RGD Reference Report - Estrogen suppresses retinaldehyde dehydrogenase 1 expression in the anterior pituitary glands of female rats. - Rat Genome Database

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Estrogen suppresses retinaldehyde dehydrogenase 1 expression in the anterior pituitary glands of female rats.

Authors: Fujiwara, K  Davaadash, B  Kikuchi, M  Takigami, S  Yashiro, T 
Citation: Fujiwara K, etal., Endocr J. 2008 Mar;55(1):91-6. Epub 2008 Jan 17.
RGD ID: 2306318
Pubmed: PMID:18202528   (View Abstract at PubMed)

Retinoic acid (RA) plays a critical role in cell growth and tissue development. RA is also a regulating factor of pituitary function. RA is synthesized from retinoids through oxidation processes. The oxidation of retinal to RA is catalyzed by the retinaldehyde dehydrogenases (RALDHs), including RALDH1, RALDH2 and RALDH3. Recently, we demonstrated that RALDH1 is expressed in the anterior pituitary glands of adult male rats. However, the expression of RALDH1 in the female pituitary gland and the regulation of RALDH1 expression have not been determined. Therefore, we examined the expression of RALDH1 mRNA in the pituitary glands of adult female rats. By in situ hybridization with digoxigenin-labeled cRNA probes and quantitative real-time PCR analysis, we found that the expression level of RALDH1 was significantly lower in estrus as compared to proestrus, metestrus and diestrus. RALDH1 mRNA levels increased after ovariectomy and decreased remarkably after a 1-week treatment with 17beta-estradiol implants. Estradiol (0.01-100 microg per rat) dose-dependently decreased the expression of RALDH1 in the pituitary glands after 24 hours of subcutaneous administration. These results clearly show that RALDH1 mRNA expression is suppressed by estrogen. We speculate that the generation of RA is regulated by estrogen and that RA plays a role in the estrus cycle through paracrine and/or autocrine mechanisms in the anterior pituitary gland of female rats.

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Biological Process
TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
estrous cycle  IEP 2306318 RGD 
response to estradiol  IEP 2306318 RGD 

Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Aldh1a1  (aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 family, member A1)


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