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D Fukushima

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PubMed1980

Stability of ego defenses and endocrine responses in women prior to breast biopsy and ten years later.

Thirty women with breast masses were evaluated psychologically and endocrinologically ten years ago while they were awaiting breast biopsy (3). Eight of these women proved to have benign fibrocystic disease and 22 had breast cancer. A significant (p < 0.05) positive correlation was found between extent of failure of psychological "defenses" and cortisol metabolite excretion rate in these 30 women. On follow-up, 12 women had died (11 with cancer and one who had had benign disease); 7 women were lost to follow-up. Of the remaining 11, one refused to participate, leaving 10 women for follow-up study (7 who had had mastectomy for breast cancer and 3 with benign breast lesions). They were reevaluated using the same assessment techniques as 10 years before. The psychological parameters and cortisol metabolite excretion rates did not show a significant change over the span of ten years. These data support the hypothesis that these psychological parameters and cortisol metabolite excretion rates reflect relatively abiding characteristics and are not as much affected by a "psychosocial threat" as previous research has suggested.

17-Hydroxycorticosteroids↗
PubMed1980

Subnormal plasma adrenal androgen levels in men with uremia.

The 24-h mean plasma concentrations of 8 hormones were measured in 11 men with chronic uremia and 32 normal men. Our findings confirm previous reports of subnormal levels of testosterone, T3, and T4 and elevated levels of LH, PRL, and cortisol. In addition, we observed a new finding: markedly subnormal levels of the adrenal androgens dehydroisoandrosterone (DHA) and DHA sulfate. The mean DHA level in the patients was 164 +/- 46 (SD) ng/dl, compared with 320 +/- 124 in age-matched controls (P < 0.0001); the geometric mean DHA sulfate level was 40 micrograms/dl (95% confidence limits, 11-113) in the patients and 76 micrograms/dl (95% confidence limits, 26-214) in age-matched controls (P = 0.005). The depression of adrenal androgen levels in the face of elevated cortisol levels suggests a biosynthetic block in the adrenal cortex at the step where the C-19 and C-21 pathways diverge, namely the removal of the 2-carbon side chain by C-17, 20-lyase. If a similar defect were present in the testes, it could account for the diminished synthesis of testosterone, which is a further metabolite of DHA in the testes.

Adult↗
PubMed1979

Psychological stress, ego defenses, and cortisol production in children hospitalized for elective surgery.

This study was designed to investigate the relationship between the effectiveness of coping mechanisms and physiological indicators of distress in children faced with the experience of hospitalization and surgery. Twenty-five children between the ages of 7 and 11 were studied in the out-patient department, 2 weeks before surgery, and again during their hospital stay. Effectiveness of defenses and defense style was measured by a clinical interview and by the Rorschach test. Cortisol production rates were measured by the analysis of 24-hour urine collections at home and again in the hospital. Ward adjustment was also rated by a ward questionnaire. The results indicated no relationship between defense effectiveness and cortisol production rates in the out-patient department and an inverse relationship between cortisol production and defense effectiveness under the stress of hospitalization. Defense style was found to correlate with coping under stress. Four different groups of children emerged, suggesting four different types of reaction to the hospital experience.

Adaptation, Psychological↗
PubMed1978

Enzymatic oxidation of disulfides and thiolsulfinates by both rabbit liver microsomes and a reconstituted system with purified cytochrome P-450.

Both rabbit liver microsomes and reconstituted system with purified cytochrome P-450 and cofactors enzymatically oxidized o-dithiane (1, 2-dithiane), 3-methyl-o-dithiane, thiane and 2-methylthiane to the corresponding mono-oxygenated products; sulfides or disulfides were oxidized to the corresponding sulfoxides or thiosulfinates, while thiosulfinate was oxidized to thiolsulfonate. The reconstituted systems required oxygen and NADPH and were not affected by the catalase which decomposes H2O2, or by 1,4-diazabicyclo-[2,2,2]octane (DABCO), which is a good quencher of singlet oxygen. The differences in the binding of substrates such as sulfides and disulfides with the enzyme system are discussed in connection with differences in the spectra of the substrates in the reconstituted system with pure cytochrome P-450. A correlation was found between the rates of oxidation of the substrates and the rates of oxidation of NADPH.

Animals↗
PubMed1978

Plasma hormone profiles of young women at risk for familial breast cancer.

The plasma hormone concentrations of 30 young women, who were judged by genetic analysis to be at high risk for familial breast cancer, were compared with those of 30 matched controls identified as at low risk for the disease. The hormone measurements were obtained every second day throughout the menstrual cycle, and the results were analyzed in terms of follicular, luteal, and full-cycle mean concentrations. Comparison was carried out in a paired fashion with each high-risk and low-risk pair matched closely for height, weight, age, and reproductive history. No statistically significant differences were found in prolactin, gonadotropin, estrone, estradiol, or estriol plasma concentrations although the high-risk group displayed consistently lower values in all of the above except estriol.

Adult↗
PubMed1977

Studies of the diurnal pattern of plasma corticosteroids and gonadotropins in two cases of feminizing adrenal carcinoma: measurements of estrogen and corticosteroid production.

Two adult men with feminizing adrenal cortical carcinoma had measurements of their 24-h plasma corticosteroid and gonadotropin patterns as well as 24-h mean hormone levels of estradiol, estetrol, 11-desoxycortisol, DHEA-S, DHEA and testosterone. Cortisol, 11-desoxycortisol and estrogen production rates were also measured. The 24-h corticosteroid patterns showed preservation of the normal 24-h episodic and circadian patterns, albeit at higher levels. The cortisol production rates were markedly elevated despite only moderate elevation of the 24-h mean cortisol level. There were elevated plasma 11-desoxycortisol levels and a markedly elevated 11-desoxycortisol production rate in one patient and THS excretion in the other. The plasma estradiol levels, urinary excretion and production rates were markedly elevated. In addition, there was a decrease in the specific activity of estriol compared with estrone and estradiol as well as measurable levels of estetrol in both patients. These latter observations coupled with the urinary immunoassayable hCG in one patient suggest that these tumors may be functioning like trophoblastic tissue. The possibility that estetrol may serve as an additional marker for tumors of trophoblastic origin is of additional interest.

Adrenal Cortex Hormones↗
PubMed1976

Physico-chemical studies on the 11S globulin in soybean seeds: size and shape determination of the molecule.

The molecular shape of the 11S globulin, the major storage protein of soybean seeds, was estimated to be an oblate ellipsoid with a revolution axial ratio of 8.11-8.38 with or without scarce hydration according to the procedure of Simha & Perrin by measuring the partial specific volume, diffusion coefficient, molecular weight and volume fraction intrinsic viscosity. The length of the major axis of the molecule is 178-180 A and that of the minor axis 22 A. Subsequently, the shape factor beta, and the hydrodynamically effective volume, Ve, of the protein were calculated by the procedure of Scheraga & Mandelkern. Consequently, the 11S globulin molecule was also an oblate ellipsoid from beta. Ve was found to be equal to MV/N, the anhydrous volume of protein. It was therefore concluded that the protein existed in a rigid and nearly anhydrous state in solution.

Globulins↗
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Hypogonadism and Leydig cell hypoplasia unresponsive to human luteinizing hormone (hLH).

A 22-year-old man with hypogonadism, Leydig cell hypoplasia, high plasma LH, and normal plasma FSH was given human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) and human luteinizing hormone (hLH) in order to assess testicular testosterone responses to exogenously administered gonadotropins. The maximal testosterone level detected after six doses of hCG, 5000 IU per dose given intramuscularly (IM) was 256 ng/dl. After eight doses of hLH, 550-1100 IU per dose given IM, the plasma testosterone level was unchanged, 100-200 ng/dl. The lack of a response to exogenously administered gonadotropins in our patient suggests that there is a primary testicular lesion causing the hypogonadism. Our patient's own LH is probably biologically active since there was no response to human LH, a pituitary extract with a known biopotency (LER 1549). Our patient's endocrine abnormality is apparently another facet in the spectrum of findings described in patients with Leydig cell hypoplasia or aplasia. Other features of this entity can include female pseudohermaphroditism, ambiguous genitalia, hypogonadism, delayed puberty, and the presence of biologically inactive LH.

Adult↗