Diethylstilbestrol (DES), a potent synthetic estrogen and reproductive toxicant, has been shown to be extensively metabolized. Some metabolites retain hormonal activity while others are biologically inactive. This assignment of activity is consistent with the receptor binding activity of these compounds. Besides reproductive tract effects, some of these metabolites also elicit neuroendocrine effects by suppressing LH secretion. Two groups of metabolites were found to have poor uterotropic activity although they bound very well to the receptor. Some of these compounds show a variety of differences compared to the intracellular responses of DES, including lack of receptor synthesis, poor nuclear translocation, excessive retention of the receptor complex in the nucleus and the inability to stimulate certain tissue responses such as DNA synthesis, mitosis, and induction of specific enzymes and proteins. Estrogen stimulation of reproductive tract tissue involves a mechanism which includes binding to a receptor with subsequent activation and localization in the nucleus. Nuclear translocation follows a bimodal temporal pattern consistent with the stimulation of certain tissue responses such as DNA synthesis or enzyme induction. Only biologically active compounds induce these nuclear receptor events. This pattern was demonstrated by both ligand binding assays and immunoassay with a monoclonal estrogen receptor antibody. Multiple receptor peaks were also present in other estrogen responsive target tissues such as the rat uterus and MCF-7 cell tumors. Cell cycle kinetic studies of uterine estrogen stimulation show that the second peak occurs at the beginning of S-phase. A major effect of estrogen on uterine cells was to shorten the cell cycle by contracting the G-phase. Characterization of the receptor in mouse uterus has indicated multiple forms which are proteolytic fragments and found in nuclear and cytoplasmic tissue fractions. The protease action results in a receptor form which has lost its ability to bind DNA.

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National Institute of Health (NIH)
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National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
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1986
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