A study of estrogen metabolic clearance rates and transfer factors.
We have attempted to measure the metabolic clearance rates (MCR) and the transfer factors of estradiol (E(2)) and estrone (E(1)) during 2-hr and 12-hr infusions. When estradiol-(3)H was infused for 2 hr, apparent equilibrium was reached at 70 min; the 12-hr infusions showed that plasma estradiol-(3)H levels increased slowly throughout the infusion. When estrone-(3)H was infused, constancy of estrone-(3)H levels was not attained in either the 2-hr infusions or in the two 12-hr infusions. The tritium level in the metabolite of the infused estrogen did not become constant in 50% of the short infusions and increased during all the long infusions. Thus, the conversion ratios C(E1E2) and C(E2E1) continually changed and transfer factors could not be calculated. The apparent "MCR'S" calculated on the basis of the 2-hr studies expressed as liters/24 hr per m(2) +/-SD were: "MCR(E1)" (women) 980 +/-94, (men) 1170 +/-95; "MCR(E2)" (women) 615 +/-17, (men) 830 +/-30. The estradiol "MCR's" differed significantly between men and women. "MCR(E2)" was the same using either estradiol-(14)C or -(3)H and was unchanged by the infusion of 170 mug of estradiol daily. Postmenopausal women had estrogen "MCR's" in the same range as premenopausal women. Excess glucocorticoids increased the "MCR(E2)."
D000328:Adult; D004958:Estradiol / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000378:metabolism; D004967:Estrogens / Q000378:metabolism*; D004970:Estrone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005938:Glucocorticoids; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D008593:Menopause; D008657:Metabolic Clearance Rate; D014316:Tritium
D004967:Estrogens; D005938:Glucocorticoids; D014316:Tritium; D004970:Estrone; D004958:Estradiol
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