Studies of the Expression of Estrogen Receptor Gene in the Rat Uterus during the Estrous Cycle and Periimplantational Period

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Studies of the Expression of Estrogen Receptor Gene in the Rat Uterus during the Estrous Cycle and Periimplantational Period

The correlation or serum estradiol concentrstion and uterine estrogen receptor (ER) gene expression (ERn and ERc quantitated by Dextrsn Coat Charcoal assay and ER mRNA by Northern blotting) was studied during the rat estrous cycle and early Pregnant stage (dl-d10). The ER gone expression was up - regulated by estrogen and the levels of ER mRNA synchronized with the changes of ER protein, suggesting that estrogen influenced the trsnscriPtional step of the ER gene. Post-coitum ER expression increased with the serum estrsdiol progressively, reached a peak on d4-ds (Just before implantation), but drastically dropped to the nadir on d6-d7 (during implantation) and then recovered. It was of interest to discover that ER mRNA level in the nonimplantstion sites (NIS) of uterus was much higher than that in the implantstion sites (IS).