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JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY
卷 79, 期 4, 页码 796-803出版社
BLACKWELL SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2001.00627.x
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apolipoprotein E; 17 alpha-estradiol; 17 beta-estradiol; estrogen receptor alpha knockout
Cerebral apolipoprotein E (apoE) has been implicated in neuronal protection and repair. Dub to the variable levels and types of estrogen receptors within different brain regions, the effect of estrogen on apoE and the mechanism of this effect may vary within different regions. Ovariectomized female C57BL/6 mice were treated with pharmacological levels of 17 beta -estradiol or placebo for 5 days, resulting in supraphysiological plasma levels of estradiol in the treated mice. ApoE and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) levels were measured in the cortex, hippocampus and diencephalon. 17 beta -Estradiol up-regulated apoE but not GFAP in the cortex and diencephalon, whereas in the hippocampus, GFAP and apoE were equally up-regulated. Treatment of estrogen receptor (ER) knockout mice with 17 beta -estradiol or treatment of C57BL/6 mice with 17 alpha -estradiol, a poor estrogen receptor agonist, specifically induced apoE in the cortex, but not in the diencephalon. These results indicate that 17 beta -estradiol effects on apoE are either directly or indirectly mediated by ER alpha in the diencephalon, while the effects in the cortex may be mediated by a non-classical mechanism or by ER beta. Measurement of mRNA levels in estrogen versus placebo-treated wildtype mice indicated that the effect of 17 beta -estradiol on apoE was not associated with changes in apoE mRNA levels.
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