Parsing the Potential Neuroendocrine Actions of FGF21 in Primates.

abstract：:To further characterize the effect of TSH administration on thyroid iodothyronine monodeiodinating activity, we have evaluated the in vitro conversion of T4 to T3 (outer ring deiodination) and T3 to 3,3'-diiodothyronine (T2; inner ring deiodination) by mouse thyroid, liver, and kidney homogenates, comparing tissues fr...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Wu SY,Reggio R,Florsheim WH

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about the mechanisms of action of polypeptide hormones on chromatin structure and nuclear function. We have employed micrococcal nuclease to examine the effect of TSH on the accessibility of DNA in thyroid nuclei. Brief digestion of nuclear suspensions with 0.05-0.2 U/ml micrococcal nuclease at 26-28 C...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Abe Y,Cooper E,Spaulding SW

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the effect of GH on microtubular physiology in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells stably transfected with the complementary DNA for the rat GH receptor (CHO-GHR(1-638)). We show here that after 30 min of human GH (hGH) treatment of CHO-GHR(1-638) cells, there was a significant increase in the level...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Goh EL,Pircher TJ,Lobie PE

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3), the major IGFBP in the adult circulation, is produced by a wide range of cell and tissue types. IGFBP-3 appears to be regulated by transcriptional and/or posttranslational mechanisms in a species-, cell-, and development-specific manner. In vitro and in vivo stud...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Albiston AL,Saffery R,Herington AC

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dopaminergic (DA) neurons located in the preoptico-hypothalamic region of the brain exert a major neuroendocrine control on reproduction, growth, and homeostasis by regulating the secretion of anterior pituitary (or adenohypophysis) hormones. Here, using a retrograde tract tracing experiment, we identified the neurons...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Fontaine R,Affaticati P,Bureau C,Colin I,Demarque M,Dufour S,Vernier P,Yamamoto K,Pasqualini C

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Steady state levels of the mRNAs for alpha 1B, beta 1- and beta 2-adrenergic receptors (alpha 1BAR, beta 1AR, beta 2AR) were quantified by DNA excess solution hybridization assays in the heart, lungs, and liver of rats. Tissues for RNA extraction were obtained from euthyroid and thyroidectomized rats and from thyroide...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Lazar-Wesley E,Hadcock JR,Malbon CC,Kunos G,Ishac EJ

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arginine-vasopressin (AVP) acts on vasoconstriction and diuresis through two different types of receptors (V1 and V2, respectively). Since AVP also modifies ACTH release, we have attempted to determine which class of receptors mediates the capacity of AVP to increase ACTH secretion and to potentiate the effect of cort...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Rivier C,Rivier J,Mormede P,Vale W

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used the library subtraction technique to identify genes specifically expressed in the rat uterus during early pregnancy. One such gene was that for stathmin, a factor that is associated with tubulin binding and the destabilization of microtubules. Stathmin was expressed at higher levels in implantation sites than ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Tamura K,Hara T,Yoshie M,Irie S,Sobel A,Kogo H

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activin, a member of the transforming growth factor-beta superfamily, binds to two classes of cell surface receptors. These receptors, designated type I and type II, are structurally related members of transmembrane serine kinase superfamily. Antibodies specific for either type I or type II activin receptor can coprec...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Tsuchida K,Vaughan JM,Wiater E,Gaddy-Kurten D,Vale WW

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our previous studies implicated the involvement of protein kinase-A in the inhibitory effects of isoproterenol and relaxin on oxytocin-stimulated phosphoinositide turnover in rat myometrium. To understand the possible mechanisms involved, the properties and regulation of phospholipase-C (PLC) in purified myometrial pl...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Wen Y,Anwer K,Singh SP,Sanborn BM

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have shown that insulin-like growth factor-binding proteins (IGF-BPs) modify IGF activity. To investigate their role in regulating growth, the number and size of IGF-BPs in porcine serum and the role of nutritional and endocrine factors in controlling their relative abundance were determined. IGF-BPs w...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： McCusker RH,Campion DR,Jones WK,Clemmons DR

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Premature overexposure to thyroid hormone causes profound effects on testis growth, spermatogenesis, and male fertility. We used genetic mouse models of type 3 deiodinase (DIO3) deficiency to determine the genetic programs affected by premature thyroid hormone action and to define the role of DIO3 in regulating thyroi...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Martinez ME,Lary CW,Karaczyn AA,Griswold MD,Hernandez A

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The secretion of neurohypophyseal hormone and ACTH in the rat has been shown to exhibit circadian rhythms, with high values during the day and low values throughout the night. The neurohypophyseal hormone daily rhythm is altered by exposure to constant light and by pinealectomy. It was, thus, proposed that the observe...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Yasin SA,Costa A,Besser GM,Hucks D,Grossman A,Forsling ML

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF alpha) on basal and TRH-induced TSH release, and the effects of IL-1 beta on the uptake of [125I]T3 and [125I]T4 and on nuclear binding of [125I]T3 were examined. Furthermore, the release of other anterior pituitary hormones in the pres...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Wassen FW,Moerings EP,Van Toor H,De Vrey EA,Hennemann G,Everts ME

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Testicular peritubular cells are myofibroblastic cells, which represent the major cellular components of the wall of the seminiferous tubules. In men their phenotypic characteristics, including possible secretory activity and regulation, are not well known, in neither normal nor pathologically altered testes. Especial...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Schell C,Albrecht M,Mayer C,Schwarzer JU,Frungieri MB,Mayerhofer A

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Germ cells were isolated from 30-day-old rat testes and purified by a Percoll gradient. Germ cells were cultured for 24 h to eliminate contaminant cells by utilizing the property of many nongerm cells of attaching to plastic surfaces. Germ cells were subsequently seeded on top of 7-day-old Sertoli cell monolayers. RNA...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Rivarola MA,Sanchez P,Saez JM

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the possible existence of masked gonadotropin receptors in the corpus luteum, we characterized the effects of alcohols and neuraminidase on [125I]iodohuman LH binding to in vitro preparations of luteal tissue from the rhesus monkey and pseudopregnant rat. The presence of 1-8% (vol/vol) ethanol enhanced spe...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Danforth DR,Stouffer RL

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complementary DNAs encoding two forms of cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript (CART) peptide precursors were identified from goldfish brain and named CART I and CART II. Each cDNA contains a signal peptide sequence, the putative CART-like peptide, and a carboxy-terminal extension peptide. Form I encodes a 117...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Volkoff H,Peter RE

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cachexia, defined as an involuntary weight loss ≥ 5%, is a serious and dose-limiting side effect of chemotherapy that decreases survival in cancer patients. Alterations in lipid metabolism are thought to cause the lipodystrophy commonly associated with cachexia. Ghrelin has been proposed to ameliorate the alterations ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Garcia JM,Scherer T,Chen JA,Guillory B,Nassif A,Papusha V,Smiechowska J,Asnicar M,Buettner C,Smith RG

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although it is evident that androgens increase muscle mass and strength, little is known about the critical molecular targets of androgens in skeletal muscle. In rodents, the skeletal alpha-actin gene is a tissue-specific gene expressed only in the levator ani and other skeletal muscles but not in the prostate or prep...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Hong MH,Sun H,Jin CH,Chapman M,Hu J,Chang W,Burnett K,Rosen J,Negro-Vilar A,Miner JN

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently reported that aluminum administration to beagles stimulates uncoupled bone formation in the marrow cavity which increases trabecular bone volume and generates new osseous networks within the axial skeleton. To investigate whether this osteogenic process results from direct stimulation of bone cell replicat...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Quarles LD,Wenstrup RJ,Castillo SA,Drezner MK

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the estrogen-dependent expression of epidermal growth factor (EGF), transforming growth factor (TGF) alpha, and EGF receptor gene transcripts in human fallopian tubes in vivo and in vitro. Competitive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was performed on the fallopian tube RNA samples from the postmenopausal wom...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Adachi K,Kurachi H,Homma H,Adachi H,Imai T,Sakata M,Higashiguchi O,Yamaguchi M,Morishige K,Sakoyama Y

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously reported that the acute injection of interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) into the brain ventricles of intact female rats promptly decreases LHRH release and inhibits gene expression of this peptide in the medial preoptic area (MPOA). The present studies were therefore designed to determine whether contin...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Rivest S,Lee S,Attardi B,Rivier C

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, site-directed mutagenesis and biochemical strategies have been used to establish whether disulfide bonding between extracellular Cys residues contributes to the structural integrity of the GnRH receptor (GnRH-R) and, if so, to delineate the nature of the bonding patterns involved. The majority of G prot...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Cook JV,Eidne KA

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulation of the lactogen specific binding sites of rat liver was studied in several different high lactogen states. The specific binding of [125I]iodo-hGH was determined as a measure of these sites. Hypophysectomy of pregnant rats produced a much smaller decrease in hepatic binding of [125I]iodo-hGH than was seen in...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Posner BI

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In higher primates, FSH secretion appears to be regulated by a control system consistent with that described by the classical inhibin hypothesis. The purpose of the present experiment was to examine the time course of inhibin's action to suppress FSH secretion in the intact adult male rhesus monkey. To this end, five ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ramaswamy S,Pohl CR,McNeilly AS,Winters SJ,Plant TM

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antithyroid drug 6-propylthiouracil (PTU) was previously shown in our laboratory to have an unexpectedly prolonged inhibitory effect on iodination in the thyroid glands of rats. Eighteen hours after injection of a relatively small dose, iodination in the thyroid remained inhibited by more than 90%. We previously s...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Taurog A,Dorris ML

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined the expression, postnatal ontogeny, and localization of mouse GH (mGH) and its relative expression during pregnancy, lactation, and weaning in the mouse. mGH mRNA and protein was expressed predominantly in the epithelial component of the mammary gland, and maximal expression was observed during the pu...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Mukhina S,Liu D,Guo K,Raccurt M,Borges-Bendris S,Mertani HC,Lobie PE

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoids induce tyrosine aminotransferase (TAT) in hepatoma cells. We have previously shown that both the concentration of the agonist dexamethasone (Dex) required for half-maximal induction (EC50) and the amount of agonist activity produced by the antagonist dexamethasone 21-mesylate (Dex-Mes), expressed as a ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Oshima H,Simons SS Jr

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circadian clocks have been described in each tissue of the hypothalamo-pituitary-ovarian axis. Although a role for the clock in the timing of ovulation is indicated, the impact of diseases that disrupt fertility on clock function or the clocks' role in the etiology of these pathologies has yet to be fully appreciated....

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Sellix MT,Murphy ZC,Menaker M

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00