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the adrenal cortex, ovary, testis and placenta. The synthesis of these steroid hormones (steroidogenesis) involves multiple pathways, as well as sequential actions of steroidogenic enzymes associated with the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and mitochondria
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important reproductive organ in male animals, and the steroidogenesis (testosterone synthesis) mainly occurs in Leydig cells ( Dufau 1988 ). Testosterone synthesis is controlled by luteinizing hormone (LH), which is synthesized and secreted in the pituitary
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about the mechanisms that regulate steroidogenesis during fetal life, particularly at this critical time of development. In adult mammalian ovaries, the production of sex steroids from cholesterol is regulated by the gonadotropins, luteinizing hormone
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significant effect on their activity but is typically a local change that benefits from analysis at the single cell level. Here, we focus on the Steroidogenesis Acute Regulator (STAR) as an intracellular organizer of such processes. We aim to supplement many
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Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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correct development and function of the male reproductive system ( Ye et al. 2017 ). Several paracrine/autocrine factors, apart from the canonical control by the hypothalamic–pituitary–gonadal axis, have been credited with steroidogenesis and
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Centre for Research in Biology of Reproduction, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproduction, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada
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gene expression and ultimately a physiological response, i.e. enhanced steroid hormone biosynthesis. Previously, the classical cAMP pathway was thought to account for most of the LH-induced steroidogenesis in Leydig cells (reviewed in Hansson et al
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Stanford Diabetes Research Center, Stanford, California, USA
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Division of Endocrinology, Gerontology and Metabolism, Stanford University, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
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Division of Endocrinology, Gerontology and Metabolism, Stanford University, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
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transport to and within the mitochondria for side chain cleavage by CYP11A1 (P450scc) occurring within minutes, reflecting the acute regulation of steroidogenesis ( Miller & Bose 2011 , Hattangady et al . 2012 , Shen et al . 2016 a , Selvaraj et al
Geriatric Research, Division of Endocrinology, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Program in Molecular Medicine, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC-182B), VA Palo Alto Health Care System, 3801 Miranda Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94304, USA
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Geriatric Research, Division of Endocrinology, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Program in Molecular Medicine, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC-182B), VA Palo Alto Health Care System, 3801 Miranda Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94304, USA
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/2 nor JNK1/2 was altered during aging ( Abidi et al . 2008 a ). We also showed that the use of p38 MAPK inhibitors (SB203580 and SB202190) and antioxidants (NAC and MnTMPyP) partially restored the steroidogenesis in adrenal cells from old animals
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Department of Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX 79430, USA
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signaling pathway(s) and, moreover, may be involved in the regulation of steroidogenesis by immature Leydig cells. In addition, our most recent findings that growth hormone- and insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I)-stimulated steroido-genesis in immature
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Introduction Regulation of various Leydig cell functions, including steroidogenesis, are predominantly mediated by luteinizing hormone/chorionic gonadotropin (LH/CG) through the involvement of multiple signaling pathways ( Dufau 1988