Estrogen induces stromal cell-derived factor 1 (SDF-1/CXCL12) production in human endometrial stromal cells: a possible role of endometrial epithelial cell growth

Fertil Steril. 2011 Jan;95(1):444-7. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.08.037. Epub 2010 Sep 24.

Abstract

Estradiol enhanced stromal cell-derived factor 1 (SDF-1/CXCL12) production levels in human endometrial stromal cells (ESCs) in a time- and dose-dependent manner that could be completely abolished by ICI 182,780 (estrogen receptor antagonist) and medroxyprogesterone acetate. Although SDF-1 was undetectable in the Ishikawa human endometrial epithelial cell line, its receptor (CXCR4) messenger RNA levels in Ishikawa cells were much higher than those in ESCs, and furthermore SDF-1 induced the proliferation of Ishikawa cells; SDF-1 secreted from ESCs may play a role in endometrial epithelial cell growth in the paracrine system.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cell Communication / drug effects
  • Cell Communication / physiology
  • Cell Division / drug effects
  • Cell Division / physiology
  • Chemokine CXCL12 / metabolism*
  • Endometrium / cytology*
  • Epithelial Cells / cytology
  • Epithelial Cells / drug effects
  • Epithelial Cells / metabolism*
  • Estradiol / analogs & derivatives
  • Estradiol / pharmacology
  • Estrogen Antagonists / pharmacology
  • Estrogens / metabolism*
  • Estrogens / pharmacology
  • Female
  • Fulvestrant
  • Humans
  • In Vitro Techniques
  • Middle Aged
  • Paracrine Communication / drug effects
  • Paracrine Communication / physiology
  • Stromal Cells / cytology
  • Stromal Cells / drug effects
  • Stromal Cells / metabolism*

Substances

  • CXCL12 protein, human
  • Chemokine CXCL12
  • Estrogen Antagonists
  • Estrogens
  • Fulvestrant
  • Estradiol