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The mechanism of known receptor-mediated androgen effects on the endometrial stroma was studied in endometrial fibroblasts derived from human uterus. 17β-Estradiol (E) induced the expressions of androgen receptor (AR) mRNA, and predominantly increased the level of testosterone-binding sites (TBS) in uterine endometrial fibroblasts. The effect on the level of dihydrotestosterone-binding sites (DHTBS) was similar but smaller. This result suggests that the AR mRNA expressed might encode TBS, but probably not DHTBS. The TBS level increased by estrogen was down-regulated by testosterone (T) + E, but the AR mRNA expression increased by E was not down-regulated by E + T in the fibroblasts. Although the synthesis rate of AR was slightly increased (p<0.05) by E alone or E + T, the degradation rate of AR was significantly accelerated (p<0.05) by E + T in the fibroblasts. This result suggests that T might stimulate the metabolic rate of TBS, but does not inhibit the synthesis rate of AR mRNA to TBS in endometrial fibroblasts.
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Fujimoto, J., Nishigaki, M., Hori, M. et al. Effects of estradiol and testosterone on the synthesis, expression and degradation of androgen receptor in human uterine endometrial fibroblasts. J Biomed Sci 2, 160–165 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02253067
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