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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1981-5-21
pubmed:abstractText
The effects of selected hormones and drugs on freshly isolated mouse preputial gland cells have been studied. The steroid hormones, testosterone, DHT, androstanediol, androsterone and androstanedione all failed to stimulate, and estradiol failed to inhibit, either DNA or lipid synthesis under the conditions studied. Thyroxine and insulin had no effect on lipogenesis but epinephrine and PGE2 caused significant stimulation as did Bt2cAMP. The antilipemic drugs clofibrate, nicotinic acid and hydroxycitrate were all able to inhibit lipogenesis. Of the anti-acne drugs only L-DOPA was able to inhibit lipogenesis, neither tetracycline nor trans-retinoic acid showed any effect. Pyridoxine was unable to inhibit lipogenesis but DMSO caused dramatic stimulation though it was without effect on DNA synthesis. Evidence is presented which suggests that the lack of response to steroid hormones is not due to the inability of the cells to take up and metabolize the steroids but is due to the fact that the time-span of exposure is not long enough to elicit a cellular response. It is concluded that these freshly isolated cells are suitable for the study of those effects of hormones and drugs which occur within the first 3 hr after exposure to the compound.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0022-202X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
76
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
293-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1981
pubmed:articleTitle
Sebaceous gland differentiation: III. The uses and limitations of freshly isolated mouse preputial gland cells for the in vitro study of hormone and drug action.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro