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ENDOCRINOLOGY
卷 152, 期 7, 页码 2760-2767出版社
ENDOCRINE SOC
DOI: 10.1210/en.2011-0193
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- Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, Culture, and Technology, Japan [KAKENHI20700292, KAKENHI20240036]
- National Institutes of Health [RO1MH52716-010]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [23500396, 23659758] Funding Source: KAKEN
Epigenetic histone modifications are emerging as important mechanisms for conveyance of and maintenance of effects of the hormonal milieu to the developing brain. We hypothesized that alteration of histone acetylation status early in development by sex steroid hormones is important for sexual differentiation of the brain. It was found that during the critical period for sexual differentiation, histones associated with promoters of essential genes in masculinization of the brain (estrogen receptor alpha and aromatase) in the medial preoptic area, an area necessary for male sexual behavior, were differentially acetylated between the sexes. Consistent with these findings, binding of histone deacetylase (HDAC) 2 and 4 to the promoters was higher in males than in females. To examine the involvement of histone deacetylation on masculinization of the brain at the behavioral level, we inhibited HDAC in vivo by intracerebroventricular infusion of the HDAC inhibitor trichostatin A or antisense oligodeoxynucleotide directed against the mRNA for HDAC2 and -4 in newborn male rats. Aspects of male sexual behavior in adulthood were significantly reduced by administration of either trichostatin A or antisense oligodeoxynucleotide. These results demonstrate that HDAC activity during the early postnatal period plays a crucial role in the masculinization of the brain via modifications of histone acetylation status. (Endocrinology 152: 2760-2767, 2011)
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