Radioimmunoassay of 16 alpha-hydroxyestrone in human urine.

abstract：:The LNCaP-Fast Growing Colony (FGC) human prostate cancer cell line proliferates in response to the addition of dihydrotestosterone (DHT) 10(-10)-10(-8) M in charcoal-stripped serum-supplemented media. LNCaP-FGC cells will not attach or proliferate in serum-free conditions. LNCaP-FGC stock cultures were maintained in ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Kirschenbaum A,Ren M,Levine AC

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concentration of testosterone (T) in the peripheral plasma of laboratory mice is extremely variable. This variability is already evident at 20--25 days of age and is not eliminated by brief or chronic exposure to male or female mice, or by isolation. The variation in T levels in plasma samples collected from the s...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Bartke A,Dalterio S

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogen levels in breast tumors of post-menopausal women are as much as 10 times higher than estrogen levels in plasma, presumably due to in situ formation of estrogen. The major source of estrogen in breast cancer cells may be conversion of estrone sulfate to estrone by the enzyme estrone sulfatase. Thus, inhibitors...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Li PK,Chu GH,Guo JP,Peters A,Selcer KW

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biotransformation of an orally active contraceptive drug, drospirenone (1), by Cunninghamella elegans ATCC 36114 yielded four new metabolites, 6β,7β,15β,16β-dimethylene-3-oxo-14α-hydroxy-17α-pregn-4-ene-21,17-carbolactone (2), 6β,7β,15β,16β-dimethylene-3,11-dioxo-17α-pregn-4-ene-21,17-carbolactone (3), 6β,7β,15β,16β-d...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Baydoun E,Atia-Tul-Wahab,Iqbal S,Smith C,Choudhary MI

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanistic aspects of the alkali-catalyzed rearrangement of 16alpha-hydroxy-17-keto steroid 1 to 17beta-hydroxy-16-keto steroid 2 are elucidated by use of (18)O- and deuterium-labeling experiments. The (18)O-labeling experiments refute the gem-hydration-quasi-diaxial dehydration mechanism for the rearrangement pr...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Numazawa M,Nagaoka M,Matsuzaki H,Yamashita K,Komatsu S,Osawa Y

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The applications of sterically crowed trialkyksilyl ether derivatives to the analysis and characterization by thin-layer chromatography, gas chromatography and mass spectrometry, of metabolites of 2alpha, 3alpha-cyclopropano-5alpha-androstan-17beta-ol in the rabbit are described. These derivatives are complementary to...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Quilliam MA,Templeton JF,Westmore JB

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By the conventional methods of gas liquid chromatography (GLC) as well as mass spectrometry, 3beta,7alpha-dihydroxychol-5-en-24-oic acid (delta5-acid), a key intermediate of chenodeoxycholic acid biogenesis and its metabolic by-product, 3alpha,7alpha-dihydroxychol-4-en-24-oic acid (delta4-acid) have not yet been ident...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Ikeda M,Yamasaki K

更新日期：1978-07-01 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：:Here we report on the progress we have made in elucidating the mechanisms through which estrogen alters synaptic responses in hypothalamic neurons. We examined the modulation by estrogen of the coupling of various receptor systems to inwardly rectifying and small conductance, Ca(2+)-activated K(+) (SK) channels. We us...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Kelly MJ,Rønnekleiv OK,Ibrahim N,Lagrange AH,Wagner EJ

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:7 beta-Methyl-chenodeoxycholic acid (7-MeCDC, 3 alpha, 7 alpha-dihydroxy-7 beta-methyl-5 beta-cholan-24-oic acid), 7 alpha-methyl-ursodeoxycholic acid (7-MeUDC, 3 alpha, 7 beta-dihydroxy-7 alpha-methyl-5 beta-cholan-24-oic acid), 7 xi-methyl-lithocholic acid (7-MeLC, 3 alpha-hydroxy-7 xi-methyl-5 beta-cholan-24-oic ac...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Hylemon PB,Moody DP,Cohen BI,Une M,Mosbach EH

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 alpha, 25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1 alpha, 25-(OH)2D3) has been shown to rapidly increase cytosolic calcium in freshly isolated and cultured rat hepatocytes. The rise in cytosolic calcium is dependent on phospholipase A2 (PLA2) activation and cell alkalinization through the Na+/H+ antiport system. To further characteri...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Rockwell JC,Sorensen AM,Baran DT

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:These studies investigated whether treatment with carbenoxolone (CBX), an inhibitor of 11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (11 beta-HSD), resulted in an enhanced mineralocorticoid response to endogenous or infused cortisol. In conscious sodium replete sheep with a parotid fistula, infusion of CBX (40 mg/h for 10 days...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Dodic M,May CN,Coghlan JP

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some properties of immunoreactive estradiol secreted by adrenals and ovaries of immature female rats were studied. It was shown that adrenals and ovaries of 15-day-old animals secrete approximately equal amounts of immunoreactive estradiol, with thin-layer chromatogram of immunoreactive material being identical for bo...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Tinnikov AA,Bazhan NM,Yakovleva TV

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthesis of 7-aryl/allyl-substituted androstene derivatives 3a through 3g has been carried out by Grignard reaction on 3 beta,17 beta-diacetoxyandrost-5-en-7-one (2) with aryl/allyl magnesium bromide. Isomeric mixture of products 3b and 3c/3e and 3f/3h was separated by column chromatography. Stereochemical assignment...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Grover A,Dwivedy I,Singh AK,Ray S,Singh MM,Kamboj VP

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catalytic cycloalumination of (3β,5α)-3-vinylcholestane and (3α,5α)-3-allylcholestane with Et3Al catalyzed by Cp2ZrCl2 was performed for the first time to give previously unknown aluminacyclopentanes in ∼90% yield; these products were converted in situ to carbo- and heterocyclic (5α)-cholestane derivatives. ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： D'yakonov VA,Tuktarova RA,Islamov II,Khalilov LM,Dzhemilev UM

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Male rabbits were infused at a constant rate with 3H-androstenedione/14C-estrone (n = 5) or 3H-testosterone/14C-estradiol-17 beta (n = 3) for 3 1/2 hr and blood samples were obtained over the last hour and analyzed for radioactivity as androstenedione (A), testosterone (T), estrone (E1), estradiol-17 beta (E2 beta) an...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Bourget C,Flood C,Longcope C

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The synthesis of the esters of norethisterone (17 alpha-ethynyl-17 beta-hydroxyestr-4-en-3-one) with three bile acids and of the cholesteryl carbonate of norethisterone are described. :This article reports the synthesis of the esters of norethisterone (17 alpha-ethynl-17beta-hydroxyestr-4-en-3-one) with 3 bile acids ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Herz JE,Sandoval J

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Steroids with 4-ene-3,6-dione functionality have application in natural product chemistry, as synthetic intermediates and as aromatase inhibitors. Here, we report a two-phase oxidation of a range of steroidal 5-en-3beta-ols into corresponding 4-ene-3,6-diones using a modified Jones oxidation. The new reaction affords ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Hunter AC,Priest SM

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Steroid hormones are involved in the regulation of a variety of processes like embryonic development, sex differentiation, metabolism, immune responses, circadian rhythms, stress response, and reproduction in vertebrates. Teleost fishes and humans show a remarkable conservation in many developmental and physiological ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Tokarz J,Möller G,Hrabě de Angelis M,Adamski J

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The conversion of testosterone (T) to 5alpha-dihydrotestosterone (DHT) has been demonstrated in Penicillium crustosum broth obtained from fermented pistachios, lemons and corn tortillas. Furthermore, the presence of 5alpha-reductase enzyme, which is responsible for this conversion, has been established by electrophore...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Flores E,Cabeza M,Quiroz A,Bratoeff E,García G,Ramírez E

更新日期：2003-03-01 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：:Antiandrogens are widely used agents for the treatment of androgen dependent diseases as inhibitors of androgen receptors (AR) action. Although the precise mechanism of antiandrogen action is not yet elucidated, recent studies indicate the involvement of the structure of the ligand in relation with the nuclear co-repr...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Cabeza M,Bratoeff E,Ramírez E,Heuze I,Recillas S,Berrios H,Cruz A,Cabrera O,Perez V

更新日期：2008-09-01 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：: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：: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：:C-4 and C-6 bridged haptens of 11 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone, an anti-androgen, were respectively synthesized via 4, 5 and 5 alpha, 6 alpha epoxide ring openings using 3-mercaptopropanoic acid. Substitution of 6-bromo derivative of progesterone using the same reagent unexpectedly afforded a C-4 substituted product inst...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Yoshida H,Nakai S,Nimbari F,Yoshimoto K,Nishimura T

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of azomethine ylide derived in situ from the reaction of acenaphthylene-1,2-dione and 1,3-thiazolane-4-carboxylic acid to various exocyclic dipolarophiles synthesized from trans-androsterone and trans-dehydroandrosterone afforded a library of novel spiro[5'.2″]acenaphthylene-1″-one-spiro[...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Kanchithalaivan S,Kumar RR,Perumal S

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:7-Oxo-dehydroepiandrosterone, which can be formed from dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) by several mammalian tissues, is more effective than its parent steroid as an inducer of thermogenic enzymes when administered to rats. Using the Morris water maze procedure, we tested DHEA and its 7-oxo-derivative for their ability t...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Shi J,Schulze S,Lardy HA

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estradiol benzoate (EB) has been one of the most widely used estrogenic agents in animal husbandry, as a way of exogenously introducing the natural hormone estradiol-17β into the animal organism. Estradiol was previously employed to induce anabolic effects or reproductive improvements in cattle. However, the employmen...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Regal P,Nebot C,Díaz-Bao M,Barreiro R,Cepeda A,Fente C

更新日期：2011-03-01 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