Reproductive functions of the progesterone receptor isoforms: lessons from knock-out mice
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Reproductive functions of the progesterone receptor isoforms: lessons from knock-out mice
Abstract
Progesterone plays a central coordinate role in diverse reproductive events associated with establishment and maintenance of pregnancy. In humans and other vertebrates, the biological activities of progesterone are mediated by two proteins, A (PR-A) and B (PR-B) that arise from the same gene and function as progesterone activated transcription factors that exhibit different transcription regulatory activities in vitro. Mice lacking both PR isoforms (PRKO mice) exhibit pleiotropic reproductive abnormalities. To address the physiological role of the individual isoforms, we have selectively ablated PR-A expression in mice (PRAKO). We have demonstrated that PR-B mediates a subset of the reproductive functions of P. Ablation of PR-A does not affect responses of the mammary gland or thymus to P but results in severe abnormalities in ovarian and uterine function. Analysis of urine function of PRAKP mice reveals an unexpected P-dependent proliferative activity of PR-B in the epithelium and provides evidence that the tissue-specific reproductive effects of this isoform are due to specificity of target gene transactivation rather than differences in tissue-specific expression relative to PR-A. Taken together, our data indicate that PR-A and PR-B act in vivo as two functionally distinct transcription factors.
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