title: Effect of clomiphene citrate on the synthesis and release of the human beta-lactoglobulin homologue, pregnancy associated endometrial alpha 2-globulin, by the uterine endometrium.
abstract: As an extension to a previous study to examine the effects of clomiphene citrate (CC) on human chorionic gonadotrophin/luteinizing hormone (LH) receptors in human corpora lutea, we sought to determine the effect of CC on the synthesis of the beta-lactoglobulin homologue, pregnancy associated endometrial alpha 2-globulin (alpha 2-PEG) by the luteal phase human endometrium. Seventeen normally-cycling women aged 25.9 +/- 2.1 years (mean +/- SE), undergoing elective tubal ligation, were divided into four groups consisting of controls (n = 2) and three treatment groups. Each of the treatment groups (n = 5/group) was treated with either 50 mg (group 1), 100 mg (group 2) or 150 mg (group 3) of CC daily on days 5 to 9 of the cycle. Portions of endometrial tissue were obtained by curettage 7 to 9 days following the urinary LH surge and were either fixed for histological analyses or cultured in vitro in the presence of [35S]methionine. Tissue media (TCM) that were analysed by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis followed by fluorography indicated that the synthesis of alpha 2-PEG was most markedly reduced in groups 2 and 3. Densitometric scans of TCM Western blots and radioimmunoassay (RIA) of TCM showed that the overall synthesis of alpha 2-PEG decreased from 5.8 +/- 1.9 arbitrary units (AU) and 371.2 +/- 239.3 ng/ml in group 1 to 3.1 +/- 0.8 AU and 69.4 +/- 24.9 ng/ml, and 2.7 +/- 1.1 AU and 52.4 +/- 19.8 ng/ml in groups 2 and 3 respectively. On cycle days 20-22, control values were 5.8 AU and 498.1 ng/ml respectively.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Illinois, College of Medicine, Chicago 60612.
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Fazleabas
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Yeko
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Donnelly
authors.forename: M Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Dawood
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Bell
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002996:Clomiphene / Q000494:pharmacology*; D046508:Culture Techniques; D004717:Endometrium / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D000071816:Glycodelin; D006023:Glycoproteins; D006801:Humans; D015151:Immunoblotting; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D011257:Pregnancy Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000378:metabolism; D011863:Radioimmunoassay
chemical_list: D000071816:Glycodelin; D006023:Glycoproteins; C045246:PAEP protein, human; D011257:Pregnancy Proteins; D002996:Clomiphene