| Similarity and Difference in Distribution of Estrogen Receptor-alpha Protein in Artificially Differentiated and Senescent Neuronal Cultured Cell |
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Chang Seok Oh, Ga Hee Mun, Eunju Lee, Young Soo Lee, Dong Hoon Shin |
1Department of Anatomy, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. drdoogi@snu.ac.kr
2Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. |
| 인위적 분화 및 노화를 유도한 신경세포에서 에스트로겐 수용체 분포변화 비교 |
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| Abstract |
BACKGROUND
We tried to see if the change in subcellular distribution of estrogen receptor alpha(ER-alpha) was occurring in the senescent or differentiated cells. And if any, we also tried to observe the similarities or differences of distribution changes in ER-alpha in these two groups.
METHODS
By treatment with 3'-Azido-3'-deoxythymidine(AZT, Sigma-Aldrich, USA, 1micrometer) on PC12 pheochromocytoma cells line(ATCC CRL-1721). Immunohistochemistries with anti-ER-alpha antibody were also performed on the cells without treatment of AZT, with treatment of 74 days and 140 days. The same staining was also done on the arti-ficially differentiated cells induced by nerve growth factor(50ng/ml) for 5 days. The distribution of ER-alpha in these two cell groups were compared by confocal laser microscope.
RESULTS
Senescent PC12 cells treated with AZT showed the changes in morphologies or cell sizes, comparing with normal counterparts. Subcellular localization of ER-alpha in cytoplasmic compartment increased in the cells treated with AZT during much longer duration. Same change in subcelluar distribution was also identified in the cells treated with NGF. In fully differentiated cells, we could find the presence of ER-alpha mainly in the cytoplasmic compartment. However, as to the organelles expressing ER-alpha, senescent and differentiated cells showed differences; mainly expressed in mitochondria in differentiated cells; but expressed diffused in cytoplasm in senescent cells.
CONCLUSION
We could see the similarities in subcellular distribution of ER-alpha in the artificially senescent and differentiated neuronal cells. Increase in cytoplasmic expression of ER-alpha in cytoplasm was found in much senescent or differentiated cells. Considering that cell proliferation decrease both in senescence and differentiation, increase in ER-alpha in cytoplasmic compartment might be caused by decrease in cell proliferation of these two changes. This means that estrogen might play a role in inhibiting cell proliferation via its increased receptors within cytoplasmic compartment. In addition, we also found the differences in organelles expressing ER-alpha in both cases, suggesting that minor differences in mechanism for action of estrogen in both cases of senescent and differentiated cells. Estrogen might play a major role through mitochondria in cell differentiation; but not in cell senescence. |
| Key Words:
Nerve growth factor, Estrogen receptor, PC12, Senescence, Azidothymidine, Mitochondria |
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