The effects of estrogen, insulin and dexamethasone on the synthesis and secretion of egg white proteins in primary cultured oviduct cells of laying Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica).
1. The effects of estrogen, insulin and dexamethasone on the synthesis of egg white proteins were investigated by employing primary cultured oviduct cells of laying Japanese quails. 2. It was demonstrated that oviduct cells require insulin and dexamethasone, besides estrogen, to synthesize and secrete egg white proteins maximally.
Kato
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Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tokyo, Japan.
Ito
S
S
Miura
Y
Y
Noguchi
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T
Naito
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H
D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003207:Conalbumin / Q000096:biosynthesis; D003370:Coturnix / Q000378:metabolism*; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004527:Egg Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004529:Egg White; D004967:Estrogens / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007328:Insulin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010047:Ovalbumin / Q000096:biosynthesis; D010057:Oviducts / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D011784:Quail / Q000378:metabolism*; D012016:Reference Values
D004527:Egg Proteins; D004967:Estrogens; D007328:Insulin; D003207:Conalbumin; D003907:Dexamethasone; D010047:Ovalbumin