Characterization of thyroid hormone (T3) receptors in three osteosarcoma cell lines of distinct osteoblast phenotype: interactions among T3, vitamin D3, and retinoid signaling.

abstract：:In this study, we investigated the hypothalamic regulatory role of pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) in the control of LH and PRL secretion. Overiectomized ewes were surgically prepared with bilateral guide tubes directed at the preoptic area (POA) or medial basal hypothalamus (MBH). After rec...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Anderson ST,Sawangjaroen K,Curlewis JD

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypothyroidism is the most frequent and earliest endocrine complication in cystinosis, a multisystemic lysosomal storage disease caused by defective transmembrane cystine transporter, cystinosin (CTNS gene). We recently demonstrated in Ctns(-/-) mice that altered thyroglobulin biosynthesis associated with endoplasmic ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Gaide Chevronnay HP,Janssens V,Van Der Smissen P,Rocca CJ,Liao XH,Refetoff S,Pierreux CE,Cherqui S,Courtoy PJ

更新日期：2016-04-01 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：:The conversion of T4 to T3 in the brain and anterior pituitary gland contributes significantly to the T3 content of these tissues and appears to be an important modulator of thyroid hormone action. In the present study, the antimanic agent lithium was demonstrated in cultured neural and pituitary tissue to have a sign...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： St Germain DL

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To explore the role of transforming growth factor-beta (TGF beta) isoforms and other growth-related genes during prostate morphogenesis in the mouse, we examined mRNA levels in fetal day 17 urogenital sinus, mesenchyme (UGM), and epithelium (UGE) as well as in the ventral, dorsal, and anterior lobes of the adult prost...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Timme TL,Truong LD,Merz VW,Krebs T,Kadmon D,Flanders KC,Park SH,Thompson TC

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pheochromocytomas (PCCs) are tumors arising from neural crest-derived chromaffin cells. There are currently few animal models of PCC that recapitulate the key features of human tumors. Because such models may be useful for investigations of molecular pathomechanisms and development of novel therapeutic interventions, ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Wiedemann T,Peitzsch M,Qin N,Neff F,Ehrhart-Bornstein M,Eisenhofer G,Pellegata NS

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A1/A2 noradrenergic neurons in the medulla oblongata are well known to mediate stress signals in the central nervous system. Stress activates A1/A2 noradrenergic neurons, and then noradrenaline (NA) stimulates ACTH secretion through hypothalamic CRH. On the other hand, PRL-releasing peptide (PrRP) was recently isolate...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Maruyama M,Matsumoto H,Fujiwara K,Noguchi J,Kitada C,Fujino M,Inoue K

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A variety of human malignancies overexpresses isoform A of the insulin receptor (IR-A) and produces IGFs (IGF-I and/or IGF-II). IR-A binds IGF-II with high affinity (although 4-fold lower than that for insulin), whereas it binds IGF-I with low affinity (approximately 30-fold lower than that for insulin). However, in e...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Sacco A,Morcavallo A,Pandini G,Vigneri R,Belfiore A

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maintenance of cell polarity is essential for Sertoli cell and blood-testis barrier (BTB) function and spermatogenesis; however, the signaling mechanisms that regulate the integrity of the cytoskeleton and polarity of Sertoli cells are not fully understood. Here, we demonstrate that rapamycin-insensitive component of ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Dong H,Chen Z,Wang C,Xiong Z,Zhao W,Jia C,Lin J,Lin Y,Yuan W,Zhao AZ,Bai X

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The roles of alpha- and beta-subunits of human TSH (hTSH) were studied by investigating the inhibitory effects of monoclonal antibodies on the biological activity of hTSH. Four monoclonal antibodies directed toward different epitopes on the beta-subunit (hTSH beta) inhibited completely the receptor binding of hTSH to ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Endo Y,Tetsumoto T,Nagasaki H,Kashiwai T,Tamaki H,Amino N,Miyai K

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endocannabinoids act as a major neuromodulatory system in a variety of physiological and behavioral functions. Three major lines of evidence suggest that the endocannabinoid system interacts with gonadal hormones. First, the endocannabinoid system is implicated in behaviors and physiological functions that are known t...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Gorzalka BB,Dang SS

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Na(+)/I(-) symporter (NIS)-mediated iodide uptake into thyroid follicular cells serves as the basis of radioiodine therapy for thyroid cancer. NIS protein is also expressed in the majority of breast tumors, raising potential for radionuclide therapy of breast cancer. KT5823, a staurosporine-related protein kinase inhi...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Beyer S,Lakshmanan A,Liu YY,Zhang X,Wapnir I,Smolenski A,Jhiang S

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the structural and functional characteristics of insulin receptors from rat brain and liver from late gestation through adulthood as well as from cultured neuronal and glial cells from neonatal rats. Specific insulin binding was present on membrane preparations from brain and liver at all stages of developm...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Lowe WL Jr,Boyd FT,Clarke DW,Raizada MK,Hart C,LeRoith D

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intact handled rats were pretreated with the immunoglobulin G fractions from normal rabbit serum or antisera to ovine corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) and/or vasopressin and subjected to restraint or formalin stress. The formalin-induced rise in plasma ACTH was reduced to 28% in rats pretreated with anti-CRF, to 5...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Linton EA,Tilders FJ,Hodgkinson S,Berkenbosch F,Vermes I,Lowry PJ

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diets lacking soy and alpha-alpha derivatives that are considered to be estrogen-free by standard bioassays (uterotrophic assay and vaginal opening) have been revealed to contain considerable amounts of compounds able to transcriptionally activate the estrogen receptors (ERs) and stimulate luciferase expression in sev...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ciana P,Brena A,Sparaciari P,Bonetti E,Di Lorenzo D,Maggi A

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fragile X syndrome is the most frequent hereditary form of mental retardation. This X-linked disorder is, in most cases, caused by an unstable and expanding trinucleotide CGG repeat located in the 5'-untranslated region of the gene involved, the fragile X mental retardation 1 (FMR1) gene. Expansion of the CGG repe...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Slegtenhorst-Eegdeman KE,de Rooij DG,Verhoef-Post M,van de Kant HJ,Bakker CE,Oostra BA,Grootegoed JA,Themmen AP

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study of the biochemical mechanisms regulating the differentiation of the ovarian androgen-producing cells has been difficult because of the lack of a method for isolating the theca-interstitial cells (TIC) from the granulosa and other cell types. We report here a simple, rapid and reproducible method for obtainin...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Magoffin DA,Erickson GF

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme-A (HMG-CoA) reductase activity and reductase mRNA level were determined in adrenals from hamsters treated with ACTH, with or without cycloheximide or aminoglutethimide. Both reductase activity and reductase mRNA level were similarly enhanced by ACTH administration compared to levels...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Lehoux JG,Lefebvre A,De Médicis E,Bélisle S,Bellabarba D

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Axonal degeneration often leads to the death of neuronal cell bodies. Previous studies demonstrated the substantial protective role of 17β-estradiol (E2) in several types of neuron. However, most studies examined cell body protection, and the role of 17β-E2 in axonal degeneration of retinal ganglion cells (RGC) remain...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kitaoka Y,Munemasa Y,Hayashi Y,Kuribayashi J,Koseki N,Kojima K,Kumai T,Ueno S

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of obesity, with its impact on the development of comorbidities, including diabetes and cardiovascular disease, represents one of the greatest global health threats of the 21st century. This is particularly damning considering the vast progress that has been made in understanding the factors and molecula...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Perez-Tilve D

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogen or raloxifene (LY156758) prevent estrogen deficiency-induced bone loss in animals and humans. We demonstrated in the rat that a 22% reduction in bone mineral density generated by ovariectomy was associated with a 2-fold reduction of transforming growth factor-beta 3 (TGF beta 3) messenger RNA expression in th...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Yang NN,Bryant HU,Hardikar S,Sato M,Galvin RJ,Glasebrook AL,Termine JD

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The heart has epicardial adipose tissue that produces adipokines and mesenchymal stem cells. Systemic adipose tissue is involved in the pathophysiology of obesity-related heart diseases. However, the method for analyzing the direct interaction between adipose tissue and cardiomyocytes has not been established. Here we...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Anan M,Uchihashi K,Aoki S,Matsunobu A,Ootani A,Node K,Toda S

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of estradiol valerate and constant light exposure on the histological appearance of the arcuate nucleus were assessed in female rats. Both of these treatments caused significant increases in the numbers of reactive microglial cells and astrocytic granules in the nucleus. Ovariectomy before either treatment...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Brawer JR,Schipper H,Naftolin F

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An estrogen-binding protein (EBP) has been identified and characterized in the cytosol of the pathogenic yeast Candida albicans. Binding of [3H]estradiol was found to be optimal at pH 7.4 in the presence of 0.3 M KCl and was linearly related to protein concentration. Binding was very rapid, reaching maximal levels in ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Skowronski R,Feldman D

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is evidence that the IGF system plays an important role in the growth and function of the thyroid gland. Proteolysis is an important posttranslational process that modulates the affinity of IGF binding proteins (IGFBPs) to IGFs, thus regulating their activity. IGFBP-3 has been shown to be cleaved by members of t...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Wang J,Grünler J,Lewitt MS

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetically obese Zucker rats, like obese humans, have normal or elevated circulating insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) levels in the presence of low GH secretion. Hyperinsulinemia, increased energy status, or other nutritional factors associated with obesity could be responsible for these findings directly by incr...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Melián E,Velasco B,Barrios R,Sanchez-Franco F

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Binding of lactogenic hormones to particulate and solubilized microsomal membranes isolated from mammary glands of lactating mice is inhibited by direct addition of 10(-10) M or greater concentrations of triphenylethylene antiestrogens [i.e. tamoxifen (TAM), 4-hydroxy-tamoxifen, and Nafoxidine] to the binding assays. ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Biswas R,Vonderhaar BK

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The assembly of the developmentally arrested primordial follicle and the subsequent transition of the primordial follicle to the primary follicle are critical processes in normal ovarian physiology that remain to be elucidated. Ovarian follicles do not proliferate and the primordial follicles present in the neonate re...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kezele P,Skinner MK

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ovary-specific acidic protein (OSAP) is a novel molecule discovered from a genomic project designed to identify ovary-selective genes in mice. Whereas public databases suggest extraovarian expression of OSAP, its tissue distribution has not yet been well documented. Thus, the expression profile of mouse and human OSAP...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Matsumoto T,Minegishi K,Ishimoto H,Tanaka M,Hennebold JD,Teranishi T,Hattori Y,Furuya M,Higuchi T,Asai S,Kim SH,Miyakoshi K,Yoshimura Y

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, we have reported that retinoic acid (RA), similarly to retinol acetate, is able to reinitiate spermatogenesis in vitamin A-deficient rats. Here, we investigated the expression of RA receptors RAR alpha, RAR beta, RAR gamma, and retinoid X receptor RXR alpha by Northern blot analysis of poly(A)+ RNA of testes...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： van Pelt AM,van den Brink CE,de Rooij DG,van der Saag PT

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00