Tissue-specific and substrate-specific endoproteolytic cleavage of monkey pro-opiomelanocortin in heterologous endocrine cells: processing at Lys-Lys dibasic pairs.

abstract：:Phase relation between plasma corticosterone and locomotor activity rhythms was analyzed in individual rats with selective lesions of suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN). SCN in Wistar male rats were selectively coagulated electrically and the extent of SCN destruction was examined histologically. Spontaneous locomotor activ...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Watanabe K,Hiroshige T

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Distribution and properties of receptors for gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) were analyzed in the brain of adult male rats. Binding of the iodinated GnRH agonist Des-Gly10-(D-Ala6)-GnRH ethylamide was studied in hippocampus and anterior pituitary using three convergent approaches: quantitative autoradiography on...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Leblanc P,Crumeyrolle M,Latouche J,Jordan D,Fillion G,L'Heritier A,Kordon C,Dussaillant M,Rostène W,Haour F

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Galanin-like peptide (GALP) is a 60-amino-acid peptide with structural similarities to galanin and a high affinity for galanin receptors. GALP is expressed by a discrete population of neurons in the arcuate nucleus (ARC) and median eminence of the hypothalamus of several species, including the rat. GALP neurons expres...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Shen J,Gundlach AL

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ciliary neurotropic factor (CNTF) is a neuroregulatory cytokine belonging to the interleukin-6 type cytokine superfamily. Although a few studies have reported a facilitatory action of CNTF on the reproductive axis in rodents, information along this line is still very limited. In this study, we examined a possible role...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Watanobe H,Habu S

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequency of pulsatile release of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) is high in the breeding season and low in the nonbreeding season. These alterations in the patterns of GnRH and LH release are due to an interaction of daylength and gonadal steroid negative feedback. A vast amount...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Dobbins A,Lubbers LS,Jackson GL,Kuehl DE,Hileman SM

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study provides evidence of a novel neuronal pathway for the control of GnRH secretion involving bradykinin neurons. Bradykinin neurons were shown by immunohistochemistry to be densely localized in several regions of the brain including the cortex, hippocampus and supraoptic nucleus, as well as two regions ...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Shi B,Mahesh VB,Bhat GK,Ping L,Brann DW

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the Djungarian hamster Phodopus sungorus, the daily temporal pattern of synthesis and release of pineal hormone melatonin, mainly the length of the period of elevated melatonin levels, may be involved in transferring the information on day length to the neuroendocrine-gonadal axis. The present study investigated th...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Illnerová H,Hoffmann K,Vanĕcek J

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pituitary-adrenal axis is known to be stimulated during the acute-phase response. As cytokines play a central role in mediating the constellation of host response occurring during the acute-phase response it was of interest to assess the ability of cytokines to stimulate ACTH secretion from normal pituitary cells ...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Kehrer P,Turnill D,Dayer JM,Muller AF,Gaillard RC

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dexras1, a newly identified member of the Ras superfamily of proteins, was discovered in AtT-20 corticotrope cells because its expression was induced in response to glucocorticoids (dexamethasone; Dex). As yet, the function of Dexras1 is unknown, but its rapid induction in response to glucocorticoids suggests the poss...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Brogan MD,Behrend EN,Kemppainen RJ

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that the hypothalamic concentration of pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) mRNA and several POMC-derived peptides increases in the rat 4 weeks after orchiectomy and that this increase can be prevented by testosterone replacement. In this study, we have examined the short-term effects of orchiectomy...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Wardlaw SL,Blum M

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction Dysregulation of the mTORC1-dependent pathways in pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (PanNENs) underlies the introduction of the mTORC1 inhibitor everolimus as treatment of advanced progressive PanNENs. Although everolimus significantly increases progression free survival, most patients acquire secondary...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Terracciano F,Capone A,Montori A,Rinzivillo M,Partelli S,Panzuto F,Pilozzi E,Arcidiacono PG,Sette C,Capurso G

更新日期：2020-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The present studies were undertaken to investigate the effect of gender on thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) gene expression in cultured anterior pituitary (AP) cells. AP cells derived from 15-day-old male, female, or female pups that had been neonatally treated with testosterone propionate (TP), were cultured for u...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Bruhn TO,Rondeel JM,Bolduc TG,Jackson IM

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intestinal gluconeogenesis is a recently described function in intestinal glucose metabolism. In particular, the intestine contributes around 20-25% of total endogenous glucose production during fasting. Intestinal gluconeogenesis appears to regulate energy homeostasis via a neurally mediated mechanism linking the ent...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Mithieux G

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma TSH responses after an i.v. injection of 100 mg of L-dopa were evaluated by radioimmunoassay in 4 normal euthyroid subjects and in 8 patients with primary hypothyroidism. In agreement with previous results, no variations to plasma TSH levels were observed in the euthyroid subjects. In contrast, in primary hypo...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Minozzi M,Faggiano M,Lombardi G,Carella C,Criscuolo T,Scapagnini U

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiments were carried out to increase the endogenous levels of TRH in brain and spinal cord. After 7 days of continuous oral ingestion of TRH analogs (D-pGlu-Leu-ProNH2, pGlu-Leu-Pro, pGlu-Pro-ProNH2, or pGlu-Leu-pyrrolidide), spinal cord and brain levels of TRH were elevated, whereas the content of TRH metabolite,...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Prasad C,Eloby-Childress S,Iriuchijima T,Wilber JF,Szirtes T,Kisfaludy L

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that the diterpene forskolin, a compound which increases intracellular cyclic AMP (cAMP), causes a concentration-dependent release of luteinizing hormone (LH) by continuously perifused anterior pituitary cells from female rats. To test the hypothesis that cAMP-associated LH release is an estro...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Kolp LA,Krieg RJ Jr,Evans WS

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The regulation of prolactin secretion by tuberoinfundibular dopamine (DA) neurons appears to be altered in the aged rat: the concentration of prolactin in the serum increases and the activity of the tuberoinfundibular DA neurons decreases. In the young female rat a brief period of stress reduces the tuberoinfundibular...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Demarest KT,Moore KE,Riegle GD

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Structural and functional impairment of the skeletal system remains an important cause of morbidity and disability in patients with Cushing's syndrome (CS). Glucocorticoid (GC) excess inhibits bone formation and calcium absorption from the gut, increases bone resorption, and alters the secretion of gonadotropin and gr...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Kaltsas G,Makras P

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms involved in the activation of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis after administration of Mycoplasma fermentans were examined. Male rats were injected intracerebroventricularly (i.c.v.) with heat-inactivated M. fermentas (6 micrograms protein/10 microliters/rat) or vehicle and were killed 2 h later....

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Wohlman A,Gallily R,Yirmiya R,Weidenfeld J

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bromocriptine or other dopamine agonists are usually effective for the treatment of prolactin-secreting adenomas. Five to 18% of prolactinomas, however, do not respond to such therapy. We have shown previously that such resistance to bromocriptine correlates with reduced binding to the D2 receptor subtype of dopamine,...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Caccavelli L,Feron F,Morange I,Rouer E,Benarous R,Dewailly D,Jaquet P,Kordon C,Enjalbert A

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypophyseal and ovarian receptors for the neurohormone LHRH (LHRH-R) have been measured in young (3-4 months), middle-aged (8-11 months), constant estrous (CE, 10-14 months) and pseudopregnant (PR, 16-18 months) rats in order to study whether changes in hypothalamic and/or peripheral LHRH-like peptide production might...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Marchetti B,Cioni M

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The properties of neuronal-type nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) present on the neuroendocrine cells of the porcine pars intermedia of the pituitary were studied in intact single cell using measurements of the free intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca]i) with the calcium-sensitive dye fura 2. Local applicat...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Poisbeau P,Trouslard J,Feltz P,Schlichter R

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last 10 years, kisspeptins--peptide products of varying lengths encoded by the KISS1 gene--have been found to be key regulators of normal reproductive function throughout life in animals and humans. By activating the kisspeptin receptor [previously known as orphan G protein-coupled receptor 54 (GPR54)], they ...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Prague JK,Dhillo WS

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) nerve fibers and cell bodies in the rat hypothalamus and pituitary gland was immunohistochemically examined using antibodies against the GABA-synthesizing enzyme glutamate decarboxylase (GAD). The dense network of GAD-positive nerve fibers was observed to be essential...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Vincent SR,Hökfelt T,Wu JY

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The coadministration of growth hormone (GH) secretagogues can provide insight into the neuroregulation of GH secretion. The GH response to L-dopa (125, 250 and 500 mg orally for body weights less than 15 kg, between 15 and 30 kg and greater than 30 kg, respectively), arginine (Arg; 0.5 g/kg infused intravenously over ...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Ghigo E,Bellone J,Imperiale E,Arvat E,Mazza E,Valetto MR,Boffano GM,Cappa M,Loche S,De Sanctis C

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:An increasing number of middle-aged men are being screened for low testosterone levels and the number of prescriptions for various forms of testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) has increased dramatically over the last 10 years. However, the safety of TRT has come into question with some studies suggestin...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Smith C,Contreras-Garza J,Cunningham RL,Wong JM,Vann PH,Metzger D,Kasanga E,Oppong-Gyebi A,Sumien N,Schreihofer DA

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interruption of hypothalamic growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) secretion by administration of antiserum against GHRH (GHRH-ab) decreases growth hormone (GH) secretion and inhibits growth in rats. The present study was undertaken to investigate whether there is a period of accelerated or catch-up growth following...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Wehrenberg WB,Voltz DM,Cella SG,Müller EE,Gaillard RC

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To gain further insight into the regulation of hypothalamic TRH by thyroid hormones, we measured TRH concentration in specific hypothalamic nuclei and preproTRH mRNA levels in the anterior hypothalamus. Adult male rats were decapitated 1, 7, 14 days after thyroidectomy. Micropunches by the method of Palkovitz from sev...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Yamada M,Satoh T,Monden T,Murakami M,Iriuchijima T,Wilber JF,Mori M

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of sonicated suspensions of phosphatidylserine (PS), an acidic phospholipid, was investigated on prolactin secretion utilizing in vivo and in vitro approaches. Acute and chronic administration of PS reduced plasma prolactin levels during different phases of circadian rhythms. The phospholipid was able to in...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Canonico PL,Annunziato L,Toffano G,Bernardini R,Stanzani S,Foti M,Clementi G,Drago F,Scapagnini U

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possibility was investigated that centrally administered rat prolactin (PRL), i.e., intracerebroventricularly (ICV) or intrathecally (IT), may influence mammary contractility in urethane-anesthetized lactating rats. In addition to the monomer (23 kD PRL), the 16- and 7-kD PRL fragments were also tested and their e...

journal_title：Neuroendocrinology

authors： Morales MT,Mena F

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00