Obtusifoliol related steroids from Euphorbia sogdiana with cell growth inhibitory activity and apoptotic effects on breast cancer cells (MCF-7 and MDA-MB231).

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：:Deltonin is a steroidal saponin which could suppress tumor growth through suppressing angiogenesis, but the mechanisms have not been directly elucidated yet. In the present study, we showed that deltonin inhibited the proliferation of primary cultured human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) in vitro; notably, ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Tong Q,Zhao Q,Qing Y,Hu X,Jiang L,Wu X

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Within the adult female, estrogen signaling is well-described as an integral component of the physiologically significant hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis. In rodents, the timing of ovulation is intrinsically entwined with the display of sexual receptivity. For decades, the importance of estradiol activating intrac...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Tonn Eisinger KR,Larson EB,Boulware MI,Thomas MJ,Mermelstein PG

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A radioimmunoassay (RIA) method is described for the determination of 4-androstene-3, 11, 17-trione (11-oxo-androstenedione) in human plasma. 4-androstene-3, 11, 17-trione 3-(0-carboxymethyl) oxime-bovine serum albumin conjugate was used to generate highly specific antiserum in rabbits. Cross reactivities of several o...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Schlaghecke R,Kley HK,Krüskemper HL

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following i.v. administration of [4-14C]cortisol, various sulfate conjugated metabolites of cortisol in urine were identified and their respective excretion rates measured. The results obtained demonstrated the following: 1) sulfate conjugates as a group are excreted considerably slower than glucuronide conjugates; 2)...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Kornel L,Miyabo S

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The apolar ecdysteroid present in the developing embryo of the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, is tentatively identified as ponasterone A (2 beta, 14 alpha, 20,22-pentahydroxy-5, beta-cholest-7-en-6-one) on the basis of chromatographic, immunological, and mass spectral evidence. The apolar ecdysteroid present ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： McCarthy JF

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In comparison with the glucocorticoids cortisol and corticosterone, the mineralocorticoid aldosterone is a minority hormone of the mammalian adrenal cortex, and its proper function is dependent upon protective physiological mechanisms. These include a particular site of aldosterone synthesis in zona glomerulosa cells ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Müller J

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kyotorphin (KTP, H-Tyr-Arg-OH) was covalently bonded with hydrocortisone or estrone to form the corresponding hydrocortisone-21-O-yl-succinyl-Tyr-ArgOH or estrone-3-O-yl-acyl-Tyr-Arg-OH. Their analgesic activities were investigated using the tail flick test. The potency of the two linkers were significantly higher tha...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Wang C,Zhao M,Yang J,Peng S

更新日期：2001-11-01 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：:Testosterone is required for the maturation of male germ cells, the production of sperm and thus male fertility. However, the mechanisms by which testosterone regulates spermatogenic processes have not been well defined. In this review, classical and non-classical pathways of testosterone signaling in the Sertoli cell...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Walker WH

更新日期：2009-07-01 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：:The preparation of 9alpha, 11xi-tritiated 17alpha-ethinyl estradiol, mestranol, estradiol-17beta, and norethindrone are described. Estrone-3-methyl ether was employed as starting material, and ethinylation with lithium acetylide-ethylene diamine resulted in 95% mestranol. Demethylation of mestranol with boron tribro...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Rao PN

更新日期：1971-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer risk is strongly related to several reproductive and hormonal factors, but the nature of the effects of endogenous oestrogens has been difficult to establish. Data are now available from several large prospective studies with biobanks of stored serum, enabling better characterization of the associations ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Key TJ

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study the possible dual effects of adenosine as substrate and adenosine receptor agonist in rat granulosa cells, cumulus-oocyte complexes, luteal cells and ovarian membranes are discussed. Adenosine is an indispensable compound in cell energy metabolism, as precursor to cofactors, second messenger and n...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Billig H,Rosberg S,Johanson C,Ahrén K

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five new steroidal alkaloids, 5,14-dehydro-N(a)-demethylsaracodine [3beta-N(a)-methyl-20S-N(b)-acetyl-N(b)-methylamino-pregn-5,14-diene] (1), 14-dehydro-N(a)-demethylsaracodine [3beta-N(a)-methyl-20S-N(b)-acetyl-N(b)-methylamino-5alpha-pregn-14-ene] (2), 16-dehydrosarcorine [(20S)-20-(N,N-dimethylamino)-3beta-(N(a)-ac...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Atta-ur-Rahman,Feroz F,Naeem I,Zaheer-ul-Haq,Nawaz SA,Khan N,Khan MR,Choudhary MI

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Serum progesterone (P) rises after ovulation in the luteinisation process. OBJECTIVE:To identify an accurate progesterone threshold to confirm ovulation in the assessment of a woman's fertility. METHODS:In a secondary analysis of an observational European multicentre study, this study included 107 women ov...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Leiva R,Bouchard T,Boehringer H,Abulla S,Ecochard R

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we investigated the binding characteristics of [3H]Delta(5)-androstene-3beta,17beta-diol to rabbit vaginal cytosolic and nuclear extracts and in freshly excised intact tissue strips. [3H]delta(5)-Androstene-3beta,17beta-diol bound to a protein(s) in the vaginal nuclear extract with high affinity (K(d)=3...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Traish AM,Huang YH,Min K,Kim NN,Munarriz R,Goldstein I

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of human adult adrenal to utilize progesterone (P4) for cortisol (F) synthesis in vitro has been compared with that of fetal adrenal tissue. Explant cultures were studied for 6 days using Ham's F10 medium supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS), with or without added P4 as substrate. Short-term (4h)...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Branchaud CL,Lipowski L,Dhanani B,Goodyer CG,Lefebvre Y

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the role of protein kinase C enzymatic activity as a physiologic determinant of stromal cell death in decidua basalis (DB) during pregnancy. The expression of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGF-R) and Bcl2 was used as an indicator of stromal cell proliferation/survival, whereas Bax and the occur...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Ogle TF,Dai D,George P

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progesterone and its polar metabolite(s) trigger the meiotic divisions in the amphibian oocyte through a non-genomic signaling system at the plasma membrane. Published site-directed mutagenesis studies of ouabain binding and progesterone-ouabain competition studies indicate that progesterone binds to a 23 amino acid e...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Morrill GA,Kostellow AB,Askari A

更新日期：2012-09-01 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：: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：:The first convenient chemical synthesis of 7alpha-hydroxyandrost-4-ene-3,17-dione is reported. Androsta-4,6-diene3, 17-dione was converted into its 6alpha, 7alpha-epoxy-derivative; reduction of the epoxide with aluminum amalgam gave 7alpha-hydroxyandrost-4-ene-3,17-dione. This reducing agent is more efficient than chr...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Hossain AM,Kirk DN,Mitra G

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A radioimmunological method was developed for determining total and free corticosterone in rat plasma. This method was used to determine the dose-response curve of corticosterone and to measure the elimination and study the half-lives of total and free corticosterone in rat plasma with a dose of 5 mg/kg. The eliminati...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Sainio EL,Lehtola T,Roininen P

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is associated with multiple risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD), including insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes mellitus, obesity, hypertension, and dyslipidemia. In addition, hyperandrogenism may contribute to the pathogenesis of CVD, independent of obesity and insulin resist...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Choi YS,Yang HI,Cho S,Jung JA,Jeon YE,Kim HY,Seo SK,Lee BS

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mass spectral elimination of water in epimeric 1,3-diols of vitamin D3 (colecalciferol) series has been investigated. It was found that the mass spectra of these steroisomers differ sharply in the relative intensities of the ions M-H2O (m/e 382) and a-H2O (m/e +/- 34), where ion a (formed via formal cleavage of th...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Zaretskii ZV

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten new 9,11-secosteroids, subergorgols A-J (1-10), including two pairs of epimers (3/4, and 6/7), along with three known analogues (11-13) were isolated from the South China Sea gorgonian Subergorgia suberosa. The structures of these compounds were elucidated on the basis of extensive spectroscopic analyses and compa...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Zhang G,Tang X,Cheng C,Gong K,Zhang X,Zhu H,Wu R,Li P,Li G

更新日期：2013-09-01 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：:Estrogen is the key regulator of bone metabolism in both men and women. Menopause and the accompanying loss of ovarian estrogens are associated with declines in bone mineral density (BMD): 10-year cumulative loss was 9.1% at the femoral neck and 10.6%, lumbar spine. Estradiol concentrations also predict fractures. Tot...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Cauley JA

更新日期：2015-07-01 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