Bone Morphogenetic Protein-4 (BMP4): A Paracrine Regulator of Human Adrenal C19 Steroid Synthesis.

abstract：:The effects of cilostazol, a dual inhibitor of type 3 phosphodiesterase and adenosine uptake, on ion currents were investigated in pituitary GH(3) cells and pheochromocytoma PC12 cells. In whole-cell configuration, cilostazol (10 microm) reversibly increased the amplitude of Ca(2+)-activated K(+) current [I(K(Ca))]. C...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Wu SN,Liu SI,Huang MH

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rat sexual maturation is preceded by a reduction of the interpulse interval (IPI) of GnRH neurosecretion. This work aims at studying disruption of that neuroendocrine event in females after early exposure to a very low dose of bisphenol A (BPA), a ubiquitous endocrine disrupting chemical. Female rats were exposed to v...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Franssen D,Gérard A,Hennuy B,Donneau AF,Bourguignon JP,Parent AS

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nature and role of the peptidergic innervation of the ovary were examined by determining the location and function of vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP)-containing nerve fibers in the immature rat ovary. Immunohistofluorescence analysis of prepubertal ovaries using a specific VIP antibody revealed sparse delicate...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ahmed CE,Dees WL,Ojeda SR

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To ascertain if reductions in fetal plasma cortisol cause increases in fetal plasma ACTH, we treated pregnant ewes or their fetuses with aminoglutethimide (10 mg/kg BW) and metyrapone (20 mg/kg BW) and measured the hormonal responses with RIAs. When given to fetuses (n = 9) at 0.90 +/- 0.01 gestation (term-145 days), ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Rose JC,Turner CS,Ray D,Rawashdeh N

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our research programs required the preparation of hypophysectomized and orchidectomized rhesus monkeys. This afforded us the possibility to characterize and compare levels of the gonadotropin and inhibin subunit mRNAs in pituitaries from intact and castrate monkeys. Eighteen adult male monkeys, four of which had been ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Attardi B,Marshall GR,Zorub DS,Winters SJ,Miklos J,Plant TM

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary cultures of enzymatically dispersed rat anterior pituitary cells were used to examine the effect of pure 31 kilodalton bovine inhibin on GnRH-induced up-regulation of GnRH binding sites. After 2 days in culture, the cells were exposed to stimuli with or without test substances for 10 h, followed by evaluation ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Wang QF,Farnworth PG,Findlay JK,Burger HG

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has previously been reported that treatment of rat luteal cells and human granulosa luteal cells with hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) results in a significant inhibition of steroid production. The mechanism of inhibition in the former was found to be at the level of cholesterol transport into the mitochondria, whereas in ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Stocco DM,Wells J,Clark BJ

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was undertaken to investigate the role of angiotensin II (Ang II) in ovulation and ovarian steroidogenesis and prostaglandin (PG) production via the Ang II receptors in rabbit ovaries. In in vitro perfused rabbit ovaries, PD123319, a selective nonpeptide antagonist for AT2 receptors, reduced the Ang ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Yoshimura Y,Karube M,Aoki H,Oda T,Koyama N,Nagai A,Akimoto Y,Hirano H,Nakamura Y

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both starvation and feeding of a low protein diet have dramatic effects on serum thyroid hormone concentrations and on the serum binding proteins for thyroid hormones in rats. We examined whether similar changes might be seen in another model of undernutrition, namely underfeeding without alteration of dietary composi...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Glass AR,Young RA,Anderson J

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present work aimed to determine the role played by protein kinase-C (PKC) in the alpha 1-adrenoceptor-induced activation of hepatic metabolism. The following observations indicate that activation of PKC is a condition necessary for alpha 1-adrenoceptor activation of hepatic functions, but not sufficient to mimic t...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Urcelay E,Butta N,Manchón CG,Ciprés G,Requero AM,Ayuso MS,Parrilla R

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro addition of rat insulin (200, 400 or 800 muU/ml) to collagenase-isolated pancreatic islets of adult rats diminished glucose (3 mg/ml)-induced insulin release which was correlated with a decrease of the ratio of total NADPH/NADP and inhibition of glucose oxidation via the pentose phosphate shunt (PPS). NADH an...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ammon HP,Verspohl E

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The regulation of TRH gene expression in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVH) by leptin is critical for normal function of the thyroid axis in rodents and humans. The TRH neuron in the PVH expresses both leptin and melanocortin-4 receptors, suggesting that both signaling systems may regulate TRH gene ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Guo F,Bakal K,Minokoshi Y,Hollenberg AN

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The physicochemical and immunological properties of androgen receptors from kidney and brain of testicular-feminized (Tfm) mutant mice and wild-type mice were compared. Analysis by gel filtration and sucrose density gradients revealed that the mol wt of the mutant receptor was 66K (38A; 3.8S) which was significantly s...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Young CY,Johnson MP,Prescott JL,Tindall DJ

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The perinatal rat exhibits low serum TSH levels in the presence of very low concentrations of T3 and T4. We had reported previously that this animal does not require endogenous TRH for TSH release. We investigated here whether the inhibitory hormone somatostatin (SS) has a role in maintaining the low TSH secretory set...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Theodoropoulos TJ

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoid hormones act in the nucleus of the cell to alter expression of specific genes and change cell metabolism. In liver, these hormones have been reported to increase mitochondrial respiratory activity, which is regulated by both nuclear and mitochondrial gene products. We examined the effects of the synthet...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Van Itallie CM

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In bone, early events in inflammation involve the production and release of primary proinflammatory cytokines, such as interleukin-1 beta. By activation of target cells, these cytokines are thought to induce a second wave of cytokines, including monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1). MCP-1 is a cytokine that stim...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Rahimi P,Wang CY,Stashenko P,Lee SK,Lorenzo JA,Graves DT

更新日期：1995-06-01 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：:Acute effects of bisphenol (BPA), an environmental chemical, on estradiol (17α or β-E2)-dependent recognition memory and dendritic spines in the medial prefrontal cortex and hippocampus were investigated in adult female rats. Ovariectomized rats received BPA 30 min before or immediately after a sample trial (viewing o...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Inagaki T,Frankfurt M,Luine V

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reported that calcitonin (CT) treatment induced downregulation of the CT receptor (CTR) in mouse osteoclast-like cells (OCLs). Here, we studied the features of homologous down-regulation of the CTR in mature mouse OCLs. Treatment with salmon CT (sCT) and human CT (hCT) reduced [125I]sCT specific binding. The d...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Wada S,Udagawa N,Nagata N,Martin TJ,Findlay DM

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mouse mammary gland and uterus expressed the gene for the secretory protein lactotransferrin under various physiological conditions. Lactotransferrin, however, was induced by estrogen in a time- and dose-dependent fashion in the uterus of the immature mouse, but was not affected by estrogen in the mammary gland. D...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Teng CT,Pentecost BT,Chen YH,Newbold RR,Eddy EM,McLachlan JA

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To test the hypothesis that leptin secreted from adipose tissue is a mediator linking obesity and pancreatic islet hypertrophy, we examined the effects of leptin on proliferative and apoptotic responses in rat islet cells. Rat pancreatic islets were isolated and incubated with 0, 1, 5, or 75 nM leptin for 24 h under s...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Okuya S,Tanabe K,Tanizawa Y,Oka Y

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolonged exposure of many types of cells to drugs or hormones that inhibit the activity of the enzyme adenylate cyclase, such as narcotics and alpha 2-adrenergic agonists, leads to enhanced accumulation of cAMP upon removal of the inhibitory drug. We have found previously that chronic infusion of the adenosine A1 rec...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Hoffman BB,Prokocimer P,Thomas JM,Vagelos R,Chang H,Reaven GM

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of development and estrogen, thyroid hormone, corticosteroid, and fibrate administration on apolipoprotein (apo) A-IV mRNA levels in the liver and intestine and on serum or plasma concentrations of apo A-IV was studied in the rat. Treatment of ovariectomized rats with ethinyl estradiol provoked a dose-de...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Staels B,van Tol A,Verhoeven G,Auwerx J

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in Na(+)-glucose transporters (SGLT)-2 and hepatocyte nuclear factor (HNF)-1alpha genes have been related to renal glycosuria and maturity-onset diabetes of the young 3, respectively. However, the expression of these genes have not been investigated in type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Here in kidney of diabetic r...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Freitas HS,Anhê GF,Melo KF,Okamoto MM,Oliveira-Souza M,Bordin S,Machado UF

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anandamide and 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG), two endogenous ligands of the CB1 and CB2 cannabinoid receptor subtypes, inhibit the proliferation of PRL-responsive human breast cancer cells (HBCCs) through down-regulation of the long form of the PRL receptor (PRLr). Here we report that 1) anandamide and 2-AG inhibit th...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Melck D,De Petrocellis L,Orlando P,Bisogno T,Laezza C,Bifulco M,Di Marzo V

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Limited proteolysis in vivo of insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3) by as yet unidentified serine proteases plays a key role in controlling the bioavailability of IGFBP-3-associated insulin-like growth factors (IGFs). Both the IGF system and the system of plasminogen activators (PAs) and their inhibi...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Lalou C,Silve C,Rosato R,Segovia B,Binoux M

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interferon-tau (IFNtau) is the embryonic signal responsible for pregnancy recognition in ruminants. The primary action of IFNtau is believed to be mediated through inhibition of prostaglandin F(2alpha) (PGF(2alpha)) released from the endometrial epithelial cells in response to oxytocin (OT). Our working hypothesis was...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Krishnaswamy N,Danyod G,Chapdelaine P,Fortier MA

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kallikreins are a multigene subfamily of serine proteases that may have a role in processing precursors of polypeptide hormones and growth factors. The epidermal growth factor (EGF) immunoreactivity in mouse milk is derived from the membrane-bound EGF precursor located on the lumenal border of the alveolar cells in th...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Jahnke GD,Chao J,Walker MP,Diaugustine RP

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Daily treatment with 1 mg of the GnRH antagonist [Ac-delta 3-Pro1,pC1-D-Phe2,D-Trp3,6,N alpha MeLeu7]-GnRH abolished mating behavior and disrupted spermatogenesis in male rats within 2 weeks. This was accompanied by a sharp decrease in plasma testosterone (T) levels as well as sexual organ weights while body weight re...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Rivier C,Rivier J,Vale W

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Loss-of-function mutations in the X-linked immunoglobulin superfamily, member 1 (IGSF1) gene cause central hypothyroidism. IGSF1 is a transmembrane glycoprotein of unknown function expressed in thyrotropin (TSH)-producing thyrotrope cells of the anterior pituitary gland. The protein is cotranslationally cleaved, with ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Turgeon MO,Silander TL,Doycheva D,Liao XH,Rigden M,Ongaro L,Zhou X,Joustra SD,Wit JM,Wade MG,Heuer H,Refetoff S,Bernard DJ

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00