Molecular Human Reproduction, Vol. 5, No. 7, 651-655,
July 1999
© 1999 European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology
Oestrogen receptor (ER)-
and ER-ß isoforms in normal endometrial and endometriosis-derived stromal cells
Reproductive Endocrinology Center, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Several investigators have noted that hormone-dependent development of endometriosis implants lags behind that of simultaneously analysed eutopic endometrium. With the recent discovery of the oestrogen receptor-ß (ER-ß) isoform, the aim of this study was to investigate whether differences in the expression of ER-
and ER-ß might explain this observation. mRNA transcripts from endometrial stromal cells isolated from normal endometrium (NE) and from endometriomas (EI) were analysed using a semi-quantitative reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction (RT–PCR) technique. RT–PCR and Southern blot analyses of the two ER isoforms indicated that NE and EI stromal cells predominantly express ER- mRNA, however the relative concentrations of ER isoform mRNA transcripts differed between the two cell types. Steady-state ER-:ER-ß mRNA ratios were 15.5 ± 2.8 and 5.2 ± 0.9 respectively for NE and EI cells (P = 0.02). NE and EI stromal cells expressed ER proteins with similar Kd (~0.9 nM) and densities (~24 500 binding sites/cell) respectively. Functional ER expression was indicated by an increase in progesterone receptor concentrations of ~60% (P = 0.03) after incubation with 10 nM oestradiol. We postulate that differential transcript processing, ligand specificity and biological actions of the ER- and -ß isoforms may influence differential growth responses in normal and ectopic endometrium.
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