Prolactin increases the synthesis of 7α-hydroxypregnenolone, a key factor for induction of locomotor activity, in breeding male newts

Endocrinology

Volumn 151, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2211-2222

  Haraguchi, Shogo ^a   Koyama, Teppei ^a   Hasunuma, Itaru ^a   Vaudry, Hubert ^b   Tsutsui, Kazuyoshi ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

17 HYDROXYPREGNENOLONE; CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450 7 ALPHA; GONADOTROPIN; PROLACTIN; PROLACTIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 7 HYDROXYPREGNENOLONE; 7-HYDROXYPREGNENOLONE; ANTISERUM; DRUG DERIVATIVE; STEROID MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BREEDING; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LOCOMOTION; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEWT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CELL STRAIN COS1; CERCOPITHECUS; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOLOGY; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALAMANDER; SEASON;

17-ALPHA-HYDROXYPREGNENOLONE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COS CELLS; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; IMMUNE SERA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROLACTIN; RABBITS; RECEPTORS, PROLACTIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALAMANDRIDAE; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STEROID HYDROXYLASES; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 77953155765     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2009-1229     Document Type: Article

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