title: 17 beta-Estradiol stimulates the expression of hepatic calcium-binding protein regucalcin mRNA in rats.
abstract: The effect of nuclear receptor-related hormones on the expression of hepatic calcium-binding protein regucalcin mRNA in rats was investigated. The change of regucalcin mRNA levels was analyzed by Northern blotting using liver regucalcin cDNA (0.9 kb of open-reading frame). A single subcutaneons administration of 17 beta-estradiol (0.5, 1.0 and 2.0 mg/kg body weight) in rats induced a remarkable increase of regucalcin mRNA in liver; the level was about 200% of control at 24 h after the administration of 2.0 mg/kg. The increase showed about 350% even at 6 h after the administration. Meanwhile, hepatic regucalcin mRNA level was not appreciably altered by a single subcutaneous administration of thyroxine (T4) (20, 40 and 80 mg/kg) or hydrocortisone (10 and 30 mg/kg) in rats. The present study demonstrates that the expression of hepatic regucalcin mRNA is stimulated by estrogen action in the liver nuclei of rats.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Graduate School of Nutritional Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oishi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D002265:Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases; D004958:Estradiol / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000494:pharmacology; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008099:Liver / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D015238:Sulfotransferases; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000494:pharmacology; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D004958:Estradiol; D015238:Sulfotransferases; C028152:alcohol sulfotransferase; D002265:Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases; C513325:Rgn protein, rat; D013974:Thyroxine; D006854:Hydrocortisone