Early time sequence in pregnenolone metabolism to testosterone in homogenates of human and rat testis.

abstract：:Evidence is presented that in vitamin D deficiency there are aberrations of estrogen metabolism in the laying hen. Five White Leghorn hens, 35 weeks of age, all laying soft shelled eggs as a result of complete withdrawal of supplemental vitamin D3 (D3) from the diet, were found to have a 3-fold higher molar ratio of p...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Tsang CP,Grunder AA

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arginine vasopressin (AVP) stimulates the secretion of ACTH from pituitary corticotropes. We investigated the action of AVP in single corticotropes of male rats. Corticotropes were identified with the reverse hemolytic plaque assay using antibodies against ACTH. Using the whole-cell recording technique in conjunction ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Tse A,Lee AK

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In previous studies, we have shown that calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) acutely inhibits 45Ca2+ uptake in osteoblastic UMR106 cells, and we have proposed that ATP-sensitive potassium (K(ATP)) channels are involved in mediating this action of CGRP. To directly test this proposed mechanism, we have now examined t...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kawase T,Burns DM

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the mechanism of insulin insensitivity during fasting and hyperresponsiveness to insulin after refeeding, insulin binding, 2-deoxyglucose uptake and glucose oxidation were measured in adipocytes from three groups of rats: control, 48 h fasted, and 48 h refed after 48 h fasting. In 48 h fasted rats, fat ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kasuga M,Akanuma Y,Iwamoto Y,Kosaka K

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogen sulfotransferase (EST) catalyzes the sulfoconjugation and inactivation of the steroid hormone estrogen. It is known previously that EST is expressed abundantly in Leydig cells of the testis. We recently have shown that male mice with targeted EST gene disruption developed age related Leydig cell and seminifer...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Tong MH,Song WC

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver X receptors (LXRs) are nuclear receptors with established roles in cholesterol, lipid, and carbohydrate metabolism, although their function in adipocytes is not well characterized. Increased adipose tissue mass in obesity is associated with increased adipocyte lipolysis. Fatty acids (FA) generated by lipolysis c...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Stenson BM,Rydén M,Steffensen KR,Wåhlén K,Pettersson AT,Jocken JW,Arner P,Laurencikiene J

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kisspeptins, products of the KiSS-1 gene with ability to bind G protein-coupled receptor 54 (GPR54), have been recently identified as major gatekeepers of reproductive function with ability to potently activate the GnRH/LH axis. Yet, despite the diversity of functional states of the female gonadotropic axis, pharmacol...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Roa J,Vigo E,Castellano JM,Navarro VM,Fernández-Fernández R,Casanueva FF,Dieguez C,Aguilar E,Pinilla L,Tena-Sempere M

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mullerian inhibiting substance (MIS) is a 140-kilodalton homodimeric glycoprotein that causes regression of the Mullerian ducts in male embryos, and may also have a role in both males and females in the regulation of germ cell maturation. We examined the ontogeny of MIS messenger RNA (mRNA) in rat testes from midgesta...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Lee MM,Cate RL,Donahoe PK,Waneck GL

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progesterone synthesis by the human placenta requires the conversion of mitochondrial cholesterol to pregnenolone by cytochrome P450scc. Most steroidogenic tissues use the steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR) to deliver cholesterol to the inner mitochondrial membrane where P450scc is located, but StAR is not ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Tuckey RC,Bose HS,Czerwionka I,Miller WL

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptin has been shown to activate multiple signaling molecules in cultured cells, including Janus kinase-2, STAT (signal transducer and activator of transcription) proteins, and mitogen-activated protein kinase, and to stimulate the DNA-binding activity of STAT3 in mouse hypothalamus. In this study, the activation of ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： McCowen KC,Chow JC,Smith RJ

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-fat diet and intrauterine growth retardation may predispose to obesity, insulin resistance, and type 2 diabetes. Because prenatal ethanol (ETOH) exposure causes intrauterine growth retardation, we investigated its interactions with postnatal high-fat diet on glucose tolerance and adipocyte-derived hormones in the...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Chen L,Nyomba BL

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The temporal aspects of gonadotropin release were studied in infantile (14-day-old) female rats. Blood samples were collected using vena cava cannulae at 10-, 15-, 20-, or 30-min intervals and assayed for either LH alone or for both LH and FSH. Within individual animals, blood LH levels exhibited a degree of variabili...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Frawley LS,Henricks DM

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that atrial natriuretic peptides (ANPs) inhibit the secretion of aldosterone by isolated rat adrenal glomerulosa cells stimulated by angiotensin II, ACTH, and potassium. Structure-function studies have concentrated on the significance of the C- and N-terminal chains for the biological activ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Craven TG,Kem DC,Schiebinger RJ

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GH binding proteins (GHBPs) are present in the blood of several species and by complexing with circulating GH may alter its clearance and distribution. The actions of human GHBP (hGHBP) have hitherto been studied indirectly via their effects on the clearance of hGH. In the present experiments, recombinant preparations...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Fairhall KM,Carmignac DF,Robinson IC

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine whether normal morphological development occurs in pituitary corticotrophs deprived of products of the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN), e.g. corticotropin releasing hormone and arginine vasopressin (AVP), after PVN lesions. In addition, we have attempted to ascerta...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： McDonald TJ,Hoffman GE,Nathanielsz PW

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic elevated glucose levels and activation of the renal renin-angiotensin system have been implicated in the pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy. We tested the ability of lisofylline (LSF), a novel antiinflammatory compound, to prevent extracellular matrix (ECM) accumulation and growth factor production by human ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Bolick DT,Hatley ME,Srinivasan S,Hedrick CC,Nadler JL

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Up to now, no relevant tumor antigen has been identified in medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC). The aim of the present study was to prove the concept of an immunization with an amino acid-modified calcitonin (CT) for the treatment of MTC in a transgenic mouse model. Amino acid-modified (human) CT has been chosen for va...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Wuttke M,Papewalis C,Meyer Y,Kessler C,Jacobs B,Willenberg HS,Schinner S,Kouatchoua C,Baehring T,Scherbaum WA,Schott M

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GH-releasing factor (GRF) is a hypothalamic peptide that stimulates the secretion of pituitary GH. The possibility of feedback effects of GRF within the central nervous system was studied in conscious freely moving male rats with indwelling iv and intracerebroventricular (icv) cannulae. Animals were injected icv or iv...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Katakami H,Arimura A,Frohman LA

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rats were made unilaterally cryptorchid by cutting the gubernaculum testis at birth. At 100 days age, the rats were injected with 600 IU/kg hCG. A biphasic testosterone response was seen in the scrotal (Scr) testis in response to hCG, with maxima at 1 h and 3 days after injection. The acute peak of testosterone was of...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Huhtaniemi I,Bergh A,Nikula H,Damber JE

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In muscular dystrophy there is an imbalance between muscle protein synthesis and protein degradation, resulting in net muscle catabolism and progressive muscle weakness and wasting. Both insulin and insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) are known to have an anabolic effect on skeletal muscle, which is believed to be en...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Zdanowicz MM,Moyse J,Wingertzahn MA,O'Connor M,Teichberg S,Slonim AE

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular mechanisms underlying unloading-induced reduction of bone formation have not yet been fully understood. In vitro, Runx2 has been suggested to be involved in mechanical signaling in osteoblasts. However, the roles of Runx2 in vivo during the bone response to mechanical stimuli have not yet been known. The pur...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Salingcarnboriboon R,Tsuji K,Komori T,Nakashima K,Ezura Y,Noda M

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the rat ovary, follicle cells produce and respond to activin, but as yet, the functional significance of the autocrine/paracrine effects of ovarian activin remains equivocal. To assess the effects of activin on folliculogenesis, normal cycling female rats were injected once every 8 h over a 40-h period with recombi...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Erickson GF,Kokka S,Rivier C

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence indicates a localized origin in the olfactory placode for the mammalian forebrain neurons that express GnRH. To identify the cellular and molecular signals that induce the GnRH phenotype, we cloned and characterized a cDNA encoding the GnRH prohormone, the precursor for both GnRH-I and GnRH-associated ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Hayes WP,Wray S,Battey JF

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Female infertility is often associated with deregulation of hormonal networks, and hyperprolactinemia is one of the most common endocrine disorders of the hypothalamic-pituitary axis affecting the reproductive functions. We have shown previously that transgenic female mice overexpressing human chorionic gonadotropin β...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ratner LD,Gonzalez B,Ahtiainen P,Di Giorgio NP,Poutanen M,Calandra RS,Huhtaniemi IT,Rulli SB

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Humans are routinely exposed to bisphenol A (BPA), an estrogenic chemical present in food and beverage containers, dental composites, and many products in the home and workplace. BPA binds both classical nuclear estrogen receptors and facilitates membrane-initiated estrogenic effects. Here we explore the ability of en...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Rubin BS,Lenkowski JR,Schaeberle CM,Vandenberg LN,Ronsheim PM,Soto AM

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies suggest that GH may modulate emotion, behavior, or stress response by its direct actions on the brain, and possible expression of the GH gene in the brain has been predicted. In this study we have investigated whether and where the GH gene is expressed in the brain and how it is regulated. Ribonuclease ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Yoshizato H,Fujikawa T,Soya H,Tanaka M,Nakashima K

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies in mice have identified the ob gene product, leptin, as a signaling factor regulating body weight homeostasis and energy balance. Defective production of the encoded protein may be one of the causes for the development of obesity. Using a high affinity antibody, that in immunohistochemical studies specifically...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： McGregor GP,Desaga JF,Ehlenz K,Fischer A,Heese F,Hegele A,Lammer C,Peiser C,Lang RE

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammary gland explants from mature virgin mice, rats, and rabbits exhibit an increased rate of both DNA and casein syntheses when cultured in the presence of specific combinations of insulin, hydrocortisone, and PRL. If cytosine arabinoside, a potent inhibitor of DNA synthesis, is added to the culture medium, casein s...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Nicholas KR,Bolander FF Jr,Sankaran L,Topper YJ

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carboxyl-terminal fragments of PTH (C-PTH) appear to have biological properties different from those mediated by the amino-terminal portions of PTH and PTH-related peptide (PTHrP). To characterize a C-PTH receptor that may be involved in mediating these functions, we performed RRAs and affinity cross-linking studies w...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Inomata N,Akiyama M,Kubota N,Jüppner H

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the direct effect of leptin on GH gene expression and secretion and the role of nitric oxide as a possible mediator in pig anterior pituitary cells. Pituitary cells from adult sows were treated for 4 or 24 h with rhleptin (from 0.1 nM to 1 microM) alone or in association with G...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Baratta M,Saleri R,Mainardi GL,Valle D,Giustina A,Tamanini C

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00