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      Species Differences in Behavioral and Neural Sensitivity to Estrogen in Whiptail Lizards: Correlation with Hormone Receptor Messenger Ribonucleic Acid Expression

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          Cnemidophorus uniparens is a unisexual species of whiptail lizard of hybrid origin whereas C. inornatus is a sexual species and the maternal ancestor of C. uniparens. Together they represent an excellent model system for investigating the evolution of hormone-brain-behavior relationships. Normal circulating estradiol (E) concentrations in C. uniparens are approximately 5-fold lower than those of female C. inornatus in a similar reproductive state. Experiments were performed to determine whether (i) C. uniparens is more sensitive to E, and (ii) whether the difference in sensitivity is correlated with differences in estrogen receptor (ER)-mRNA expression in the brain. Dose-response curves reveal that ovariectomized C. uniparens are more responsive than ovariectomized C. inornatus to exogenous estradiol 17β-benzoate (EB). EB is more effective in C. uniparens at inducing receptive behavior and progesterone receptor (PR) gene expression in the ventromedial nucleus of the hypo-thalamus (VMH). In situ hybridization analysis of ER-mRNA expression revealed no species differences in ER-mRNA content in the VMH of ovariectomized animals. Treatment of ovariectomized animals with EB resulted in a greater induction of ER-mRNA expression in the VMH of C. uniparens compared to C. inornatus. These results indicate that the differences in behavioral sensitivity to E lie in the estrogen target neurons in the brain region controlling receptive behavior, the VMH, and that the difference in sensitivity cannot be explained by species differences in the basal rate of ER gene expression.

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          Journal
          NEN
          Neuroendocrinology
          10.1159/issn.0028-3835
          Neuroendocrinology
          S. Karger AG
          0028-3835
          1423-0194
          1995
          1995
          09 April 2008
          : 61
          : 6
          : 680-686
          Affiliations
          Department of Zoology, University of Texas at Austin, Tex., USA
          Article
          126895 Neuroendocrinology 1995;61:680–686
          10.1159/000126895
          7659192
          0b1e24be-5c5d-4e8b-a925-e3d0f2e03e8a
          © 1995 S. Karger AG, Basel

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          History
          : 04 October 1994
          : 06 December 1994
          Page count
          Pages: 7
          Categories
          Gonadotropins and Reproduction

          Endocrinology & Diabetes,Neurology,Nutrition & Dietetics,Sexual medicine,Internal medicine,Pharmacology & Pharmaceutical medicine
          Gonadal steroids,Reptiles,Gonadal steroid receptors,Ventromedial nucleus,Sex behavior

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