Role of ovarian steroids in development of uterine binding sites for prolactin in the ferret.
Role of ovarian steroids in development of uterine binding sites for prolactin in the ferret.
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卵巢类固醇在雪貂催乳素子宫结合位点发育中的作用。
DOI:
10.1095/biolreprod48.6.1266
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发表时间:
1993
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
Mead,RA
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作者:
Rose,J;Huang,JL;Mead,RA
The objectives of this study were to investigate 1) the presence of specific prolactin (PRL) binding sites in the ferret uterus, 2) the uterine location of125I-labeled ovine PRL (oPRL) binding sites, 3) changes in uterine PRL binding sites during pseudo-pregnancy, and 4) regulation of PRL binding sites by ovarian steroids. Binding was determined through use of125I-oPRL and 300–800 μg of protein from the 50,000 ×gparticulate fraction. Optimal binding occurred within 6 h at 25°C. Scatchard analysis of saturation data revealed a single set of high-affinity (Kd= 4.99 × 10−11± 0.88 M), low-capacity (22.76 ± 1.62 fmol/mg) binding sites. Analysis of hormonal specificity revealed that ovine growth hormone (oGH) cross-reacted with oPRL for the uterine binding sites, displacing 38% of the bound ligand. However, no inhibition of125I-oPRL binding occurred in the presence of a 500-fold excess of bovine thyroid-stimulating hormone (bTSH), ovine LH (oLH), or ovine FSH (oFSH), suggesting hormonal specificity of the binding sites that are located in the luminal and glandular epithelium. Prolactin binding to ferret uterine membranes increased during the first half of pseudopregnancy, plateaued between Days 21 and 28, and then declined. The concentration of PRL binding sites in uteri of ferrets on Day 1 of pseudopregnancy was 4.91 ± 0.42 fmol/mg of protein. Ovariectomy increased PRL binding (7.51 0.12 fmol/mg), whereas ovariectomy and treatment with either estradiol (4.42 _ 0.12 fmol/mg) or progesterone (4.57 ± 0.03 fmnol/mg) reduced the concentration of PRL binding sites to levels not significantly different from that on Day 1 of pseudopregnancy. Ovariectomized ferrets treated with estradiol and progesterone exhibited the highest concentration of PRL binding sites (8.09 ± 0.02 fmol/mg). These data suggest that ovarian steroids have a role in the development of uterine PRL binding sites, but the mechanism by which these steroids interact to enhance PRL binding is unknown.