Steroid receptor and aromatase expression in baboon endometriotic lesions

Asgerally T Fazleabas, Fazleabas AT, Allison Brudney, Brudney A, Daniel Chai, David Langoi, Langoi D, Bulun Se, Serdar E. Bulun
Fertility and sterility · 2003 · vol. 80 , pp. 820–827 · doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(03)00982-8 · PMID:14505759 · W2057372634
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This study examined the presence of steroid receptors and aromatase in endometriotic lesions from baboons to understand their role in lesion development and maintenance.

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ObjectiveTo evaluate steroid receptor and aromatase gene expression in endometriotic lesions, and determine the effects of endometriosis on uterine receptivity in a baboon model for endometriosis.DesignProspective study to determine the expression of steroid receptors, and aromatase in ectopic endometriotic lesions and endometrial genes in the eutopic endometrium of baboons with induced endometriosis by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and immunocytochemistry.SettingUniversity research laboratory and primate research facility.Animal(s)Normally cycling baboons inoculated intraperitoneally with menstrual endometrium to induce endometriosis.Intervention(s)Endometriotic lesions were resected during laparotomy, and endometrium was obtained by endometrectomy or after hysterectomy.Main outcome measure(s)Steroid receptor and aromatase expression by RT-PCR and immunocytochemistry in endometriotic lesions and glycodelin and alpha-smooth muscle actin expression and localization in endometrium after chorionic gonadotropin (CG) stimulation.Result(s)This study demonstrated that estrogen receptor-alpha (ERalpha) and progesterone receptor (PR) were expressed in both ectopic and eutopic endometrium between 1 and 10 months after inoculation. In contrast, ERbeta was only expressed in the ectopic endometriotic lesions. Aromatase expression was only evident in lesions obtained 10 months after inoculation. Infusion of CG during the luteal phase failed to induce the expression of glycodelin in the glandular epithelium or alpha-smooth muscle actin (alpha-SMA) in stromal cells in animals with endometriosis as early as 1 and 4 months after inoculation.Conclusion(s)The ERbeta expression is selectively up-regulated in the endometriotic lesions at all stages of the disease, whereas aromatase expression is not evident until the disease progresses. However, expression of uterine receptivity markers was down-regulated as early as 1 and 4 months after inoculation.

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endometriosis

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Aromatase Endometriosis Papio Receptors, Steroid Actins Actins Animals Aromatase Aromatase Blotting, Southern Endometriosis Endometriosis Endometrium Endometrium Estrogen Receptor alpha Estrogen Receptor beta Female Glycoproteins Glycoproteins Immunohistochemistry

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