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Department of Physiology, University of La Laguna, La Laguna, Spain
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Department of Physiology, University of La Laguna, La Laguna, Spain
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Department of Physiology, University of La Laguna, La Laguna, Spain
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Department of Physiology, University of La Laguna, La Laguna, Spain
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Department of Physiology, University of La Laguna, La Laguna, Spain
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Department of Physiology, University of La Laguna, La Laguna, Spain
Department of Comparative Pathology, University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
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Department of Physiology, University of La Laguna, La Laguna, Spain
Department of Comparative Pathology, University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
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Department of Physiology, University of La Laguna, La Laguna, Spain
Department of Comparative Pathology, University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
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Department of Physiology, University of La Laguna, La Laguna, Spain
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Department of Physiology, University of La Laguna, La Laguna, Spain
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In the rat, administration of tamoxifen (TX) in the absence of oestrogen (E) induces LHRH self-priming, the progesterone receptor (PR)-dependent property of LHRH that increases gonadotrope responsiveness to itself. The oestrogen-dependent PR can be phosphorylated/activated by progesterone (P4) and, in the absence of the cognate ligand, by intracellular LHRH signals, particularly cAMP/protein kinase A. We have recently found that oestradiol-17β (E2), acting on a putative membrane estrogen receptor-α in the gonadotrope, inhibits this agonist action of TX. This study investigated the mechanism by which E2 inhibits TX-elicited LHRH self-priming using both incubated pituitaries from TX-treated ovariectomized (OVX) rats and anterior pituitary cells from OVX rats cultured with TX. It was found that (1) in addition to the inhibitory effect on TX-elicited LHRH self-priming, E2 blocked P4 and adenylyl cyclase activator forskolin augmentation of LHRH-stimulated LH secretion, and (2) E2 did not affect the increasing action of TX on gonadotrope PR expression or pituitary cAMP content. Furthermore, inhibition of protein phosphatases with okadaic acid suppressed E2 inhibition of TX-elicited LHRH-induced LH secretion, while stimulation of protein phosphatases with ceramide blocked TX-induced LHRH self-priming. Together, these results indicated that membrane ER-mediated E2 inhibition of the TX-stimulated LHRH self-priming pathway involves a blockade of gonadotrope PR phosphorylation/activation, but not a deficient response of PR to phosphorylases. Results also suggested that the inhibitory effect of E2on TX-induced LHRH self-priming is exerted through modulation of cellular protein phosphatase activity in the gonadotrope.
