Abstract
Choleragen, the pure protein from cholera toxin, stimulates steroid secretion by Y-1 adrenal tumor cells in culture. The secreted steroids are the same as seen after addition of adrenocorticotropic hormone. Half-maximal stimulation occurs at 15 pM; stimulation is essentially irreversible by washing and partially reversible (for about 1 hr) by antibody, and there is a latent period of about 60 min before stimulation is seen. Stimulation of adenylate cyclase occurs at about 30-fold higher choleragen concentrations. Gangliosides inhibit choleragen stimulation when added before but not after the toxin. Lipopolysaccharides from Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhosa , and Serratia marcescens also stimulate steroid secretion, but are less potent than choleragen.
Dates
Type | When |
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Created | 19 years, 2 months ago (May 31, 2006, 2:40 a.m.) |
Deposited | 3 years, 4 months ago (April 13, 2022, 10:40 a.m.) |
Indexed | 1 year, 7 months ago (Jan. 11, 2024, 4:39 p.m.) |
Issued | 51 years, 10 months ago (Oct. 1, 1973) |
Published | 51 years, 10 months ago (Oct. 1, 1973) |
Published Online | 51 years, 10 months ago (Oct. 1, 1973) |
Published Print | 51 years, 10 months ago (Oct. 1, 1973) |
@article{Wolff_1973, title={Stimulation of Steroid Secretion in Adrenal Tumor Cells by Choleragen}, volume={70}, ISSN={1091-6490}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.70.10.2741}, DOI={10.1073/pnas.70.10.2741}, number={10}, journal={Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}, publisher={Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}, author={Wolff, J. and Temple, R. and Cook, G. Hope}, year={1973}, month=oct, pages={2741–2744} }