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A Tury Laboratoire d’Histologie, E.A. Estrogènes, Expression Génique et Pathologies du Système Nerveux Central, IFR INSERM 133, Université de Franche-Comté, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, 19 rue Ambroise Paré, 25041 Besançon Cedex, France

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G Mairet-Coello Laboratoire d’Histologie, E.A. Estrogènes, Expression Génique et Pathologies du Système Nerveux Central, IFR INSERM 133, Université de Franche-Comté, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, 19 rue Ambroise Paré, 25041 Besançon Cedex, France

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F Poncet Laboratoire d’Histologie, E.A. Estrogènes, Expression Génique et Pathologies du Système Nerveux Central, IFR INSERM 133, Université de Franche-Comté, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, 19 rue Ambroise Paré, 25041 Besançon Cedex, France

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C Jacquemard Laboratoire d’Histologie, E.A. Estrogènes, Expression Génique et Pathologies du Système Nerveux Central, IFR INSERM 133, Université de Franche-Comté, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, 19 rue Ambroise Paré, 25041 Besançon Cedex, France

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P Y Risold Laboratoire d’Histologie, E.A. Estrogènes, Expression Génique et Pathologies du Système Nerveux Central, IFR INSERM 133, Université de Franche-Comté, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, 19 rue Ambroise Paré, 25041 Besançon Cedex, France

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D Fellmann Laboratoire d’Histologie, E.A. Estrogènes, Expression Génique et Pathologies du Système Nerveux Central, IFR INSERM 133, Université de Franche-Comté, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, 19 rue Ambroise Paré, 25041 Besançon Cedex, France

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B Griffond Laboratoire d’Histologie, E.A. Estrogènes, Expression Génique et Pathologies du Système Nerveux Central, IFR INSERM 133, Université de Franche-Comté, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, 19 rue Ambroise Paré, 25041 Besançon Cedex, France

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The expression of the rat quiescin sulfhydryl oxidase (rQSOX) and its putative regulation by estrogens were investigated in the adenohypophysis. Immunohistochemical observations revealed that rQSOX protein is abundantly expressed throughout the anterior lobe of the pituitary, and can be found in almost all the different cell populations. However, as shown by double immunohisto-chemistry, the cells displaying the strongest rQSOX labeling belong to a subset of gonadotrophs. Immunoelectron microscopy showed that, in adenohypophyseal cells, the protein is linked to the membranes of the rough endoplasmic reticulum, the Golgi apparatus and to dense-core secretory granules. These results are consistent with the secretion of the protein and its presumed role in the extracellular matrix. According to its sulfhydryl oxidase function, rQSOX could also participate in the intracellular folding of secreted proteins or hormones like LH and FSH and act as an endogenous redox modulator of hormonal secretion. A semiquantitative RT-PCR analysis of rQSOX level across the estrous cycle and the fact that chronic administration of 17 β-estradiol to ovariectomized rats led to a sustained up-regulation of rQSOX in the pituitary suggest that rQSOX expression is controlled by sex hormone levels. Further investigations are needed in order to elucidate its precise roles in that gland and the mechanisms of its regulation.

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