Estrogen receptor profiles across tissues from male and female Rattus norvegicus
Estrogen receptor profiles across tissues from male and female Rattus norvegicus
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DOI:
10.1186/s13293-019-0219-9
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发表时间:
2019-01-11
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7.9
通讯作者:
Lindsey, Sarah H.
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作者:
Hutson, Dillion D.;Gurrala, Rakesh;Lindsey, Sarah H.
BackgroundEstrogen is formed by the enzyme aromatase (CYP19A1) and signals via three identified receptors ER (ESR1), ER ss (ESR2), and the G protein-coupled estrogen receptor (GPER). Understanding the relative contribution of each receptor to estrogenic signaling may elucidate the disparate effects of this sex hormone across tissues, and recent developments in PCR technology allow absolute quantification and direct comparison of multiple targets. We hypothesized that this approach would reveal tissue- and sex-specific differences in estrogen receptor mRNA.MethodsESR1, ESR2, GPER, and CYP19A1 were measured in four cardiovascular tissues (heart, aorta, kidney, and adrenal gland), three brain areas (somatosensory cortex, hippocampus, and prefrontal cortex), and reproductive tissues (ovaries, mammary gland, uterus, testes) from six male and six female adult Sprague-Dawley rats.ResultsGPER mRNA expression was relatively stable across all tissues in both sexes, ranging from 5.49 to 113 copies/ng RNA, a 21-fold difference. In contrast, ESR1/ESR2 were variable across tissues although similar within an organ system. ESR1 ranged from 4.46 to 614 copies/ng RNA (138-fold difference) while ESR2 ranged from 0.154 to 83.1 copies/ng RNA (540-fold). Significant sex differences were broadly absent except for renal ESR1 (female 206 vs. male 614 copies/ng RNA, P