Characteristic induction of steroidogenic factor 1 (SF-1) and DAX-1 and enhanced expression of glucocorticoid synthesis-related genes in adrenals from spontaneously hypertensive rats

General Physiology and Biophysics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-45

  Harikai, Naoki ^a  

^a MUKOGAWA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

11 Hydroxylase; Cytochrome P450 side chain cleavage enzyme; Melanocortin 2 receptor; Steroid synthesis; Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); GLUCOCORTICOID; MELANOCORTIN 2 RECEPTOR; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR DAX 1; STEROID 11BETA MONOOXYGENASE; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPERADRENOCORTICISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN INDUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; STEROIDOGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; WISTAR KYOTO RAT;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; DAX-1 ORPHAN NUCLEAR RECEPTOR; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HYPERTENSION; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1; UP-REGULATION;

RATTUS;

EID: 84858760542     PISSN: 02315882     EISSN: 13384325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4149/gpb_2012_004     Document Type: Article

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