scholarly journals Endometriosis disease: the patogenetic role of hormone resepters and methods of diagnosis

2018 ◽  
Vol 96 (9) ◽  
pp. 796-803
Author(s):  
Anna O. Drobintseva ◽  
A. E. Andreev ◽  
V. O. Polyakova ◽  
I. M. Kvetnoy

This review summarizes current literature data taken from the information bases of elibrary and pubmed, on hormone receptors, which participate or have a significant impact on the pathogenesis of endometrial disease according to new data sources. They include estrogen receptors (ERa; ERe), progesterone receptors (PRA; PRB), prolactin receptors (PLR), anti-mullerian hormone receptor (AMHR2), kisspeptin receptor (KISS1R) and melatonin receptor (MR). It was established that expression of ERe genes is up-regulated in heterotopy, whereas ERa expression is lower compared to normal tissue. The progesterone receptor is of great interest for study because of inconsistent data on its expression. Receptors for anti-mullerian hormone hormone is no less significant in the study of the pathogenesis of the disease, since AMH stimulates apoptosis in endometrioid cells, limiting their expansion. The most controversial role in endometriosis belongs to prolactin receptors, some authors believe that in endometriosis, a decrease in expression of PLR is observed, while in other articles an increase of expression is postulated. It has been shown that in patients with endometriosis, the expression of the KISS1R is reduced in the endometrium. The data on the expression of melatonin and its receptors in endometriosis is absence.

1994 ◽  
Vol 81 (2) ◽  
pp. 184-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abraham B. Rubinstein ◽  
David Loven ◽  
Abraham Geier ◽  
Eli Reichenthal ◽  
Natan Gadoth

✓ Intracranial meningiomas from 51 surgical patients consecutively treated during an 18-month period were evaluated for the presence of receptors to progesterone and estrogen. Thirty-eight patients underwent initial resection during this time and 13 underwent reoperation for recurrent disease. With positivity defined as receptor levels greater than 10 fmol/mg of cytosol protein, 84% of all the meningiomas were positive for progesterone receptors, whereas only 33% were positive for estrogen receptors. Among the recurrent meningiomas, 92% showed evidence of progesterone receptors and 54% of estrogen receptors; these figures were not significantly different from the corresponding incidence of 82% and 26%, respectively, among the initially excised tumors. However, the mean concentration of progesterone receptors in the recurrent tumor group was significantly higher when compared to the concentration in the initially excised group (p < 0.02). Twenty meningiomas (39%) were considered to be radiation-induced, since they were removed from patients who had received scalp irradiation during childhood. The incidence and concentration of receptors in the radiation-induced tumors were generally comparable to those in the spontaneous meningiomas. This study confirms previous reports of a high incidence of hormone receptors, mainly for progesterone, in meningiomas. In addition, it shows that in recurrent meningiomas these receptors persist and even increase. The results therefore support hormone treatment for nonresectable meningiomas, especially at recurrence.


2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
pp. 745-757 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy Schroeder ◽  
Robyn Jimenez ◽  
Briana Young ◽  
Martin L. Privalsky

Abstract T4 (3,5,3′,5′-tetraiodo-l-thyronine) is classically viewed as a prohormone that must be converted to the T3 (3,5,3′-triiodo-l-thyronine) form for biological activity. We first determined that the ability of reporter genes to respond to T4 and to T3 differed for the different thyroid hormone receptor (TR) isoforms, with TRα1 generally more responsive to T4 than was TRβ1. The response to T4 vs T3 also differed dramatically in different cell types in a manner that could not be attributed to differences in deiodinase activity or in hormone affinity, leading us to examine the role of TR coregulators in this phenomenon. Unexpectedly, several coactivators, such as steroid receptor coactivator-1 (SRC1) and thyroid hormone receptor-associated protein 220 (TRAP220), were recruited to TRα1 nearly equally by T4 as by T3 in vitro, indicating that TRα1 possesses an innate potential to respond efficiently to T4 as an agonist. In contrast, release of corepressors, such as the nuclear receptor coreceptor NCoRω, from TRα1 by T4 was relatively inefficient, requiring considerably higher concentrations of this ligand than did coactivator recruitment. Our results suggest that cells, by altering the repertoire and abundance of corepressors and coactivators expressed, may regulate their ability to respond to T4, raising the possibility that T4 may function directly as a hormone in specific cellular or physiological contexts.


1988 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Bracali ◽  
A.M. Caracino ◽  
F. Rossodivita ◽  
C. Bianchi ◽  
M.G. Loli ◽  
...  

Estrogen and progesterone receptors were studied in 70 cases of human colorectal cancer by a cytochemical technique. 28.5% of the cases were estrogen-receptor positive and 42.8% progesterone-receptor positive. There was no difference between the sexes for estrogen receptors but the women had more tumours with progesterone receptors than men. The presence of receptors is unrelated to the differentiation of the tumour. More colon tumours were positive than those of the sigma and rectum. The concentration of cells with receptors in positive cancer cases tended to be low or medium-low.


2004 ◽  
Vol 79 (5) ◽  
pp. 247-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
José E. Sánchez-Criado ◽  
Juana Martín de las Mulas ◽  
Carmina Bellido ◽  
Manuel Tena-Sempere ◽  
Rafaela Aguilar ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 13-21
Author(s):  
S.V. Shramko ◽  
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L.F. Gulyaeva ◽  
V.N. Zorina ◽  
T.V. Tretyakova ◽  
...  

Objective. To perform comparative analysis of clinical data, serum levels of acute-phase proteins, cytokines, steroid hormones, and expression of genes encoding sex hormone receptors in tissues of patients with proliferative diseases of the uterus. Patients and methods. We analyzed clinical data of 349 patients with various proliferative diseases of the uterus. We also evaluated their serum levels of α2-macroglobulin, pregnancy-associated α2-glycoprotein, their immunocomplexes with IgG, lactoferrin, VEGF, IL-6, TNFa, IL-8, and sex hormones. Uterine tissue samples were tested for the expression of genes encoding estrogen receptors α and β (ЕRα, ЕRβ) and progesterone receptors (PGR). Data analysis was performed using the statistical packages of SAS 9.4, STATISTICA12, and IBM-SPSS Statistics 22. Results. The changes in the level of acute-phase proteins indicated inflammation. In isolated uterine fibroids, expression of genes encoding progesterone receptors prevailed, whereas in isolated adenomyosis, expression of genes encoding estrogen receptors prevailed. Patients with both uterine fibroids and adenomyosis demonstrated similar levels of expression of genes encoding sex steroid hormone receptors. Tissues of uterine leiomyosarcoma were characterized by downregulated expression of genes encoding sex steroid hormone receptors. Conclusion. Upregulation of genes encoding progesterone receptors in isolated uterine fibroids confirms that therapy with progesterone receptor blockers is appropriate in this case. The predominance of expression of genes encoding estrogen receptors in isolated adenomyosis indicates local hyperestrogenism, justifying the use of progestogens and antiestrogens. Equal expression of genes encoding estrogen and progesterone receptors in patients with combined disease, as wells as high frequency of inflammatory changes in tissues and increased serum levels of inflammatory markers, proves the need for antiinflammatory therapy. Key words: adenomyosis, inflammation, steroid receptor genes, leiomyosarcoma, uterine fibroids, gene expression


Reproduction ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 156 (6) ◽  
pp. R195-R208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Sposini ◽  
Aylin C Hanyaloglu

Our understanding of G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) signalling has significantly evolved over the past decade, whereby signalling not only occurs from the plasma membrane but continues, or is reactivated, following internalisation in to endosomal compartments. The spatial organisation of GPCRs is thus essential to decode dynamic and complex signals and to activate specific downstream pathways that elicit the appropriate cellular response. For the gonadotrophin hormone receptors, membrane trafficking has been demonstrated to play a significant role in regulating its signal activity that in turn would impact at physiological and even pathophysiological level. Here, we will describe the developments in our understanding of the role of ‘location’ in gonadotrophin hormone receptor signalling, and how these receptors have unveiled fundamental mechanisms of signal regulation likely to be pertinent for other GPCRs. We will also discuss the potential impact of spatially controlled gonadotrophin hormone receptor signalling in both health and disease, and the therapeutic possibilities this new understanding of these receptors, so key in reproduction, offers.


2007 ◽  
Vol 122 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Cafer ◽  
I Bayramoglu ◽  
N Uzum ◽  
M Yilmaz ◽  
L Memis ◽  
...  

AbstractObjective:The objective was to assess the presence of Ki-67, and oestrogen and progesterone hormone receptors as well as their clinical correlates in acoustic neuroma.Methods:Medical records of 59 patients who were operated on for acoustic neuroma between 1995 and 2003 were evaluated retrospectively. Formaldehyde-fixed paraffin-embedded archival acoustic neuroma specimens of the patients were used for immunohistochemical assessments of oestrogen and progesterone hormone receptors, and Ki-67 proliferative marker.Results:Tumour sizes were small (<19 mm), medium (20–39 mm) and large (>40 mm) in 21, 35 and 3 patients, respectively. On immunohistochemistry, all samples were (+) for progesterone receptor and (–) for oestrogen receptor staining. Ki-67 staining was encountered in 34 of 59 (57.6 per cent) patients, and Ki-67 values ranged from 0 per cent to 10.9 per cent (mean 1.36 per cent). There was no correlation between Ki-67, gender, tumour size and symptoms of the patients (p > 0.05).Conclusion:Oestrogen is not an important hormone in acoustic neuroma due to the absence of oestrogen receptor expression in the tissue samples. Since the progesterone receptor is expressed in all acoustic neuroma samples, further studies are necessary to find out about the inhibitory effect of antiprogesterone treatment on acoustic neuroma growth, which may be important particularly in elderly people or high-risk patients. Although Ki-67 is expressed in the majority of acoustic neuromas, it is not an important marker in clinical practice due to a lack of any correlation with the clinical parameters.


2002 ◽  
Vol 22 (16) ◽  
pp. 5688-5697 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiwen Li ◽  
Qiushi Lin ◽  
Ho-Geun Yoon ◽  
Zhi-Qing Huang ◽  
Brian D. Strahl ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Previous studies have established an important role of histone acetylation in transcriptional control by nuclear hormone receptors. With chromatin immunoprecipitation assays, we have now investigated whether histone methylation and phosphorylation are also involved in transcriptional regulation by thyroid hormone receptor (TR). We found that repression by unliganded TR is associated with a substantial increase in methylation of H3 lysine 9 (H3-K9) and a decrease in methylation of H3 lysine 4 (H3-K4), methylation of H3 arginine 17 (H3-R17), and a dual modification of phosphorylation of H3 serine 10 and acetylation of lysine 14 (pS10/acK14). On the other hand, transcriptional activation by liganded TR is coupled with a substantial decrease in both H3-K4 and H3-K9 methylation and a robust increase in H3-R17 methylation and the dual modification of pS10/acK14. Trichostatin A treatment results in not only histone hyperacetylation but also an increase in methylation of H3-K4, increase in dual modification of pS10/acK14, and reduction in methylation of H3-K9, revealing an extensive interplay between histone acetylation, methylation, and phosphorylation. In an effort to understand the underlying mechanism for an increase in H3-K9 methylation during repression by unliganded TR, we demonstrated that TR interacts in vitro with an H3-K9-specific histone methyltransferase (HMT), SUV39H1. Functional analysis indicates that SUV39H1 can facilitate repression by unliganded TR and in so doing requires its HMT activity. Together, our data uncover a novel role of H3-K9 methylation in repression by unliganded TR and provide strong evidence for the involvement of multiple distinct histone covalent modifications (acetylation, methylation, and phosphorylation) in transcriptional control by nuclear hormone receptors.


1987 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 405-408 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven M. Grunberg ◽  
Anna Marie Daniels ◽  
Helmut Muensch ◽  
John R. Daniels ◽  
Leslie Bernstein ◽  
...  

✓ Several investigators have detected progesterone receptors in a high percentage of meningioma specimens and have noted progesterone receptors to be more common than estrogen receptors in these specimens. However, a functional significance of such hormone receptor positivity in control of meningioma growth has not been described. This paper describes a paired test of the estrogen and progesterone receptor assay as the biochemical assay and of the human tumor stem-cell clonogenic assay (HTSCCA) as the functional assay in 17 meningioma specimens. Only one (6%) of the 17 specimens was estrogen receptor-positive, while 11 (69%) of 16 specimens were progesterone receptor-positive. The HTSCCA revealed that only two (15%) of 13 specimens were sensitive to estradiol while five (31%) of 16 specimens were sensitive to progesterone. Comparison of progesterone results for the 15 specimens on which both hormone receptor assay and HTSCCA were performed revealed correlation in a majority of cases; four specimens were positive for both assays and five specimens were negative for both assays. No specimen that was negative for progesterone receptors was sensitive to progesterone by HTSCCA. These results suggest that the hormone receptor and sensitivity pattern of meningiomas may differ from that of breast cancer, and that progesterone addition or ablation may be a reasonable therapeutic approach for meningiomas.


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