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Endocrinology, Vol 131, 1657-1664, Copyright © 1992 by Endocrine Society

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Transforming growth factor-alpha is a potential mediator of estrogen action in the mouse uterus

KG Nelson, T Takahashi, DC Lee, NC Luetteke, NL Bossert, K Ross, BE Eitzman and JA McLachlan
Laboratory of Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709.

To better understand the role of peptide growth factors in sex steroid hormone-mediated growth of the female reproductive tract, the effect of estrogen on the expression of transforming growth factor-alpha (TGF alpha) in mouse uterus was investigated. Our results show that estrogen induces the expression of TGF alpha mRNA in the mouse uterus in a dose- and time-dependent manner. The up-regulation of TGF alpha transcripts occurs predominantly in uterine epithelial cells. RIA and Western blot analysis demonstrate that immunoreactive TGF alpha protein is secreted at high levels into mouse uterine luminal fluid after estrogen treatment. The induction of uterine TGF alpha mRNA is specific to estrogen; nonestrogenic steroids did not induce expression. Antibody specific to TGF alpha significantly reduces estrogen-mediated uterine growth, which supports the concept that TGF alpha is a mitogen for the reproductive tract. Analysis of TGF alpha/EGF receptors by binding, affinity labeling, and phosphorylation studies indicates that functional receptors are present in the mouse uterus after estrogen exposure. Thus, our data support a physiological role for TGF alpha and its receptor pathway in the female mouse reproductive tract.


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