abstract：:Estrogen plays an important role in many physiological events including carcinogenesis and the development of human breast cancer. However, the molecular mechanisms of estrogen signaling in cancers have not been clarified hitherto and accurate therapeutic prediction of breast cancer is earnestly desired. We first carr...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Inoue A,Yoshida N,Omoto Y,Oguchi S,Yamori T,Kiyama R,Hayashi S

更新日期：2002-10-01 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：:Activins are cytokines of the transforming growth factor beta family, which plays a central role in the determination of cell fate and the regulation of tissue balance. Family members are composed of two subunits and this dimerization is critical for liganding their cognate receptors and execution of proper functions....

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Vejda S,Cranfield M,Peter B,Mellor SL,Groome N,Schulte-Hermann R,Rossmanith W

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oligonucleotide microarrays were used to analyse gene expression profiles in human ZR75-1 breast cancer cells in the presence of 17beta-oestradiol and oestrogen antagonists. Differential gene expression of a number of genes was confirmed by quantitative RNA analysis. In addition to known oestrogen-responsive genes, an...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Soulez M,Parker MG

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we examine changes in the cellular properties of FRTL-5 cells as a function of passage number, with particular emphasis on gap junction expression, karyotype, morphology, growth rate and thyroxine (T(4)) release. Early passage FRTL-5 follicular cells transfer dye through gap junctions from injected cell(...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Green LM,Murray DK,Tran DT,Nelson GA,Shah MM,Luben RA

更新日期：2001-10-01 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 classical concept of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) is that of a blood-borne cascade, whose final and bioactive product, angiotensin II, plays an important endocrine role in the maintenance of blood pressure and electrolyte as well as fluid balance. In addition to this circulating RAS, there are an increasing ...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Leung PS,Carlsson PO

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of our studies was to examine whether IGF-binding protein (IGFBP)-4 is involved in the control of the secretion of various ovarian substances and also the mediation of the effects of several hormones and growth factors on this secretion. For this purpose, we carried out the transfection of porcine granulosa ce...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Sirotkin AV,Makarevich AV,Corkins MR,Kotwica J,Bulla J

更新日期：2001-06-01 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：: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：:The parathyroid hormone (PTH)/PTH-related peptide (PTHrP) receptor regulates extracellular calcium concentrations and is therefore important for mineral homeostasis. ROS 17/2.8 cells, a rat osteoblast-like osteosarcoma cell line, express the PTH/PTHrP receptor and provide a good model for examining the transcriptional...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Williams LJ,Abou-Samra AB

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study developed a quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) method to measure estrogen receptor-alpha (ERalpha) mRNA in the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Using RT-PCR, and primers based on the known ERalpha DNA sequence in this species, cDNA sequences representing most of the pr...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Nagler JJ,Krisfalusi M,Cyr DG

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parathyroid hormone (PTH), a powerful bone-resorbing agent, is capable of stimulating interstitial collagenase (MMP-13) mRNA production in osteoblastic cells. In this study, a PEA3 consensus binding sequence (-80; AGGAAGT) in addition to a 'TRE-like' sequence (-89; CGACTCA) in the 5' upstream regulatory region of the ...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Quinn CO,Rajakumar RA,Agapova OA

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that, in unstimulated mammary epithelial cells from virgin mice, prolactin receptors are retained intracellularly because of their incomplete N-glycosylation. Activation of the nitric oxide/cGMP pathway stimulates Nacetylglucosamine (NAG) transferase I activity, completion of terminal glyco...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Bolander FF Jr

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I), transforming growth factor alpha (TGFalpha) and epidermal growth factor (EGF) induced cathepsin D gene expression and reporter gene activity in MCF-7 human breast cancer cells transiently transfected with a construct (pCD1) containing a -2576 to -124 cathepsin D gene promoter inse...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Wang F,Duan R,Chirgwin J,Safe SH

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinoic acid (RA) and sodium butyrate (NaB) are regulators of cell growth and differentiation. We studied their effect on normal (SVC1) or v-Ki-ras-transformed (Ki-SVC1) rat seminal vesicle (SV) epithelial cell lines. The treatment of these cells with 10(-((7( M RA did not produce significant changes in the morpholog...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Buommino E,Pasquali D,Sinisi AA,Bellastella A,Morelli F,Metafora S

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has recently been shown that 20 kDa human growth hormone (hGH) forms the 1:2 hGH:hGH receptor (hGHR) complex and expresses full agonistic activity, although it hardly forms the 1:1 GH:GHR complex as compared with 22 kDa hGH. To clarify this mechanism, we analyzed the mode of receptor dimerization of 20 kDa hGH usin...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Uchida H,Banba S,Wada M,Matsumoto K,Ikeda M,Naito N,Tanaka E,Honjo M

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human 3beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase/steroid Delta(5)-Delta(4)-isomerase (3beta-HSD/isomerase) is a bifunctional, single enzyme protein that is membrane-bound in the endoplasmic reticulum (microsomes) and mitochondria of cells in the placenta (type I) and in the adrenals and gonads (type II). Two membrane-binding ...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Thomas JL,Evans BW,Blanco G,Mason JI,Strickler RC

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the mouse, GH-binding protein (GHBP) and GH receptor (GHR) are encoded by a single gene via alternative splicing. We previously demonstrated that the steady-state levels of the GHR and GHBP mRNAs are significantly elevated in mouse liver during pregnancy. Hepatic GHR and GHBP mRNAs are associated primarily with one...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Ilkbahar YN,Southard JN,Talamantes F

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of enzymes possessing 17beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase/17-ketosteroid reductase (17HSD/KSR) activities have been described and cloned, but their nomenclature needs specification. To clarify the present situation, descriptions of the eight cloned 17HSD/KSRs are given and guidelines for the classification of...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Peltoketo H,Luu-The V,Simard J,Adamski J

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoid and androgen receptors have been shown to function through the same palindromic glucocorticoid response element (GRE) and yet have differential effects on gene transcription. In this study, we examined the functional and structural relationship of the androgen and glucocorticoid receptors with the andro...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Kasper S,Rennie PS,Bruchovsky N,Lin L,Cheng H,Snoek R,Dahlman-Wright K,Gustafsson JA,Shiu RP,Sheppard PC,Matusik RJ

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptin is a cytokine secreted from adipose tissue at a rate commensurate with the size of the body's fat stores. In addition to its anorectic and thermogenic central actions, leptin is known to act on peripheral tissues, including the pancreatic beta-cell where it inhibits insulin secretion and reduces insulin transcr...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Morton NM,Emilsson V,de Groot P,Pallett AL,Cawthorne MA

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sucrose density gradient purified plasma membranes isolated from brown adipose tissue of cold-acclimated hamsters (4-10 weeks at 0-4 degreesC) were analysed for the content of the short (GsalphaS) and long (GsalphaL) variants of Gsalpha protein (the alpha subunit of the stimulatory G protein) and compared with the mem...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Bourová L,Novotn J,Svoboda P

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of steroid hormone treatment on coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) was examined. The cDNAs for coho salmon FSH beta and LH beta subunits were cloned and sequenced using reverse transcriptase PCR. Northern blot analysis revealed that a single transcript of 1 kb for each of these subunits was present in the p...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Dickey JT,Swanson P

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lactating tammar wallaby progressively alters the rate of secretion and composition of its milk to provide appropriate nutrition for the developing offspring, whose needs are signalled by changes in the pattern and efficiency of its sucking. Tammars are also capable of asynchronous concurrent lactation, when the m...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Hendry KA,Simpson KJ,Nicholas KR,Wilde CJ

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Luteotropic glycoprotein hormones (LGH) include luteinizing hormone (LH) and chorionic gonadotropin (CG). The order Primates is the only phylogenetic clad known to exhibit more than one LGHbeta subunit gene per haploid genome. In the present study, we report the discovery of a second case of LGHbeta gene replication, ...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Lund LA,Sherman GB

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Screening by differential display of oestrogen-sensitive MCF7 human breast cancer cells grown in the short-term (6 days) and long-term (70 weeks) absence of oestrogen has led to the identification of a new oestrogen-regulated mRNA. The cDNA isolated by differential display has 100% homology from nucleotides 615 to 859...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Stephen R,Corcoran D,Darbre PD

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nona-peptide oxytocin (OT) induces contraction of the myometrium by interaction with specific plasma membrane associated OT receptors (OTR), whereas stimulation of beta2-adrenoceptors (beta2AR) causes relaxation. Homologous desensitization of the myometrium to both hormones has been described. However, a possible ...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Engstrøm T,Bratholm P,Vilhardt H,Christensen NJ

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) lactation lasts for 200 days and consists of two distinct phases. Milk composition changes dramatically between phase 2 and 3, which correspond to early and late lactation respectively (phase 1 corresponds to pregnancy). RNA expression patterns have been establish...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Demmer J,Ross IK,Ginger MR,Piotte CK,Grigor MR

更新日期：1998-02-01 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

abstract：:Activation of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis during stress is associated with increased expression of genes that code for regulatory hormones such as corticotrophin-releasing factor (CRF) and ACTH. The identity of the transcription factors that mediate these changes in gene expression is not known. In th...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Whitehead D,Carter DA

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the functional significance of putative proteins encoded by alternately spliced mRNA of the sheep testicular FSH receptor, a short form cDNA comprising of the first four exons (117 residues mature protein) was engineered for expression in Escherichia coli. The expressed protein of molecular mass 15 kDa was p...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Khan H,Jiang LG,Jayashree GN,Yarney TA,Sairam MR

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have cloned a full length cDNA coding for the activin type IIB receptor (GactRIIB) from the goldfish ovary. GactRIIB shares 73 and 70% amino acid identity in the extracellular domain, and 78 and 80% identity in the intracellular domain with the type IIB receptors of the mouse and Xenopus respectively. The intracell...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Ge W,Tanaka M,Yoshikuni M,Eto Y,Nagahama Y

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An abundant, seven trans-membrane domain receptor related to the calcitonin receptor has been studied by a number of groups without identification of its ligand. A recent report claimed that the receptor was a type 1 CGRP receptor (Aiyar et al J. Biol. Chem. 271 11325-11329 (1996)). We have studied the equivalent rat ...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Han ZQ,Coppock HA,Smith DM,Van Noorden S,Makgoba MW,Nicholl CG,Legon S

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the action of peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBLs) and intrathyroidal lymphocytes (ITLs) on the biochemical and hormonal metabolism of autologous thyrocytes cultured in follicles in a collagen gel. The production of tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) in culture was also measured. Thyroid tissues a...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Massart C,Gibassier J,Raoul ML,Le Gall F,Lancien G,Genetet N,Denais A,Darcel F,Lucas C

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) analogues were produced with the aim of identifying IGF-I residues that contribute to the specificity of binding to the type 1 IGF receptor as opposed to the insulin receptor. Receptor binding properties of a series of A- and B-domain analogues were compared using rat L6 myoblasts,...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Shooter GK,Magee B,Soos MA,Francis GL,Siddle K,Wallace JC

更新日期：1996-12-01 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：:The pancreatic regenerating (reg) gene is proposed to be involved in pancreatic beta-cell growth. Up- or down-regulation of reg gene expression has been shown to parallel variations in beta-cell mass and function in the adult pancreas. In several species at least two nonallelic reg genes have been identified. In this ...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Perfetti R,Raygada M,Wang Y,Zenilman ME,Egan JM,Denno KM,Sadler TW,Shuldiner AR

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies were performed to determine whether ARP-1, which is an orphan receptor of the steroid receptor superfamily, inhibits basal activity of the human placental lactogen (hPL) promoter and the increase in hPL promoter activity in response to the receptors for thyroid hormone (TR) and retinoic acid (RAR). Co-transfec...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Stephanou A,Shah M,Richardson B,Handwerger S

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:cDNAs encoding the glycoprotein hormone alpha- and gonadotropin (GTH) II beta-subunits of Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica) pituitary were cloned using the polymerase chain reaction. The nucleotide sequence of the glycoprotein hormone alpha-subunit cDNA was 364 base pairs (bp) long, encoding 117 amino acids, and that o...

journal_title：Journal of molecular endocrinology

authors： Nagae M,Todo T,Gen K,Kato Y,Young G,Adachi S,Yamauchi K

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00