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An Exchange Assay for the Measurement of Cell Nuclear Estrogen Receptors in Microdissected Brain Regions
Author(s) -
Kranzler J. D.,
Jones E. E.,
MacLusky N. J.,
Sakamoto H.,
Naftolin F.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of neurochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.75
H-Index - 229
eISSN - 1471-4159
pISSN - 0022-3042
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1984.tb12818.x
Subject(s) - endocrinology , medicine , estrogen receptor , hypothalamus , receptor , estrogen , median eminence , arcuate nucleus , biology , chemistry , cancer , breast cancer
An exchange assay is described for the measurement of nuclear estrogen receptors (ERn) in micro‐dissected brain regions. The distribution of ERn in the hypothalamus and amygdala of the rat 1 h after an injection of estradiol (E) is presented. Combining the exchange assay with a previously described method for measurement of cytosol estrogen receptors (ERc) in microdissected brain samples, gonadectomized male and female rats were compared for ERc and ERn. While ERc concentrations tended to be higher in females than in males in all regions of the hypothalamus, with a significant sex difference in the arcuate‐median eminence, no sex difference in ERn concentrations was observed after E injection. These results suggest that ERc measurements alone are not sufficient to establish the capacity of the E receptor system: ERn measurements are also necessary to establish the relationship between receptor levels and physiologic estrogen responsiveness.