title: Estrogen receptors in rat bone: their interaction with estrogen receptor modulators.
abstract: Estrogen receptors (ER) were studied in rat bone cytosol using immunoprecipitation, and Western blot technique. Ligand specificity of bone ER was studied using various known modulators of ER. Competitive experiments were performed under exchange conditions in bone tissue obtained from one day old rats. ER alpha and beta subtypes were identified using immunoblotting experiments compared with that of ovarian and uterine tissues. In competitive binding assay, maximum inhibition in specific 3H-E2 binding was shown by E2 followed by tamoxifen and diethylstilbestrol. 7-Hydroxycentchroman and 85/287 also inhibited specific 3H-E2 binding but were less potent as compared to tamoxifen and diethylstilbestrol. However, 85/287 was less effective (81%) as compared to 7-hydroxycentchroman. Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of cytosol and Western blot analysis revealed the presence of 55 kD and 66 kD ER immunoreactive bands corresponding to alpha and beta subtypes, respectively, in bone as well as in uterus. Interestingly, the concentration of 55 kD ER was 3-fold higher than that of 66 kD ER. Ovarian cytosol revealed the presence of a 55 kD band only in Western blot analysis. These studies suggest the action of estrogens/ER modulators on osteoblasts which contain a limited number of classical alpha as well as beta sub types of ER that are known to be structurally different in their hormone-binding domains.
authors.affiliation: Division of Endocrinology, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, UP, India.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pal
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chaturvedi
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Kamboj
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Chowdhury
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dwivedi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D015153:Blotting, Western; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003600:Cytosol / Q000737:chemistry; D004054:Diethylstilbestrol / Q000378:metabolism; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004958:Estradiol / Q000378:metabolism; D004965:Estrogen Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D047628:Estrogen Receptor alpha; D047629:Estrogen Receptor beta; D004971:Estrus; D005260:Female; D007163:Immunosorbent Techniques; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen / Q000032:analysis* / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D013629:Tamoxifen / Q000378:metabolism; D014316:Tritium
chemical_list: D004965:Estrogen Antagonists; D047628:Estrogen Receptor alpha; D047629:Estrogen Receptor beta; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen; D013629:Tamoxifen; D014316:Tritium; D004958:Estradiol; D004054:Diethylstilbestrol