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ArticleEndocrinology2012

CAV1 siRNA reduces membrane estrogen receptor-α levels and attenuates sexual receptivity.

Amy Christensen, Paul Micevych

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Article in Endocrinology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Amy ChristensenDepartment of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095-1763, USA.
Paul Micevych
University of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

SEX STEROID ACTIVATION OF OPIOID CIRCUITS IN THE CNSR01DA013185 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI MICEVYCH, PAUL E · 2001 to 2016
$5.0M
Neuroendocrinology, Sex Differences, and ReproductionT32HD007228 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI ARNOLD, ARTHUR P · 1985 to 2015
$3.9M
NICHD NIH HHS HD007228NICHD NIH HHS T32 HD007228NIDA NIH HHS DA013185NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA013185
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although classic estrogen receptors (ER) have been proposed to mediate estradiol signaling, it has been relatively recently that mechanisms of trafficking these receptors have been elucidated. ERα is palmitoylated and associates with caveolin proteins to be targeted to the cell membrane. Caveolins are scaffold proteins that not only traffic ERα to the membrane but also are involved in establishing metabotropic glutamate receptor interactions that are necessary for activating G protein signaling. To demonstrate the role of caveolin proteins in regulating an estradiol-dependent behavior, sexual receptivity, we used small interfering RNA to knock down caveolin-1 (CAV1) expression in the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus. In CAV1 knockdown rats, membrane, but not intracellular levels of ERα, were significantly reduced. As expected, estrogenic stimulation of the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus to medial preoptic nucleus projection was abrogated in CAV1 knockdown rats, indicating that the membrane-initiated activation of this circuit was compromised. Moreover, estradiol-induced lordosis behavior that is dependent on activation of μ-opioid receptors in the medial preoptic nucleus was also significantly reduced. Thus, CAV1-mediated ERα trafficking to the cell membrane is required for estradiol activation of circuits underlying female sexual receptivity.

Indexed as

AnimalsArcuate Nucleus of HypothalamusBlotting, WesternCaveolin 1Estrogen Receptor alphaFemaleHypothalamusImmunohistochemistryMaleRatsRats, Long-EvansReceptors, Opioid, muRNA, Small InterferingSexual Behavior, AnimalCaveolin 1Estrogen Receptor alphaReceptors, Opioid, muRNA, Small Interfering

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PMID22669893
PMCPMC3404361
OpenAlexW2008975511

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