title: Obese (ob/ob) and diabetes (db/db) mutations: two factors modulating brain and peripheral tissue accumulation of estradiol in C57BL/KsJ mice.
abstract: The effect of two mutant genes for obesity (ob/ob) and diabetes (db/db) on the accumulation rate of radiolabeled estradiol was examined in female C57BL/KsJ mice. Mutant mice were match-paired with normal (+/?) animals at 16 weeks of age. All ob/ob and db/db mice exhibited overt obesity and hyperglycemia relative to normals. The distribution and uptake of the radiolabeled estradiol was subsequently examined in specified CNS and peripheral tissues. In all cases, the db/db and ob/ob mutant conditions resulted in a depressed cellular accumulation of radiolabeled estradiol in both CNS and peripheral tissues relative to normal mice. The ob/ob mutation resulted in a more severe depression of tissue estradiol uptake than did the db/db mutation. These studies indicate that the abnormal metabolic and hormonal states induced by the mutations, and not the mere presence of the genomic mutation itself, probably accounts for the depressed cellular affinity for gonadal steroids in these murine models.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000378:metabolism*; D004958:Estradiol / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D051379:Mice; D008817:Mice, Mutant Strains; D008820:Mice, Obese; D009765:Obesity / Q000378:metabolism*; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004958:Estradiol