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dc.contributor.authorRomero Romero, María del Mar-
dc.contributor.authorHolmgren-Holm, Fredrik-
dc.contributor.authorGrasa Martínez, Maria del Mar-
dc.contributor.authorEsteve Ràfols, Montserrat-
dc.contributor.authorRemesar Betlloch, Xavier-
dc.contributor.authorFernández López, José Antonio-
dc.contributor.authorAlemany, Marià, 1946--
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-28T14:50:35Z-
dc.date.available2014-03-28T14:50:35Z-
dc.date.issued2013-02-22-
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2445/53114-
dc.description.abstractIn the metabolic syndrome, glucocorticoid activity is increased, but circulating levels show little change. Most of blood glucocorticoids are bound to corticosteroid-binding globulin (CBG), which liver expression and circulating levels are higher in females than in males. Since blood hormones are also bound to blood cells, and the size of this compartment is considerable for androgens and estrogens, we analyzed whether sex or eating a cafeteria diet altered the compartmentation of corticosterone in rat blood. The main corticosterone compartment in rat blood is that specifically bound to plasma proteins, with smaller compartments bound to blood cells or free. Cafeteria diet increased the expression of liver CBG gene, binding plasma capacity and the proportion of blood cell-bound corticosterone. There were marked sex differences in blood corticosterone compartmentation in rats, which were unrelated to testosterone. The use of a monoclonal antibody ELISA and a polyclonal Western blot for plasma CBG compared with both specific plasma binding of corticosterone and CBG gene expression suggested the existence of different forms of CBG, with varying affinities for corticosterone in males and females, since ELISA data showed higher plasma CBG for males, but binding and Western blot analyses (plus liver gene expression) and higher physiological effectiveness for females. Good cross- reactivity to the antigen for polyclonal CBG antibody suggests that in all cases we were measuring CBG.The different immunoreactivity and binding affinity may help explain the marked sex-related differences in plasma hormone binding as sex-linked different proportions of CBG forms.-
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dc.language.isoeng-
dc.publisherPublic Library of Science (PLoS)-
dc.relation.isformatofReproducció del document publicat a: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0057342-
dc.relation.ispartofPLoS One, 2013, vol. 8, num. 2, p. e57342-
dc.relation.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0057342-
dc.rightscc-by (c) Romero Romero, María del Mar et al., 2013-
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es-
dc.sourceArticles publicats en revistes (Nutrició, Ciències de l'Alimentació i Gastronomia)-
dc.subject.classificationDieta-
dc.subject.classificationHormones esteroides-
dc.subject.classificationCorticosteroides-
dc.subject.classificationDiferències entre sexes-
dc.subject.classificationRates (Animals de laboratori)-
dc.subject.otherDiet-
dc.subject.otherSteroid hormones-
dc.subject.otherAdrenocortical hormones-
dc.subject.otherSex differences-
dc.subject.otherRats as laboratory animals-
dc.titleModulation in Wistar rats of blood corticosterone compartmentation by sex and prior exposure to a cafeteria diet-
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dc.identifier.idgrec620603-
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