title: Membrane progesterone receptors in reproduction and cancer.
abstract: Progesterone is a sexual steroid hormone that has a critical role in reproductive processes in males and females of several species, including humans. Furthermore, progesterone has been associated with pathological diseases such as breast, gynecological and brain cancer, regulating cell proliferation, apoptosis, and metastasis. In the past, progesterone actions were thought to be only mediated by its intracellular receptor (PR). However, recent evidence has demonstrated that membrane progesterone receptors (mPRs) mediate most of the non-classical progesterone actions. The role of the different mPRs subtypes in progesterone effects in reproduction and cancer is an emerging and exciting research area. Here we review studies to date regarding mPRs role in reproduction and cancer and discuss their functions and clinical relevance, suggesting mPRs as putative pharmacological targets and disease markers in cancer and diseases associated with reproduction.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Investigación en Reproducción Humana, Instituto Nacional de Perinatología-Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico.
authors.forename: Paulina
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Valadez-Cosmes
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Investigación en Reproducción Humana, Instituto Nacional de Perinatología-Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico.
authors.forename: Edgar Ricardo
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Vázquez-Martínez
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Investigación en Reproducción Humana, Instituto Nacional de Perinatología-Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cerbón
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Investigación en Reproducción Humana, Instituto Nacional de Perinatología-Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico. Electronic address: camachoarroyo@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Ignacio
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Camacho-Arroyo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*; D011374:Progesterone / Q000378:metabolism; D011980:Receptors, Progesterone / Q000378:metabolism*; D012098:Reproduction; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D011980:Receptors, Progesterone; D011374:Progesterone
keywords: Cancer; Membrane progesterone receptors; Progesterone; Reproduction; Reproductive diseases