Activation of D2 dopamine receptors inhibits estrogen response element-mediated estrogen receptor transactivation in rat pituitary lactotrophs
Activation of D2 dopamine receptors inhibits estrogen response element-mediated estrogen receptor transactivation in rat pituitary lactotrophs
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10.1016/j.mce.2013.05.011
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发表时间:
2013-08-15
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4.1
通讯作者:
Arita, Jun
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作者:
Ishida, Maho;Mitsui, Tetsuo;Arita, Jun
Estrogen and dopamine are major opposing regulators of the endocrine functions of pituitary lactotrophs. Dopamine inhibits estrogen-induced changes in the synthesis and secretion of prolactin, and lactotroph proliferation. We studied the mechanism of the inhibitory effects of dopaminergic stimulation on estrogen-induced functional changes of rat lactotrophs in primary culture. The dopaminergic agonist, bromocriptine (BC), suppressed 17 beta-estradiol-stimulated lactotroph proliferation, prolactin promoter activity, and mRNA expression of some estrogen-responsive genes. In lactotroph-enriched pituitary cells, BC treatment inhibited the estrogen response element (ERE) DNA sequence-mediated estrogen receptor (ER) transcriptional activity. Using a lactotroph-specific ERE transcriptional assay, we found that BC inhibition of the ERE-mediated ER transcriptional activity partly involved D-2 dopamine receptor-mediated, pertussis toxin-sensitive G protein-coupled, CAMP/protein kinase A-dependent signaling. BC treatment had no effect on the cellular concentration of ER alpha or its phosphorylation status at Ser-118. Similar transcriptional inhibition by BC was also found in GH(4)ZR(7) cells, a D-2 dopamine receptor-expressing somatomammotrophic cell line. These results suggest that activation of the D-2 dopamine receptors inhibits estrogen-dependent lactotroph functions in part via attenuation of ERE-mediated ER transactivation. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.