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Biology of Reproduction, Vol 58, 1290-1296, Copyright © 1998 by Society for the Study of Reproduction

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Developmental expression and localization of the prolactin receptor (PRL-R) gene in ewe mammary gland during pregnancy and lactation: estimation of the ratio of the two forms of PRL-R messenger ribonucleic acid [In Process Citation]

S Cassy, M Charlier, L Belair, M Guillomot, G Charron, B Bloch and J Djiane
Unite d'Endocrinologie moleculaire, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Jouy-en-Josas, France.

In this study, we have analyzed the developmental expression of the prolactin receptor (PRL-R) gene in the ewe mammary gland during pregnancy and lactation. Using Northern and slot-blot analysis and in situ hybridization, we showed that the level of PRL-R mRNA in mammary epithelial cells increased during the second half of pregnancy, decreased at the end of pregnancy, and remained relatively stable during lactation with a level above that observed at the beginning of pregnancy. As shown by RNase protection assay, the ratio of the long to the short form of the PRL-R mRNA was always above 1. This ratio increased between Day 70 of pregnancy and term and decreased progressively during lactation. The high level of PRL-R mRNA before the induction of alphaS1-casein gene expression suggests that PRL may be involved in the growth and development of the mammary gland. More precisely, the increase of the ratio of the long to the short form of the PRL-R during lactogenesis suggests that the latter form may have a dominant negative action in the activation of milk protein gene transcription. Thus the long/short-form ratio of the PRL-R may play a key role in the shift between growth and differentiation of the mammary gland.


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