Brassinosteroids application induces phosphatidic acid production and modify antioxidant enzymes activity in tobacco in calcium-dependent manner.

abstract：:Apoptosis is a highly organized mechanism that allows specific cells to die in a controlled manner. Apoptosis can be induced by a variety of agents in a great number of cell types, but cell shrinkage and discrete chromatin cleavage remain common components of apoptosis that is manifested by constitutive enzymes. Despi...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Montague JW,Bortner CD,Hughes FM Jr,Cidlowski JA

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hepatic metabolism of 3-oxoandrost-4-ene-17 beta-carboxylic acid (etienic acid), a probable acidic catabolite of deoxycorticosterone, was investigated using rats prepared with an external biliary fistula. Metabolic products were identified by GC-MS after hydrolysis with beta-glucuronidase and by proton nuclear mag...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Radominska A,Little JM,Lester R,St Pyrek J

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucuronidation of 24,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 has been investigated in in vitro and in vivo experiments. Three positional isomers of 24,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 monoglucuronide were synthesized from 24,25-dihydroxyprovitamin D3 derivatives with Koenigs-Knorr reaction and used as standard samples. In the presence of the r...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Higashi T,Horike M,Kikuchi R,Shimada K

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of final twelve propanoyloxy derivatives of 5β-cholan-24-oic acid (O-propanoyl derivatives of cholic acid) as potential drug absorption modifiers (skin penetration enhancers, intestinal absorption promoters) was generated by multistep synthesis. Structure confirmation of all generated compounds was accomplish...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Coufalová L,Mrózek L,Rárová L,Plaček L,Opatřilová R,Dohnal J,Král'ová K,Paleta O,Král V,Drašar P,Jampílek J

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Explants prepared from the neocortex and the fetal zone of the human fetal adrenal (gestational age 13 to 18weeks) were maintained under conditions of organ culture for 7 to 9 days during which time they were exposed to hACTH and various related peptides. Corticotrophic activity was monitored by the daily release of d...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Branchaud CT,Goodyer CG,Hall CS,Arato JS,Silman RE,Giroud CJ

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cytochrome P450-deficient mutant of the pathogenic fungus, Candida albicans, which accumulates exclusively 14 alpha-methylsterols in place of the normal end product sterol, ergosterol, was examined for alterations in membrane fluidity by electron paramagnetic resonance. The results using four nitroxyl spin labels in...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Lees ND,Kleinhans FW,Broughton MC,Pennington DE,Ricker VA,Bard M

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chick kidney and brain were analyzed for the subcellular distribution (if any) of a putative plasma membrane receptor for 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1,25(OH)2D3]. Fractionation protocols were found to be based not only on differential centrifugation conditions, but also gentleness of resuspension procedures, and suffic...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Jia Z,Nemere I

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspergillus niger, one of fungal species most frequently used for experimental and industrial-scale biotransformations of various organic compounds, is generally known to transform steroids at 16β position. In this work, application of the strain A. niger KCH910 to bioconversion of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), andro...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Świzdor A,Panek A,Milecka-Tronina N

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cortisol 21-amine (21-amino-11beta,17-dihydroxy-4-pregnene-3,20-dione) was prepared and an enzyme immunoassay for cortisol in serum was established using cortisol 21-amine conjugated with alkaline phosphatase. The minimal amount of cortisol detected was 1ng/tube and the measurable range was from 1 to 80 microgram/d1, ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Kobayashi Y,Ogihara T,Amitani K,Watanabe F,Kiguchi T,Ninomiya I,Kumahara Y

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In each menstrual cycle only very few follicles in the mammalian ovary undergo maturation and ovulation while most of the follicles degenerate in the process of atresia. Moreover, in the absence of pregnancy, the newly formed corpora lutea will degenerate and disappear in the process of luteolysis. Recent studies sugg...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Amsterdam A,Keren-Tal I,Aharoni D

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The synthesis of 13C-labeled steroid hormones is reviewed. Two general approaches are highlighted: partial synthesis in which part of the steroid nucleus is replaced with 13C-labeled synthons, and total synthesis. Examples from both approaches, leading to (3-(3)C)-, (4-(13)C)-, (3,4-(13)C2)-, and (1,2,3,4-(13)C4)- lab...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Zomer G,Stavenuiter JF

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Variations in sex steroids bioavailability were linked to the gender difference in the growth of thyroid glands of neonatal rats. In the present study we tested androgen receptor (AR) and estrogen receptor (ER) concentrations by ligand binding assay, and expression of their genes by RT-PCR and Western blot in the thyr...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Stanley JA,Aruldhas MM,Yuvaraju PB,Banu SK,Anbalagan J,Neelamohan R,Annapoorna K,Jayaraman G

更新日期：2010-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Trimegestone (TMG) is a novel 19-norpregnane progestin under development for hormone replacement therapy and oral contraception. The objective of the current study was to characterize the potency and steroid receptor selectivity of TMG in several in vitro assays and to compare its activity to that of medroxyprogestero...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Zhang Z,Lundeen SG,Zhu Y,Carver JM,Winneker RC

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sterol mixture of the southern Japan's soft coral, Sarcophyton glaucum, was found to contain 11 sterols including a novel sterol, 23,24 xi-dimethylcholesta-5,22-dien-3 beta-ol and a new diunsaturated C29 sterol. 22,23-Dihydrobrassicasterol and gorgosterol were the major components in free- and esterified sterols r...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Kobayashi M,Tomioka A,Mitsuhashi H

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Significant changes in % free serum E2, T and P were observed during the annual cycle of the turtle. In contrast no significant changes in SHBG affinity constants (2.29-4.48 x 10(8) M-7) were found and binding capacity for estradiol 17B was between 3.47 and 3.96 x 10(-7) M except in preovulatory animals (2.00 +/- 0.25...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Albert C,Callard IP

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two new sterols, (24E)-24-n-propylidenecholesterol and 24 epsilon-n-propylcholesterol, were isolated from a cultured marine Chrysophyte. Since most of the steroids found in marine invertebrates are unchanged or modified sterols of algal or symbiotic origin, the discovery of these two unusual sterols in a unicellular a...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Rohmer M,Kokke WC,Fenical W,Djerassi C

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early work in the field established that the 5 alpha-reduced metabolite of progesterone 3 alpha-OH-5 alpha-pregnan-20-one (allopregnanolone or 3 alpha,5 alpha-THP) is a potent positive modulator of the GABA(A) receptor (GABAR), the receptor mediating the effects of the primary inhibitory transmitter in the brain. This...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Smith SS

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human progesterone receptor (PR) contains a polyproline motif in the amino-terminal domain that interacts with the SH3 domain of Src and mediates rapid activation of c-Src and downstream MAPK (Erk-1/-2) independent of the transcriptional activity of PR. Forcedly target PR to different locations in the cell by use of m...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Boonyaratanakornkit V,Bi Y,Rudd M,Edwards DP

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify new pathways of estrogen action and novel estrogen receptor α (ERα) biomodulators, we performed high throughput screening and used follow on assays and bioinformatics to identify small molecule ERα inhibitors with a novel mode of action. These studies led to identification of rapid extranuclear activation ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Zheng X,Andruska N,Yu L,Mao C,Kim JE,Livezey M,Helferich WG,Shapiro DJ

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reaction of 23-oxotigogenin acetate with TMSOTf in THF afforded the corresponding bisnorcholanic lactone in 60% yield. The analogous reactions carried out in dichloromethane or benzene gave the rearranged products--the isomeric spirostanic ketone (10-15%) and bisfuran (40-42%). Similar products were also obtained ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Jastrzebska I,Siergiejczyk L,Tomkiel AM,Urbańczyk-Lipkowska Z,Wójcik D,Morzycki JW

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies by several research groups have shown that G protein estrogen receptor-1 (GPER) formerly known as GPR30, mediates 17beta-estradiol (E2) activation of signal transduction pathways in a variety of human cancer cells and displays E2 binding typical of a membrane estrogen receptor. However, the importance o...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Thomas P,Alyea R,Pang Y,Peyton C,Dong J,Berg AH

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The addition of molybdate to rabbit liver cytosol increased significantly the affinity of the glucocorticoid receptor for [3H] dexamethasone without influencing the concentration of binding sites. This effect was concentration dependent. Analysis of the binding data by curve-fitting and Scatchard plot revealed the occ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Blanchardie P,Lustenberger P,Orsonneau JL,Denis M,Bernard S

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using 1 alpha,2 alpha-oxido-cholesta-5,7-diene-3 beta,25-diol (2) as a starting material, the provitamins of calcitriol with an additional 2 beta-chloro-, 2 beta-fluoro-, and 2 beta-methoxy-substituent (3,4,5) are obtained by transdiaxial opening of the oxirane ring with nucleophiles. An efficient irradiation process ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Scheddin D,Mayer H,Schönecker B,Gliesing S,Reichenbächer M

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibition of concise enzymes in ergosterol biosynthesis is one of the most prominent strategies for antifungal chemotherapy. Nevertheless, the enzymes sterol C5-desaturase and sterol C22-desaturase, which introduce double bonds into the sterol core and side chain, have not been fully investigated yet for their potent...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Müller C,Binder U,Maurer E,Grimm C,Giera M,Bracher F

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The characterization of new conjugated vitamin D metabolites in rat bile was performed using HPLC, liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry combined derivatization, and GC-MS. After the administration of 24,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3) to rats, 23, 25-dihydroxy-24-oxovitamin D(3) 23-glucuronide, 3-epi-24, 25-dihydro...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Higashi T,Miura K,Kikuchi R,Shimada K,Hiyamizu H,Ooi H,Iwabuchi Y,Hatakeyama S,Kubodera N

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three protein fractions of the cytosol of the chick parathyroid glands, which had the sedimentation constants of 2.5 S, 3.7 S and 5.5 S, were found to bind with 1 alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3. Among these proteins, the 3.7 S protein was assumed to be the specific receptor protein. The 3.7 S receptor protein was also ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Ishizuka S,Bannai K,Naruchi T,Hashimoto Y

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome (SLOS) is a malformation syndrome associated with 7-dehydrocholesterol (7DHC) 7-reductase deficiency. Although SLOS can be detected in an affected fetus before midpregnancy by measurement of 7DHC levels in amniotic fluid or chorionic villus cells, a noninvasive, more routine method is needed...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Shackleton CH,Roitman E,Kratz LE,Kelley RI

更新日期：1999-07-01 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：:Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome (SLOS) is caused by deficiency in the terminal step of cholesterol biosynthesis, which is catalyzed by 7-dehydrocholesterol reductase (DHCR7). The disorder exhibits several phenotypic traits including dysmorphia and mental retardation with a broad range of severity. Pathogenesis of SLOS is c...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Marcos J,Shackleton CH,Buddhikot MM,Porter FD,Watson GL

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Addition of soluble supernatant to testis microsomes results in 42% increase in steroid 17,20-lyase activity and a 65% increase in 17alpha-hydroxylase activity. This stimulatory activity could be partially purified by salt fractionation. The activating factor(s) was not removed by dialysis nor did it appear to be lipi...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Betz G,Tsai P

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00