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  • Title: Stimulation of release of luteinizing hormone from cultured pituitary cells by 2- and 4-hydroxylated oestrogens.
    Author: Franks S, Merriam GR, Goodyer CG, Naftolin F.
    Journal: J Endocrinol; 1981 Sep; 90(3):433-6. PubMed ID: 6792315.
    Abstract:
    We have examined the effect of the catechol oestrogens 2-hydroxyoestradiol (2-OHE2), 4-hydroxyoestradiol (4-OHE2) and 2-hydroxyoestrone (2-OHE1) and their corresponding primary oestrogens on secretion of LH and FSH by enzymatically dispersed rat anterior pituitary cells in monolayer culture. Basal LH levels in the medium were significantly higher than in control wells when cells were exposed to 10(-8) M-oestradiol-17 beta for 40 h: oestrone and all three catechol oestrogens (in the same doses) also stimulated basal LH concentrations to levels quantitatively similar to those seem after oestradiol treatment. The same effects were observed when steroids were given at 10(-9) mol/l. Oestradiol, 2-OHE2, and 4-OHE2 but not 2-OHE1 increased pituitary responsiveness to LH releasing hormone (LH-RH) (given in a range of doses from 10(-11) to 10(-6) mol/l). The responses of cells treated with 2-OHE2 and 4-OHE2 were similar, though less than the response seen after treatment with oestradiol. This contrasts with the very different oestrogenic effects of 2- and 4-OHE2 previously observed in vivo. Neither oestradiol nor the catechol oestrogens had any effect on basal or LH-RH-stimulated FSH release.
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