Cadmium Mimics Estrogen-Driven Cell Proliferation and Prolactin Secretion from Anterior Pituitary Cells
Figure 7
Cadmium exposure increases ERα
protein expression in anterior pituitary cells. Anterior pituitary cells were treated with vehicle (control), 10 nM Cd or 1 nM E2 for 24h. A representative western blot is shown. Bars represent the mean ± SE of densitometric values of full-length ERα (open bars) and ERα46 (black bars) normalized to β-actin expression and are expressed as percent of control. ANOVA followed by Tukey-Kramer’s test, *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001 vs. respective control; #p<0.05, ###p<0.001 vs. Cd (N=3).