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Rapid Signaling of Estrogen in Hypothalamic Neurons Involves a Novel G-Protein-Coupled Estrogen Receptor that Activates Protein Kinase C
Jian Qiu,1
Martha A. Bosch,1
Sandra C. Tobias,2
David K. Grandy,1
Thomas S. Scanlan,2
Oline K. Rønnekleiv,1 , and
Martin J. Kelly1
1Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, and 2Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143
Abstract:
Classically, 17-estradiol (E2) is thought to control homeostaticfunctions such as reproduction, stress responses, feeding, sleepcycles, temperature regulation, and motivated behaviors throughtranscriptional events. Although it is increasingly evidentthat E2 can also rapidly activate kinase pathways to have multipledownstream actions in CNS neurons, the receptor(s) and the signaltransduction pathways involved have not been identified. Wediscovered that E2 can alter µ-opioid and GABA neurotransmissionrapidly through nontranscriptional events in hypothalamic GABA,proopiomelanocortin (POMC), and dopamine neurons. Therefore,we examined the effects of E2 in these neurons using whole-cellrecording techniques in ovariectomized female guinea pigs. E2reduced rapidly the potency of the GABAB receptor agonist baclofento activate G-protein-coupled, inwardly rectifying K+ channelsin hypothalamic neurons. These effects were mimicked by themembrane impermeant E2-BSA and selective estrogen receptor modulators,including a new diphenylacrylamide compound, STX, that doesnot bind to intracellular estrogen receptors or , suggestingthat E2 acts through a unique membrane receptor. We characterizedthe coupling of this estrogen receptor to a Gq-mediated activationof phospholipase C, leading to the upregulation of protein kinaseC and protein kinase A activity in these neurons. Moreover,using single-cell reverse transcription-PCR, we identified thecritical transcripts, PKC and its downstream target adenylylcyclase VII, for rapid, novel signaling of E2 in GABA, POMC,and dopamine neurons. Therefore, this unique Gq-coupled estrogenreceptor may be involved in rapid signaling in hypothalamicneurons that are critical for normal homeostatic functions.
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