In the present study, we evaluated the transduction pathways involved in the cardiac effects elicited by 17beta-estradiol (E2) on the isolated, Langendorff perfused male Wistar rat heart. E2 and selective agonists for ERalpha and ERbeta induced a dose-dependent reduction of contractility which was blocked by the ER inhibitor ICI 182,780. Moreover, the potential involvement of the novel membrane...

Estrogen formation from androst-4-ene-3,17-dione and its kinetics were studied using microsomes from rat hypothalamus. [4-14C] androst-4-ene-3,17-dione and a homogenate of rat hypothalamus were incubated in the presence of NADPH at 37 degrees C for 3 hrs. The estrogen fraction was extracted from the incubation mixture with ethyl acetate, purified by column chromatography on Sephadex LH-20 and B...

The estrogen receptor-alpha (ERalpha) knockout mouse (alphaERKO) lacks ERalpha throughout development; therefore, an adult model for the study of estrogen effects in male mice was recently developed using the antiestrogen ICI 182,780. However, differences between species have been noted during immunostaining for ERalpha in the male tract as well as in response to treatments with antiestrogens. ...

Background and aim: Shortening of the duration of wound healing is an attractive subject for investigators in recent years. In this study, the effects of topical phenytoin, silver sulfadiazine, estrogen and their combination on wound healing were evaluated.Materials and Methods: This experimental study was accomplised on 30 male albino rats, which had an approximate wei...

The mechanisms involved in the effects of estrogen on arterial smooth muscle contractility are very complex and not fully clarified. Therefore, the aim of this paper was to examine the mechanisms of estrogen-induced relaxation of the rat tail artery and, specifically, how pulmonary hypertension affects this action. We used male rats and performed experiments on isolated tail arteries in a contr...

It has been known that estrogen has synergistic effects with androgen on growth of normal male accessory sex organs of rats. The present study was therefore undertaken to examine the effects of estrogen on androgen-responsive rat Dunning R 3327 prostatic tumor. The weight of male accessory sex organs was suppressed by estrogen on growth of treatment, but synergistic effects of estrogen and andr...

We have designed and synthesized estrogen antagonists bearing dicarba-closo-dodecaborane (carborane) as a hydrophobic pharmacophore based on the structure of 1-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-1,12-dicarba-closo-dodecaborane, a potent estrogen agonist that we reported previously. Compounds with a long alkyl chain bearing an amide moiety on the carborane skeleton (6, 7) showed estrogen antagonistic activity in...

This study evaluated the contributions of locomotive loading and estrogen to the development of diaphysis of rat femur. A randomized 2x2 study design was used. Altogether, 70 female Sprague-Dawley rats were used, of which 10 were euthanized at entry. Of the remaining rats, 16 served as controls, and the rest, 44, underwent a unilateral sciatic neurectomy. The effect of estrogen was removed by o...

HOSHIAT, H., TAKAHASHI, K., FURUHASHI, N., WADA, Y., UEHARA, S. and SUZUKI, M. Cytoplasmic Estrogen Receptors of Rat Mammary Glands during Pregnancy and Puerperium. Tohoku J. exp. Med., 1982, 136 (2), 195-202 The variation of cytoplasmic estrogen receptor in the mammary gland during pregnancy and puerperium was studied to determine the role of estrogens in the mechanism of lactation. Cytosol es...

Background: Uterine fibroids or leiomyoma are a common benign smooth muscle tumor. The tumor growth is well known to be estrogen-dependent. However, the molecular mechanisms of its estrogen-dependency is not well understood. Methods: Differentially expressed genes in human uterine fibroids were either retrieved from published papers or from our own statistical analysis of downloaded array data....