Direct effect of adenosine on prolactin secretion at the level of the single rat lactotroph: involvement of pertussis toxin-sensitive and -insensitive transducing mechanisms.

abstract：:The two structurally and functionally related peptides, gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) and neuromedin B (NMB) play critical roles in many physiological/pathological processes in mammals. However, the information regarding the expression and functionality of avian NMB, GRP and their receptors is limited. Here, we char...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Mo C,Huang L,Cui L,Lv C,Lin D,Song L,Zhu G,Li J,Wang Y

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular genetics and other contemporary approaches have contributed to a better understanding of prolactin (PRL) actions at the cellular and organismal levels. In this review, several advances in knowledge of PRL actions are highlighted. Special emphasis is paid to areas of progress with consequences for understandi...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Horseman ND,Gregerson KA

更新日期：2013-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous mouse models of prostate carcinogenesis have been developed, but hitherto there has been no model in which the prostate gland could be imaged in live animals. The transgenic model generated here targeted mouse prostate gland using a firefly luciferase enzyme under the control of a small but highly active and ...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Hsieh CL,Xie Z,Liu ZY,Green JE,Martin WD,Datta MW,Yeung F,Pan D,Chung LW

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin is important for optimal fetal and neonatal growth and development. Its continued availability is due, in part, to ongoing islet cell growth within the pancreas. IGFs and IGF-binding proteins (IGFBPs) have been implicated as paracrine regulators of islet cell growth within the developing pancreas. The purpose ...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Hogg J,Hill DJ,Han VK

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), a condition characterized by an excessive accumulation of triglycerides (TGs) in hepatocytes, has dramatically increased globally during recent decades. MicroRNAs (miRs) have been suggested to play crucial roles in many complex diseases and lipid metabolism....

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Li B,Zhang Z,Zhang H,Quan K,Lu Y,Cai D,Ning G

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human thyroid hormone receptor (c-erb A protein) produced by Escherichia coli expression vector plasmid was purified sequentially using polyethylenimine precipitation of DNA, hydroxylapatite column chromatography, ammonium sulphate precipitation, Sephacryl S-300 gel filtration and mono Q-Sepharose column chromatograph...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Ichikawa K,Hashizume K,Nishii Y,Takeda T,Kobayashi M,Suzuki S,Yamada T

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of castration and gonadal steroid replacement on the concentrations of LH-beta and alpha subunit and prolactin mRNA was examined in mice. Mouse LH-beta, alpha and prolactin mRNAs were approximately 0.8, 0.7 and 1.1 kb in size respectively. After ovariectomy, LH-beta mRNA levels increased 2- to 2.5-fold, whi...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Saade G,London DR,Lalloz MR,Clayton RN

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence indicates that central regulation of food intake is well conserved along the vertebrate lineage, at least between teleost fish and mammals. However, several differences arise in the comparison between both groups. In this review, we describe similarities and differences between teleost fish and mammals on an ...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Soengas JL,Cerdá-Reverter JM,Delgado MJ

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A full-length transcript encoding a functional lamprey glycoprotein hormone receptor I (lGpH-R I, GenBank AY750688) was cloned from the testes of the sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus, using the GpH-R protein fingerprint GLYCHORMONER from the PRINTS database. The present study is the first to identify a GpH-R transcript...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Freamat M,Kawauchi H,Nozaki M,Sower SA

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The subcellular distribution of steroidogenic enzymes has so far been studied mostly in classical endocrine glands and in the placenta. In the peripheral intracrine organs which synthesize sex steroids there is no indication about the organelles which contain the enzymes involved in steroid biosynthesis. We have thus ...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Pelletier G,Luu-The V,El-Alfy M,Li S,Labrie F

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolactin (PRL)-releasing peptide (PrRP) is a strong candidate stimulator of pituitary PRL transcription and secretion in teleosts. However, the role in control of extrapituitary PRL expression is unclear even in mammals. To study the possible presence of PrRP-PRL axes not only in the brain-pituitary but also in perip...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Sakamoto T,Amano M,Hyodo S,Moriyama S,Takahashi A,Kawauchi H,Ando M

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies have demonstrated that heat shock is associated with alteration in energy metabolism. In this study, we investigated the effect of heat shock on gene expression and secretion of adiponectin and leptin, and gene expression of Hspa2 and Ppargamma in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. Compared with 37 degrees C, adiponectin mRNA...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Bernabucci U,Basiricò L,Morera P,Lacetera N,Ronchi B,Nardone A

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genomic structure and transcriptional regulation of the rat apelin receptor (APJR) were analysed by rapid amplification of 5' cDNA ends (5'-RACE), transient expression assays and DNA-protein interaction. Analysis of the 5'-flanking region of a rat genomic clone shows no TATA box, but a putative CAAT box and severa...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： O'Carroll AM,Lolait SJ,Howell GM

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reproductive function in mammals is energetically costly and therefore tightly regulated by nutritional status. To enable this integration of metabolic and reproductive function, information regarding peripheral nutritional status must be relayed centrally to the gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GNRH) neurons that driv...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Evans MC,Anderson GM

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In non-mammalian vertebrates, estrogens are key players in ovarian differentiation, but the mechanisms by which they act remain poorly understood. The present study on rainbow trout was designed to investigate whether estrogens trigger the female pathway by activating a group of early female genes (i.e. cyp19a1, foxl2...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Vizziano-Cantonnet D,Baron D,Mahè S,Cauty C,Fostier A,Guiguen Y

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism behind Ca(2)(+) entry into the parathyroid cells has been widely debated, and the molecular identities of the responsible ion channels have not been established yet. In this study, we show that the parathyroid cells lack voltage-operated Ca(2)(+) channels. Passive store depletion by thapsigargin, on the ...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Lu M,Bränström R,Berglund E,Höög A,Björklund P,Westin G,Larsson C,Farnebo LO,Forsberg L

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CRH and its structurally related peptide urocortin (Ucn) are released under stress. Ucn is a potent agonist for CRH-receptor 2 (CRH-R2), which is strongly expressed in rodent heart. Stress induces Ucn mRNA expression in the heart, where it may be cardioprotective. However, increasing evidence indicates that Ucn may al...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Huang M,Kempuraj D,Papadopoulou N,Kourelis T,Donelan J,Manola A,Theoharides TC

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both 17beta-estradiol and prolactin play important roles in the mammary gland, raising the possibility of functional cross-talk between the two signaling pathways. Here, we demonstrate that estrogen receptor-alpha (ERalpha) and -beta (ERbeta) are both able to potentiate transcription from a Stat5-responsive promoter w...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Björnström L,Kilic E,Norman M,Parker MG,Sjöberg M

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hormone human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) shows extensive sequence homology with LH. Thus, many of the antigenic epitopes on hCG are shared with LH, leading to immunological cross-reaction between these two hormones. Anti-fertility and anti-cancer vaccines based upon hCG should ideally target only the hCG-specif...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Charrel-Dennis M,Jackson AM,Lund T,Lapthorn AJ,Berger P,Roitt IM,Delves PJ

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Secretion of parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) by sheep fetal parathyroid glands is reported to be an important factor in the maintenance of a placental calcium pump. The aim of the present study was to determine whether the developing rat parathyroid glands express PTHrP or parathyroid hormone (PTH), or bot...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Tucci J,Russell A,Senior PV,Fernley R,Ferraro T,Beck F

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transformation of Escherichia coli cells with a recombinant plasmid containing modified mouse prolactin (mPRL) cDNA and a pKK223-3 vector resulted in efficient expression of mPRL protein. Cloned mPRL cDNA was modified by removing the 5' non-translating sequence as well as the sequence which encoded the signal peptide ...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Yamamoto M,Harigaya T,Ichikawa T,Hoshino K,Nakashima K

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoporosis is a systemic skeletal disease characterized by low bone mass and microarchitectural deterioration of bone tissue. At a given age, bone mass results from the amount of bone acquired during growth, i.e. the peak bone mass (Bonjour et al., 1991, Theintz et al. 1992) minus the age-related bone loss which par...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Rizzoli R,Bonjour JP,Ferrari SL

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activity of acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC)-alpha is rate limiting for de novo synthesis of fatty acids. The encoding gene is expressed by three different promoters. We characterized promoter III (PIII) from cow, previously only known from sheep. Quantitation of transcripts by RNAse protection assays and real time PCR re...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Mao J,Molenaar AJ,Wheeler TT,Seyfert HM

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human galanin (hGal) is an important neuro-modulator present in the brain, gastrointestinal system and the hypothalamo-pituitary axis. A specific receptor for hGal has been identified in various areas in human brain. A single class of high affinity binding sites was found on plasma membranes of the amygdala (Kd 0.23 n...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Walli R,Schäfer H,Morys-Wortmann C,Paetzold G,Nustede R,Schmidt WE

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Relaxin is a peptide hormone which is produced in human reproductive tissues including the ovary and prostate gland. Little is known of the molecular events regulating relaxin gene transcription. We have studied this question using gene transfer of relaxin promoter/reporter gene constructs into a relaxin-expressing ce...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Gunnersen JM,Roche PJ,Tregear GW,Crawford RJ

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A unique characteristic of the primate adrenal is the ability to produce 19-carbon steroids, often called the adrenal androgens. Although it is clear that the major human adrenal androgens, dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and DHEA sulfate (DHEA-S), are produced almost solely in the adrenal reticularis, the mechanisms re...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Sirianni R,Carr BR,Andò S,Rainey WE

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whether insulin, at physiological concentrations, has direct effects on vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) remains controversial. Our aim was to characterize the mechanism for insulin resistance in VSMCs. For comparison, the effects of IGF1 and IGF2 were also studied. Cultured human aortic smooth muscle cells (HASMC...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Chisalita SI,Johansson GS,Liefvendahl E,Bäck K,Arnqvist HJ

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soluble guanylyl cyclase is a cytosolic enzyme which catalyzes conversion of GTP to the second messenger cyclic GMP. The transcriptional regulation at the promoter levels of four soluble guanylyl cyclase subunits, termed alpha1, alpha2, beta1, and beta2, is largely unknown. In this study, we identified the transcripti...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Jiang Y,Stojilkovic SS

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of an efficient expression system for insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) in Escherichia coli as a fusion protein is described. The fusion protein consists of an N-terminal extension made up of the first 46 amino acids of methionyl porcine GH ([Met1]-pGH) followed by the dipeptide Val-Asn. The latter ...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： King R,Wells JR,Krieg P,Snoswell M,Brazier J,Bagley CJ,Wallace JC,Ballard FJ,Ross M,Francis GL

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of the rat alpha 2u-globulin gene family is regulated in the adult male liver by a number of hormones, including growth hormone, thyroid hormone and several steroids. Upon injection into ovariectomized females, estrogens first induce alpha 2u-globulin expression and then suppress this gene after several day...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Wang KS,Hodgetts RB,Addison WR

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00