Antiglucocorticoids: in vivo assay and evaluation of cortexolone, progesterone, and 6-beta-bromoprogesterone.

abstract：:The hypothalamic peptide, pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP), can efficiently increase cAMP levels in pituitary cells and release a number of pituitary hormones, suggesting an important physiological role for this peptide in pituitary function. Exposure of GH3 rat pituitary cells to PACAP resul...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Coleman DT,Chen X,Sassaroli M,Bancroft C

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of insulin and glucose, alone and combined, on diacylglycerol (DAG), protein kinase-C (PKC), and glucose transport were compared in rat adipocytes and solei incubated in medium containing 0-20 mM glucose. In both tissues insulin rapidly stimulated [3H]DAG production from [3H]glycerol; extracellular glucose...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Hoffman JM,Ishizuka T,Farese RV

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present studies were designed to evaluate the binding characteristics of arginine vasopressin (AVP), using rat anterior pituitary dispersed cells, in correlation with the biological activity of the peptide. Synthetic AVP released ACTH from dispersed anterior pituitary cells in a concentration-dependent fashion, wi...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Spinedi E,Negro-Vilar A

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adiponectin (ApN) is an adipokine whose expression and plasma levels are inversely related to obesity and insulin-resistant states. Chronic repercussions of ApN treatment or overexpression on adiposity and body weight are still controversial. Here, we generated a transgenic (Tg) mouse model allowing persistent and mod...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Bauche IB,El Mkadem SA,Pottier AM,Senou M,Many MC,Rezsohazy R,Penicaud L,Maeda N,Funahashi T,Brichard SM

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently reported that bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) 2 and 4 can stimulate FSHbeta-subunit (Fshb) transcription alone and in synergy with activins. We further showed that BMP2 signals via the BMP type IA receptor (or activin receptor-like kinase 3) to mediate its effects. However, the intracellular mechanisms ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ho CC,Bernard DJ

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adipokine leptin regulates energy homeostasis through ubiquitously expressed leptin receptors. Leptin has a number of major signaling targets in the brain, including cells of the anterior pituitary (AP). We have previously reported that mice lacking leptin receptors in AP somatotropes display growth hormone (GH) d...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Allensworth-James M,Banik J,Odle A,Hardy L,Lagasse A,Moreira ARS,Bird J,Thomas CL,Avaritt N,Kharas MG,Lengner CJ,Byrum SD,MacNicol MC,Childs GV,MacNicol AM

更新日期：2021-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used in situ hybridization histochemistry to investigate interactions between the thyroid and adrenal axes in the rat. Propylthiouracil (PTU)-induced hypothyroidism caused a significant reduction in CRH gene transcripts in the paraventricular nucleus of male rats, with a concomitant decrease in both POMC gene ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Shi ZX,Levy A,Lightman SL

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies showed that epidermal growth factor (EGF) and TGFalpha mimic the action of LH on the resumption of oocyte maturation. We tested whether EGF-like agents, such as amphiregulin (AR), epiregulin (ER), and betacellulin (BTC), also mediate the LH stimulation of the ovulatory response in the rat. LH induced ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ashkenazi H,Cao X,Motola S,Popliker M,Conti M,Tsafriri A

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of spironolactone, canrenone and canrenoate-K on adrenal cytochrome P450 (P450) and corticosteroid biosynthesis were examined by studying difference spectra, P450 reduction and corticoid hydroxylation in mitochondrial preparations isolated from zona fasciculata and zona glomerulosa of bovine adrenals and from ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Cheng SC,Suzuki K,Sadee W,Harding BW

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteolytic degradation of extracellular matrix components has been suggested to play an essential role in the occurrence of ovulation. Recent studies in our laboratory have indicated that the plasminogen activator and matrix metalloproteinase systems, which were previously believed to be crucial for ovulation, are no...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Wahlberg P,Nylander A,Ahlskog N,Liu K,Ny T

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although reovirus infection may lead to changes in endocrine function in vivo, little is known about the precise interaction of reovirus with endocrine cells. In this study we have examined the effects of reovirus infection on two types of endocrine cells, GH4C1 cells and RINm5F cells. Both type 1 reovirus and type 3 ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Maratos-Flier E,Goodman MJ,Fields BN,Kahn CR

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF), an agent with important mitogenic effects for bone cells, exists in three isoforms, PDGF-AA, -BB, and -AB. PDGF-AB and -BB are the prevalent circulating isoforms, whereas normal unstimulated cells of the osteoblast lineage synthesize primarily PDGF-AA. We examined the effects of ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Rydziel S,Shaikh S,Canalis E

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of nerve activation and of the catecholamines epinephrine and norepinephrine on adrenal corticosteroid release were investigated in intact isolated perfused pig adrenals with preserved nerve supply. To study the contact zones of medullary and cortical tissues, porcine adrenals were examined on the histolog...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Bornstein SR,Ehrhart-Bornstein M,Scherbaum WA,Pfeiffer EF,Holst JJ

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies established the existence of an FSH-inducible rat granulosa cell-derived insulin-like growth factor binding protein (IGFBP)-5 endopeptidase. It was the objective of this communication to characterize this activity in some detail. Exposure of [125I]rhIGFBP-5 substrate to media conditioned by FSH-treate...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Resnick CE,Fielder PJ,Rosenfeld RG,Adashi EY

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early life exposure to immunological challenge has programming effects on the adult hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical axis stress responsivity, and stress is known to suppress GnRH pulse generator activity, especially LH pulses. We investigated the effects of neonatal exposure to endotoxin on stress-induced suppres...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Li XF,Kinsey-Jones JS,Knox AM,Wu XQ,Tahsinsoy D,Brain SD,Lightman SL,O'Byrne KT

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent work in sheep has identified a neuronal subpopulation in the arcuate nucleus that coexpresses kisspeptin, neurokinin B, and dynorphin (referred to here as KNDy cells) and that mediate the negative feedback influence of progesterone on GnRH secretion. We hypothesized that sex differences in progesterone negative...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Cheng G,Coolen LM,Padmanabhan V,Goodman RL,Lehman MN

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NG108-15 cells, which have a rounding-up morphology when cultured in serum-supplemented medium, extend neurites when stimulated for 3 d with angiotensin II (Ang II). The aim of the present study was to investigate whether growth factor receptors are necessary for mediating the effects of Ang II. A 3-d treatment with A...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Plouffe B,Guimond MO,Beaudry H,Gallo-Payet N

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has previously only been possible to assess osteoclastic bone resorption in intact bone, where other cell types may modify or mediate osteoclastic responses to environmental agents. We have recently developed techniques which enable us to measure bone resorption by osteoclasts extracted from bone and have used thes...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Chambers TJ,McSheehy PM,Thomson BM,Fuller K

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ghrelin has emerged as putative regulator of an array of endocrine and nonendocrine functions, including cell proliferation. Recently, we provided evidence for the expression of ghrelin in mature, but not in undifferentiated, Leydig cells of rat and human testis. Yet testicular actions of ghrelin, other than modulatio...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Barreiro ML,Gaytan F,Castellano JM,Suominen JS,Roa J,Gaytan M,Aguilar E,Dieguez C,Toppari J,Tena-Sempere M

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently identified, characterized, and cloned a luteal microsomal 32-kDa phosphoprotein that we named PRAP (for PRL-receptor associated protein), and we have demonstrated that PRAP binds to the intracellular domain of the short but not the long form of the PRL receptor. In this study, we used PRAP cDNA to exa...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Duan WR,Parmer TG,Albarracin CT,Zhong L,Gibori G

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditionally, it has been thought that the bioavailable fraction of circulating serum hormones, i.e. that which is available for cellular uptake and is physiologically active, is limited to the free (nonprotein bound) hormone. However, recent evidence, based on acute organ uptake of labeled hormone, suggests that the...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Glass AR,Vigersky RA,Rajatanavin R,Pardridge W,Smallridge RC,Wartofsky L,Burman KD

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigated whether activation of the hexosamine biosynthesis pathway might mediate at least in part the high glucose effect on angiotensinogen (ANG) gene expression and immortalized renal proximal tubular cell (IRPTC) hypertrophy. IRPTC were cultured in monolayer. ANG, renin, and beta-actin mRNA ex...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Hsieh TJ,Fustier P,Zhang SL,Filep JG,Tang SS,Ingelfinger JR,Fantus IG,Hamet P,Chan JS

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of an ongoing investigation of the role of metabolic activation of estrogens in the genesis of cancers such as estrogen-induced renal tumors in hamsters, we have 1) determined steroid-17 beta-oxidoreductase activity of microsomes and cytosol prepared from hamster kidney and liver; 2) compared the rates of 2-, ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Zhu BT,Bui QD,Weisz J,Liehr JG

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms underlying the glucose dependence of arginine vasopressin (AVP)-stimulated insulin secretion were examined in a hamster insulin-secreting cell line (HIT cells). At 1.67 mM glucose, 100 nM AVP stimulated biphasic changes in free cytosolic Ca2+ ([Ca2+]i) and insulin secretion. The initial spike of [Ca2+]i...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Lu M,Soltoff SP,Yaney GC,Boyd AE 3rd

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been shown that acute administration of interleukin-1 (IL-1) to rats elicits a transitory increase in plasma ACTH and corticosterone (B) levels. To investigate the effects of chronic administration of IL-1 on plasma ACTH and B levels, in the present study rats were equipped with Alzet osmotic minipumps loaded w...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Sweep CG,van der Meer MJ,Hermus AR,Smals AG,van der Meer JW,Pesman GJ,Willemsen SJ,Benraad TJ,Kloppenborg PW

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Impaired wound healing of skin is one of the most serious complications of diabetes. However, the pathogenesis of this process is not known, and it is unclear whether impaired insulin signaling could directly affect skin physiology. To elucidate the role of insulin in skin, we studied skin insulin receptor (IR) null m...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Wertheimer E,Spravchikov N,Trebicz M,Gartsbein M,Accili D,Avinoah I,Nofeh-Moses S,Sizyakov G,Tennenbaum T

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GnRH regulates the secretion of LH and FSH, which stimulate the secretion of testicular hormones. Acting in a reciprocal fashion, these hormones, including testosterone and inhibin, exert a negative feedback effect on GnRH and gonadotropin secretion. Endogenous opioid peptides (EOPs) have been implicated to play a rol...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Chowen-Breed J,Fraser HM,Vician L,Damassa DA,Clifton DK,Steiner RA

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoids (GCs) are potent regulators of energy metabolism. Chronic GC exposure suppresses brown adipose tissue (BAT) thermogenic capacity in mice, with evidence for a similar effect in humans. Intracellular GC levels are regulated by 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11β-HSD1) activity, which can amplify...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Doig CL,Fletcher RS,Morgan SA,McCabe EL,Larner DP,Tomlinson JW,Stewart PM,Philp A,Lavery GG

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the adrenal gland, neuroendocrine cells that synthesize catecholamines and epithelial cells that produce steroid hormones are united beneath a common organ capsule to function as a single stress-responsive organ. The functional anatomy of the steroid hormone-producing adrenal cortex and the catecholamine-producing ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Sun N,Wu Y,Nanba K,Sbiera S,Kircher S,Kunzke T,Aichler M,Berezowska S,Reibetanz J,Rainey WE,Fassnacht M,Walch A,Kroiss M

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study we have examined the effects of FSH, forskolin, and (Bu)2cAMP on messenger RNA (mRNA) levels for all known subunits of cAMP-dependent protein kinase in rat Sertoli cells, using newly developed complementary DNA (cDNA) probes. mRNAs for the three regulatory subunits [RI alpha, RII51, (RII beta), an...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Oyen O,Sandberg M,Eskild W,Levy FO,Knutsen G,Beebe S,Hansson V,Jahnsen T

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00