Estrogen Suppresses Retinaldehyde Dehydrogenase 1 Expression in the Anterior Pituitary Glands of Female Rats
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- FUJIWARA Ken
- Division of Histology and Cell Biology, Department of Anatomy, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine
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- DAVAADASH Bulgan
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Health Sciences University of Mongolia, School of Biomedicine
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- KIKUCHI Motoshi
- Division of Histology and Cell Biology, Department of Anatomy, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine
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- TAKIGAMI Shu
- Division of Histology and Cell Biology, Department of Anatomy, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine
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- YASHIRO Takashi
- Division of Histology and Cell Biology, Department of Anatomy, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine
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Abstract
Retinoic acid (RA) plays a critical role in cell growth and tissue development. RA is also a regulating factor of pituitary function. RA is synthesized from retinoids through oxidation processes. The oxidation of retinal to RA is catalyzed by the retinaldehyde dehydrogenases (RALDHs), including RALDH1, RALDH2 and RALDH3. Recently, we demonstrated that RALDH1 is expressed in the anterior pituitary glands of adult male rats. However, the expression of RALDH1 in the female pituitary gland and the regulation of RALDH1 expression have not been determined. Therefore, we examined the expression of RALDH1 mRNA in the pituitary glands of adult female rats. By in situ hybridization with digoxigenin-labeled cRNA probes and quantitative real-time PCR analysis, we found that the expression level of RALDH1 was significantly lower in estrus as compared to proestrus, metestrus and diestrus. RALDH1 mRNA levels increased after ovariectomy and decreased remarkably after a 1-week treatment with 17β-estradiol implants. Estradiol (0.01-100 μg per rat) dose-dependently decreased the expression of RALDH1 in the pituitary glands after 24 hours of subcutaneous administration. These results clearly show that RALDH1 mRNA expression is suppressed by estrogen. We speculate that the generation of RA is regulated by estrogen and that RA plays a role in the estrus cycle through paracrine and/or autocrine mechanisms in the anterior pituitary gland of female rats.<br>
Journal
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- Endocrine Journal
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Endocrine Journal 55 (1), 91-96, 2008
The Japan Endocrine Society
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390001206298960896
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- NII Article ID
- 10021264651
- 130004443384
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- NII Book ID
- AA10901436
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- ISSN
- 13484540
- 09188959
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- Text Lang
- en
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
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