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SUBMITTER: Harvey CN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4465425 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Harvey Craig N CN Chen Joseph C JC Bagnell Carol A CA Uzumcu Mehmet M
Reproductive toxicology (Elmsford, N.Y.) 20141227
The major metabolite of the estrogenic pesticide methoxychlor (MXC) HPTE is a stronger ESR1 agonist than MXC and acts also as an ESR2 antagonist. In granulosa cells (GCs), FSH stimulates estradiol via the second messenger cAMP. HPTE inhibits estradiol biosynthesis, and this effect is greater in FSH-treated GCs than in cAMP-treated GCs. Therefore; we examined the effect of MXC/HPTE on FSH-stimulated cAMP production in cultured GCs. To test involvement of ESR-signaling, we used the ESR1 and ESR2 a ...[more]