the effect of glucocorticoid on the level of prepro-CRF mRNA in the h...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Jingami H,Matsukura S,Numa S,Imura H

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence suggests that inflammation may be a common underlying cause of many obesity-associated conditions. To test whether obesity changes the response to inflammation, we investigated its effects on the acute phase of the inflammatory response to an endogenous pathogen, lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Diet-induced ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Pohl J,Woodside B,Luheshi GN

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Young, unilaterally nephrectomized, female Sprague-Dawley rats were given daily sc injections of 19-nor-deoxycorticosterone acetate (19-nor-DOCA) in oil at a dosage of 100 micrograms/day for 21 days and twice that amount for a further 11 days. One group drank distilled water and another drank 1% NaCl solution. Compara...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Hall CE,Gomez-Sanchez CE,Holland OB,Nasseth D

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In rodents, soluble leptin receptor (SLR) may be generated by alternative splicing of ObR mRNA and/or as a cleavage product of ObR membrane-anchored receptors. In this study, we investigated the contribution of both processes on the generation of SLR in 3-, 8-, and 24-month-old Wistar rats fed ad libitum (AL) or under...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Gallardo N,Arribas C,Villar M,Ros M,Carrascosa JM,Martínez C,Andrés A

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiments were carried out to characterize the prolactin stimulation of labeled uridine uptake into mammary gland explants which were initially preincubated for 2 days in medium containing insulin plus hydrocortisone. Prolactin was found to enhance labeled uridine uptake after 4 h but not after 2 h when uridine conc...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Rillema JA

更新日期：1975-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Caenorhabditis elegans death susceptibility gene, ced-3, has a number of homologs in vertebrate species, including interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta)-converting enzyme (ICE), Ich-1long, and CPP32. These genes, which encode a family of related proteases, have been shown to induce apoptosis when transfected into eukaryo...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Flaws JA,Kugu K,Trbovich AM,DeSanti A,Tilly KI,Hirshfield AN,Tilly JL

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies established the existence of an FSH-inducible rat granulosa cell-derived insulin-like growth factor binding protein (IGFBP)-5 endopeptidase. It was the objective of this communication to characterize this activity in some detail. Exposure of [125I]rhIGFBP-5 substrate to media conditioned by FSH-treate...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Resnick CE,Fielder PJ,Rosenfeld RG,Adashi EY

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is established that androgens and unidentified Sertoli cell (SC)-derived factors can influence the development of adult Leydig cells (LC) in rodents, but the mechanisms are unclear. We evaluated adult LC development and function in SC-selective androgen receptor (AR) knockout (SCARKO) and complete AR knockout (ARKO...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： De Gendt K,Atanassova N,Tan KA,de França LR,Parreira GG,McKinnell C,Sharpe RM,Saunders PT,Mason JI,Hartung S,Ivell R,Denolet E,Verhoeven G

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is widely accepted that expression of protooncogenes is coupled with cellular proliferation and differentiation. Since ACTH stimulates not only steroidogenesis but also cellular proliferation, we investigated whether ACTH affects the expression of c-fos, c-myc, and beta-actin genes. The effect of ACTH on adrenal gl...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Imai T,Seo H,Murata Y,Ohno M,Satoh Y,Funahashi H,Takagi H,Matsui N

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using messenger RNA (mRNA) differential display, we isolated several putative differentially expressed complementary DNAs (cDNAs) from the periimplantation (days 11-12) endometrium of unilaterally pregnant pigs. Nucleotide sequence analysis revealed that one cDNA clone was 87% homologous to human spermidine/ spermine ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Green ML,Blaeser LL,Simmen FA,Simmen RC

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Smoltification is a transformation that occurs in some species of salmon, during which solitary fish in fresh water become schooling fish and migrate to the sea. This process is accompanied by large increases in plasma T4. T4 secretion rate and other parameters of T4 metabolism in juvenile coho salmon were estimated b...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Specker JL,DiStefano JJ 3rd,Grau EG,Nishioka RS,Bern HA

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated growth hormone deficiency type II (IGHD2) is mainly caused by heterozygous splice-site mutations in intron 3 of the GH1 gene. A dominant-negative effect of the mutant GH lacking exon 3 on wild-type GH secretion has been proposed; however, the molecular mechanisms involved are elusive. To uncover the molecular...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ariyasu D,Kubo E,Higa D,Shibata S,Takaoka Y,Sugimoto M,Imaizumi K,Hasegawa T,Araki K

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that cysteamine [2-aminoethanethiol (CSH)], given in vivo or in vitro, rapidly but reversibly depletes immunoreactive PRL from the anterior pituitary (AP) through a mechanism which, in vitro, does not appear to involve the dopamine (DA) receptor. In the present investigation, these effects ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Millard WJ,Sagar SM,Simpkins JW,Owens RE,Badger TM,Friesen HG,Martin JB

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple interferon (IFN)-tau genes exist in cattle, but it has remained unclear how many are expressed, the extent of their variation, and whether different genes exhibit similar patterns of expression and code for proteins with similar biological activities. A total of 118 complementary DNA (cDNA) were bi-directiona...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ealy AD,Larson SF,Liu L,Alexenko AP,Winkelman GL,Kubisch HM,Bixby JA,Roberts RM

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inhibitor of apoptosis proteins (IAPs) constitutes a family of highly conserved apoptosis suppressor proteins that were originally identified in baculoviruses. Although IAP homologs have recently been demonstrated to suppress apoptosis in mammalian cells, their expression and role in human ovarian epithelial cance...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Li J,Feng Q,Kim JM,Schneiderman D,Liston P,Li M,Vanderhyden B,Faught W,Fung MF,Senterman M,Korneluk RG,Tsang BK

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of the importance of estrogen in osteoporosis, the effects of decreased estrogen production using sensitive measurements of bone mineral metabolism were studied in oophorectomized rats. Serum levels of ionized calcium, bone gla protein (BGP), vitamin D metabolites (25-hydroxyvitamin D and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ismail F,Epstein S,Fallon MD,Thomas SB,Reinhardt TA

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prenatal stress is associated with altered behavior and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis function postnatally. Recent studies suggest that these outcomes are dependent on the timing of the prenatal stress. The majority of these studies have been carried out in male offspring. We hypothesized that a short peri...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kapoor A,Matthews SG

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recently discovered estrogen receptor-beta (ERbeta) is expressed in rodent and human testes. To obtain insight in the physiological role of ERbeta we have investigated the cell type-specific expression pattern of ERbeta messenger RNA (mRNA) and protein in the testis of rats of various ages by in situ hybridization...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： van Pelt AM,de Rooij DG,van der Burg B,van der Saag PT,Gustafsson JA,Kuiper GG

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The xenoestrogen bisphenol A (BPA) has been shown to mimic estrogen both in vivo and in vitro. BPA stimulates PRL secretion and the expression of a PRL regulating factor from the posterior pituitary in the estrogen-sensitive Fischer 344 rat (F344), but not in Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats. The goal of the present studies w...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Steinmetz R,Mitchner NA,Grant A,Allen DL,Bigsby RM,Ben-Jonathan N

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine the role of the kidney in the catabolism of gut glucagon-like immunoreactivity (GLI), we compared the plasma GLI responses of normal and nephrectomized dogs given intraduodenal glucose loads and studied the clearance of gut GLI by the isolated perfused rat kidney. Both basal and postload plasma samples were...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Rovira A,López-Novoa JM,Zubiaur M,Matesanz R,Ghiglione M,Pascual JM,Valverde I

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The binding properties of the gamma-emitting 125I-labeled 11 beta-methoxy analog of 16 alpha-iodoestradiol, 11 beta-methoxy-16 alpha-iodoestradiol (MIE2), were characterized for its use in vivo as a ligand for the measurement and localization of estrogen-binding sites. In binding displacement studies, MIE2 bound to ra...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Brown TJ,MacLusky NJ,Toran-Allerand CD,Zielinski JE,Hochberg RB

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A soluble form of the amino-terminal extracellular (ecto-) domain of the human TSH receptor was generated. This protein was capable of binding TSH and autoimmune antibodies found in Graves' patients. A deletion mutant of the ectodomain lacking nine amino acids in the C-terminal region lost its ability to interact with...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Osuga Y,Liang SG,Dallas JS,Wang C,Hsueh AJ

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The uptake of [125I]triiodothyroacetic acid ([125I]Triac) in anterior pituitary cells was investigated and compared with that of [125I]T3. Furthermore, the effects of Triac, T3, and T4 on TSH release were compared. Cells isolated from adult male Wistar rats were cultured for 3 days in medium with 10% fetal calf serum....

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Everts ME,Visser TJ,Moerings EP,Docter R,van Toor H,Tempelaars AM,de Jong M,Krenning EP,Hennemann G

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic synthesis of alpha 2u-globulin and its mRNA in the male rat is dependent on androgen, glucocorticoid, T4, insulin, and GH. Some of these hormones may act directly on the liver, while others may influence alpha 2u-globulin synthesis through indirect physiological changes. In the present study the specific role ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Murty CV,Rao KV,Roy AK

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To further characterize the effect of TSH administration on thyroid iodothyronine monodeiodinating activity, we have evaluated the in vitro conversion of T4 to T3 (outer ring deiodination) and T3 to 3,3'-diiodothyronine (T2; inner ring deiodination) by mouse thyroid, liver, and kidney homogenates, comparing tissues fr...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Wu SY,Reggio R,Florsheim WH

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GH feeds back at the level of the central nervous system to alter the release of somatostatin and GRF, resulting in altered GH release. The purpose of this study was to see whether the concentration of GH, impinging directly on the somatotrophs of the adenohypophysis, would alter the responsiveness of the somatotrophs...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kraicer J,Lussier B,Moor BC,Cowan JS

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of multiple monomeric forms has been described for estrogen receptor (ER) in different target tissues. Using [3H]tamoxifen aziridine ([3H]TA) to covalently label ER and sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis to analyze labeled products, ER forms were investigated in pituitary cytosol an...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Geffroy-Roisne S,Duval J,Thieulant ML

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of estrogen receptors (ERs) in nonneural cells in brain, including glia, ependyma, and endothelia, has not previously been documented with electron microscopy. This study employed immunocytochemistry to investigate whether ER immunoreactivity (ER-ir) is present in glial, ependymal, or endothelial cells in...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Langub MC Jr,Watson RE Jr

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00