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Molecular Endocrinology 20 (3): 491-502
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Estrogen Dendrimer Conjugates that Preferentially Activate Extranuclear, Nongenomic Versus Genomic Pathways of Estrogen Action

William R. Harrington, Sung Hoon Kim, Cory C. Funk, Zeynep Madak-Erdogan, Rachel Schiff, John A. Katzenellenbogen and Benita S. Katzenellenbogen

Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology (W.R.H., B.S.K.), Department of Chemistry (S.H.K., J.A.K.), and Department of Cell and Developmental Biology (C.C.F., Z.M.-E., B.S.K.), University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801; and Department of Medicine (R.S.), Breast Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030

Address all correspondence and requests for reprints to: Dr. Benita S. Katzenellenbogen, University of Illinois, Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, 524 Burrill Hall, 407 South Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801-3704. E-mail: katzenel{at}uiuc.edu.

Estrogenic hormones are classically thought to exert their effects by binding to nuclear estrogen receptors and altering target gene transcription, but estrogens can also have nongenomic effects through rapid activation of membrane-initiated kinase cascades. The development of ligands that selectively activate only the nongenomic pathways would provide useful tools to investigate the significance of these pathways. We have prepared large, abiotic, nondegradable poly(amido)amine dendrimer macromolecules that are conjugated to multiple estrogen molecules through chemically robust linkages. Because of their charge and size, these estrogen-dendrimer conjugates (EDCs) remain outside the nucleus. They stimulate ERK, Shc, and Src phosphorylation in MCF-7 breast cancer cells at low concentrations, yet they are very ineffective in stimulating transcription of endogenous estrogen target genes, being approximately 10,000-fold less potent than estradiol in genomic actions. In contrast to estradiol, EDC was not effective in stimulating breast cancer cell proliferation. Because these EDC ligands activate nongenomic activity at concentrations at which they do not alter the transcription of estrogen target genes, they should be useful in studying extranuclear initiated pathways of estrogen action in a variety of target cells.

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