Regulation of Prolactin Receptor Gene Expression in the Rat Choroid Plexus via Transcriptional Activation of Multiple First Exons during Postnatal Development and Lactation

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  • HIRAI Junko
    Laboratory of Animal Physiology, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine and Life Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, 1-7-1 Kyonan-cho, Musashino, Tokyo 180-8602, Japan
  • NISHITA Masahiro
    Laboratory of Animal Physiology, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine and Life Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, 1-7-1 Kyonan-cho, Musashino, Tokyo 180-8602, Japan
  • NAKAO Nobuhiro
    Laboratory of Animal Physiology, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine and Life Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, 1-7-1 Kyonan-cho, Musashino, Tokyo 180-8602, Japan
  • SAITO Toru R.
    Laboratory of Behavioral Neuroscience, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine and Life Science, Nippon Veterinary and Animal Science University, 1-7-1 Kyonan-cho, Musashino, Tokyo 180-8602, Japan
  • TANAKA Minoru
    Laboratory of Animal Physiology, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine and Life Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, 1-7-1 Kyonan-cho, Musashino, Tokyo 180-8602, Japan

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Prolactin (PRL) has numerous physiological functions that are mediated by its receptors in target cells. Expression of the rat PRL receptor (PRLR) gene is regulated in a tissue-specific manner via the transcriptional activation of five distinct first exons, i.e., E11, E12, E13, E14, and E15. In the present study, we investigated the expression profiles of these first exon variants of PRLR mRNA in the rat choroid plexus, which is considered to be a site of receptor-mediated PRL transport from the blood to cerebrospinal fluid. Real-time PCR analysis revealed that E13-, E14-, and E15-PRLR mRNA expression levels increased in the choroid plexus in male and female rats during postnatal development, with markedly higher level of E14-PRLR mRNA. In female rats, the E14-PRLR mRNA expression levels increased markedly during lactation compared with the diestrus state, whereas there was no increase in the E13- and E15-PRLR mRNA levels. The E14-PRLR mRNA expression pattern was similar to that of the total PRLR mRNA. The PRL plasma concentration generally correlated with the E14-PRLR mRNA expression levels in both sexes. These findings suggest that PRLR gene expression in the choroid plexus is upregulated mainly via the transcriptional activation of the E14-first exon.

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  • Experimental Animals

    Experimental Animals 62 (1), 49-56, 2013

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