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Although it is now established that deprivation of vitamin E may lead to disturbances of structure and function of many tissues other than those primarily concerned in the reproductive cycle, it is not surprising, when the striking nature of the testicular degeneration and the curious character of the typical resorption in the female are borne in mind, that there has been a tendency to concentrate attention on the question whether the vitamin plays an essential part in the reproductive cycle.
The most direct approach has been made by investigating whether the vitamin itself exerts a gonadotrophic action. Up to the present the evidence has been inconclusive. The most striking claim is that of Szarka [1929], who stated that oral or parenteral administration of vitamin E concentrates produces oestrus in immature female rats. Later, Verzár [1931] recorded that injection of similar materials produced hypertrophy of the uterus in similar animals, but
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We have observed pancreatic duct cell proliferation and islet regeneration in transgenic mice whose pancreata produce interferon gamma (IFNg mice). We have previously demonstrated that new islet cells derive from endocrine progenitor cells in the pancreatic ducts of this model. The current study was initiated to define these endocrine progenitor cells further and to identify novel markers associated with pancreatic regeneration. Importantly, we have found that PDX-1, a transcription factor required for insulin gene transcription as well as for pancreatic development during embryogenesis, is expressed in the duct cells of IFNg mice. This striking observation suggests an important role for PDX-1 in the marked regeneration observed in IFNg mice, paralleling its critical function during ontogeny. Also demonstrated was elevated expression of the homeobox-containing protein Msx-2 in the pancreata of fetal mice as well as in adult IFNg mice, identifying this molecule as a novel marker associated with pancreatic development and regeneration as well. The identification of PDX-1 and Msx in the ducts of the IFNg transgenic pancreas but not in the ducts of the non-transgenic pancreas suggests that these molecules are associated with endocrine precursor cells in the ducts of the IFNg transgenic mouse.
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Estrogen exerts a variety of important physiological effects, which have been suggested to be mediated via the two known estrogen receptors (ERs), alpha and beta. Three-month-old ovariectomized mice, lacking one or both of the two estrogen receptors, were given estrogen subcutaneously (2.3 micro g/mouse per day) and the effects on different estrogen-responsive parameters, including skeletal effects, were studied. We found that estrogen increased the cortical bone dimensions in both wild-type (WT) and double ER knockout (DERKO) mice. DNA microarray analysis was performed to characterize this effect on cortical bone and it identified four genes that were regulated by estrogen in both WT and DERKO mice. The effect of estrogen on cortical bone in DERKO mice might either be due to remaining ERalpha activity or represent an ERalpha/ERbeta-independent effect. Other effects of estrogen, such as increased trabecular bone mineral density, thymic atrophy, fat reduction and increased uterine weight, were mainly ERalpha mediated.
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SUMMARY
The effect of sodium depletion on the conversion of corticosterone to aldosterone has been examined in vivo using the adrenal transplants of two sheep. [3H]Corticosterone was infused continuously directly into the adrenal gland via the carotid artery over a period of 30 min. and the total adrenal effluent was collected via the jugular vein in six consecutive 5-min. samples. The conversion of [3H]corticosterone to [3H]aldosterone and the endogenous output of aldosterone was measured in each sample using a double isotope derivative method and the specific activity of the aldosterone calculated. Radioactive conversion of B → aldosterone reached equilibrium within 10 min. of the start of infusion and remained constant over a period of 10–25 min. Aldosterone secretion was also constant during the first 25 min. of infusion.
In the same sheep the mean percentage conversion increased as aldosterone secretion rose over a range of 2–12 μg./hr. With more severe sodium depletion, i.e. with aldosterone secretion rates of 12–16 μg./hr., conversion decreased to that found in the sodium replete state. The specific activity of the aldosterone was constant throughout the mildly deplete range (2–12 μg./hr.) but fell with severe sodium depletion. In the sodium replete range (0–2 μg./hr.) before the introduction of a parotid fistula, the specific activity was the same as in the mildly deplete state. After the introduction of a parotid fistula the specific activity increased as the secretion decreased from 2 to 0 μg.
The validity of the approach and interpretation of the results in terms of the biosynthetic pathways involved are discussed.
