Site-specific regulation of gene expression by estrogen in the hypothalamus of adult female rats

被引：8
作者：
Xu, Qing [1 ]
Hamada, Tomohiro [1 ]
Kiyama, Ryoiti [2 ]
Sakuma, Yasuo [1 ]
Wada-Kiyama, Yuko [1 ]
机构：
[1] Nippon Med Sch, Dept Physiol, Bunkyo Ku, Tokyo 1138602, Japan
[2] Natl Inst Adv Ind Sci & Technol, Signalling Mol Res Lab, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3058566, Japan
来源：
NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS | 2008年 / 436卷 / 01期
关键词：
estrogen; rat; hypothalamus;
D O I：
10.1016/j.neulet.2008.02.054
中图分类号：
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号：
071006 ;
摘要：
Estrogen plays critical roles in the neuroendocrine system of adult female rats through separate actions, respectively, in the preoptic area (POA) and the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus (VMH). Seven-week-old rats were treated with/without estrogen after they were ovariectomized, and four estrogen-responsive, neuronal system-related genes, encoding alpha4 neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (Chrna4), GABA(A) receptor delta (Gabrd), serotonin receptor 6 (Htr6), and GABA transporter 2 (Slc6a 13), were investigated by real-time RT-PCR and Western blot analyses to examine their differential regulation by estrogen between the anterior part containing POA and the posterior part containing VMH. We further examined Bax, Bcl2, and Prkce, the former two genes to be involved in the gene expression network of Chrna4 and the latter gene, that of Gabrd. The regulation of Bax and Bcl2 by estrogen differed between the anterior and posterior parts. The results demonstrated differential regulation of these neuronal system-related genes by estrogen between the anterior and posterior parts of the hypothalamus and suggested the roles of gene expression networks for the respective genes in the neuroendocrine system of adult female rats. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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