Analysis of the steroid binding domain of rat steroid 5alpha-reductase (isozyme-1): the steroid D-ring binding domain of 5alpha-reductase.

abstract：:Preimplantation rabbit embryos were incubated with pregnenolone and dehydroisoandrosterone under conditions which gave formazan precipitation by the histochemical technique. The metabolic fate of the labeled steroids was assessed simultaneously. There was no concomitant transformation of pregnenolone to progesterone a...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Bleau G

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guinea pig adrenal estrogen sulfotransferase from either sex was eluted as a single peak, irrespective of buffer salt concentration, when subjected to fast protein liquid chromatography on gel filtration columns. The same enzyme was consistently eluted in two distinct peaks during chromatofocusing. Adrenal pregnenolon...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Glasier MA,Glutek SM,Hobkirk R

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allopregnanolone (3α-THP) is one of the main reduced progesterone (P4) metabolites that is recognized as a neuroprotective and myelinating agent. 3α-THP also induces proliferation of different neural cells. It has been shown that P4 favors the progression of glioblastomas (GBM), the most common and aggressive primary ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Zamora-Sánchez CJ,Hansberg-Pastor V,Salido-Guadarrama I,Rodríguez-Dorantes M,Camacho-Arroyo I

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously demonstrated that 1α,25 dihydroxy-vitamin D(3) (1α,25(OH)(2)D(3)) has antiproliferative effects on the growth of endothelial cells transformed by the viral G protein-coupled receptor associated to Kaposi sarcoma (vGPCR). In this work, we have investigated whether 1α,25(OH)(2)D(3) exerts its growth i...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Gonzalez-Pardo V,D'Elia N,Verstuyf A,Boland R,Russo de Boland A

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phytochemical characterization of a commercial herb sample supplied as Smilax ornata Lem. (sarsaparilla) led to the isolation of five steroidal saponins, including two new furostanol saponins sarsaparilloside B (1) and sarsaparilloside C (2), whose structures were elucidated via a combination of multistage mass spectr...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Challinor VL,Parsons PG,Chap S,White EF,Blanchfield JT,Lehmann RP,De Voss JJ

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The determination of the glucurono-conjugated position in three bile alcohol glucuronides secreted in bile of a patient with cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis was carried out by a nuclear magnetic resonance study. The bile sample was extracted with ethanol and chromatographed on an ion-exchange column, a reverse-phase pa...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Kuramoto T,Suemura Y,Kihira K,Hiraoka T,Hoshita T

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucuronidation of 24,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 has been investigated in in vitro and in vivo experiments. Three positional isomers of 24,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 monoglucuronide were synthesized from 24,25-dihydroxyprovitamin D3 derivatives with Koenigs-Knorr reaction and used as standard samples. In the presence of the r...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Higashi T,Horike M,Kikuchi R,Shimada K

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Significant changes in % free serum E2, T and P were observed during the annual cycle of the turtle. In contrast no significant changes in SHBG affinity constants (2.29-4.48 x 10(8) M-7) were found and binding capacity for estradiol 17B was between 3.47 and 3.96 x 10(-7) M except in preovulatory animals (2.00 +/- 0.25...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Albert C,Callard IP

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effective syntheses of endo- and exocyclic alpha,beta-unsaturated ketones as CC dipolarophiles were carried out in the 13alpha-estrone series. The 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions of 15,16alpha,beta-unsaturated ketones of 13alpha-estrone 3-methyl and 3-benzyl ether with nitrilimines stereoselectively furnished two regioisom...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Mernyák E,Kozma E,Hetényi A,Márk L,Schneider G,Wölfling J

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A direct competitive heterologous enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was developed and validated to determine follicular fluid estradiol levels of different antral follicular sizes (small, medium, and large) obtained from the ovaries of heifers in the follicular phase of the estrous cycle. Polyclonal antiestrad...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Silván G,Illera JC,Illera M

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutral steroids are difficult to analyse using desorption ionisation methods coupled with mass spectrometry (MS). However, steroids with an unhindered ketone group can readily be derivatised with the Girard P (GP) reagent to give GP hydrazones. Steroid GP hydrazones contain a quaternary nitrogen atom and are readily ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Khan MA,Wang Y,Heidelberger S,Alvelius G,Liu S,Sjövall J,Griffiths WJ

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phytochemical analysis of the fruits of Raphia vinifera led to the isolation of four new steroidal saponins (1-4), along with six known secondary metabolites (6-10). The structures of the isolated compounds were determined based on the analyses of NMR and mass spectrometric data, and chemical degradation reactions. Am...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Chi GF,Sop RVT,Mbaveng AT,Omollo Ombito J,Fotso GW,Nguenang GS,Kuete V,Efferth T,Ngadjui BT

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently characterized the awakening responses and daily profiles of the catabolic stress hormone cortisol in elite military men. Anabolic hormones follow a similar daily pattern and may counteract the catabolic effects of cortisol. This companion report is the first to characterize daily profiles of anabolic hormo...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Taylor MK,Kviatkovsky SA,Hernández LM,Sargent P,Segal S,Granger DA

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (11 beta-HSD), by converting cortisol and corticosterone to hormonally inactive cortisone and 11-dehydrocorticosterone, respectively, is an important pre-receptor signaling pathway for the renal mineralocorticoid receptor (MR). This receptor has an equal affinity for the glucocorti...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Stewart PM,Mason JI

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes the oxidation of cholesta-5,7-dien-3beta-yl acetate (4) with the urea-hydrogen peroxide adduct (UHP) using methyltrioxorhenium (MTO) as catalyst, under various conditions. Specifically, the effects of using different solvents (CHCl(3) and ethers) and additives (EtOH and pyridine) on the course o...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Musumeci D,Sica D

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibition of 5alpha-reduction of testosterone by an anti-androgen TSAA-291 (16beta-ethyl-17beta-hydroxy-4-estren-3-one) was studied in rat ventral prostates and the metabolic conversion of 3H-TSAA-291 was examined both in vitro and in vivo. In the in vitro experiment using nuclear 5alpha-reductase of the prostate, 5a...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Sudo K,Yoshida K,Akinaga Y,Nakayama R

更新日期：1981-07-01 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：:Spectroscopic examination of purified extracts of the rumen content of sheep intoxicated by Brachiaria decumbens revealed the presence of two spirostanes, identified as epi-sarsasapogenin and epi-smilagenin. Sarsasapogenone was obtained by the oxidation of sarsasapogenin. The reduction of sarsasapogenone using lithium...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Lajis NH,Abdullah AS,Salim SJ,Bremner JB,Khan MN

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is considerable evidence that although estradiol may trigger the preovulatory surge of gonadotropins, progesterone is required for its full magnitude and duration and that glucocorticoids bring about selective follicle-stimulating hormone release. The luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) neuron does not ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Mahesh VB,Brann DW

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To gain further insight into the mechanism for inactivation of aromatase by androst-5-ene-7,17-dione (1) and its 19-nor analog 4, 10 beta-oxygenated steroids 5 and 6, delta 1(10)-steroid 7, and 19-oxo-5 beta,6 beta-epoxy compound 8 were synthesized and tested for their ability to inhibit aromatase in human placental m...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Numazawa M,Tachibana M

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Given the close resemblance of the ring A structure of prednisolone and prednisone on the one hand, and of androstadienedione on the other, the transformation of cortisol and cortisone into prednisolone and prednisone in cattle faeces was evaluated. A simple method that does not involve extraction but only the 1:100 d...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Arioli F,Fidani M,Casati A,Fracchiolla ML,Pompa G

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Novel C6-cyclo secondary amine substituted purine steroid-nucleoside analogues (2-9) were efficiently synthesized through displacement of the C6 chloro on the purine ring of series 1 with versatile cyclic secondary amines, including pyrrolidines, piperidine, morpholine, and piperazines. All the newly-synthesized compo...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Huang LH,Li Y,Xu HD,Zheng YF,Liu HM

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new technique that permits measurement of Androgen-Binding Protein (ABP) is validated by reproducibility, linearity and correlation studies. Using this apparatus allowing Scatchard plot analysis, it is also possible to measure association and dissociation rate constants. In addition, it is a very useful tool for a r...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Barbey P,Fradin S,Carreau S,Drosdowsky MA

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The addition of molybdate to rabbit liver cytosol increased significantly the affinity of the glucocorticoid receptor for [3H] dexamethasone without influencing the concentration of binding sites. This effect was concentration dependent. Analysis of the binding data by curve-fitting and Scatchard plot revealed the occ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Blanchardie P,Lustenberger P,Orsonneau JL,Denis M,Bernard S

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an endeavour to develop potent anti-tumor agents from diosgenin, a series of C-6 derived 1,2,3-triazolyl derivatives were designed and synthesized by employing Cu(I) catalyzed Huisgen 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction of novel azides - (22R,25R)-6β-azidospirostan-3β,5α-diol and 6β-azido-7α-hydroxyspirosta-1,4-dien...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Mironov ME,Oleshko OS,Pokrovskii MA,Rybalova TV,Pechurov VK,Pokrovskii AG,Cheresis SV,Mishinov SV,Stupak VV,Shults EE

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first convenient chemical synthesis of 7alpha-hydroxyandrost-4-ene-3,17-dione is reported. Androsta-4,6-diene3, 17-dione was converted into its 6alpha, 7alpha-epoxy-derivative; reduction of the epoxide with aluminum amalgam gave 7alpha-hydroxyandrost-4-ene-3,17-dione. This reducing agent is more efficient than chr...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Hossain AM,Kirk DN,Mitra G

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypothesis tested in the present work is that estrone non-genomically regulates aortic nitric oxide synthase (NOS) and cyclooxygenase (COX) activities in female rats, and that such regulation depends on ovarian function. We found that physiological concentrations of estrone (E(1)) (0.1-10nM) significantly increase...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Selles J,Polini N,Alvarez C,Massheimer V

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Homogenates from human myometrium with an added NADPH regenerating system and ATP were incubated with 4-(14)C progesterone. Six metabolites were identified: 5alpha-pregnane-3, 20-dione, 5beta-pregnane-3, 20-dione, 3alpha-hydroxy-4-pregnen-20-one, 3beta hydroxy-4-pregnen-20-one. 20alpha-hydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one and 20be...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Junkermann H,Runnebaum B,Lisboa BP

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A trisulfated derivative of 24,25,26,26-tetramethyl-5 alpha-cholest-23E-ene-2 alpha, 3 beta, 6 alpha-triol (sokotrasterol sulfate) has been isolated from the sponge Halichondriidae gen. sp., collected near Sokotra Island (Arabian Sea), and its structure has been elucidated. The side chain of the new steroid involves a...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Makarieva TN,Shubina LK,Kalinovsky AI,Stonik VA,Elyakov GB

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because diffusion of testosterone (T) into the salivary gland is thought to be largely limited to the free, biologically active fraction, salivary testosterone is expected to provide a better measure of testosterone bioavailability in the body than is plasma testosterone. Matched saliva and blood spot samples were col...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Rilling JK,Worthman CM,Campbell BC,Stallings JF,Mbizva M

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00