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  • Title: Regulation of mouse placental lactogen-II secretion by transforming growth factor-alpha after midpregnancy.
    Author: Yamaguchi M, Kobayashi K, Miyake A.
    Journal: J Endocrinol Invest; 1996 Oct; 19(9):598-602. PubMed ID: 8957743.
    Abstract:
    We investigated whether transforming growth factor-alpha (TGF-alpha) regulates mouse placental lactogen-II (mPL-II) secretion by cells from day 12 of pregnancy. TGF-alpha significantly inhibited mPL-II secretion by the third and fourth day of culture, and then stimulated mPL-II secretion from the sixth day. The inhibitory and stimulatory effects of TGF-alpha on mPL-II secretion were dose-dependent, and the lowest concentration of TGF-alpha-which caused significant inhibition or stimulation of mPL-II secretion was 10 ng/ml. When TGF-alpha treatment of placental cells was begun on the fifth day of the culture, significant stimulation of mPL-II secretion was observed 3 days later. TGF-alpha inhibited steady-state levels of mPL-II mRNA on the third day of culture but stimulated steady-state levels of mPL-II mRNA on the seventh day of culture. These results suggest that TGF-alpha biphasically regulates mPL-II secretion through regulation of mPL-II gene expression after midpregnancy.
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