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Steroid hormone regulation of Clca3 expression in the murine uterus.
Jeong, J-W; Lee, K Y; Lydon, J P; DeMayo, F J.
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  • Jeong JW; Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
J Endocrinol ; 189(3): 473-84, 2006 Jun.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16731779
ABSTRACT
Progesterone (P4) and its cognate receptor, the progesterone receptor (PGR), have important roles in the establishment and maintenance of pregnancy in the murine uterus. In previous studies, using high-density DNA microarray analysis, we identified a subset of genes whose expression is repressed by chronic P4-PGR activation in the uterus. The Clca3 gene is one of the genes whose expression is the most significantly downregulated by P4 and PGR. In the present study, we performed real-time RT-PCR and in situ hybridization to investigate the regulation of Clca3 by P4 and determine the pattern of expression of Clca3 in the uterus during early pregnancy. This analysis shows that Clca3 mRNA transcripts were detected in the luminal and glandular epithelium of the pseudopregnant uterus at day 0.5 and that the expression of Clca3 was not detected after day 3.5. P4 represses Clca3 mRNA synthesis in the luminal epithelial and glandular epithelial cells of the uterus in ovariectomized wild-type mice, but not in Pgr knockout (PRKO) mice. Conversely, estrogen (E2) induces Clca3 expression in the luminal epithelium and glandular epithelium, and this induction was repressed by P4 in the murine uterus. Analysis of the promoter region of Clca3 by in silico and transient transfection analysis in HEC-1A cells identified the regulation of Clca3 by estrogen receptor-alpha (ESR1) within the first 528 bp of 5'-flanking region of the Clca3 gene. Our studies identified Clca3 as a novel downregulated gene of PGR that is a direct target of E2 regulation.
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Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Progesterona / Útero / Receptores de Progesterona / Regulação da Expressão Gênica / Regiões Promotoras Genéticas / Canais de Cloreto Limite: Animals / Pregnancy Idioma: En Revista: J Endocrinol Ano de publicação: 2006 Tipo de documento: Article
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Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Progesterona / Útero / Receptores de Progesterona / Regulação da Expressão Gênica / Regiões Promotoras Genéticas / Canais de Cloreto Limite: Animals / Pregnancy Idioma: En Revista: J Endocrinol Ano de publicação: 2006 Tipo de documento: Article