title: Reversal by triton WR-1339 of ethynyloestradiol-induced hepatic cholesterol esterification.
abstract: RATS TREATED WITH ETHYNYLOESTRADIOL HAVE MARKED HYPOLIPIDAEMIA: serum cholesterol is decreased to 5%, triacylglycerol to 10% and phospholipid to 70% of control concentrations. Loss of serum cholesterol follows an exponential decay, with a half-life of 1.13+/-0.09 days. After 4 days of treatment, serum cholesterol concentrations remain relatively constant (ranging from 1 to 20mg/100ml) for at least 30 days. There is a concomitant 20-fold decrease in the d<1.21 fraction of serum proteins and a similar decrease in serum apolipoproteins as measured by sodium dodecyl sulphate/10%-polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis. The activity of hepatic microsomal acyl-CoA-cholesterol O-acetyltransferase (EC 2.3.1.26) was significantly increased by ethynyloestradiol treatment (P<0.05). This activation caused hepatic cholesteryl esters containing mainly C(18:1) fatty acids to increase linearly as serum cholesterol concentrations decreased (r=0.9675, P<0.001). Triton WR-1339, a non-ionic detergent that inhibits lipoprotein catabolism, was used to estimate hepatic lipid secretion by measuring the increment in serum lipids after its administration. At 15h after Triton WR-1339 administration, serum cholesterol concentrations were increased equally in both control and ethynyloestradiol-treated rats. In contrast, the increment of serum triacylglycerol of treated rats was 40% of that found in control rats, indicating that ethynyloestradiol inhibits hepatic triacylglycerol secretion. Triton WR-1339 inhibited the oestrogen activation of hepatic microsomal acyl-CoA-cholesterol O-acyltransferase and restored hepatic cholesteryl ester concentrations to normal values. These data suggest that ethynyloestradiol and its pharmacological ;antagonist' Triton WR-1339 alter hepatic triacylglycerol secretion via a mechanism associated with changes in hepatic cholesterol esterification.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D002788:Cholesterol Esters / Q000378:metabolism; D004951:Esterification; D004997:Ethinyl Estradiol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D002785:Sterol O-Acyltransferase / Q000378:metabolism; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002788:Cholesterol Esters; D014280:Triglycerides; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols; D004997:Ethinyl Estradiol; D002784:Cholesterol; D002785:Sterol O-Acyltransferase