Sex Steroids Mediate HOXA11 Expression in the Human Peri-Implantation Endometrium1 | Zendy

Hugh S. Taylor | Zendy; Peter Igarashi | Zendy; David L. Olive | Zendy; Aydın Arıcı | Zendy

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Sex Steroids Mediate HOXA11 Expression in the Human Peri-Implantation Endometrium¹

Author(s) -

Hugh S. Taylor,

Peter Igarashi,

David L. Olive,

Aydın Arıcı

Publication year - 1999

Publication title -

the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206

H-Index - 353

eISSN - 1945-7197

pISSN - 0021-972X

DOI - 10.1210/jcem.84.3.5573

Subject(s) - endometrium , estrogen , medicine , endocrinology , biology , pregnancy , menstrual cycle , andrology , hormone , genetics

Under the influence of sex steroids, human endometrium undergoes sequential development in preparation for implantation. Hoxa11 is essential for implantation in the mouse. Here we describe a potential role for HOXA11 in human endometrial development and implantation. Northern analysis demonstrates that HOXA11 is expressed in a menstrual cycle phase-dependent fashion in adult human endometrium. HOXA11 messenger RNA levels dramatically increase at the time of implantation and remain increased in pregnancy. In vitro, HOXA11 expression is increased in response to estrogen or progesterone. There is a dose-responsive increase over the physiologic range of progesterone concentration. Pretreatment with Cyclohexamide does not decrease the response to estrogen. Steroids are novel regulators HOX gene expression. The spatial and temporal pattern of HOXA11 expression in the human endometrium suggests a role in endometrial development, implantation, and maintenance of pregnancy.

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