1alpha,25(OH)2 vitamin D3 actions on ion channels in osteoblasts.

abstract：:Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) is an endogenous steroid hormone involved in a number of biological actions in humans and rodents, but its effects on renal tissue have not yet been fully understood. The aim of this study is to assess the effect of DHEA treatment on diabetic rats, mainly in relation to renal function and...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Jahn MP,Gomes LF,Jacob MH,da Rocha Janner D,Araújo AS,Belló-Klein A,Ribeiro MF,Kucharski LC

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoid receptor binding was compared in liver cytosol preparations from spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats using homologous displacement of [3H]dexamethasone. At 5 degrees C, there was no difference in receptor binding affinity or concentration between strains for dexamethasone, ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Panarelli M,Holloway CD,Barr AB,Fraser R,Kenyon CJ

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As demonstrated for pregnenolone, saturated ketones are conveniently alpha-hydroxymethylated by their transformation into a lithium enolate and by the reaction of the latter with formaldehydr. The 17-hydroxymethylpregnenolone prepared by this method in very good yield was readily converted to 17-hydroxymethylprogester...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Mukherjee D,Engel CR

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The catalytic cycloalumination of 2'-methylidene-2',3'-ethano-(5α)-cholestane with Et3Al catalyzed by Cp2ZrCl2 was performed for the first time to give spiro[2',3'-ethano-(5α)-cholestane-2',3″-aluminacyclopentane] in a ~75% yield and with high stereoselectivity (>98%). The obtained cyclic organoaluminum compound was t...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： D'yakonov VA,Tuktarova RA,Islamov II,Khalilov LM,Dzhemilev UM

更新日期：2013-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:At the development of receptivity the endometrium undergoes specific changes. Several factors have been suggested as markers of endometrial receptivity. A common feature for most of these factors is that they are directly, or indirectly, regulated by progesterone. The effect of various doses and regimens of mifepristo...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Danielsson KG,Marions L,Bygdeman M

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reaction kinetics of the aromatase enzyme and of a new nonsteroidal aromatase inhibitor, R 76 713 (6-[(4-chlorophenyl)(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)-methyl]-1-methyl-1H- benzotriazole), were studied in ovarian homogenates obtained from pregnant mare's serum gonadotropin (PMSG)-injected female Wistar rats. The Km (Michaelis c...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Krekels MD,Wouters W,De Coster R

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A phytochemical study of Physalis pubescens L. afforded twelve compounds, including six new withanolides (1, 4, and 6i-9), four new withanolide glucosides (2, 3, 5, and 6), and two known withanolides (10 and 11). Their structures were established via extensive spectroscopic analysis. The absolute configuration of 3 wa...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Xia G,Li Y,Sun J,Wang L,Tang X,Lin B,Kang N,Huang J,Chen L,Qiu F

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Androgen-binding protein/sex hormone-binding globulin (ABP/SHBG) is an extracellular carrier protein that binds androgens and estrogens with high affinity. In the adult, ABP/SHBG is thought to function in the male reproductive system and the general circulation in both sexes to modulate the actions of sex steroids. Th...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Becchis M,Sullivan PM,Ordronneau P,Petrusz P,Joseph DR

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, we examine corticosteroid 11 beta-oxidation and 11-reduction as properties of the microsomal 11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase complex in vertebrate livers. No hepatic activity in the oxidative direction (11 beta -dehydrogenase) was found in the frog, toad, mud puppy, shark, and bird livers. In contr...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Monder C,Lakshmi V

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using 1 alpha,2 alpha-oxido-cholesta-5,7-diene-3 beta,25-diol (2) as a starting material, the provitamins of calcitriol with an additional 2 beta-chloro-, 2 beta-fluoro-, and 2 beta-methoxy-substituent (3,4,5) are obtained by transdiaxial opening of the oxirane ring with nucleophiles. An efficient irradiation process ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Scheddin D,Mayer H,Schönecker B,Gliesing S,Reichenbächer M

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aromatase (CYP19A1) is an integral membrane enzyme that catalyzes the removal of the 19-methyl group and aromatization of the A-ring of androgens. All human estrogens are synthesized from their androgenic precursors by this unique cytochrome P450. The crystal structure of active aromatase purified from human placenta ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Ghosh D,Jiang W,Lo J,Egbuta C

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extranuclear estrogen receptors may mediate rapid effects of estradiol that communicate with nuclear receptors and contribute to proliferation of human cancers bearing these signaling proteins. To assess these growth-promoting pathways, we undertook controlled homogenization and fractionation of NIH-H23 non-small cell...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Pietras RJ,Márquez DC,Chen HW,Tsai E,Weinberg O,Fishbein M

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The metabolism of tamoxifen is being redefined in the light of several important pharmacological observations. Recent studies have identified 4-hydroxy N-desmethyltamoxifen (endoxifen) as an important metabolite of tamoxifen necessary for antitumor actions. The metabolite is formed through the enzymatic product of CYP...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Jordan VC

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of progesterone derivatives, having a 17 alpha-acetoxy group and various functions at C-3 and C-6, interact at the cardiac glycoside (CG) binding site, using [3H]ouabain in a radioligand binding assay (RBA) with membranes from dog myocardium. We now report on results of structure-activity studies concerned wi...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Templeton JF,Kumar VP,Kim RS,LaBella FS

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the distribution of 5 alpha-reductase and 3 alpha(beta)-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activities throughout the intact hyperplastic prostate gland and relate these measurements to the fibromuscular/epithelial composition and to the gross glandular morphology. The relative capacities of the stroma an...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Habib FK,Beynon L,Chisholm GD,Busuttil A

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we assessed the rate of estradiol degradation via the 17 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (HSD) enzyme in breast tumors from postmenopausal women. We initially studied the effects of time, level of enzyme activity, amount of tissue assayed, and substrate concentration on the linearity of conversion of ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Leszczynski D,Santner SJ,Feil PD,Santen RJ

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optimal assay conditions for cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase activity in swine liver microsomes were determined. The enzyme activity is induced three-fold by feeding cholestyramine to the swine. This suggests that cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase is likely to be the rate-limiting enzyme for biosynthesis of bile acids i...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Li JR,Kim DN

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been shown that stress or disease-induced increases in plasma corticosterone result in diminished testosterone secretion from the testes. This article reviews investigations from our laboratories that explore the role of 11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (11 beta-OHSD) in this process. It is proposed that th...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Monder C,Hardy MP,Blanchard RJ,Blanchard DC

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthetic vitamin D3 sulfate was prepared by reacting cholecalciferol with sulfamic acid in pyridine. Vitamin D3 sulfate ammonium salt was purified by crystallisation and transformed in sulfate sodium salt. Homogeneity was controlled by reverse phase high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC). Purified synthetic vitam...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Boulch NL,Cancela L,Miravet L

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:16alpha-hydroxydehydroepiandrosterone was for the first time detected in human seminal plasma by using a combination of extraction, solvent partition, HPLC separation and final quantification by GC-MS as pentafluorobenzyloxime trimethylsilyl ether derivative in SIM mode. Three effective mass fragments m/z 266, 356 and...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Hert J,Hill M,Hampl R

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbenoxolone potentiates the mineralocorticoid activity of endogenous glucocorticoid hormones by inhibiting the enzyme 11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase, which converts cortisol and corticosterone to inactive 11-oxo-derivatives. We addressed the question of whether glucocorticoid activity is also affected by carbe...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Soro A,Panarelli M,Holloway CD,Fraser R,Kenyon CJ

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of computer-aided drug design and development is clear nowadays. These approaches smooth the way of designing some efficient candidates based on drugs in use. At this place, we studied the mechanism of D4-abiraterone (D4A), the active metabolite of Abiraterone (Abi), binding to CYP17A1 compared with Abi...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Mehralitabar H,Ghasemi AS,Gholizadeh J

更新日期：2021-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The non-genomic action of steroid hormones regulates a wide variety of cellular responses including regulation of ion transport, cell proliferation, migration, death and differentiation. In order to achieve such plethora of effects steroid hormones utilize nearly all known signal transduction pathways. One of the key ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Alzamora R,Harvey BJ

更新日期：2008-10-01 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：:Sex steroid-binding protein receptor was detected on membranes prepared from human premenopausal endometrium. The binding of sex steroid-binding protein to membranes was specific, saturable, and high affinity. Scatchard analysis showed the presence of two binding sites at different affinities. The addition of estradio...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Fortunati N,Fissore F,Fazzari A,Berta L,Giudici M,Frairia R

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinasterol and schottenol, two phytosterols present in argan oil and in cactus pear seed oil, were synthesized from commercially available stigmasterol by a four steps reactions. In addition, the effects of these phytosterols on cell growth and mitochondrial activity were evaluated on 158N murine oligodendrocytes, C6...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Badreddine A,Karym el M,Zarrouk A,Nury T,El Kharrassi Y,Nasser B,Cherkaoui Malki M,Lizard G,Samadi M

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acrolein, an α, β-unsaturated aldehyde, exists in a wide range of sources. Acrolein can be not only generated from all types of smoke but also produced endogenously from the metabolism by lipid peroxidation. The cellular influence of acrolein is due to its electrophilic character via binding to and depleting cellular ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Yeh YH,Chou JC,Weng TC,Lieu FK,Lin JY,Yeh CC,Hu S,Wang PS,Idova G,Wang SW

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During our studies of the hepatic androgen receptor in cynomolgus monkeys, tritiated mibolerone +/- a 200-fold excess of unlabeled mibolerone has been used to determine specific binding in cytosol. During time-course studies, high-capacity, unsaturable binding of [3H]mibolerone was noted after short-term incubations (...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Koritnik DR,Marschke KB,Koshy A

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The synthesis of delta 7,9(11)-lanostadiene derivatives functionalized at C(32) starting from 3 beta-acetoxy-7 alpha,32-epoxylanostan-11-one has been presented. The delta 7,9(11) moiety was efficiently introduced in three steps in 71% yield by the regioselective abstraction of allylic 8 beta hydrogen. The formyl group...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Solaja BA,Dermanović M,Lim DM,Paik YK,Tinant B,Declerq JP

更新日期：1997-11-01 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