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  • Title: Modulation of cytosolic sexual steroid receptors in autochthonous methylnitrosourea-induced rat mammary carcinoma following application of 2-chloroethylnitrosocarbamoyl-L-alanine linked to oestradiol or dihydrotestosterone.
    Author: Corr R, Berger MR, Betsch B, Floride JA, Brix HP, Schmähl D.
    Journal: Br J Cancer; 1990 Jul; 62(1):42-7. PubMed ID: 2390481.
    Abstract:
    This study concentrated on the influence of 2-chloroethylnitrosocarbamoyl-L-alanine (CNC-L-ala) linked to oestradiol (CNA-L-ala-E2) or dihydrotestosterone (CNC-L-ala-DHT) in position 17 of the respective steroid hormone on tumour growth and receptor kinetics of methylnitrosourea-induced rat mammary carcinoma. Both compounds almost completely arrested logarithmically growing mammary carcinoma of Sprague-Dawley rats: in the first week CNC-L-ala-E2 blocked the growth of these tumours by 92% compared to untreated control animals while, in animals treated with the physically equimolar mixture of CNC-L-ala and oestradiol (positive control), tumour growth was inhibited by 51% only. CNC-L-ala-DHT arrested the tumour growth in the first week by 95%, while the respective positive control (CNC-L-ala plus dihydrotestosterone) effected a growth inhibition of 71% compared to the untreated control. These results correlate well with the influence of both drugs on the cytosolic receptor content of sexual steroid hormones in the tumours. CNC-L-ala-E2 depleted the content of oestradiol receptors and kept it down for a week, while concomitantly the content of progesterone receptors increased considerably and that of androgen receptors showed a short-lived decrease. CNC-L-ala-DHT depleted androgen receptors as well as progesterone receptors. The content of androgen receptors remained low for a week, while that of progesterone receptors recovered within 8 days. The content of oestrogen receptors showed a moderate decrease.
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