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Estrogen receptor alpha pathway is involved in the regulation of Calbindin-D9k in the uterus of immature rats.

It has been demonstrated in our previous studies that Calbindin-D9k (CaBP-9k) is a potent biomarker for screening estrogen-like chemicals in the rat model. Although treatments with 17beta-estradiol (E2) and endocrine disrupting compounds resulted in the up-regulation of uterine CaBP-9k, the mechanism of CaBP-9k induction by these compounds through two subtypes of estrogen receptors (ERalpha and ERbeta) is unclear. Thus, in the present study, immature rats were treated with propyl pyrazole triol ( PPT, an ERalpha-selective ligand), diarylpropionitrile (DPN, an ERbeta-selective ligand), E2, or dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO, a vehicle control) for three days in order to clarify which subtype of ER is involved in the uterine CaBP-9k induction. Following injection with these ER ligands, uterine CaBP-9k expression was analyzed by Northern blot and immunoblot assays. Uterine CaBP-9k expression is mainly mediated by PPT in a dose- and time-dependent manner in immature rats, whereas no significant alteration of the uterine CaBP-9k gene was observed after DPN treatment. In addition, an estrogenicity of PPT in inducing CaBP-9k expression was completely blocked by the anti-estrogen ICI 182,780, implying that uterine CaBP-9k is solely induced by ERalpha. A single treatment with PPT rapidly increased the protein levels of ERalpha and PR, an E2-mediated gene, in these tissues. Taken together, these results indicate that uterine CaBP-9k is induced by E2 and endocrine disrupting chemicals via the ERalpha pathway, but not ERbeta, in the uterus of immature rats.[1]

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  1. Estrogen receptor alpha pathway is involved in the regulation of Calbindin-D9k in the uterus of immature rats. Lee, G.S., Kim, H.J., Jung, Y.W., Choi, K.C., Jeung, E.B. Toxicol. Sci. (2005) [Pubmed]
 
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