Cholesterol side chain cleavage and aromatase activities in the corpus luteum of the pregnant rhesus monkey.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Estrogen replacement therapy increases risk for ovarian epithelial cancer, a cancer of mainly older women, yet the response of older ovarian surface epithelium (OSE) to repeat estrogen exposure overtime has not been studied. We have previously reported significant reductions in estrogen receptor (ER) protein...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Gulliver LS,Hurst PR

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In our effort to develop imaging agents for brain glucocorticoid receptors, we have prepared several novel glucocorticoids possessing a 2-methylsulfanyl-acetyl side chain. The synthesis was accomplished via a Mitsunobu reaction with thiobenzoic acid starting from cortisol, prednisolone, dexamethasone and triamcinolone...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Wuest F,Carlson KE,Katzenellenbogen JA

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The conjugation reactions of hydration and dehydrogenation catalyzed by the dehydratase and dehydrogenase activities of D-3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydratase/D-3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase bifunctional protein (DBP) and enoyl-CoA hydratase/3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase bifunctional protein (LBP) in the side chain degra...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Kurosawa T,Sato M,Nakano H,Fujiwara M,Murai T,Yoshimura T,Hashimoto T

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) increases the growth and osteolytic potential of prostate cancer cells, making it important to control PTHrP expression in these cells. We show that 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25(OH)2D3) and its non-hypercalcemic analog, EB1089, decrease PTHrP mRNA and cellular protein leve...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Sepulveda VA,Weigel NL,Falzon M

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A long-term metabolite of the doping agent oxymetholone (OXM-M2, 17β-hydroxymethyl-2,17α-methyl-18-norandrost-13-en-3-one) which has been identified by GC-MS/MS was synthesized from commercially available materials. Two efficient synthetic routes to access both C-17 epimers of tentative metabolites were developed. The...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Kratena N,Biedermann N,Stojanovic B,Göschl L,Weil M,Enev VS,Gmeiner G,Gärtner P

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypothesis tested in the present work is that estrone non-genomically regulates aortic nitric oxide synthase (NOS) and cyclooxygenase (COX) activities in female rats, and that such regulation depends on ovarian function. We found that physiological concentrations of estrone (E(1)) (0.1-10nM) significantly increase...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Selles J,Polini N,Alvarez C,Massheimer V

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:2,2,6,6-Tetramethyl piperidine-N-oxyl nitroxyls are known to partition between aqueous and lipid phases, thus serving as probes to study membrane dynamics. The synthesis of a novel steroidal spin label, 3alpha-hydroxycholan-24-yl-(2",2",6",6"-tetramethyl-N-oxyl)p iperidyl butan-1',4'-dioate, containing 2,2,6,6-tetrame...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Katoch R,Trivedi GK,Phadke RS

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Androgen-binding protein/sex hormone-binding globulin (ABP/SHBG) is an extracellular carrier protein that binds androgens and estrogens with high affinity. In the adult, ABP/SHBG is thought to function in the male reproductive system and the general circulation in both sexes to modulate the actions of sex steroids. Th...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Becchis M,Sullivan PM,Ordronneau P,Petrusz P,Joseph DR

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently characterized the awakening responses and daily profiles of the catabolic stress hormone cortisol in elite military men. Anabolic hormones follow a similar daily pattern and may counteract the catabolic effects of cortisol. This companion report is the first to characterize daily profiles of anabolic hormo...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Taylor MK,Kviatkovsky SA,Hernández LM,Sargent P,Segal S,Granger DA

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid and efficient synthesis of 6E-hydroximinosteroid homodimers is described. The two new compounds were linked at position 3 of the steroid nucleus via a ruthenium catalyzed cross-metathesis reaction. The cytotoxic activity of these compounds was evaluated in vitro on human lung carcinoma A549 (ATCC CCL-185), col...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Rega M,Jiménez C,Rodríguez J

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MDL 18,962 was shown to be a highly specific, potent (Ki = 3-4 nM), enzyme-activated inhibitor of aromatase with minimal intrinsic endocrine properties. The affinity of MDL 18,962 was higher for human and baboon placental aromatase than for rhesus placental or rodent ovarian aromatase. These species differences necess...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Johnston JO

更新日期：1987-07-01 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：:A series of novel 5α, 8α-endoperoxide steroidal hybrid derivatives containing isatin or indole substituents on the C-17 side chain were synthesized and characterized. The preliminary anti-proliferative activity of the compounds against HepG2, MCF-7, HT-29 and HeLa cell lines were investigated. Compounds 7g and 7l disp...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Li H,Wang H,Wang J,Lin Y,Ma Y,Bu M

更新日期：2020-01-01 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：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：:Using pregnenolone as a starting material, some 3-substituted 17-[1',2',3']-selenadiazolylpregnenolone derivatives were synthesized, and their structures were characterized by IR, NMR and HRMS. The in vitro antitumor activity of the compounds was assayed against PC-3、SKOV3、T47D、MCF-7 and HEK293T cell lines. The result...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Cui J,Pang L,Wei M,Gan C,Liu D,Yuan H,Huang Y

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From the fruiting bodies of Ascomycetes Tuber indicum, a new steroidal glucoside with polyhydroxy ergosterol nucleus, tuberoside (2), has been isolated along with additional four known ergosterol derivatives, (22E, 24R)-ergosta-7, 22-dien-3beta, 5alpha, 6beta-triol (1), 5alpha, 8alpha-epidioxy-(22E, 24R)-ergosta-6, 22...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Jinming G,Lin H,Jikai L

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adiponectin, an insulin-sensitive hormone that is primarily synthesized in adipose tissue, exerts its effects by binding to two receptors, adipoR1 and adipoR2. Little is known regarding the effects of glucocorticoids on the expression of adiponectin receptors. METHODS:Male Wistar rats were bilaterally adren...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： de Oliveira C,Iwanaga-Carvalho C,Mota JF,Oyama LM,Ribeiro EB,Oller do Nascimento CM

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Incubation of aldosterone with confluent layers of A6 (toad kidney) cells leads to its hydroxylation at the 6 beta-position. 6 beta-Hydroxyaldosterone is the major metabolite when the incubation is carried out at pH 6.8, whereas the product comprises 6 beta-hydroxy-17-isoaldosterone accompanied by some 6 beta-hydroxya...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Morris DJ,Latif SA,Conca TJ,Wei LT,Watlington CO,Kirk DN,Toms HC,Shackleton CH

更新日期：1990-11-01 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：:Based on the fact that timosaponin A-III (TA-III) exhibits potent cytotoxic effects and has been considered as a potential anti-tumor agent, a range of novel sarsasapogenin derivatives 1, 2a-2g, 3, 4, 5, 6a-6g have been synthesized by a simple and facile synthetic route. The in vitro cytotoxic activity of these synthe...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Yin Y,Zhao XC,Wang SJ,Gao PY,Li LZ,Ikejima T,Song SJ

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two isoforms of the androgen receptor (AR-A and AR-B), differing by a lack of the first 187 amino acids in the NH2-terminal transactivation domain of AR-A, are expressed in connective tissue and bone. Transient transfections of normal human osteoblastic cells (HOB) and of genital skin fibroblasts defective in AR (GSF-...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Liegibel UM,Sommer U,Boercsoek I,Hilscher U,Bierhaus A,Schweikert HU,Nawroth P,Kasperk C

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure of immature rat ovaries to pregnant mare's serum gonadotropin (PMS) results in a prompt increase in testosterone and progesterone output but synthesis of estradiol (E2) increases only after a lag period of several hours. Actinomycin D (Act-D) given with PMS did not inhibit testosterone or progesterone product...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Soewoto H,Cheng HC,Johnson DC

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fingernail clipping is expected to be a specimen for steroid testing, because it has several advantages over blood; i.e., noninvasive collection, ease of storage, portability and handling, and possibility for an assessment of the steroid status over a relatively long and retrospective time window. In this study, we ex...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Higashi T,Yamagata K,Kato Y,Ogawa Y,Takano K,Nakaaze Y,Iriyama T,Min JZ,Ogawa S

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estradiol (E2), progesterone (P4), and oxytocin (OT) are important for the initiation of luteolysis in ruminants but the mechanisms involved are still poorly understood. The objective of this study was to determine if duration of exposure of bovine endometrial epithelial cells to P4 affected the response of the cells ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Kombé A,Sirois J,Goff AK

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthetic vitamin D3 sulfate was prepared by reacting cholecalciferol with sulfamic acid in pyridine. Vitamin D3 sulfate ammonium salt was purified by crystallisation and transformed in sulfate sodium salt. Homogeneity was controlled by reverse phase high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC). Purified synthetic vitam...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Boulch NL,Cancela L,Miravet L

更新日期：1982-04-01 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：:Glucocorticoids are well-recognized modulators of immunocytes and osteoblasts via specific receptor-mediated mechanisms. We have evaluated the in vitro effect of interleukin 2 (IL-2) on the expression of glucocorticoid receptors (GRs) in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) obtained from healthy donors and osteo...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Sartori ML,Masera RG,Staurenghi A,Racca S,Angeli A

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Steroid delta 4-5 alpha- and delta 4-5 beta-reductase activity was determined in 16 human mammary tumors and 8 DMBA-induced rat mammary tumors using a spectrophotometric assay. Steroid delta 4-5 alpha-reductase was present in all tumors investigated while delta 4-5 beta-reductase was detected in only 6 estrogen recept...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Abul-Hajj YJ

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A significant dose-response relationship between gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) and time to luteinizing hormone (LH) peak, peak serum LH and total serum LH was obtained in prepubertal Holstein heifers (28 weeks of age) (Experiment 1). For the second experiment, the effect of steroid feedback on the anterior pit...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Swanson LV,McCarthy SK

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00