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Skeletal Muscle Gender Dimorphism from Proteomics
Published on: December 14, 2011
SERMの組織特異性に対する分子決定因子
1Department of Adult Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 44 Binney Street, and Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
まとめ
選択性エストロゲン受容体調節剤 (SERM) は,さまざまな効果を持っています. タモキシフェンとラロキシフェンは両方とも乳腺細胞にコアプレッサーを誘発しますが,タモキシフェンは子宮内膜細胞にSRC-1レベルに応じてコアクティベーターを誘発します.
科学分野:
- エンドクリノロジー エンドクリノロジー
- 分子生物学は分子生物学である.
- 薬理学 薬理学とは
背景:
- セレクティブエストロゲン受容体調節剤 (SERM) は,エストロゲンアゴニストまたはアンタゴニストとして作用し,組織特異的な効果を示します.
- タモキシフェンとラロキシフェンは,抗エストロゲン活性に依存して,乳がん治療に使用される主要なSERMです.
- タモキシフェンは,ラロキシフェンとは異なり,子宮内でエストロゲン効果を示します.
研究 の 目的:
- SERMに対する異なる細胞反応の基礎となる分子機構を調査する.
- 異なる細胞タイプにおけるSERM活性を媒介するコレギュレータ募集の役割を明らかにする.
- タモキシフェンが子宮でエストロゲン活性を示す理由を理解するために.
主な方法:
- 遺伝子プロモーターを標的とするコレギュレータ (コアクティベーターおよびコアプレッサー) の募集の分析.
- 乳腺および子宮内膜細胞におけるタモキシフェンとラロキシフェンの活性の比較.
- ステロイド受容体共同活性化剤1 (SRC-1) の影響の評価.発現レベル.
主要な成果:
- タモキシフェンとラロキシフェンは,乳腺細胞におけるコアプレッサーの徴募を誘導した.
- タモキシフェンは,ラロキシフェンはそうではありませんが,子宮内膜細胞の特定の遺伝子に対するコアクティベーターの募集を刺激しました.
- 子宮におけるタモキシフェンのエストロゲンのような活動は,高いSRC-1発現に依存していた.
結論:
- 細胞タイプとプロモーター特異なコレギュレータの採用が,SERMに対する細胞の反応を決定する.
- コアクティベーターとコアプレッサーの異なる募集は,SERMの組織特異的な作用を説明する.
- SRC-1発現レベルは,子宮内膜におけるタモキシフェンのエストロゲン作用を媒介するために重要である.
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