title: Human endometrial antioestrogen-binding protein: characterization and levels during the menstrual cycle.
abstract: Human endometrial cytosol (90,000 g, 60 mins) contains a protein that binds non-steroidal anti-oestrogens with high specificity and high affinity (Kd = 10(-10)M). It binds oestrogens and other steroid hormones poorly, and can be physically distinguished from the oestrogen receptor protein by gel filtration and ion exchange chromatography. The endometrial anti-oestrogen binding protein is larger and less negatively charged than the oestrogen receptor. In this regard, it resembles the human myometrial anti-oestrogen binding protein. Unlike the myometrial protein, however, levels of the endometrial anti-oestrogen binding protein vary during the menstrual cycle, being higher in the proliferative phase (mean 29 fmol/mg protein, SD 13 fmol/mg protein) than in the secretory phase (mean 13 fmol/mg protein, SD 7 fmol/mg protein). These findings suggest that the concentration of the anti-oestrogen binding protein in human endometrium may be regulated, at least in part, by the cyclical pattern of hormonal secretion that characterizes the menstrual cycle.
mesh_terms: D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D004717:Endometrium / Q000378:metabolism*; D004958:Estradiol / Q000378:metabolism; D004965:Estrogen Antagonists / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008597:Menstrual Cycle; D011374:Progesterone / Q000378:metabolism; D011959:Receptors, Estradiol / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D004965:Estrogen Antagonists; D011959:Receptors, Estradiol; D011374:Progesterone; D004958:Estradiol