期刊
FRONTIERS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
卷 10, 期 6, 页码 -出版社
HIGHER EDUCATION PRESS
DOI: 10.1007/s11783-016-0880-8
关键词
miRNA; Prostate; Estradiol; Nonmonotonic dose-response; Estrogenicity; Drosha
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21377066, 21007030]
Many studies have focused on environmental estrogen-related diseases. However, no consistent gene markers or signatures for estrogenicity have been discovered in mammals. This study investigated the estrogenic effects of 17 beta-estradiol on the prostate in immature male mice. Consistent U-shaped responses were seen in bodyweight, ventral prostate epithelial morphology, and miRNA expression levels. Specifically, most estradiol regulated miRNAs were downregulated at low doses of estradiol (0.2 and 2 mu g.kg(-1)), and whose expression returned to the control level at a larger dose (200 mu g.kg(-1)). The function of these regulated miRNAs is related to the prostate cancer and PI3K-Akt signaling pathways, which is consistent with the function of estradiol. Furthermore, the miRNA-processing machinery, Drosha, in the prostate was also regulated in a similar pattern, which could be a part of the U-shaped miRNA expression mechanism. All of these data indicate that the prostate is a reliable organ for evaluating estrogenic activity and that the typical nonmonotonic dose-response relationship could be used as a novel biomarker for estrogenicity. (C) Higher Education Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2016
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