Androgen induction of steroid 5 alpha-reductase may be mediated via insulin-like growth factor-I.

abstract：:We investigated whether genetic selection for growth influences pituitary GH secretion in two strains of rats, LL (large) and SS (small). Animals were bled every 15 min for 6 h via an indwelling atrial Silastic catheter, and GH levels were determined by RIA. LL and SS males displayed a low frequency, high amplitude ep...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： O'Sullivan D,Millard WJ,Badger TM,Martin JB,Martin RJ

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A surge of GnRH release signals the LH surge that triggers ovulation. The GnRH surge is dependent on a switch in estradiol feedback from negative to positive and, in rodents, a daily neural signal, likely from the suprachiasmatic nuclei. Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) may be involved in suprachiasmatic nuclei...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Christian CA,Moenter SM

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiotensin II is a potent octapeptide vasoconstrictor and regulator of cardiovascular and electrolyte homeostasis. Angiotensinogen, the protein precursor of angiotensin II, is synthesized by the liver and many other organs of the adult rat. To determine whether angiotensin may be present in early fetal development we...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Lee HU,Campbell DJ,Habener JF

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous immunohistochemical and in situ hybridization studies of sheep, goats, and rodents indicated that kisspeptin (KP), neurokinin B (NKB), and dynorphin A (DYN) are extensively colocalized in the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus, thus providing a basis for the KP/NKB/DYN (KNDy) neuron concept; in both sexes, KNDy neu...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Hrabovszky E,Sipos MT,Molnár CS,Ciofi P,Borsay BÁ,Gergely P,Herczeg L,Bloom SR,Ghatei MA,Dhillo WS,Liposits Z

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adrenal gland is highly vascularized with tightly regulated blood flow that is closely correlated with steroidogenesis. Mechanisms involved in the regulation of adrenal blood flow and vascular tone are largely unknown. The present study characterizes the contractile responses of isolated small cortical arteries fr...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Zhang DX,Gauthier KM,Campbell WB

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aromatase-deficient (ArKO) mice are deficient in estrogens due to deletion of the aromatase gene. We hypothesized that there may be changes in the cardiovascular system of ArKO mice because of evidence linking estrogens with improved cardiovascular outcomes and the induction of the glucocorticoid-metabolizing enzyme, ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Head GA,Obeyesekere VR,Jones ME,Simpson ER,Krozowski ZS

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The estrogenic and antiestrogenic actions of the geometric isomers of tamoxifen and 4-hydroxytamoxifen were determined in a PRL synthesis assay using primary cultures of dispersed immature rat pituitary gland cells. 4-Hydroxytamoxifen was 100 times more potent as an antiestrogen than tamoxifen. The cis isomer of tamox...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Jordan VC,Koch R,Langan S,McCague R

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulsatile release of GnRH-1 is critical to stimulate gonadotropes of the anterior pituitary. This secretory pattern seems to be inherent to GnRH-1 neurons, however, the mechanisms underlying such episodical release remain unknown. In monkey nasal explants, the GnRH-1 population exhibits synchronized calcium events wit...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Constantin S,Caraty A,Wray S,Duittoz AH

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both Snell (Pit-1(dw) or (dwj), dw/dw) and Ames (Prophet of Pit-1(df), df/df) dwarf mice fail to produce prolactin (PRL) as well as GH due to deficient transcription factor Pit-1 activity and have reduced numbers of hypothalamic PRL-inhibiting area A12 tuberoinfundibular dopaminergic (TIDA) neurons. It has been report...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Phelps CJ

更新日期：2004-12-01 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

abstract：:One day of fasting suppresses pulsatile LH secretion in adult male rhesus monkeys. In the present study, we determined whether the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis is activated by 1 day of fasting, and if there is any evidence that an increase in the activity of the HPA axis causes the fasting-induced suppres...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Helmreich DL,Mattern LG,Cameron JL

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The multifunctional cytokine tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF alpha) stimulates osteoclastic resorption. It is not known which steps in osteoclast formation are affected by TNF alpha. We have investigated the effects of recombinant human TNF alpha (rhTNF alpha) on osteoclast development and osteoclastic resorption in ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： van der Pluijm G,Most W,van der Wee-Pals L,de Groot H,Papapoulos S,Löwik C

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By acting in the brain, insulin suppresses food intake, whereas neuropeptide Y (NPY) has the opposite effect. Since fasting increases NPY gene expression in the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus (ARC) and also lowers circulating insulin levels, we hypothesized that the anorexiant effect of insulin could result from insulin...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Schwartz MW,Marks JL,Sipols AJ,Baskin DG,Woods SC,Kahn SE,Porte D Jr

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The subunit structure of mammalian cytoplasmic progesterone receptors (PR) has been difficult to study because these proteins are subject to in vitro proteolysis; the structure of nuclear PR is unknown. We have now developed an in situ photoaffinity labeling method for PR that permits study of their subunits with mini...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Horwitz KB,Alexander PS

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The preoptic area (POA) of the male dove is a known target area for separable behavioral actions of testosterone and 17 beta-estradiol (E2) and contains an active aromatase system. We have examined the regulatory influence of gonadal hormones on aromatase using an in vitro microassay that measures conversion of [1 alp...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Hutchison JB,Steimer T

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the physiological regulation and functional significance of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in the endocrine melanotrope cells of the pituitary pars intermedia of the amphibian Xenopus laevis, which can adapt its skin color to the light intensity of its environment. In black-adapted anima...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kramer BM,Cruijsen PM,Ouwens DT,Coolen MW,Martens GJ,Roubos EW,Jenks BG

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The steroid hormone 1 alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1,25-(OH)2D3] can elicit biological responses via a nongenomic pathway that involves rapid opening of the plasma membrane Ca2+ channels. There is also evidence that 1,25-(OH)2D3 influences insulin secretion in the pancreatic beta-cell, which is primarily mediated by ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Sergeev IN,Rhoten WB

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acromegaly is associated with an increased incidence of cardiovascular disease. Transgenic mice expressing bovine GH (bGH) gene have previously been used to examine the effects of chronic GH stimulation on cardiovascular function. Results concerning systolic blood pressure (SBP) in bGH mice are conflicting. We hypothe...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Jara A,Benner CM,Sim D,Liu X,List EO,Householder LA,Berryman DE,Kopchick JJ

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:FSH has been shown to stimulate the uptake of calcium in cultured rat Sertoli cells, resulting in an increase in cytosolic calcium concentrations. One possibility which has been put forth is that the FSH receptor per se may act as a calcium channel. This is all the more tantalizing given the proposed structure of this...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Shibata EF,Matsuda JJ,Volk KA,Collison KA,Segaloff DL

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral ketoconazole has been demonstrated to lower plasma testosterone in man. Measurement of blood precursors of testosterone suggest that ketoconazole may have its effect inhibiting the 17,20-desmolase enzyme within the testis. To substantiate this, a series of in vitro experiments was conducted using the rat testis t...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Sikka SC,Swerdloff RS,Rajfer J

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic glucokinase (GK) is considered an important element of the glucose-sensing unit in pancreatic beta-cells. It is possible that the brain uses similar glucose-sensing units, and we employed GK immunohistochemistry and confocal microscopy to examine the anatomical distribution of GK-like immunoreactivities in ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Maekawa F,Toyoda Y,Torii N,Miwa I,Thompson RC,Foster DL,Tsukahara S,Tsukamura H,Maeda K

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro antiglucocorticoids (cortexolone and progesterone) were evaluated as in vivo antagonists of dexamethasone-induced increases in liver tyrosine amino transferase (TAT; EC 2.6.1.5), tryptophan oxygenase (TPO; EC 1.13.1.12), and glycogen deposition. Cortexolone antagonized the TPO and glycogen responses to dexame...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Naylor PH,Gilani SS,Milholland RJ,Rosen F

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The beta-isoform of protein kinase C (PKC) has paradoxically been suggested to be important for both insulin action and insulin resistance as well as for contributing to the pathogenesis of diabetic complications. Presently, we evaluated the effects of knockout of the PKCbeta gene on overall glucose homeostasis and in...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Standaert ML,Bandyopadhyay G,Galloway L,Soto J,Ono Y,Kikkawa U,Farese RV,Leitges M

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:LH supplementation in assisted reproductive technology cycles improves the ongoing pregnancy rate in women with poor ovarian response (POR). However, our knowledge of the precise role of LH during the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle is incomplete. To explore the role of LH in the maturation of small antral fol...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Hattori K,Orisaka M,Fukuda S,Tajima K,Yamazaki Y,Mizutani T,Yoshida Y

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exercise has a potent insulin-sensitivity enhancing effect on skeletal muscle, but the intracellular mechanisms that mediate this effect are not well understood. In muscle, Ras-related C3 botulinum toxin substrate 1 (Rac1) regulates both insulin- and contraction-stimulated glucose transport and is dysregulated in insu...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Sylow L,Møller LL,D'Hulst G,Schjerling P,Jensen TE,Richter EA

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolactin (PRL) shares several characteristics with growth factors and cytokines, many of which are known to bind to heparan sulfate proteoglycans. In this study we examined the heparin-binding properties of selected members of the PRL/GH family, using heparin affinity columns followed by gel electrophoresis/Western b...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Khurana S,Kuns R,Ben-Jonathan N

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes is associated with increased generation of cytokines and tissue inflammation, but it is unclear how increased cytokine synthesis is causally related to the development of diabetic complications. Here, we report that exposure to high (25 mm) glucose, but not iso-osmotic concentrations of mannitol or 3-methyl g...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ramana KV,Tammali R,Reddy AB,Bhatnagar A,Srivastava SK

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously described FSH receptor-mediated influx of 45Ca++ in cultured Sertoli cells from immature rats and receptor-enriched proteoliposomes via activation of voltage-sensitive and voltage-independent calcium channels. We have further shown that this effect of FSH does not require cholera toxin- or pertussis...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Grasso P,Santa-Coloma TA,Reichert LE Jr

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To test the hypothesis that angiotensin (Ang) II induces profibrotic gene expression through endogenous aldosterone, we measured the effect of 4 h infusion (600 ng/kg x min) of Ang II on tissue mRNA expression of plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 (PAI-1), preproendothelin-1 (ppET-1), TGF-beta, and osteopontin in wild-...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Luther JM,Wang Z,Ma J,Makhanova N,Kim HS,Brown NJ

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Centrally administered histamine (HA) stimulates the secretion of adenohypophysial POMC-derived peptides, which subsequently cause release of corticosterone. The effect of HA on POMC-derived peptide release is indirect, and it is possible that hypothalamic neurons containing corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH), argi...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kjaer A,Larsen PJ,Knigge U,Warberg J

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00