Harry J. Karavolas - Publications

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1968-1999 University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, WI 
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Neurosteroids

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1997 Li X, Bertics PJ, Karavolas HJ. Regional distribution of cytosolic and particulate 5alpha-dihydroprogesterone 3alpha-hydroxysteroid oxidoreductases in female rat brain. The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 60: 311-8. PMID 9219922 DOI: 10.1016/S0960-0760(96)00195-1  0.734
1993 Karavolas HJ, Hodges DR. Barbiturates modulate the activity of the pituitary 3 alpha-hydroxysteroid oxidoreductases and inhibit their production of 3 alpha,5 alpha-tetrahydroprogesterone. The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 45: 287-93. PMID 8499336 DOI: 10.1016/0960-0760(93)90344-V  0.618
1993 Karavolas HJ, Hodges DR. Changes in pituitary, hypothalamic and brain progestin-metabolizing enzyme activities during lactation. The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 44: 299-303. PMID 8461262 DOI: 10.1016/0960-0760(93)90091-A  0.625
1992 Hodges DR, Karavolas HJ. Pituitary progestin-metabolizing enzyme activities in the aged female rat. The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 41: 79-84. PMID 1734937 DOI: 10.1016/0960-0760(92)90227-A  0.62
1990 Karavolas HJ, Hodges DR. Neuroendocrine metabolism of progesterone and related progestins. Ciba Foundation Symposium. 153: 22-44; discussion 44. PMID 2292213  0.554
1990 Campbell JS, Karavolas HJ. Characterization of the purified pituitary cytosolic NADPH:5 alpha-dihydroprogesterone 3 alpha-hydroxysteroid oxidoreductase. The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 37: 535-43. PMID 2278837 DOI: 10.1016/0960-0760(90)90398-5  0.633
1990 Campbell JS, Karavolas HJ. Purification of the NADPH:5 alpha-dihydroprogesterone 3 alpha-hydroxysteroid oxidoreductase from female rat pituitary cytosol. The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 37: 215-22. PMID 2268552 DOI: 10.1016/0960-0760(90)90329-J  0.625
1989 Campbell JS, Karavolas HJ. The kinetic mechanism of the hypothalamic progesterone 5 alpha-reductase. Journal of Steroid Biochemistry. 32: 283-9. PMID 2921870 DOI: 10.1016/0022-4731(89)90265-3  0.478
1988 Karavolas HJ, Hodges D, Normand N, O'Brien D. Conversion of 17 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone to 5 alpha, 3 alpha, and 20 alpha-reduced metabolites by female rat anterior pituitary and hypothalamus. Steroids. 51: 527-41. PMID 3242174 DOI: 10.1016/0039-128X(88)90049-9  0.617
1987 Bertics SJ, Bertics PJ, Clarke JL, Karavolas HJ. Distribution and ovarian control of progestin-metabolizing enzymes in various rat hypothalamic regions. Journal of Steroid Biochemistry. 26: 321-8. PMID 3473270 DOI: 10.1016/0022-4731(87)90096-3  0.74
1986 Campbell JS, Bertics PJ, Karavolas HJ. The kinetic mechanism of the anterior pituitary progesterone 5 alpha-reductase. Journal of Steroid Biochemistry. 24: 801-6. PMID 3702457 DOI: 10.1016/0022-4731(86)90440-1  0.676
1986 Iswari S, Colas AE, Karavolas HJ. Binding of 5 alpha-dihydroprogesterone and other progestins to female rat anterior pituitary nuclear extracts. Steroids. 47: 189-203. PMID 3564086 DOI: 10.1016/0039-128X(86)90088-7  0.561
1985 Bertics PJ, Karavolas HJ. Pituitary progesterone 5 alpha-reductase: solubilization and partial characterization. Journal of Steroid Biochemistry. 22: 795-802. PMID 4021482 DOI: 10.1016/0022-4731(85)90288-2  0.738
1984 Bertics PJ, Edman CF, Karavolas HJ. Potent inhibition of the hypothalamic progesterone 5 alpha-reductase by a 5 alpha-dihydroprogesterone analog. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 259: 107-11. PMID 6706922  0.735
1984 Bertics PJ, Karavolas HJ. Partial characterization of the microsomal and solubilized hypothalamic progesterone 5 alpha-reductase. Journal of Steroid Biochemistry. 21: 305-14. PMID 6593506 DOI: 10.1016/0022-4731(84)90284-X  0.753
1984 Bertics PJ, Edman CF, Karavolas HJ. A high affinity inhibitor of pituitary progesterone 5 alpha-reductase. Endocrinology. 114: 63-9. PMID 6581041 DOI: 10.1210/Endo-114-1-63  0.749
1984 Schenborn ET, Karavolas HJ. Progestin receptors in dispersed rat anterior pituitary cells: enriched binding in lactotrope fractions. Steroids. 43: 589-601. PMID 6543479 DOI: 10.1016/0039-128X(84)90022-9  0.317
1984 Campbell JS, Bertics PJ, Karavolas HJ. Kinetic mechanism analysis of the pituitary progesterone 5α-reductase Federation Proceedings. 43: no. 2833.  0.537
1982 Marrone BL, Karavolas HJ. Progesterone metabolism by the hypothalamus, pituitary, and uterus of the aged rat. Endocrinology. 111: 162-7. PMID 6806072 DOI: 10.1210/endo-111-1-162  0.578
1982 Bertics PJ, Karavolas HJ. Effects of riboflavin deficiency, flavin analogs and redox reagents on hypothalamic progesterone 5α-reduction: Possible involvement of a flavin Federation Proceedings. 41: No. 3590.  0.536
1981 Marrone BL, Karavolas HJ. Progesterone metabolism by the hypothalamus, pituitary, and uterus of the rat during pregnancy. Endocrinology. 109: 41-5. PMID 7238413 DOI: 10.1210/endo-109-1-41  0.602
1981 Gilles PA, Karavolas HJ. Effect on ovulation of 20 alpha-hydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one and its 5 alpha-reduced metabolites in immature rats treated with pregnant mare serum gonadotrophin. The Journal of Endocrinology. 88: 289-92. PMID 7205130 DOI: 10.1677/Joe.0.0880289  0.615
1981 Schenborn ET, Karavolas HJ. Progesterone, 5 alpha-dihydroprogesterone and R5020 binding in female rat anterior pituitary. Journal of Steroid Biochemistry. 14: 523-31. PMID 7195444 DOI: 10.1016/0022-4731(81)90025-X  0.364
1981 Krause JE, Bertics PJ, Karavolas HJ. Ovarian regulation of hypothalamic and pituitary progestin-metabolizing enzyme activities. Endocrinology. 108: 1-7. PMID 7193117 DOI: 10.1210/Endo-108-1-1  0.793
1981 Krause JE, Karavolas HJ. Properties of the hypothalamic 5 alpha-dihydroprogesterone NADH- and NADPH-linked 3 alpha-hydroxysteroid oxidoreductase activities. Journal of Steroid Biochemistry. 14: 63-9. PMID 6937723 DOI: 10.1016/0022-4731(81)90193-X  0.569
1981 Gilles PA, Karavolas HJ. Effect of 20 alpha-dihydroprogesterone, progesterone, and their 5 alpha-reduced metabolites on serum gonadotropin levels and hypothalamic LHRH content. Biology of Reproduction. 24: 1088-97. PMID 6791716  0.522
1980 Krause JE, Karavolas HJ. Pituitary 5 alpha-dihydroprogesterone 3 alpha-hydroxysteroid oxidoreductases. Subcellular location and properties of NADH- and NADPH-linked activities. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 255: 11807-14. PMID 6934173  0.714
1980 Krause JE, Karavolas HJ. Subcellular location of hypothalamic progesterone metabolizing enzymes and evidence for distinct NADH- and NADPH-linked 3 alpha-hydroxysteroid oxidoreductase activities. Journal of Steroid Biochemistry. 13: 271-80. PMID 6930523 DOI: 10.1016/0022-4731(80)90005-9  0.586
1980 Krause JE, Halls JJ, Karavolas HJ. The effects of neurotransmitters and other cellular modulators and factors on hypothalamic and anterior pituitary delta 4-steroid (progesterone) 5 alpha-reductase activity. Steroids. 36: 305-20. PMID 6107999 DOI: 10.1016/0039-128X(80)90005-7  0.74
1979 Karavolas HJ, Hodges DR, O'Brien DJ. In vivo uptake and metabolism of [3H]progesterone and [3H]5 alpha-dihydroprogesterone by rat CNS and anterior pituitary: tissue concentration of progesterone itself or metabolites? Journal of Steroid Biochemistry. 11: 863-72. PMID 491648 DOI: 10.1016/0022-4731(79)90022-0  0.365
1979 Karavolas HJ, Hodges DR, O'Brien DJ, MacKenzie KM. In vivo uptake of [3H]progesterone and [3H]5 alpha-dihydroprogesterone by rat brain and pituitary and effects of estradiol and time: tissue concentration of progesterone itself or specific metabolites? Endocrinology. 104: 1418-25. PMID 436786 DOI: 10.1210/endo-104-5-1418  0.379
1979 Lloyd RV, Gilles PA, Karavolas HJ. Uptake and metabolism of female sex steroids by isolated small neurons and other cell fractions from the rat medial basal hypothalamus. Steroids. 33: 97-113. PMID 377573 DOI: 10.1016/S0039-128X(79)80009-4  0.471
1978 Krause JE, Karavolas HJ. The effect of progesterone analogues, naturally occurring steroids, and contraceptive progestins on hypothalamic and anterior pituitary delta4-steroid (progesterone) 5alpha-reductase. Steroids. 31: 823-39. PMID 694971 DOI: 10.1016/S0039-128X(78)80047-6  0.755
1977 Hanukoglu I, Karavolas HJ, Goy RW. Progesterone metabolism in the pineal, brain stem, thalamus and corpus callosum of the female rat. Brain Research. 125: 313-24. PMID 558037 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(77)90624-2  0.789
1977 Nuti KM, Karavolas HJ. Effect of progesterone and its 5 alpha-reduced metabolites on gonadotropin levels in estrogen-primed ovariectomized rats. Endocrinology. 100: 777-81. PMID 122598 DOI: 10.1210/endo-100-3-777  0.597
1976 Nowak FV, Nuti KM, Karavolas HJ. Quantitative changes in the metabolism of 20alpha-hydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one by rat hypothalamus and pituitary during proestrus. Steroids. 28: 509-20. PMID 1034357 DOI: 10.1016/0039-128X(76)90020-9  0.64
1976 Karavolas HJ, Hodges D, O'Brien D. Uptake of (3H)progesterone and (3H)5alpha-dihydroprogesterone by rat tissues in vivo and analysis of accumulated radioactivity: accumulation of 5alpha-dihydroprogesterone by pituitary and hypothalamic tissues. Endocrinology. 98: 164-75. PMID 765114 DOI: 10.1210/endo-98-1-164  0.599
1975 Lloyd RV, Karavolas HJ. Uptake and conversion of progesterone and testosterone to 5alpha-reduced products by enriched gonadotropic and chromophobic rat anterior pituitary cell fractions. Endocrinology. 97: 517-26. PMID 1175504 DOI: 10.1210/endo-97-3-517  0.517
1975 Cheng YJ, Karavolas HJ. Properties and subcellular distribution of delta4-steroid (progesterone) 5alpha-reductase in rat anterior pituitary. Steroids. 26: 57-71. PMID 1166484 DOI: 10.1016/0039-128X(75)90006-9  0.618
1975 Cheng YJ, Karavolas HJ. Subcellular distribution and properties of progesterone (delta4-steroid) 5alpha-reductase in rat medial basal hypothalamus. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 250: 7997-8003. PMID 240847  0.546
1974 Nowak FV, Karavolas HJ. Conversion of 20 alpha-hydroxypregn-4-en-3-one to 20 alpha-hydroxy-5 alpha-pregnan-3-one and 5 alpha-pregnane-3 alpha, 20 alpha-diol by rat medial basal hypothalamus. Endocrinology. 94: 994-7. PMID 4818785 DOI: 10.1210/endo-94-4-994  0.564
1974 Sridharan BN, Meyer RK, Karavolas HJ. Effect of 5 alpha-dihydroprogesterone, pregn-5-ene-3 20-dione, pregnenolone and related progestins on ovulation in PMSG-treated immature rats. Journal of Reproduction and Fertility. 36: 83-90. PMID 4809713 DOI: 10.1530/Jrf.0.0360083  0.48
1974 Nowak FV, Karavolas HJ. Conversion of 20alpha-hydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one to 20alpha-hydroxy-5alpha-pregnan-3-one and 5alpha-pregnane-3alpha, 20alpha-diol by rat anterior pituitary. Steroids. 24: 351-7. PMID 4472042 DOI: 10.1016/0039-128X(74)90032-4  0.582
1974 Czaja JA, Goldfoot DA, Karavolas HJ. Comparative facilitation and inhibition of lordosis in the guinea pig with progesterone, 5-alpha-pregnane-3,2-dione, or 3-alpha-hydroxy-5-alpha-pregnan-20-one. Hormones and Behavior. 5: 261-74. PMID 4435775 DOI: 10.1016/0018-506X(74)90034-8  0.448
1973 Cheng YJ, Karavolas HJ. Conversion of progesterone to 5 alpha-pregnane-3,20-dione and 3 alpha-hydroxy-5 alpha-pregnan-20-one by rat medical basal hypothalami and the effects of estradiol and stage of estrous cycle on the conversion. Endocrinology. 93: 1157-62. PMID 4591653 DOI: 10.1210/endo-93-5-1157  0.503
1973 Robinson JA, Karavolas HJ. Conversion of progesterone by rat anterior pituitary tissue to 5 alpha-pregnane-3,20-dione and 3 alpha-hydroxy-5 alpha-pregnan-20-one. Endocrinology. 93: 430-5. PMID 4578147 DOI: 10.1210/endo-93-2-430  0.619
1973 Gupta C, Karavolas HJ. Lowered ovarian conversion of 14C-pregnenolone to progesterone and other metabolites during phenobarbital (PB) block of PMS-induced ovulation in immature rats: inhibition of 3beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenation. Endocrinology. 92: 117-24. PMID 4344357 DOI: 10.1210/endo-92-1-117  0.352
1973 Gupta C, Karavolas HJ. Adrenal steroid biosynthesis from 4-14C-cholesterol (in vitro) during phenobarbital block of PMS-induced ovulation in immature rats. Endocrinology. 92: 1200-7. PMID 4265562 DOI: 10.1210/endo-92-4-1200  0.332
1972 Karavolas HJ, Gupta C, Meyer RK. Steroid biosynthesis and metabolism during phenobarbital (PB) block of PMS-induced ovulation in immature rats. Endocrinology. 91: 157-67. PMID 5025694 DOI: 10.1210/Endo-91-1-157  0.325
1971 Karavolas HJ, Meyer RK, Daighton KJ, Adrouny S. Stimulation and inhibition of synthesis of ovulating hormone (OH) in organ culture by subcellular fractions of rat medial basal hypothalami. Endocrinology. 88: 969-75. PMID 5542423 DOI: 10.1210/Endo-88-4-969  0.337
1971 Karavolas HJ, Herf SM. Conversion of progesterone by rat medial basal hypothalamic tissue to 5 -pregnane-3,20-dione. Endocrinology. 89: 940-2. PMID 4935782 DOI: 10.1210/endo-89-3-940  0.313
1971 Karavolas HJ, Engel LL. Human placental 17 beta-estradiol dehydrogenase. VI. Substrate specificity of the diphosphopyridine nucleotide (triphosphopyridine nucleotide)-linked enzyme. Endocrinology. 88: 1165-9. PMID 4396050 DOI: 10.1210/endo-88-5-1165  0.532
1970 Karavolas HJ, Baedecker ML, Engel LL. Human placental 17 beta-estradiol dehydrogenase. V. Purification and partial characterization of the diphosphopyridine nucleotide (triphosphopyridine nucleotide)-linked enzyme. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 245: 4948-52. PMID 4394161  0.53
1969 Karavolas HJ, Orr JC, Engel LL. Human placental 17 beta-estradiol dehydrogenase. IV. Differentiation of 17 beta-estradiol-activated transhydrogenase from the transhydrogenase function of 17 beta-estradiol dehydrogenase. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 244: 4413-21. PMID 4389994  0.508
1966 Karavolas HJ, Engel LL. Human placental 17-beta-estradiol dehydrogenase. 3. The separation of A 17-beta-estradiol-dependent transhydrogenase. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 241: 3454-6. PMID 4380449  0.498
1965 KARAVOLAS HJ, ELLIOTT WH, HSIA SL, DOISY EA, MATSCHINER JT, THAYER SA, DOISY EA. BILE ACIDS. XXII. ALLOCHOLIC ACID, A METABOLITE OF 5-ALPHA-CHOLESTAN-3-BET-A-OL IN THE RAT. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 240: 1568-72. PMID 14285492  0.7
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