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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-7-7
pubmed:abstractText
Estrogen-related receptor gamma (ERRgamma), one of the 48 human nuclear receptors, has a fully active conformation with no ligand. We recently demonstrated that ERRgamma binds strongly bisphenol A (BPA), one of the nastiest endocrine disruptors, and thus retaining ERRgamma's high basal constitutive activity. A report that BPA accumulates in the human maternal-fetal placental unit has led us to hypothesize that a large amount of ERRgamma might exist in the human placenta. Here we report evidence that placenta indeed expresses ERRgamma exceptionally strongly. We first ascertained the presence of nine different ERRgamma mRNA variants and the resulting three ERRgamma protein isoforms. By real-time PCR, we estimated the relative amount of ERRgamma mRNA using total RNA extracts from human reproductive tissues. Placenta was found to express ERRgamma extremely highly. Among the three ERRgamma protein isoforms, placenta exclusively expresses the type-1 isoform, which possesses additional 23-mer amino-acid residues at the N-terminus of the ordinary ERRgamma. This N-terminal elongation was found to elevate by approximately 50% the basal constitutive activity of ERRgamma, as evidenced in the luciferase reporter gene assay. The present results suggest that BPA accumulates in the placenta by binding to ERRgamma.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1756-2651
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
146
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
113-22
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19304792-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:19304792-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:19304792-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:19304792-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:19304792-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:19304792-Endocrine Disruptors, pubmed-meshheading:19304792-Estrogens, Non-Steroidal, pubmed-meshheading:19304792-Female, pubmed-meshheading:19304792-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:19304792-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19304792-Kidney, pubmed-meshheading:19304792-Male, pubmed-meshheading:19304792-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:19304792-Muscle, Skeletal, pubmed-meshheading:19304792-Ovary, pubmed-meshheading:19304792-Pancreas, pubmed-meshheading:19304792-Phenols, pubmed-meshheading:19304792-Placenta, pubmed-meshheading:19304792-Prostate, pubmed-meshheading:19304792-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:19304792-Receptors, Estrogen, pubmed-meshheading:19304792-Tamoxifen, pubmed-meshheading:19304792-Testis, pubmed-meshheading:19304792-Uterus, pubmed-meshheading:19304792-Young Adult
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Placenta expressing the greatest quantity of bisphenol A receptor ERR{gamma} among the human reproductive tissues: Predominant expression of type-1 ERRgamma isoform.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Chemistry, The Research- Education Centre of Risk Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't