title: Fatty acid modulation of antiestrogen action and antiestrogen-binding protein in cultured lymphoid cells.
abstract: Nonsteroidal antiestrogens reversibly and specifically inhibited the proliferation of two estrogen receptor-negative lymphoid cell lines (EL4 and Raji) in a dose-dependent manner. [3H]Thymidine incorporation of concanavalin A-stimulated primary splenocytes was also inhibited by 10(-6) M clomiphene (1-[4-(2-diethylaminoethoxy)phenyl]-1,2-diphenyl-2-chloroethylene). The antiproliferative effect could be prevented by the simultaneous presence in the growth medium of 10(-5) M linoleic acid or 10(-5) M arachidonic acid but not by 10(-6) M estradiol. Both lymphoid cell lines had high affinity antiestrogen-binding sites whose affinity could be altered by conditions of growth. Growth of EL4 cells in RPMI 1640 medium supplemented with charcoal-pretreated 5% fetal calf serum (charcoal-stripped medium) resulted in significantly higher affinity (Kd 0.54 nM +/- 0.11 nM; n = 6) than growth in medium supplemented with untreated serum (complete medium) (Kd = 1.68 nM +/- 0.48 nM; n = 6) (p less than 0.001). This change in affinity was partly due to removal of fatty acids from the growth medium by charcoal pretreatment, since addition of 10(-5) M linoleic acid or 10(-5) M gamma-linolenic to charcoal-stripped medium decreased the affinity of the antiestrogen-binding protein. In contrast, growth in 10(-5) M stearic acid or 10(-5) M oleic acid did not significantly alter the affinity of the antiestrogen-binding protein, whereas 10(-5) M palmitic acid significantly increased its affinity. The same fatty acids were also tested for their intrinsic effects on EL4 cell proliferation. Oleic, linoleic and gamma-linolenic acids were growth stimulatory while stearic and palmitic acids were not. Thus linoleic and gamma-linolenic acids whose presence in the growth medium was associated with decreased affinity of [3H]tamoxifen (1-[4-(2-dimethylaminoethoxy)phenyl]-1,2-diphenylbut-1(Z)-ene) binding to the intracellular antiestrogen-binding protein were also growth stimulatory. Unsaturated fatty acids have previously been shown to inhibit binding of [3H]tamoxifen to the antiestrogen-binding protein in a cell-free system. The present observations demonstrate that unsaturated fatty acids also modify the affinity of the antiestrogen-binding protein in intact cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, National University of Singapore.
authors.forename: Y K
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Hoh
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: S O
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Ooi
authors.forename: O L
authors.initials: OL
authors.lastname: Kon
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites / Q000187:drug effects; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004965:Estrogen Antagonists / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D004965:Estrogen Antagonists; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated