Steroids in teleost fishes: A functional point of view.

abstract：:Estradiol-17 beta labeled with deuterium in the positions 2 or 4 can be prepared from 2-chloromercurio-1,3,5(10)-estratriene-3,17 beta-diol 3-methyl ether 17-acetate or 4-chloromercurio-1,3,5(10)-estratriene-3,17 beta-diol, respectively, in refluxing CH3COO(2)H/(2)H2O. The same reaction performed on 4-acetoxymercurio-...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Ferraboschi P,Ravasi M,Santaniello E

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For the study of hepatic bile acid transport in vivo, a series of modified bile salts were synthesized. The N-cholyl derivatives of L-leucine, L-alanine, D-alanine, beta-alanine, L-proline, and gamma-amino-butyric acid were prepared from cholic acid, ethyl chloroformate and the corresponding amino acid. Structural ana...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Ballatore AM,Beckner CF,Caprioli RM,Hoffman NE,Liehr JG

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was undertaken to examine the mechanism whereby beta-lipotropin stimulates adrenal steroidogenesis. In guinea pig adrenal cells, beta-lipotropin (10(-8) M) increased basal steroid production 6-, 4-, and 5-fold for cortisol, androstenedione, and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), respectively, whereas the...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： O'Connell Y,McKenna TJ,Cunningham SK

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Finasteride is a specific 5 alpha-reductase inhibitor that has been shown to reduce the size of human benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) by inhibiting the intraprostatic conversion of testosterone to 5 alpha-dihydrotestosterone. The aim of the present in vitro study was to describe in more detail the inhibitory effect...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Weisser H,Tunn S,Debus M,Krieg M

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The metabolism of a C26 bile alcohol (I, 24-nor-5beta-cho-lestane-3alpha, 7alpha,25-triol) was studied in the isolated perfused rabbit liver. The new bile alcohol and bile acid metabolites secreted into the bile were isolated and identified by a combination of TLC, GLC and GLC-MS. The following bile alcohols were foun...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Cohen BI,Kuramoto T,Rothschild MA,Graham R,Mosbach EH

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:7 alpha- and 7 beta-carboxymethyl-derivatives of 17-hydroxyprogesterone and 11-deoxycortisol have been synthesized. After coupling to bovine serum albumin, they were used to elicit antibodies in rabbits. No major difference in the steroid specificity of the antisera was observed when either 7 alpha- or 7 beta-epimers ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Duval D,Prédine J,Emiliozzi R,Milgrom E

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The formation of a horseradish peroxidase-testosterone conjugate for the enzyme-linked immunoassay of testosterone was investigated, using tritiated testosterone to follow the reaction. The formation of testosterone-3-(carboxymethyl) oxime-peroxidase by the mixed anhydride method was found to give a conjugate of high ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Rajkowski KM,Cittanova N,Desfosses B,Jayle MF

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of testosterone analogs with a 13,14-secosteroidal fragment have been prepared from (13S)-13-iodo-6beta-methoxy-3alpha, 5-cyclo-13,14-seco-5alpha-androstan-14,17-dione. The key steps involved stereoselective deiodination of the starting compound with triphenylphosphine and selective protection of the 17-keto ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Khripach VA,Zhabinskii VN,Kuchto AI,Zhiburtovich YY,Fando GP,Lyakhov AS,Govorova AA,Groen MB,van der Louw J,de Groot A

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholesterol side-chain cleavage (CSCC) and aromatase activities were measured in luteal mitochondria and tissue pieces, respectively, from rhesus monkeys on days 22, 49, 128 and 160 of gestation. CSCC activity did not vary significantly during gestation and thus probably does not respond to chorionic gonadotropin whic...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Sholl SA,Wolf RC,Colás AE

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogen plays a central role in the control of reproductive behaviour and in the regulation of neuroendocrine system. To elucidate the mechanism by which it controls the stress-modulated functions, it is important to understand how estrogenic effects are mediated. The distribution of estrogen receptor alpha (ERα) pro...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Niranjan MK,Srivastava R

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The high concentrations of dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate and pregnenolone sulfate in the mammalian brain, despite the blood-brain barrier's impermeability to these compounds, and the apparent independence of these concentrations from those in plasma prompted us to investigate whether enzymatic sulfation of dehydroepi...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Rajkowski KM,Robel P,Baulieu EE

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four new pregnane glycosides, stelmatocryptonoside A, B, C, and D (1-4), were isolated from the stems of Stelmatocrypton khasianum. On the basis of chemical and spectral data, the structures of 1-4 were established as 3beta, 16alpha-dihydroxy-pregn-5-en-20-one-16-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->2)-[beta-D-glucopyranosyl-...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Zhang Q,Zhao Y,Wang B,Feng R,Liu X,Cheng T

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inhibition of testosterone 5alpha-reductase activity by 3-oxo-4-androstene-17beta-carboxylic acid in the male reproductive organs of the rat was demonstrated in vitro. The medium for incubation of caput epididymis showed the highest concentration of 5alpha-dihydrotestosterone (5alpha-DHT) whereas the highest conce...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Saksena SK,Lau IF,Chang MC

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human placental estradiol 17 beta-dehydrogenase (E.C. 1.1.1.62) was inactivated at pH 6.3 by 3-bromo [2'-14C] acetoxy-1,3,5(10) estratrien-17-one, a know substrate. The affinity-alkylated enzyme was then hydrolyzed by trypsin. Radioactive peptides were initially isolated by gel filtration and identified according to w...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Murdock GL,Warren JC

更新日期：1982-02-01 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：:Nucleocytoplasmic shuttling of glucocorticoid receptors (GRs) is disrupted in v-mos-transformed cells leading to the redistribution of hormone-bound receptors from the nuclear to cytoplasmic compartments. We show here that GRs from v-mos-transformed cells are hyperphosphorylated on a specific peptide and maintain horm...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Borror KC,Garabedian MJ,DeFranco DB

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brassinosteroid (BR) phytohormones play indispensable roles in plant growth and development. Brassinolide (BL) and 24-epibrassinolide (24-epiBL) are the most active ones among the BRs reported thus far. Unfortunately, the extremely low natural content and intricate synthesis process limit their popularization in agric...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Lei B,Liu J,Yao X

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:20-Hydroxyecdysterone - (2β,3β,5β,22R)-2,3,14,20,22,25-hexahydroxycholest-7-en-6-one was isolated in satisfactory yield using ethanol extraction from the aerial part of Silene wolgensis (Hornem.) Otth; sometimes Silene wolgensis (Willd.) Bess. ex Spreng. The complexation of the phytoecdysteroid with β-cyclodextrin was...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Temirgaziyev BS,Kučáková K,Baizhigit YA,Jurášek M,Džubák P,Hajdúch M,Dolenský B,Drašar PB,Tuleuov BI,Adekenov SM

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of plasma steroid-binding proteins on androgen metabolism in intact leukocytes prepared from normal male and female blood samples. Leukocyte preparations were incubated for 24 h at 37 degrees C with either labeled or unlabeled testosterone (T), 5 alpha-dihydro...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Déchaud H,Goujon R,Claustrat F,Boucherat M,Pugeat M

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutral steroids are difficult to analyse using desorption ionisation methods coupled with mass spectrometry (MS). However, steroids with an unhindered ketone group can readily be derivatised with the Girard P (GP) reagent to give GP hydrazones. Steroid GP hydrazones contain a quaternary nitrogen atom and are readily ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Khan MA,Wang Y,Heidelberger S,Alvelius G,Liu S,Sjövall J,Griffiths WJ

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear membrane bound testosterone 5 alpha-reductase solubilized in active form from human prostatic tissue by 0.5% n-octyl beta-D-glucopyranoside was purified by a four-step chromatographic procedure including DEAE-Trisacryl ion exchange, hydroxylapatite adsorption, testosterone-Sepharose affinity and Sepharose 4B g...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Quemener E,Amet Y,di Stefano S,Fournier G,Floch HH,Abalain JH

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously demonstrated that 1α,25 dihydroxy-vitamin D(3) (1α,25(OH)(2)D(3)) has antiproliferative effects on the growth of endothelial cells transformed by the viral G protein-coupled receptor associated to Kaposi sarcoma (vGPCR). In this work, we have investigated whether 1α,25(OH)(2)D(3) exerts its growth i...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Gonzalez-Pardo V,D'Elia N,Verstuyf A,Boland R,Russo de Boland A

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of chemiluminescent 17beta-estradiol probes were synthesized. Relative equilibrium dissociation constants (K(D)) for the interaction of an anti-E(2) Fab fragment for the probes in solution were evaluated using a single E(2)-analog biosensor surface on a BIAcore surface plasmon resonance instrument. The result...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Adamczyk M,Chen YY,Gebler JC,Johnson DD,Mattingly PG,Moore JA,Reddy RE,Wu J,Yu Z

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:20S-hydroxyvitamin D3 (20S-(OH)D3), an in vitro product of vitamin D3 metabolism by the cytochrome P450scc, was recently isolated, identified and shown to possess antiproliferative activity without inducing hypercalcemia. The enzymatic production of 20S-(OH)D3 is tedious, expensive, and cannot meet the requirements fo...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Li W,Chen J,Janjetovic Z,Kim TK,Sweatman T,Lu Y,Zjawiony J,Tuckey RC,Miller D,Slominski A

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoids (GCs) are widely prescribed as adjuvant therapy for breast cancer patients. Unlike other steroid hormone receptors, the GC receptor is not considered an oncogene. Research in the past few years has revealed the complexity of GC-mediated signaling, but it remains puzzling whether GCs promote or inhibit ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Pang JM,Huang YC,Sun SP,Pan YR,Shen CY,Kao MC,Wang RH,Wang LH,Lin KT

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some intermediates in the cholesterol biosynthesis between lanosterol and cholesterol are capable of inducing resumption of meiosis in cultured mouse oocytes without the presence of gonadotropins. The mechanism by which these so-called Meiosis Activating Sterols (MAS) activate the meiotic process is unknown, and it is...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Yding Andersen C,Byskov AG

更新日期：2002-11-01 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：:The biosynthesis of progesterone from [3H]pregnenolone was curvilinear over a 6 h time course in human placenta cytotrophoblasts and in human placenta choriocarcinoma cells (JEG-3 cells). Mass measurements determined independently by radioimmunoassay indicate that the progesterone synthesized by cytotrophoblasts (21.0...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Sharp RB,Penning TM

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Membrane-initiated cellular responses to steroids include modulation of ion channel activities via signal transduction pathways. However, the molecular mechanisms involved in nongenomic actions remain only partially understood. Our research has focused on the rapid effects of 1alpha,25(OH)(2) Vitamin D(3) [1,25D] on L...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Zanello LP,Norman A

更新日期：2006-04-01 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