Effect of bile acid analogs on 7 alpha-dehydroxylase activity in Eubacterium sp. V.P.I. 12708.

abstract：:The isolated perfused rat kidney allows a simultaneous kinetic study of both the renal metabolism and the urinary excretion of cortisol and its metabolites in the rat. In this system, cortisol was completely metabolized within 120 minutes. The main renal metabolites of cortisol (cortisone, 20 reduced cortisol and 20 r...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Reach G,Nakane H,Nakane Y,Auzan C,Corvol P

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel synthetic route of producing ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) was developed through multiple reactions from cheap and commercially available bisnoralcohol (BA). The key reaction conditions, including solvents, bases and reaction temperatures of the route were investigated and optimized. In the straightforward route...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Wang J,Gu XZ,He LM,Li CC,Qiu WW

更新日期：2020-05-01 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 hydrolysis of 108 esters of norethisterone (17 alpha-ethynyl-17 beta-hydroxyestr-4-en-3-one) was studied in vitro using a rabbit liver preparation. Introduction of a double or triple bond into a straight-chain ester did not inhibit hydrolysis but a marked reduction in hydrolysis was produced on replacement of a me...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Naderi S,Fotherby K

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) caused by 21-hydroxylase deficiency (21OHD) is an autosomal recessive disorder due to mutation in the CYP21A2 gene. OBJECTIVE:To elucidate the genetic basis of 21-hydroxylase-deficient CAH in Hong Kong Chinese patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Mutational analysis of the CY...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Chan AO,But WM,Ng KL,Wong LM,Lam YY,Tiu SC,Lee KF,Lee CY,Loung PY,Berry IR,Brown R,Charlton R,Cheng CW,Ho YC,Tse WY,Shek CC

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoids (GCs) and progesterone have been employed as immunosuppressive agents during pregnancy for many years. Intracellular acidification by GCs is due to a rapid non-genomic inhibition of membrane Na(+)/H(+)-exchange 1 (NHE1) activity and is followed by immunosuppression of PHA-stimulated proliferation. NHE1...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Chien EJ,Hsu CH,Chang VH,Lin EP,Kuo TP,Chien CH,Lin HY

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse models of cystic fibrosis (CF) display increased sulfotransferase 1E1 (SULT1E1) activity in hepatocytes of cystic fibrosis transmembrane receptor (CFTR)-deficient animals. SULT1E1 is responsible for the sulfation and inactivation of beta-estradiol (E2) at physiological concentrations. IGF-1 message levels in CFT...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Li L,He D,Wilborn TW,Falany JL,Falany CN

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concentrations of C-19 steroids were measured in guinea pig and rat adrenals before and after castration as well as after stimulation with adrenocorticotropin hormone (ACTH). Characterization of adrenal C-19 steroids was also carried out by isolation with high-performance liquid chromatography and gas chromatograp...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Bélanger B,Couture J,Caron S,Bodou P,Fiet J,Bélanger A

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three new polyhydroxysterols, named muriflasteroids A-C (1-3) were isolated from the South China Sea gorgonian Muriceopsis flavida, together with sixteen known analogs, cholest-3β,5α,6β-triol,3β-acetate (4), 5α-methoxycholest-3β,6β-diol (5), (22E)-cholest-22-en-3β,5α,6β-triol (6), cholest-3β,5α,6β-triol (7), (22E)-24-...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Liu TF,Lu X,Tang H,Zhang MM,Wang P,Sun P,Liu ZY,Wang ZL,Li L,Rui YC,Li TJ,Zhang W

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metandienone is one of the most frequently detected anabolic androgenic steroids in sports drug testing. Metandienone misuse is commonly detected by monitoring different metabolites excreted free or conjugated with glucuronic acid using gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and liquid chromatography tandem mass...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Gómez C,Pozo OJ,Garrostas L,Segura J,Ventura R

更新日期：2013-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Many flavonoids and isoflavonoids have anti-diabetic effects in animal models. However, the mechanisms that are involved are generally unclear. Since 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases (HSD11Bs) play important roles in diabetes, we hypothesize that flavonoids and isoflavonoids may affect diabetes by targeting two isofo...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Zhu Q,Ge F,Dong Y,Sun W,Wang Z,Shan Y,Chen R,Sun J,Ge RS

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Boldenone is an anabolic-androgenic steroid that is prohibited in equine sports. Urine from the uncastrated male horse contains boldenone that is thought to be of endogenous origin and thus a threshold ('cut-off') concentration has been adopted internationally for free and conjugated boldenone to help distinguish case...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Viljanto MJ,Kicman AT,Walker CJ,Parkin MC,Wolff K,Pearce CM,Scarth J

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gypensapogenin H (GH) is a novel dammarane-type triterpenes obtained from hydrolyzate of total saponins from Gynostemma pentaphyllum and its anti-tumor activity has been studied in previous work. In this study, we report the effects of this compound on human prostate cancer cells (DU145 and 22RV-1). It significantly i...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Zhang XS,Zhao C,Tang WZ,Wu XJ,Zhao YQ

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Steroidogenesis begins with the metabolism of cholesterol to pregnenolone by the inner mitochondrial membrane cytochrome P450 side-chain cleavage (P450scc) enzyme. The rate of steroid formation, however, depends on the rate of cholesterol transport from intracellular stores to the inner mitochondrial membrane and load...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Papadopoulos V,Amri H,Boujrad N,Cascio C,Culty M,Garnier M,Hardwick M,Li H,Vidic B,Brown AS,Reversa JL,Bernassau JM,Drieu K

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of computer-aided drug design and development is clear nowadays. These approaches smooth the way of designing some efficient candidates based on drugs in use. At this place, we studied the mechanism of D4-abiraterone (D4A), the active metabolite of Abiraterone (Abi), binding to CYP17A1 compared with Abi...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Mehralitabar H,Ghasemi AS,Gholizadeh J

更新日期：2021-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:A highly active inhibitor of the binding of estrone and estradiol-17beta to rat alpha-fetoprotein is demonstrated for the first time in embryo, immature and adult rat sera as well as in fetal and adult human sera. The competitive character and the narrow specificity of this inhibition effect is shown. The major compou...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Benassayag C,Vallette G,Delorme J,Savu L,Nunez EA,Jayle MF

更新日期：1977-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:3 alpha-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (3 alpha HSD) is one of the main enzymes involved in the metabolism of the active androgen, dihydrotestosterone (DHT). 3 alpha HSD catalyzes the reversible reduction of DHT to 5 alpha-androstane-3 alpha, 17 beta-diol (3 alpha DIOL). The equilibrium of 3 alpha HSD reductive and oxid...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Pirog EC,Collins DC

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radioimmunoassay (RIA) for testosterone (T) in unchromatographed plasma extracts from ATD-treated rats gave spuriously high values for T. Cross-reaction and chromatographic studies subsequently showed that ATD and, to a much greater extent, its metabolite(s) were responsible for this overestimation. Celite column chro...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Donaldson MD,Forest MG

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:ERα36 is a recently cloned variant of estrogen receptor-alpha which has been proved to play an active role in a series of malignant diseases. METHOD:ERα36 expression was examined using immunohistochemical methods with sections from 126 resected NSCLC specimens. The immunoreactivity of ERα66 was also studi...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Zhang S,Qiu C,Wang L,Liu Q,Du J

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a convenient and stereoselective route to the synthesis of 27-hydroxycholesterol. Also its radiolabeled analog, 22, 23 di [(3)H]-27-hydroxycholesterol with high specific radioactivity (55 Ci/mmol) was synthesized by this method. Julia condensation of steroidal 22-sulfone with aldehyde, led to the addition ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： D'Ambra TE,Javitt NB,Lacy J,Srinivasan P,Warchol T

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allopregnanolone (3α-THP) is one of the main reduced progesterone (P4) metabolites that is recognized as a neuroprotective and myelinating agent. 3α-THP also induces proliferation of different neural cells. It has been shown that P4 favors the progression of glioblastomas (GBM), the most common and aggressive primary ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Zamora-Sánchez CJ,Hansberg-Pastor V,Salido-Guadarrama I,Rodríguez-Dorantes M,Camacho-Arroyo I

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between 14CO2 evolution from the catabolism of [26 or 2714C] cholesterol to bile acids was studied in rats with biliary fistulae. When equal quantities of [26 or 2714C] cholesterol and [414C] cholesterol were administered, there was a significant linear relationship between 14CO2 expiration in the bre...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Davis RA,Showalter P,Kern F Jr

更新日期：1975-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A phytochemical study of Physalis pubescens L. afforded twelve compounds, including six new withanolides (1, 4, and 6i-9), four new withanolide glucosides (2, 3, 5, and 6), and two known withanolides (10 and 11). Their structures were established via extensive spectroscopic analysis. The absolute configuration of 3 wa...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Xia G,Li Y,Sun J,Wang L,Tang X,Lin B,Kang N,Huang J,Chen L,Qiu F

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The therapeutic use of progesterone following traumatic brain injury has recently entered phase III clinical trials as a means of neuroprotection. Although it has been hypothesized that progesterone protects against calcium overload following excitotoxic shock, the exact mechanisms underlying the beneficial effects of...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Luoma JI,Kelley BG,Mermelstein PG

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aldosterone induces fibrotic changes in cardiovascular tissues but its effects have usually been demonstrated in models of pre-existing renal injury and/or hypertension. This study tests the hypothesis that aldosterone can directly induce vascular fibrotic changes in the absence of prior renal injury or hypertension. ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Brem AS,Morris DJ,Li X,Ge Y,Shaw S,Gong R

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In humans, the onset of adrenache has been found to occur with the appearance of the zona reticularis, the inner zone of the adrenal cortex. Since an increase in the volume of adrenal cortex during maturation in the guinea pig has been associated with the growth of the zona reticularis, we were interested in investiga...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Bélanger B,Caron S,Boudou P,Fiet J,Bélanger A

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As demonstrated for pregnenolone, saturated ketones are conveniently alpha-hydroxymethylated by their transformation into a lithium enolate and by the reaction of the latter with formaldehydr. The 17-hydroxymethylpregnenolone prepared by this method in very good yield was readily converted to 17-hydroxymethylprogester...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Mukherjee D,Engel CR

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enol aldehydes are one type of key degradation and metabolic intermediates from a group of corticosteroids containing the 1,3-dihydroxyacetone side chain on their D-rings, such as betamethasone, dexamethasone, beclomethasone, and related compounds. The formation of enol aldehydes from these corticosteroids is via acid...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Chen B,Li M,Lin M,Tumambac G,Rustum A

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：:It has been previously demonstrated that 1,25 dihydroxyvitamin D(3) (1,25-D(3)) exerts inhibitory effects in breast cancer cells. The aim of this study was to determine whether mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathways are associated with 1,25-D(3)-induced cell death in breast cancer. We used three breast cell ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Brosseau CM,Pirianov G,Colston KW

更新日期：2010-12-12 00:00:00