Mechanisms of digoxin and digitoxin on the production of corticosterone in zona fasciculata-reticularis cells of ovariectomized rats

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 303-313

  Pu, Hsiao Fung ^a   Wang, Shyi Wu ^b   Tseng, Chiung I ^a   Huang, Hsin Lei ^a   Lin, Chia Wen ^a   Hsu, Jong Ming ^c   Chen, Ming Jen ^c   Chow, Yung Chiong ^c   Wang, Paulus S ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Digitoxin; Digoxin; P450scc; StAR; Zona fasciculata reticularis cells

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYCHOLESTEROL; 8 BROMO CYCLIC AMP; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); CALCIMYCIN; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CYCLOPIAZONIC ACID; CYTOCHROME P450; DEOXYCORTICOSTERONE; DIGITOXIN; DIGOXIN; FORSKOLIN; MESSENGER RNA; NICOTINIC ACID ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; OUABAIN; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE; TRILOSTANE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME KINETICS; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LUTEAL CELL; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS; ZONA FASCICULATA;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL SIDE-CHAIN CLEAVAGE ENZYME; CORTICOSTERONE; CYCLIC AMP; DIGITALIS GLYCOSIDES; DIGITOXIN; DIGOXIN; FEMALE; LUTEAL CELLS; OUABAIN; OVARIECTOMY; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; STEROIDS;

ANIMALIA; STROPHANTHUS GRATUS;

EID: 31544436583     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcb.20603     Document Type: Article

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