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| Content Provider | PubMed Central |
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| Author | Tica, Andrei A. Dun, Erica C. Tica, Oana S. Gao, Xin Arterburn, Jeffrey B. Brailoiu, G. Cristina Oprea, Tudor I. Brailoiu, Eugen |
| Copyright Year | 2011 |
| Abstract | G protein-coupled estrogen receptor 1 (GPER), also named GPR30, has been previously identified in the female reproductive system. In this study, GPER expression was found in the female rat myometrium by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction and immunocytochemistry. Using GPER-selective ligands, we assessed the effects of the GPER activation on resting membrane potential and cytosolic Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) in rat myometrial cells, as well as on contractility of rat uterine strips. G-1, a specific GPER agonist, induced a concentration-dependent depolarization and increase in [Ca2+]i in myometrial cells. The depolarization was abolished in Na+-free saline. G-1-induced [Ca2+]i increase was markedly decreased by nifedipine, a L-type Ca2+ channel blocker, by Ca2+-free or Na+-free saline. Intracellular administration of G-1 produced a faster and transitory increase in [Ca2+]i, with a higher amplitude than that induced by extracellular application, supporting an intracellular localization of the functional GPER in myometrial cells. Depletion of internal Ca2+ stores with thapsigargin produced a robust store-activated Ca2+ entry; the Ca2+ response to G-1 was similar to the constitutive Ca2+ entry and did not seem to involve store-operated Ca2+ entry. In rat uterine strips, administration of G-1 increased the frequency and amplitude of contractions and the area under the contractility curve. The effects of G-1 on membrane potential, [Ca2+]i, and uterine contractility were prevented by pretreatment with G-15, a GPER antagonist, further supporting the involvement of GPER in these responses. Taken together, our results indicate that GPER is expressed and functional in rat myometrium. GPER activation produces depolarization, elevates [Ca2+]i and increases contractility in myometrial cells. |
| Related Links | http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpcell.00501.2010 |
| Starting Page | 1262 |
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| ISSN | 03636143 |
| e-ISSN | 15221563 |
| Journal | American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology |
| Issue Number | 5 |
| Volume Number | 301 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | American Physiological Society |
| Publisher Date | 2011-11-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | American Physiological Society |
| Subject Keyword | Cell Biology Physiology Research in Higher Education |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Cell Biology Physiology |
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