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  • Title: [In vivo occupation of estrogen receptors by hydroxylated metabolites of tamoxifen].
    Author: Borgna JL, Rochefort H.
    Journal: C R Seances Acad Sci D; 1979 Dec 10; 289(15):1141-4. PubMed ID: 121266.
    Abstract:
    We report that after in vivo administration of (3H) tamoxifen, the cytosol and nuclear estrogen receptor sites of Rat uterus and Chicken oviduct are mostly occupied by polar metabolites. One of the major metabolites is 4-hydroxy-tamoxifen which we have identified by cocrystallisation withe non radioactive compound and which is known to display a high affinity for the estrogen receptor. In the Rat uterus, the proportion of the metabolites versus tamoxifen, increases with time with a maximum at 8 hrs. for the 4-hydroxy-tamoxifen. Other hydroxylated metabolites (M2) became predominant after 24 hrs. We propose that in vivo, the synthetic antiestrogens act mostly via their transformation into hydroxylated metabolites.
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