Glucose Stimulation of Beta-Cell DNA Replication in the Intact Rat and in Pancreatic Islets in Suspension Culture: Effects of Alpha-Ketoisocaproic Acid, Dibutyryl Cyclic AMP, and 3-Isobutyl-1-Methylxanthine in the In Vitro System

Diabetes ◽  
1983 ◽  
Vol 32 (12) ◽  
pp. 1172-1176 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Logothetopoulos ◽  
N. Valiquette ◽  
D. Cvet
Keyword(s):  
Cyclic Amp ◽  
Beta Cell ◽  
Suspension Culture ◽  
Pancreatic Islets ◽  
Dibutyryl Cyclic Amp ◽  
Glucose Stimulation ◽  
In Vitro System ◽  
Culture Effects ◽  
Stimulation Of

Stimulation of aromatase activity in the fetal rat testis by cyclic AMP and FSH

1988 ◽  
Vol 118 (3) ◽  
pp. 485-489 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.-P. Weniger ◽  
A. Zeis
Keyword(s):  
Cyclic Amp ◽  
Specific Activity ◽  
Isotopic Dilution ◽  
Aromatase Activity ◽  
Dibutyryl Cyclic Amp ◽  
Rat Testis ◽  
Fetal Rat ◽  
Fetal Rats ◽  
Stimulation Of

ABSTRACT The effect of dibutyryl cyclic AMP and FSH on oestrogen biosynthesis was investigated in testes from 18- to 21-day-old fetal rats cultured in vitro in the presence of tritiated testosterone. Oestrone and oestradiol concentrations were measured by determination of constant specific activity after isotopic dilution. Dibutyryl cyclic AMP and FSH markedly stimulated the conversion of testosterone into both oestrone and oestradiol at all stages studied. Oestradiol synthesis was stimulated by two- to sevenfold, while stimulation of oestrone synthesis was even greater. The results demonstrate that the aromatase enzyme system of the fetal rat testis responds to cyclic AMP and FSH. J. Endocr. (1988) 118, 485–489

Diazoxide unmasks glucose inhibition of insulin release by counteracting entry of Ca2+

1988 ◽  
Vol 255 (4) ◽  
pp. E422-E427 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Bergsten ◽  
E. Gylfe ◽  
N. Wesslen ◽  
B. Hellman
Keyword(s):  
Beta Cell ◽  
Pancreatic Islets ◽  
Insulin Release ◽  
Secretory Response ◽  
Glucose Stimulation ◽  
Glucose Inhibition ◽  
Insulin Secretory Response ◽  
Stimulation Of

The interaction of diazoxide with the effects of glucose on the insulin-releasing mechanism was analyzed in beta-cell-rich pancreatic islets isolated from ob/ob mice. When added at a concentration of 400 microM to a medium containing 1.28 mM Ca2+, diazoxide converted glucose stimulation of insulin release into inhibition. Further addition of 2 mM theophylline restored the insulin secretory response to glucose. The paradoxical glucose inhibition of insulin release was accounted for by a diazoxide interaction with the entry of Ca2+, unmasking a capacity of the sugar to lower cytoplasmic Ca2+ below its resting concentration.

Stimulation of calcitonin synthesis and release in vitro by calcium and dibutyryl cyclic AMP

Nature ◽  
1974 ◽  
Vol 248 (5446) ◽  
pp. 343-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
NORMAN H. BELL ◽  
SHERRY QUEENER
Keyword(s):  
Cyclic Amp ◽  
Dibutyryl Cyclic Amp ◽  
Release In Vitro ◽  
Stimulation Of

scholarly journals Modifications of major aspects of myocardial ribonucleic acid metabolism as a response to noradrenaline. Behaviour of polyadenylate polymerase and ribonucleic acid polymerase, acetylation of histones and rate of synthesis of polyamines

1977 ◽  
Vol 168 (3) ◽  
pp. 333-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Casti ◽  
A Corti ◽  
N Reali ◽  
G Mezzetti ◽  
G Orlandini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cyclic Amp ◽  
Ribonucleic Acid ◽  
Acid Metabolism ◽  
Specific Radioactivity ◽  
Rabbit Heart ◽  
Polymerase Activity ◽  
Dibutyryl Cyclic Amp ◽  
General Increase ◽  
Stimulation Of

Noradrenaline added to perfused rabbit heart previously perfused with labelled precursors causes, after 2.5 and 5.0 min, a general increase of specific radioactivity or RNA in subcellular fractions, but no augmentation of acetylation of F2a2 and F2a1 histone fractions and no stimulation of DNA-dependent RNA polymerase activities. Synthesis of spermidine and spermine is enhanced at 10.0 min of treatment, when there is also a fall in specific radioactivity of RNA. The cytoplasmic Mn2+-stimulated polyadenylate polymerase activity is strongly enhanced 30s to 2.5 min after injection of noradrenaline or of dibutyryl cyclic AMP. Both the cyclic nucleotide and noradrenaline have no influence in vitro on the polyadenylate polymerase reaction.

The inhibitory effects of some adenosine nucleolipids on the lipolysis in rat epididymal fat pads in vitro

1979 ◽  
Vol 44 (5) ◽  
pp. 1651-1656 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sixtus Hynie ◽  
Jiří Smrt
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Cyclic Amp ◽  
Dibutyryl Cyclic Amp ◽  
Inhibitory Effects ◽  
Epididymal Fat ◽  
Fat Pads

3'-Oleolyl-2,3-dihydroxypropyl-AMP, 3'-stearoyl-2,3-dihydroxypropyl-AMP, octadecyl-AMP and palmitamidoethyl-AMP inhibited in comparison with adenosine or fatty acids much stronger the lipolysis in rat epididymal fat pads in vitro stimulated by isoproterenol, theophylline and dibutyryl cyclic AMP. The inhibition of the effects of the two latter drugs suggest that the described effect is caused not only by the inhibition of the cyclic AMP production but also by the inhibition of its effect on the following steps in process of lipolysis.

scholarly journals Interactions between adenylate cyclase and the yeast GTPase-activating protein IRA1.

1991 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 4591-4598 ◽  
Author(s):  
M R Mitts ◽  
J Bradshaw-Rouse ◽  
W Heideman
Keyword(s):  
Cyclic Amp ◽  
Adenylate Cyclase ◽  
Adenylate Cyclase System ◽  
Gtpase Activating Protein ◽  
Yeast Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Strong Candidate ◽  
Sepharose 4B ◽  
Stimulation Of ◽  
Cyclic Amp Synthesis

The adenylate cyclase system of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae contains many proteins, including the CYR1 polypeptide, which is responsible for catalyzing the formation of cyclic AMP from ATP, RAS1 and RAS2 polypeptides, which mediate stimulation of cyclic AMP synthesis by guanine nucleotides, and the yeast GTPase-activating protein analog IRA1. We have previously reported that adenylate cyclase is only peripherally bound to the yeast membrane. We have concluded that IRA1 is a strong candidate for a protein involved in anchoring adenylate cyclase to the membrane. We base this conclusion on the following criteria: (i) a disruption of the IRA1 gene produced a mutant with very low membrane-associated levels of adenylate cyclase activity, (ii) membranes made from these mutants were incapable of binding adenylate cyclase in vitro, (iii) IRA1 antibodies inhibit binding of adenylate cyclase to the membrane, and (iv) IRA1 and adenylate cyclase comigrate on Sepharose 4B.

TESTOSTERONE SECRETION BY FOETAL RAT TESTES IN VITRO

1976 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
RÉGINE PICON
Keyword(s):  
Cyclic Amp ◽  
Synthetic Medium ◽  
Functional Differentiation ◽  
Dibutyryl Cyclic Amp ◽  
Testosterone Secretion ◽  
Testosterone Production ◽  
Foetal Rat

SUMMARY Testosterone secretion by foetal rat testes (13½–21½ days of gestation) explanted for 3 days in a synthetic medium was measured every 24 h by radioimmunoassay. During the first day of explantation, the foetal testis produced, respectively, 1013 ± 132, 8734 ± 1118, 9179 ± 2185 and 3886 ± 309 (s.e.m.) pg/testis when explanted at 14½, 16½, 18½ and 21½ days respectively. Testosterone production by 13½-day-old testes was not detectable on the first day of culture, but appeared on subsequent days. Daily testosterone secretion increased on the 2nd and 3rd days of culture in 14½-day-old testes and decreased in older stages. These results suggest that the functional differentiation of the testis is independent of stimulatory factors like gonadotrophins. Dibutyryl cyclic AMP was found to stimulate testosterone production significantly from 14½ days of gestation onwards.

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