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Molecular Endocrinology 11 (6): 674-681
Copyright © 1997 by The Endocrine Society

Role of Estrogen Receptor-{alpha} in the Anterior Pituitary Gland

Kathleen M. Scully, Anatoli S. Gleiberman, Jonathan Lindzey, Dennis B. Lubahn, Kenneth S. Korach and Michael G. Rosenfeld

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (K.M.S., A.S.G., M.G.R.), Department and School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0648,
Receptor Biology Section (J.L., K.S.K.), Laboratory of Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709,
Departments of Biochemistry and Child Health (D.B.L.), University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211

Targeted insertional disruption of the mouse estrogen receptor-{alpha} (ER{alpha}) gene has provided a genetic model in which to test hypotheses that estrogens exert important effects in development and homeostatic functions of the anterior pituitary gland, particularly in the lactotroph and gonadotroph cell types. Analysis of ER{alpha} gene-disrupted mice reveals a marked reduction in PRL mRNA and a decrease in lactotroph cell number, but normal specification of lactotroph cell phenotype. Gonadotropin mRNA levels in ER{alpha} gene-disrupted female mice are elevated, consistent with previously described transcriptional suppression of gonadotropin subunit gene expression in response to sustained administration of estrogen in wild type mice. These results provide genetic evidence that ER{alpha} plays a critical role in PRL and gonadotropin gene transcription and is involved in lactotroph cell growth, but is not required for specification of lactotroph cell phenotype.




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