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IMMUNOLOGY LETTERS
卷 132, 期 1-2, 页码 79-85出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2010.06.003
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17 beta-Estradiol; Estrogen receptors; Human peripheral lymphocytes
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- Italian Ministry of Health
Estrogens are well-known regulators of the immune responses. Most of their effects are mediated by two receptors: estrogen receptor (ER)alpha and ER beta. Up to date the presence of intracellular ER in human immune cells represents a controversial issue, while their surface membrane expression has scarcely been explored. In this study we investigated the intracellular and cell surface expression of ER alpha and ER beta in human peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) by flow and static cytometry as well as by Western Blot. To this aim we used five different commercial antibodies recognizing distinct ER epitopes. We observed that CD4(+) and CD8(+) T lymphocytes, B lymphocytes and NK cells contain intracellular ER alpha and ER beta, being the ER alpha 46 isoform the most represented ER. However, significant differences could be observed among the antibodies studied in terms of immunoreactivity and specificity. Importantly, we also found a cell surface expression of ER alpha 46 isoform. We also observed that a membrane-impermeant form of E2 induced a rapid phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK), a significant proliferation of T lymphocytes, and IFN-gamma production by NK cells, thus suggesting the expression of a functional mER alpha. In conclusion our data could provide new insights as concerns the estrogen-related mechanisms of immune system modulation. They also suggest the need for a reappraisal of the experimental conditions for the characterization of the ER expression. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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