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The mechanism of ICI 164,384 antiestrogenicity involves rapid loss of estrogen receptor in uterine tissue.

Abstract：

:The antiestrogen ICI 164,384 (ICI) binds the estrogen receptor (ER) with approximately 20% the affinity of estradiol, but without the partial agonistic effects caused by tamoxifen. Investigations into the mechanism of ICI action have used ER molecules expressed in vitro to examine the binding of ER to ICI and the capacity of ICI-ER complexes to dimerize and bind to the estrogen response element (ERE). Our objectives were to study the biological effects, cellular distribution, and ERE-binding capacity of native uterine ICI-ER complexes after ip injection of 1 mg/kg ICI into 10-day castrate adult female mice. Synthesis of DNA and progesterone receptor were measured as end points of agonistic activity. ICI failed to stimulate either DNA or progesterone receptor synthesis above control levels, and pretreatment with ICI for 0.5 h reduced the stimulatory effect of estradiol by 75%. Measurement of uterine nuclear ER and cytosolic levels by exchange binding assay indicated a reduction in total ER levels within 0.5 h after ICI treatment, which remained below 20% for 24 h. Cycloheximide treatment did not block the ICI effect. Western blot analysis, immunohistochemistry, and steroid autoradiography confirmed the loss of ER protein. The ICI effect on ER was also demonstrable in vitro in the mouse TM4 estrogen-responsive cell line. ICI dramatically reduced ER levels to 5% of the control value by 4 h. Northern analysis indicated that ICI did not affect ER message levels, suggesting that the observed reduction in ER did not occur at the level of transcription. Gel shift assays indicated a low, but detectable, amount of ICI-ER binding to the vitellogenin A2 (VitA2) ERE. These results suggest that, although the ICI-ER complex binds weakly to DNA, ICI may cause its antagonistic effect by producing a rapid disappearance of the ER from the target tissue, resulting in an insufficient amount of ER to bind the native ligand and elicit agonist responses.

journal_name

Endocrinology

journal_title

Endocrinology

authors

Gibson MK,Nemmers LA,Beckman WC Jr,Davis VL,Curtis SW,Korach KS

doi

10.1210/endo-129-4-2000

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1991-10-01 00:00:00

pages

2000-10

issue

eissn

0013-7227

issn

1945-7170

journal_volume

129

pub_type

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The mechanism of ICI 164,384 antiestrogenicity involves rapid loss of estrogen receptor in uterine tissue.