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R Nogueiras1, J E Caminos, R Gallego
1Department of Physiology, University of Santiago de Compostela, Faculty of Medicine, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Abstract:
Peroxisome proliferator activated-receptor gamma (PPARgamma) is a member of the nuclear receptor superfamily and, in addition to its relation with obesity and insulin sensitivity, it has recently been localized in human and mice pituitary, indicating a functional significance of PPARgamma in adenopituitary tumours. In the present study, we localized the PPARgamma mRNA and protein in different cell types of rat pituitary. Moreover, using the real-time polymerase chain reaction, we assessed the mRNA expression of PPARgamma in different physiological and pathological settings known to be associated with alterations in anterior pituitary cell proliferation and/or function. Our experiments have shown that PPARgamma mRNA levels were repressed by oestrogen through an oestrogen receptor-alpha effect. However, PPARgamma protein levels were only modified in males but not in females. On the other hand, PPARgamma mRNA expression was increased in dwarf rats in comparison with Lewis rats. Finally, nutritional, thyroid status or pregnancy did not change PPARgamma expression. Taken together, we provide new data regarding the regulation of pituitary PPARgamma mRNA by hormonal and metabolic status.
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