期刊
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
卷 52, 期 1, 页码 2627-2645出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.14646
关键词
calbindin; kisspeptin; membrane-initiated estrogen signaling; sex differences; sexual behavior
资金
- Fonds De La Recherche Scientifique - FNRS [CDR J.0101.13, PDR T.0042.15]
- Fondation pour la Recherche Medicale
- Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale
Estrogens exert pleiotropic effects on multiple physiological and behavioral responses. Male and female sexual behavior in rodents constitutes some of the best-characterized responses activated by estrogens in adulthood and largely depend on ER alpha. Evidence exists that nucleus- and membrane-initiated estrogen signaling cooperate to orchestrate the activation of these behaviors both in short- and long-term. However, questions remain regarding the mechanism(s) and receptor(s) involved in the early brain programming during development to organize the circuits underlying sexually differentiated responses. Taking advantage of a mouse model harboring a mutation of the ER alpha palmitoylation site, which prevents membrane ER alpha signaling (mER alpha; ER alpha-C451A), this study investigated the role of mER alpha on the expression of male and female sexual behavior and neuronal populations that differ between sexes. The results revealed no genotype effect on the expression of female sexual behavior, while male sexual behavior was significantly reduced, but not abolished, in males homozygous for the mutation. Similarly, the number of kisspeptin- (Kp-ir) and calbindin-immunoreactive (Cb-ir) neurons in the anteroventral periventricular nucleus (AVPv) and the sexually dimorphic nucleus of the preoptic area (SDN-POA), respectively, were not different between genotypes in females. In contrast, homozygous males showed increased numbers of Kp-ir and decreased numbers of Cb-ir neurons compared to wild-types, thus leading to an intermediate phenotype between females and wild-type males. Importantly, females neonatally treated with estrogens exhibited the same neurochemical phenotype as their corresponding genotype among males. Together, these data provide evidence that mER alpha is involved in the perinatal programming of the male brain.
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