Cadmium mimics estrogen-driven cell proliferation and prolactin secretion from anterior pituitary cells.
Cadmium (Cd) is a heavy metal of considerable occupational and environmental concern affecting wildlife and human health. Recent studies indicate that Cd, like other heavy metals, can mimic effects of 17β-estradiol (E2) involving E2 receptor (ER) activation. Lactotrophs, the most abundant cell type...
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| description | Cadmium (Cd) is a heavy metal of considerable occupational and environmental concern affecting wildlife and human health. Recent studies indicate that Cd, like other heavy metals, can mimic effects of 17β-estradiol (E2) involving E2 receptor (ER) activation. Lactotrophs, the most abundant cell type in anterior pituitary gland, are the main target of E2, which stimulates cell proliferation and increases prolactin secretion through ERα. The aim of this work was to examine whether Cd at nanomolar concentrations can induce cell proliferation and prolactin release in anterior pituitary cells in culture and whether these effects are mediated through ERs. Here we show that 10 nM Cd was able to stimulate lactotroph proliferation in anterior pituitary cell cultures from female Wistar rats and also in GH3 lactosomatotroph cell line. Proliferation of somatotrophs and gonadotrophs were not affected by Cd exposure. Cd promoted cell cycle progression by increasing cyclins D1, D3 and c-fos expression. Cd enhanced prolactin synthesis and secretion. Cd E2-like effects were blocked by the pure ERs antagonist ICI 182,780 supporting that Cd acts through ERs. Further, both Cd and E2 augmented full-length ERαexpression and its 46 kDa-splicing variant. In addition, when co-incubated Cd was shown to interact with E2 by inducing ERα mRNA expression which indicates an additive effect between them. This study shows for the first time that Cd at nanomolar concentration displays xenoestrogenic activities by inducing cell growth and stimulating prolactin secretion from anterior pituitary cells in an ERs-dependent manner. Cd acting as a potent xenoestrogen can play a key role in the aetiology of different pathologies of the anterior pituitary and in estrogen-responsive tissues which represent considerable risk to human health. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ae49d8e29a3c4fc1b9353570e716c9e52022-12-22T03:01:51ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032013-01-01811e8110110.1371/journal.pone.0081101Cadmium mimics estrogen-driven cell proliferation and prolactin secretion from anterior pituitary cells.Sonia A RonchettiEliana A MilerBeatriz H DuvilanskiJimena P CabillaCadmium (Cd) is a heavy metal of considerable occupational and environmental concern affecting wildlife and human health. Recent studies indicate that Cd, like other heavy metals, can mimic effects of 17β-estradiol (E2) involving E2 receptor (ER) activation. Lactotrophs, the most abundant cell type in anterior pituitary gland, are the main target of E2, which stimulates cell proliferation and increases prolactin secretion through ERα. The aim of this work was to examine whether Cd at nanomolar concentrations can induce cell proliferation and prolactin release in anterior pituitary cells in culture and whether these effects are mediated through ERs. Here we show that 10 nM Cd was able to stimulate lactotroph proliferation in anterior pituitary cell cultures from female Wistar rats and also in GH3 lactosomatotroph cell line. Proliferation of somatotrophs and gonadotrophs were not affected by Cd exposure. Cd promoted cell cycle progression by increasing cyclins D1, D3 and c-fos expression. Cd enhanced prolactin synthesis and secretion. Cd E2-like effects were blocked by the pure ERs antagonist ICI 182,780 supporting that Cd acts through ERs. Further, both Cd and E2 augmented full-length ERαexpression and its 46 kDa-splicing variant. In addition, when co-incubated Cd was shown to interact with E2 by inducing ERα mRNA expression which indicates an additive effect between them. This study shows for the first time that Cd at nanomolar concentration displays xenoestrogenic activities by inducing cell growth and stimulating prolactin secretion from anterior pituitary cells in an ERs-dependent manner. Cd acting as a potent xenoestrogen can play a key role in the aetiology of different pathologies of the anterior pituitary and in estrogen-responsive tissues which represent considerable risk to human health.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3827476?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Sonia A Ronchetti Eliana A Miler Beatriz H Duvilanski Jimena P Cabilla Cadmium mimics estrogen-driven cell proliferation and prolactin secretion from anterior pituitary cells. PLoS ONE |
| title | Cadmium mimics estrogen-driven cell proliferation and prolactin secretion from anterior pituitary cells. |
| title_full | Cadmium mimics estrogen-driven cell proliferation and prolactin secretion from anterior pituitary cells. |
| title_fullStr | Cadmium mimics estrogen-driven cell proliferation and prolactin secretion from anterior pituitary cells. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cadmium mimics estrogen-driven cell proliferation and prolactin secretion from anterior pituitary cells. |
| title_short | Cadmium mimics estrogen-driven cell proliferation and prolactin secretion from anterior pituitary cells. |
| title_sort | cadmium mimics estrogen driven cell proliferation and prolactin secretion from anterior pituitary cells |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3827476?pdf=render |
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