Simplified radioimmunoassay for aldosterone using antisera to aldosterone-gamma-lactone.

abstract：:The in vivo retention of 3-H-testosterone, dihydrotestosterone (DHT), 3alpha-androstanediol (3alpha-DIOL), 3beta-DIOL, androstenedione, progesterone and cortisol by renal cytoplasm and nuclei of male and female mice was studied. Testosterone was the major androgen isolated from cytoplasm and nuclei following testoster...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Bullock LP,Bardin CW

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The formation of a horseradish peroxidase-testosterone conjugate for the enzyme-linked immunoassay of testosterone was investigated, using tritiated testosterone to follow the reaction. The formation of testosterone-3-(carboxymethyl) oxime-peroxidase by the mixed anhydride method was found to give a conjugate of high ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Rajkowski KM,Cittanova N,Desfosses B,Jayle MF

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Calcitriol, an active vitamin D metabolite, has a limited application in bone repair because of its undesirable hypercalcaemic action. However it has emerged that lithocholic acid (LCA) is a non-calcaemic vitamin D receptor ligand but whether this steroid can support osteoblast maturation has not be...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Mansell JP,Shorez D,Farrar D,Nowghani M

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brassinosteroids (BRs) are an important class of plant hormones with a multitude of functions. They have been intensively investigated for their biosynthesis, distribution and physiological functions. The aim of this study was to examine possible effects of BRs on the plant plasma membrane cation conductances and Ca(2...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Straltsova D,Chykun P,Subramaniam S,Sosan A,Kolbanov D,Sokolik A,Demidchik V

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early work in the field established that the 5 alpha-reduced metabolite of progesterone 3 alpha-OH-5 alpha-pregnan-20-one (allopregnanolone or 3 alpha,5 alpha-THP) is a potent positive modulator of the GABA(A) receptor (GABAR), the receptor mediating the effects of the primary inhibitory transmitter in the brain. This...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Smith SS

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progesterone and its polar metabolite(s) trigger the meiotic divisions in the amphibian oocyte through a non-genomic signaling system at the plasma membrane. Published site-directed mutagenesis studies of ouabain binding and progesterone-ouabain competition studies indicate that progesterone binds to a 23 amino acid e...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Morrill GA,Kostellow AB,Askari A

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:26,26,26,27,27,27-Hexafluo-1,25(OH)2 vitamin D3, the hexafluorinated analog of 1,25(OH)2 vitamin D3, has been reported to be several times more potent than the parent compound regarding some vitamin D actions. The reason for enhanced biologic activity in the kidneys and small intestine appears to be related to F6-1,25...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Komuro S,Kanamaru H,Nakatsuka I,Yoshitake A

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hydrolysis of 108 esters of norethisterone (17 alpha-ethynyl-17 beta-hydroxyestr-4-en-3-one) was studied in vitro using a rabbit liver preparation. Introduction of a double or triple bond into a straight-chain ester did not inhibit hydrolysis but a marked reduction in hydrolysis was produced on replacement of a me...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Naderi S,Fotherby K

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine the short-term effects of progesterone action on estrogen receptor (Re) levels in the rat uterus. Ovariectomized, adrenalectomized rats were maintained on subcutaneous Silastic implants containing crystalline estradiol. Progesterone treatment with serum estradiol maintenance ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Okulicz WC,Evans RW,Leavitt WW

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The catalytic cycloalumination of 2'-methylidene-2',3'-ethano-(5α)-cholestane with Et3Al catalyzed by Cp2ZrCl2 was performed for the first time to give spiro[2',3'-ethano-(5α)-cholestane-2',3″-aluminacyclopentane] in a ~75% yield and with high stereoselectivity (>98%). The obtained cyclic organoaluminum compound was t...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： D'yakonov VA,Tuktarova RA,Islamov II,Khalilov LM,Dzhemilev UM

更新日期：2013-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleocytoplasmic shuttling of glucocorticoid receptors (GRs) is disrupted in v-mos-transformed cells leading to the redistribution of hormone-bound receptors from the nuclear to cytoplasmic compartments. We show here that GRs from v-mos-transformed cells are hyperphosphorylated on a specific peptide and maintain horm...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Borror KC,Garabedian MJ,DeFranco DB

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoid receptor binding was compared in liver cytosol preparations from spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats using homologous displacement of [3H]dexamethasone. At 5 degrees C, there was no difference in receptor binding affinity or concentration between strains for dexamethasone, ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Panarelli M,Holloway CD,Barr AB,Fraser R,Kenyon CJ

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although aldosterone production declines with age, so does the aldosterone metabolic clearance rate (MCR), and the net effect of age on the circulating level of aldosterone may be less than can be predicted from production rates alone. The effect of age on aldosterone production and plasma levels was studied in a grou...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Pratt JH,Hawthorne JJ,Debono DJ

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:18,20-Epoxy-11 beta,17 alpha,20 beta,21-tetrahydroxypregn-4-en-3-one was synthesized by the application of hypoiodite reaction to the cortisol acetonide. The intermediary 18-iodo derivative was converted to the 11-oxo steroid by chromic acid prior to silver ion-assisted solvolysis. Removal of the protective group with...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Kurosawa T,Ikegawa S,Chiba H,Ito Y,Nakagawa S,Kobayashi K,Tohma M

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The common disease asthma is characterized by the obstruction, inflammation and increased sensitivity of the airways. Glucocorticoids (GCs) are one of the most potent anti-inflammatory agents available for treating allergic disease. In this study, we report that the GC budesonide (BUD) can rapidly inhibit the histamin...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Sun HW,Miao CY,Liu L,Zhou J,Su DF,Wang YX,Jiang CL

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Removal of free calcium ions from the incubation medium of isolated bovine adrenocortical cells with EGTA reduced basal cortisol synthesis and blocked the effects of ACTH; additional calcium restored normal steroid synthesis. Calcium channel blockers, verapamil and nitrendipine and the calmodulin antagonist, trifluope...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Davies E,Kenyon CJ,Fraser R

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two isomeric dimeric steroids, 3,3'-bis(methyl 3-hydroxyandrost-4-en-17-on-19-oate-3-yl), with symmetrical (alpha, alpha') and unsymmetrical structures (alpha,beta'), have been obtained by reduction of methyl androst-4-ene-3,17-dion-19-oate with zinc in aqueous acetic acid together with the major products, the isomeri...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Templeton JF,Majgier-Baranowska H,Marat K

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As demonstrated for pregnenolone, saturated ketones are conveniently alpha-hydroxymethylated by their transformation into a lithium enolate and by the reaction of the latter with formaldehydr. The 17-hydroxymethylpregnenolone prepared by this method in very good yield was readily converted to 17-hydroxymethylprogester...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Mukherjee D,Engel CR

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The conversion of testosterone (T) to 5alpha-dihydrotestosterone (DHT) has been demonstrated in Penicillium crustosum broth obtained from fermented pistachios, lemons and corn tortillas. Furthermore, the presence of 5alpha-reductase enzyme, which is responsible for this conversion, has been established by electrophore...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Flores E,Cabeza M,Quiroz A,Bratoeff E,García G,Ramírez E

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance spectra for 31 3 beta-hydroxy and acetoxy androstane derivatives bearing vicinal oxygenated functions at ring D with and without oxygenated functions at C-6 are reported. Relative substituent effects are discussed. ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Doller D,Gros EG

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), an adrenal steroid, has a protective role against diabetes; however, its mechanisms of action are unknown. Here, we focus on the effect of DHEA on the activation of endothelial cells induced by a high concentration of glucose. Adhesion on U937 cells, expression of adhesion molecules, pro...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Huerta-García E,Ventura-Gallegos JL,Victoriano ME,Montiél-Dávalos A,Tinoco-Jaramillo G,López-Marure R

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogen plays a central role in the control of reproductive behaviour and in the regulation of neuroendocrine system. To elucidate the mechanism by which it controls the stress-modulated functions, it is important to understand how estrogenic effects are mediated. The distribution of estrogen receptor alpha (ERα) pro...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Niranjan MK,Srivastava R

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In comparison with the glucocorticoids cortisol and corticosterone, the mineralocorticoid aldosterone is a minority hormone of the mammalian adrenal cortex, and its proper function is dependent upon protective physiological mechanisms. These include a particular site of aldosterone synthesis in zona glomerulosa cells ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Müller J

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mass spectral elimination of water in epimeric 1,3-diols of vitamin D3 (colecalciferol) series has been investigated. It was found that the mass spectra of these steroisomers differ sharply in the relative intensities of the ions M-H2O (m/e 382) and a-H2O (m/e +/- 34), where ion a (formed via formal cleavage of th...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Zaretskii ZV

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthesis of 7-aryl/allyl-substituted androstene derivatives 3a through 3g has been carried out by Grignard reaction on 3 beta,17 beta-diacetoxyandrost-5-en-7-one (2) with aryl/allyl magnesium bromide. Isomeric mixture of products 3b and 3c/3e and 3f/3h was separated by column chromatography. Stereochemical assignment...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Grover A,Dwivedy I,Singh AK,Ray S,Singh MM,Kamboj VP

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes the origins and evolution of "antiestrogenic" medicines for the treatment and prevention of breast cancer. Developing drugs that target the estrogen receptor (ER) either directly (tamoxifen) or indirectly (aromatase inhibitors) has improved the prognosis of breast cancer and significantly advanc...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Jordan VC,Brodie AM

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：:Postmitochondrial supernatant (PMS) (1) has been prepared from the homogenate of rat seminal vesicles and the characteristics of the binding reaction of 5alpha-dihydrotestosterone (DHT) to the cytoplasmic androgen receptor have been studied using a charcoal adsorption procedure. At 0 degrees C apparent equilibrium of ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Zakár T,Tóth M

更新日期：1977-12-01 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：:We report the synthesis of 10 novel steroids obtained from 3 beta, 15 beta-diacetoxy-17 alpha-hydroxy-5-pregnen-20-one (1c) as intermediates in the synthesis of 15 beta-acetoxy-20,20-ethylenedioxy-17 alpha-hydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one (6a) and its tritiated tracer 15 beta-acetoxy-20,20-ethylenedioxy-17 alpha-hydroxy-1,2,6,...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Reeder AY,Joannou GE

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00