We have confirmed that A6 cells (derived from kidney of Xenopus laevis), which contain both mineralocorticoid and glucocorticoid receptors, do not normally possess 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydroxgenase (11β-HSD1 or 11β-HSD2) enzymatic activity and so are without apparent "protective" enzymes. A6 cells do not convert the glucocorticoid corticosterone to 11-dehydrocorticosterone but do, however, poss...

Rzucać światło na strefę szarości w badaniach społecznych. Recenzja ksiÄ Å¼ki Jessiki Smartt Gullion Diffractive Ethnography: Social Sciences and the Ontological Turn (Routledge, New York–London 2018, 182 s., ISBN 978-11-38486-63-8)

Unexpected environmental and social stimuli could trigger stress. Although coping with stress is essential for survival, long-term stress impacts visceral functions, and therefore, it plays a role in the development and exacerbation of symptoms of gastrointestinal/urogenital disorders. The aim of this study is to characterize the role of corticosterone in stress-sensitized colon-bladder cross-t...

In order to investigate the role of progesterone in the maintenance of pregnancy, an anti-progesterone agent, RU486 (RU) was injected subcutaneously into pregnant rats on day 12 (D12), and morphological changes of the uterus as well as endocrinological changes were observed. In all rats injected with RU, abortion occurred with macroscopic and microscopic intrauterine hemorrhage and degeneration...

[ru(terpy)(bpy)(l)]pf6 complexes, where terpy is 2,2΄:6′,2″– terpyridine, bpy is 2,2΄ - bipyridine and l is monoanions of  4 - bromophenylcyanamide (4 - brpcyd), 4-methoxyphenylcyanamide (4 - meopcyd), 2, 4 - dibromophenylcyanamide (2,4 - br2pcyd), 2,4-dimethylphenylcyanamide (2,4 - me2pcyd), 2 - methylphenylcyanamide  (2 - mepcyd), phenylcyanamide  (pcyd) and naphtylcyanamide  (ncyd)  have bee...

Severe infection is characterized by a translocation of amino acids from the periphery to the liver, an event that is mediated in part by cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF). We investigated the activities of Na(+)-dependent transport systems A, ASC, and N in hepatic plasma membrane vesicles (HPMVs) prepared from rats treated with TNF in vivo. TNF did not alter sodium uptake but...

The aim of this study was to investigate fast corticosteroid feedback of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis under basal conditions, in particular the role of the mineralocorticoid receptor. Blood samples were collected every 5 min from conscious rats at the diurnal peak, using an automated blood sampling system, and assayed for corticosterone. Feedback inhibition by rapidly increasin...