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in the Anterior Pituitary Gland
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-
(ER
) 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
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
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
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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