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Nongenomic effects of estrogen on extracellular signal-regulated kinases through initiating transient calcium flux in endometrial cancer

  • ZHANG Li-Li ,
  • WANG Jian-Liu
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  • (1.Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing 100035, China; 2.Department of Gynecology, Peking University People’s Hospital, Beijing 100044, China)

Online published: 2015-06-18

Abstract

Objective:To study the mechanism on extracellular signal-regulate kinases (ERK) signal transduction by calcium influx initiated by combination of  estrogen with calcium channels or estrogen receptor in endometrial cancer cell Ishikawa. Methods: Confocal test was used to determine the relative calcium mobilization by stimulation of estrodiol together with and without the inhibition of ICI182780 and nifedipine. Western-blotting was used to detect the protein expression of phosphorylated ERK1/2(P-ERK1/2) in the same condition. Results: The transient calcium flux initiated by 17β-estrodiol (E2) and a membrane-impermeable conjugate of estrogen and bovine serum albumin (E2-BSA), and the calcium mobilization could be inhibited by ICI182780 and nifedipine in 1 min. In Ishikawa cells, phosphorylation of ERK1/2 was stimulated by E2, and the phosphorylation could not be inhibited by E2 after the combination with ICI182780 in 5 min and in 30 min. The phosphorylation also could not be inhibited by E2-BSA after the combination with nifedipine in 5 min, but in 30 min the phosphorylation was decreased. The phosphorylation of ERK by E2-BSA was decreased by the combination with nifedipine in 30 min. Conclusion: The transient calcium flux initiated by estrogen has an effect on the activation of ERK signal pathway in endometrial carcinoma cells.

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ZHANG Li-Li , WANG Jian-Liu . Nongenomic effects of estrogen on extracellular signal-regulated kinases through initiating transient calcium flux in endometrial cancer[J]. Journal of Peking University(Health Sciences), 2015 , 47(3) : 489 -493 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1671-167X.2015.03.022

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