17β-Estradiol activates GPER- and ESR1-dependent pathways inducing apoptosis in GC-2 cells, a mouse spermatocyte-derived cell line

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 355, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-59

  Chimento, Adele ^a   Sirianni, Rosa ^a   Casaburi, Ivan ^a   Ruggiero, Carmen ^a   Maggiolini, Marcello ^a   Andò, Sebastiano ^a   Pezzi, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; ESR1; Estrogen; GPER; Spermatocytes

Indexed keywords

1,3,5 TRIS(4 HYDROXYPHENYL) 4 PROPYLPYRAZOLE; CASPASE 3; CELL DNA; CYTOCHROME C; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN C JUN; PROTEIN P21; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; HORMONE ACTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOCYTE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CASPASE 3; CELL LINE; CYTOCHROMES C; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; JNK MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MALE; MICE; P21-ACTIVATED KINASES; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PHOSPHORYLATION; POLY(ADP-RIBOSE) POLYMERASES; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOCYTES;

EID: 84858750488     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: 18728057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2012.01.017     Document Type: Article

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