Accumulation of steroidogenic acute regulatory protein mRNA, and decrease in the secretory and proliferative activity of rat adrenocortical cells in the presence of proteasome inhibitors

International Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 865-868

  Ziolkowska, Agnieska ^a   Tortorella, Cinzia ^b   Nussdorfer, Gastone G ^b   Rucinski, Marcin ^a   Majchrzak, Mariola ^a   Malendowicz, Ludwik K ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adrenocortical cells; Cell proliferation; Proteasome inhibitors; Rat; Steroid secretion; Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; CARBOBENZOXY LEUCYL LEUCYL NORVALINAL; CARBOBENZOXY-LEUCYL-LEUCYL-NORVALINAL; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; LEUPEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA; N ACETYLLEUCYL LEUCYL NORLEUCINE; N-ACETYLLEUCYL-LEUCYL-NORLEUCINE; OLIGOPEPTIDE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; PROTEASOME; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SECRETION;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ALDOSTERONE; ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CORTICOSTERONE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; FEMALE; LEUPEPTINS; MALE; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; PROTEASOME ENDOPEPTIDASE COMPLEX; RATS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 33750602532     PISSN: 11073756     EISSN: 1791244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.17.5.865     Document Type: Article

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