Immunolocalization of hepatic estrogen and progesterone receptors in the female lizard Uromastyx acanthinura |
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Authors: | Sadjia Benmansour Hammouche Soumia Remana Jean-Marie Exbrayat |
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Institution: | Aride Area Research Laboratory, Biological Sciences Faculty, University of Sciences and Technology of Houari Boumediene, USTHB, Algiers, Algeria. |
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Abstract: | The hormonal regulation of hepatic synthesis of vitellogenin during the annual reproductive cycle was performed for the first time in the deserticole, oviparous, diurnal and herbivorous Uromastyx acanthinura, a lizard belonging to the Agamidae family. In order to elucidate what kind of estrogen receptor is involved in this process, an immunohistochemical study was performed. Changes were obtained in the labeling and cellular distribution of the estrogen and progesterone receptors according to the period of the reproductive cycle and the experimental administration of 17β-estradiol. Only the ERβ subtype was present; it was found in all phases of the cycle with a variable localization: nuclear and cytosolic during vitellogenesis, mainly cytosolic in the female with egg retention (luteal phase) and strictly cytosolic in females at sexual rest. The progesterone receptors were present only at the luteal phase and during sexual rest and disappeared completely from females after 17β-estradiol treatment in sexual rest. Our data suggested that mediation of action of the 17β-estradiol in the vitellogenin synthesis in the lizard U. acanthinura occured via ERβ. PRA and PRB could both be necessary for the negative effect of progesterone on the hepatic synthesis of vitellogenin. |
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Keywords: | Vitellogenesis Estrogen receptor α Estrogen receptor β Progesterone receptor Lizard Reptile |
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