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MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY Volume 91, Nos. 1/2 February 1993 CONTENTS At the Cutting Edge Mechanisms of prolactin receptor regulation in mammary gland C.J. Ormandy and R.L. Sutherland (Australia) Cl Review Follistatins: more than follicle-stimulating hormone suppressing proteins U. Michel, P. Farnworth and J.K. Findlay (Germany, Australia) Research Papers Progesterone modulation of gonadotropin secretion by dispersed rat pituitary cells in culture. IV. Follicle- stimulating hormone synthesis and release L.C. Krey, V. Padmanabhan and I.Z. Beitins (USA) 13 A single-copy relaxin-like gene sequence is present in sheep P.J. Roche, R.J. Crawford and G.W. Tregear (Australia) 21 Effect of benzyl succinate on insulin receptor function and insulin action in skeletal muscle: further evidence for a lack of spare high-affinity insulin receptors A. Guma, F. Vinals, M. Camps, M. Lizarbe, C. Mora, J. Bertran, X. Testar, M. Palacin and A. Zorzano (Spain) 29 High expression of the hormone binding active extracellular domain (1-294) of rat lutropin receptor in Escherichia coli W. Chen and O.P. Bahl (USA) 35 Blockade of androstenedione-induced stimulation of androgen-sensitive parameters in the rat prostate by combination of Flutamide and 4-MA C. Martel, C. Trudel, J. Couet, C. Labrie, A. Bélanger and F. Labrie (Canada) 43 Prostaglandin F,, activates protein kinase C in human ovarian cells D.R.E. Abayasekara, P.M. Jones, S.J. Persaud, A.E. Michael and A.P.F. Flint (UK) 51 Tumor necrosis factor-a and interferon-y inhibit insulin-like growth factor II] gene expression in human fetal adrenal cell cultures V. Ilvesmaki, M. Jaattela, E. Saksela and R. Voutilainen (Finland) 59 Serotonin-dependent collagenase induction in rat myometrial smooth muscle cells: mediation by the 5-HT, receptor L. Rydelek-Fitzgerald, B.D. Wilcox, M. Teitler and J.J. Jeffrey (USA) 67 Effect of thyroid hormone on T;-receptor mRNA levels and growth of thyrotropic tumors V.D. Sarapura, W.M. Wood, D.F. Gordon and E.C. Ridgway (USA) 75 C-myc gene chromatin of estrogen receptor positive and negative breast cancer cells T.L. Miller, N.J. Huzel, J.R. Davie and L.C. Murphy (Canada) 83 Vanadate treatment of diabetic rats reverses the impaired expression of genes involved in hepatic glucose metabolism: effects on glycolytic and gluconeogenic enzymes, and on glucose transporter GLUT2 S.M. Brichard, B. Desbuquois and J. Girard (France) 91 Pituitary as a target organ for toxic effects of P4501A1 inducing chemicals T. Andersson, L. F6rlin, S. Olsen, A. Fostier and B. Breton (Sweden, Norway, France) 99 (continued on page 3 of cover) Cited in Biological Abstracts; Current Awareness in Biological Sciences (CABS); Current Contents / Life Sciences; Excerpta Medica (EMBASE); Index Medicus; Informedicus; Pascal M PRINTED IN THE NETHERLANDS Contents (continued) High level expression of human neuropeptide Y receptors in mammalian cells infected with a recombinant vaccinia virus P. Walker, M. Munoz, M.-C. Combe, E. Grouzmann, H. Herzog, L. Selbie, J. Shine, H.R. Brunner, B. Waeber and R. Wittek (Switzerland, Australia) Regulation of thyroid hormone receptor B-2 mRNA levels by retinoic acid K.E. Jones, B.M. Yaffe and W.W. Chin (USA) Effects of antiandrogens and ethane dimethane sulphonate (EDS) on gene expression, free subunits, bioactivity and secretion of pituitary gonadotrophins in male rats J. Gromoll, G.F. Weinbauer, M. Simoni and E. Nieschlag (Germany) Nicotinamide analogs and DNA-damaging agents deplete thyroid hormone receptor and c-erbA mRNA levels in pituitary GH1 cells A. Sanchez-Pacheco, P. Perez, A. Villa, A. Pascual and A. Aranda (Spain) Efficient amidation of C-peptide deleted NPY precursors by non-endocrine cells is affected by the presence of Lys-Arg at the C-terminus B.S. Wulff, B. Catipovic, H. Okamoto, U. Gether, T.W. Schwartz and T.E. Johansen (Denmark, USA, Japan) Insulin secretion without the participation of arachidonic acid H. Safayhi, I. Koopmann and H.P.T. Ammon (Germany) Retinoic acid resistance of estradiol-independent breast cancer cells coincides with diminished retinoic acid receptor function B. Van der Burg, B.-j.M. Van der Leede, L. Kwakkenbos-Isbriicker, S. Salverda, S.W. De Laat and P.T. Van der Saag (Netherlands) Differential expression of human placental growth hormone variant and chorionic somatomammotropin genes in choriocarcinoma cells treated with methotrexate B.E. Nickel, M.E. Bock, M.W. Nachtigal and P.A. Cattini (Canada) Establishment of a growth hormone responsive chondrogenic cell line from fetal rat tibia C. Ohlsson, A. Nilsson, D. Swolin, O.G.P. Isaksson and A. Lindahl (Sweden) An androgenic affinity ligand covalently binds to cytosolic aldehyde dehydrogenase from human genital skin fibroblasts D.K. McCammon, P. Zhou, M.K. Turney, M.J. McPhaul and W.J. Kovacs (USA) Platelet derived growth factor-A chain gene expression in cultured mesangial cells: regulation by phorbol ester at the level of mRNA abundance, transcription and mRNA stability B. Bhandari and H.E. Abboud (USA) Arachidonic acid-induced insulin secretion from rat islets of Langerhans is not mediated by protein phospho- rylation H. Basudev, P.M. Jones, S.J. Persaud and S.L. Howell (UK) Two types of cytochrome P-450,, B in rat adrenals: separate regulation of gene expression M. Oertle and J. Miller (Switzerland) Transcription rate of the follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) B subunit gene is reduced by inhibin in sheep but this does not fully explain the decrease in MRNA I.J. Clarke, A. Rao, P.C. Fallest and M.A. Shupnik (Australia, USA) Calendar of Meetings Key Word Index to Volumes 83-90 (1992) Author Index to Volumes 83-90 (1992) Rapid Paper Cloning and characterization of the human GnRH receptor L. Chi, W. Zhou, A. Prikhozhan, C. Flanagan, J.S. Davidson, M. Golembo, N. Illing, R.P. Millar and S.C. Sealfon (USA, South Africa) Rl Notes to Authors