Characterization of the atrial natriuretic peptide system in the oviduct.

abstract：:We have recently found that, in the frog adrenal gland, endozepines are present in chromaffin cells and we have shown that the triakontatetraneuropeptide TTN is a potent stimulator of corticosteroid secretion in vitro. In the present study, we have investigated the transduction mechanisms mediating the corticotropic e...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Lesouhaitier O,Kodjo MK,Cartier F,Contesse V,Yon L,Delarue C,Vaudry H

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We hypothesized the existence of vagal arginine sensors in the liver which modulate arginine-induced pancreatic hormone secretion. The present study was carried out to examine the efferent pathways and receptor mechanisms from arginine sensors using selective vagotomies and autonomic drugs on the secretion of insulin ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Tanaka K,Inoue S,Nagase H,Takamura Y

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IGF-I and IGF-II play important roles in growth and development via interactions with cell-surface receptors; however, in nature, IGFs are sequestered by at least six soluble, high-affinity IGF-binding proteins (IGFBPs), namely IGFBPs 1-6. Herein, we demonstrate that the stromal cell-derived extracellular matrix-degra...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Fowlkes JL,Serra DM,Bunn RC,Thrailkill KM,Enghild JJ,Nagase H

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prokineticin-1 (PK1) is a recently described protein with a wide range of functions, including tissue-specific angiogenesis, modulation of inflammatory responses, and regulation of hemopoiesis. The aim of this study was to investigate the localization and expression of PK1 and PK receptor-1 (PKR1), their signaling pat...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Denison FC,Battersby S,King AE,Szuber M,Jabbour HN

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aldo-keto reductase 1B7 (AKR1B7) encodes an aldose-reductase that has been reported as a detoxification enzyme until now. We have demonstrated that AKR1B7 is differently expressed in various mouse white adipose tissues depending on their location. Its expression is associated with a higher ratio of preadipocytes v...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Tirard J,Gout J,Lefrançois-Martinez AM,Martinez A,Begeot M,Naville D

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In male rats maintained on a 12 h light-dark schedule (6 AM-6 PM), there is a nyctohemeral cycle of plasma prolactin which consists of a nadir at 11:30 AM and an apogee at approximately 11:30 PM. In rats exposed to constant darkness, this rhythm persists for 7 days. Seven days of constant light, however, reverses this...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Kizer JS,Zivin JA,Jacobowitz DM,Kopin IJ

更新日期：1975-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously described significant differences in maximal testosterone production by Leydig cells from the following strains of inbred mice: C57BL/10J, C57BL/6J, DBA/2J, and C3H/HeJ. To evaluate whether these differences in maximal testosterone production related to the activities of the steroidogenic enzymes of the ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Stalvey JR,Payne AH

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although prolactinomas can be effectively treated with dopamine agonists, about 20% of patients develop dopamine resistance or tumor recurrence after surgery, indicating a need for better understanding of underlying disease mechanisms. Although estrogen-induced rat prolactinomas have been widely used to investigate th...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Tong Y,Zheng Y,Zhou J,Oyesiku NM,Koeffler HP,Melmed S

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Local androgen synthesis in prostate cancer (PC) may contribute to the development of castration-resistant PC (CRPC), but pathways controlling intratumoral steroidogenic enzyme expression in PC are unknown. We investigated the effects of activin, a factor involved in the regulation of PC growth and steroidogenic enzym...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Hofland J,van Weerden WM,Steenbergen J,Dits NF,Jenster G,de Jong FH

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hereditary vitamin D-resistant rickets (HVDRR) is an autosomal recessive disease caused by mutations in the vitamin D receptor (VDR). We studied a young Saudi Arabian girl who exhibited the typical clinical features of HVDRR, but without alopecia. Analysis of her VDR gene revealed a homozygous T to C mutation in exon ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Malloy PJ,Xu R,Peng L,Peleg S,Al-Ashwal A,Feldman D

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogen-based hormone therapy (HT) in postmenopausal women may reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD), although HT remains controversial. One key concern with HT is the potential of adverse outcomes such as breast and uterine cancer. A promising strategy to maximize HT benefits and minimize HT risks is the use o...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Carroll JC,Pike CJ

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sex chromosome imbalance in males is linked to a supernumerary X chromosome, a condition resulting in Klinefelter syndrome (KS; 47, XXY). KS patients suffer from infertility, hypergonadotropic hypogonadism, and cognitive impairments. Mechanisms of KS pathophysiology are poorly understood and require further exploratio...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Wistuba J,Luetjens CM,Stukenborg JB,Poplinski A,Werler S,Dittmann M,Damm OS,Hämäläinen T,Simoni M,Gromoll J

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Puberty in primates is timed by 2 hypothalamic events: during late infancy a decline in pulsatile GnRH release occurs, leading to a hypogonadotropic state that maintains quiescence of the prepubertal gonad; and in late juvenile development, pulsatile GnRH release is reactivated and puberty initiated, a phase of develo...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Ramaswamy S,Dwarki K,Ali B,Gibbs RB,Plant TM

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report for the first time the expression of estrogen receptor-related receptor (ERR)-alpha in fetal and adult rat chondrocytes in growth plate and articular cartilage and the rat chondrogenic cell line C5.18 cells in vitro. ERRalpha mRNA and protein were expressed from proliferating chondrocyte to mature chondrocyt...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Bonnelye E,Zirngibl RA,Jurdic P,Aubin JE

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gonadal differentiation is dependent upon a cascade of molecular and morphological events. Steroidogenic factor 1 (SF-1) and DAX-1 have been implicated in this process. A SF-1 binding site has been reported to be present on the DAX-1 gene. We therefore used immunocytochemistry to determine whether these two transcript...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Majdic G,Saunders PT

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although it is known that LH secretion starts at 17 days of gestation in the fetal rat and that this first LH release is most likely driven by hypothalamic GnRH, an earlier role for GnRH during fetal life has been postulated with the observation that presence of GnRH is important before day 13 of gestation for the dif...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Aubert ML,Begeot M,Winiger BP,Morel G,Sizonenko PC,Dubois PM

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present studies were conducted to further evaluate inositol phosphate formation and metabolism in prostaglandin F2 alpha (PGF2 alpha)-stimulated bovine luteal cells. Corpora lutea were dispersed with collagenase, and luteal cells were prelabeled for 3 h with [3H]inositol. Inositol phosphates produced in response t...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Duncan RA,Davis JS

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both serotonin (5-HT) and opiates exert a stimulatory effect on PRL secretion. Some evidence suggests that the action of opiates may be elicited through serotonergic neurons. We tested this hypothesis in the present study by evaluating the effect of perturbation of the serotonergic system on PRL secretion induced by f...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Pan JT,Teo KL

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Porcine serum contains five insulin-like growth factor-binding proteins (IGFBPs), whose regulation has been studied by ligand blotting. To more accurately quantify changes in two specific forms of IGFBP a heterologous RIA for porcine (p) IGFBP-2 was developed, and IGFBP-1 levels were analyzed by immunoblotting. By RIA...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： McCusker RH,Cohick WS,Busby WH,Clemmons DR

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various hormones and growth factors act at least in part by raising the cytosolic pH of the target cell. In the present studies we examined the influence of the muscarinic cholinergic agonist carbachol on intracellular pH (pHi) in chicken granulosa cells. The pHi in granulosa cells from the two largest preovulatory fo...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Li M,Morley P,Schwartz JL,Whitfield JF,Tsang BK

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progesterone, which is normally produced in the endoplasmic reticulum, was found to be rapidly degraded in the cytosolic fraction of the guinea pig adrenal cortex in vitro. Assuming this finding reflects what happens in vivo raises a question as to the source of progesterone for interacting with a nuclear progesterone...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Demura T,Driscoll WJ,Strott CA

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested the hypothesis that depressed duodenal calcium absorption in the streptozotocin diabetic rat is the consequence of diabetes rather than nephrotoxicity of the diabetogenic agent causing abnormal renal vitamin D metabolism. We treated streptozotocin diabetic rats with insulin and compared their duodenal calciu...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Schneider LE,Nowosielski LM,Schedl HP

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Media from large vessel endothelial cells (pulmonary artery, aorta) contained intact connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) and a dominant 19-kDa band. N-terminal analysis of the 19-kDa band showed sequence corresponding to CTGF amino acid 181-190, suggesting that the 19-kDa band represented a proteolytic fragment of ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Boes M,Dake BL,Booth BA,Erondu NE,Oh Y,Hwa V,Rosenfeld R,Bar RS

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Throughout spermatogenesis, germ cells migrate from the basal to the adluminal compartment while remaining attached to Sertoli cells via actin-based adherens and intermediate filament-based anchoring junctions. However, the events that trigger deadhesion and adhesion remain largely unknown. As part of our continued ef...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Lau AS,Mruk DD

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that atrial natriuretic peptides (ANPs) inhibit the secretion of aldosterone by isolated rat adrenal glomerulosa cells stimulated by angiotensin II, ACTH, and potassium. Structure-function studies have concentrated on the significance of the C- and N-terminal chains for the biological activ...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Craven TG,Kem DC,Schiebinger RJ

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A (PAPP-A) is the major IGF binding protein-4 (IGFBP-4) protease in follicular fluid, consistent with its proposed role in folliculogenesis. Despite growing interest, almost nothing is known about how PAPP-A expression is regulated in any tissue. Here we show that FSH and oocytes re...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Matsui M,Sonntag B,Hwang SS,Byerly T,Hourvitz A,Adashi EY,Shimasaki S,Erickson GF

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have demonstrated TSH binding sites in membranes prepared from guinea pig testis. The binding of TSH to testicular homogenate was localized to the interstitial tissue and showed similar characteristics to the binding of TSH to thyroid membranes with high affinity (Ka = 2.5 X 10(10) M-1) but limited capacity (approx...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Davies TF,Smith BR,Hall R

更新日期：1978-07-01 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：: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：:Steroid hormone synthesis is a vital function of the adrenal cortex, serves a critical role in gonadal function, and maintains pregnancy if normally executed in the placenta. The substrate for the synthesis of all steroid hormones is cholesterol, and its conversion to the first steroid, pregnenolone, by the cholestero...

journal_title：Endocrinology

authors： Yivgi-Ohana N,Sher N,Melamed-Book N,Eimerl S,Koler M,Manna PR,Stocco DM,Orly J

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00