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The ontogenic expression of progesterone and estrogen receptors (PR and ER) and effect of estrogen on these receptors were investigated immunohistochemically in rat uterus from the day of birth ( = 0 day) to 30 days of age. Uterine epithelial and stromal cells showed a negative PR immunoreaction at 0 day. The PR in the epithelial cell nuclei appeared by 5 days, while the stromal cells showed a negative PR reaction until 12 days. The staining of the stromal cells appeared from 12 to 15 days. In both the epithelial and stromal cells, the initiation of the PR appearance was not affected by ovariectomy performed at 0 day or 5 days prior to the appearance of PR in the epithelial and stromal cells. Estrogen injections from 0 day failed to initiate the appearance of PR in the epithelial cells, regardless of doses of estradiol-17 beta (0.1, 1 and 10 micrograms daily), but induced PR in the stromal cells. The staining of ER appeared at 5 days in the epithelial cells and at 1 day in the stromal cells, respectively. ER appeared after 2-3 daily injections of estrogen from 0 day depending upon the doses. These results suggest that steroid hormones secreted from neonatal ovary do not play any important role in ontogenic expression of PR during the postnatal uterine maturation.
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