title: Kinetics of catechol estrogen-estrogen receptor dissociation: a possible factor underlying differences in catechol estrogen biological activity.
abstract: The mechanisms underlying the differences in uterotrophic potency between 2- and 4-hydroxyestrogens were explored. Doses of estradiol (E2)(10 micrograms/kg), 2-OHE2 (500 micrograms/kg) and 4-OHE2 (100 micrograms/kg) sufficient to induce near maximal cell nuclear estrogen receptor (ERn) binding were injected subcutaneously into 26 day old female rats. Uterine ERn concentrations declined more rapidly after 2-OHE2 than after E2 or 4-OHE2. E2 and 4-OHE2 both elicited a significant increase in uterine wet weight, measured at 24-36 hrs after injection. 2-OHE2 had no significant effect and neither synergized with nor antagonized the effects of simultaneously administered E2 or 4-OHE2. Under in vitro conditions at 25 degrees C, 2-hydroxyestrone (2-OHE1) and 2-OHE2 both dissociated from the receptors more rapidly than either their parent monophenolic estrogens or the corresponding 4-hydroxyestrogens. These results suggest that differences in estrogenic potency between 2- and 4-hydroxyestrogens may partly be a function of the dissociation kinetics of their estrogen receptor complexes.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D004958:Estradiol / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004970:Estrone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D005260:Female; D006894:Hydroxyestrones / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007700:Kinetics; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen / Q000378:metabolism*; D014599:Uterus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D006894:Hydroxyestrones; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen; D004970:Estrone; C026418:4-hydroxyestrone; D004958:Estradiol; C024980:2-hydroxyestrone