Involvement of nitric oxide synthase in the mechanism of histamine-induced inhibition of leydig cell steroidogenesis via histamine receptor subtypes in sprague-dawley rats

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 144-152

  Mondillo, Carolina ^a   Pagotto, Romina María ^a,d   Piotrkowski, Barbara ^a,b   Reche, Cecilia Gabriela ^a   Patrignani, Zoraida Judith ^a   Cymeryng, Cora Beatriz ^c   Pignataro, Omar Pedro ^a,d  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b Programa de Radicales Libres

^c School of Medicine

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Histamine; Leydig cells; Nitric oxide; Testis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

1 [[6 (3 METHOXYESTRA 1,3,5(10) TRIEN 17BETA YL)AMINO]HEXYL] 1H PYRROLE 2,5 DIONE; AMINE; BUCLADESINE; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CYCLIC AMP; CYTOCHROME P450; GONADOTROPIN; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE RECEPTOR; INOSITOL TRISPHOSPHATE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PREGNENOLONE; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LINE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CYCLIC AMP; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESTRENES; HISTAMINE; INOSITOL PHOSPHATES; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROGESTERONE; PYRROLIDINONES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, HISTAMINE; TESTOSTERONE; TYPE C PHOSPHOLIPASES;

RATTUS;

EID: 58149518599     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.108.069484     Document Type: Article

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