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Endocrinology, Vol 118, 2594-2598, Copyright © 1986 by Endocrine Society

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Effects of estradiol and progesterone on calcitonin secretion

C Greenberg, SC Kukreja, EN Bowser, GK Hargis, WJ Henderson and GA Williams

Estrogen therapy has been used to inhibit bone resorption and prevent osteoporosis in postmenopausal women. Previous studies have disagreed as to whether the mechanism of estrogen action involves stimulation of calcitonin (CT) secretion. We evaluated the direct effects of 17 beta- estradiol (E2) and progesterone (Prog) on CT secretion from the thyroid C cells of 8-day-old rats in vitro. Both E2 and Prog caused a significant stimulation of CT secretion within 1 h, which was progressive for the 3-h observation period. The responses were dose related from 10(-7) to 5 X 10(-10) M. There was no CT response to 10(- 7) M alpha-estradiol, estriol, 3-methoxyestriol, estrone, testosterone, or 20 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone, indicating specificity of the responses to E2 and Prog. There was a minimal CT secretory response to 10(-6) M cortisol. The E2 receptor antagonist tamoxifen did not inhibit the E2 effect on CT secretion. This observation plus the rapid CT response suggest that this hormonal effect may not be via the conventional intracellular E2 receptor. Therefore, E2 and Prog can stimulate CT secretion by rapid, direct, and specific effects on the thyroid C cell. The gonadal hormones may, therefore, be important in inhibiting bone resorption via their direct stimulatory effect on CT secretion.


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