ATP synthesis, mitochondrial function, and steroid biosynthesis in rodent primary and tumor leydig cells

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 976-985

  Midzak, Andrew S ^a   Chen, Haolin ^a   Aon, Miguel A ^b   Papadopoulos, Vassilios ^c,d   Zirkin, Barry R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

ATP; Glycolysis; Leydig cells; Mitochondria; Respiration; Steroid hormones steroid hormone receptors; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OLIGOMYCIN; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; STEROID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLYCOLYSIS; HORMONAL REGULATION; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; STEROIDOGENESIS; TUMOR CELL;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTRON TRANSPORT CHAIN COMPLEX PROTEINS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GLYCOLYSIS; KINETICS; LASER SCANNING CYTOMETRY; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL; MICE; MITOCHONDRIA; PROGESTERONE; RATS; STEROIDS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TESTOSTERONE; UNCOUPLING AGENTS;

RODENTIA;

EID: 79956261619     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.110.087460     Document Type: Article

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