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  • Title: Regulation of placental low-density lipoprotein uptake in baboons by estrogen: dose-dependent effects of the anti-estrogen ethamoxytriphetol (MER-25).
    Author: Henson MC, Pepe GJ, Albrecht ED.
    Journal: Biol Reprod; 1991 Jul; 45(1):43-8. PubMed ID: 1878435.
    Abstract:
    In the present study, increasing amounts of the anti-estrogen 1-(p-2-diethylaminoethoxyphenyl)-1-phenyl-2-p-methoxyphenoletha nol (MER-25) were administered to pregnant baboons (Papio anubis) to block the action of endogenous estrogen and to determine effect on placental low-density lipoprotein (LDL) uptake. Pregnant baboons were untreated (n = 8) or received MER-25 orally at a dosage of 25 (n = 10), 50 (n = 8), or 75 (n = 4) mg/kg BW daily on Days 140-170 of gestation (term = 184 days). Placentas were removed on Day 170 of gestation and villous tissue was dispersed with 0.1% collagenase. Placental cells (10(6] were incubated in Medium 199 for 12 h at 37 degrees C with increasing amounts of 125I-LDL, with or without a 100-fold excess of unlabeled baboon LDL. Mean (+/- SEM) placental uptake (ng/micrograms cell protein) of 125I-LDL was 55% (6.4 +/- 1.0), 75% (3.6 +/- 0.7), and 81% (2.7 +/- 0.2) lower (p less than 0.001) in baboons that received MER-25 in doses of 25, 50, and 75 mg/kg BW, respectively, than in untreated baboons (14.2 +/- 1.3 ng/micrograms cell protein). Maximal effect occurred with 50 mg MER-25, because LDL uptake was not further decreased with greater levels of MER-25. Dissociation constants for placental LDL uptake, as determined by Scatchard analysis, were unaltered by anti-estrogen treatment. The amount of 125I-LDL degradation by placental cells of untreated and MER-25-treated baboons was proportional to LDL uptake.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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