Cholesteryl ester hydrolysis in rat liver cytosol. Modulation by female sex hormones |
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Authors: | J M Gandarias M Lacort B Ochoa |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Physiology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Pais Vasco, Bilbao Ap. 699, Spain |
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Abstract: | The regulation of cholesterol ester hydrolase activity by female sex hormones was studied in cytosolic preparations from female
rat liver. The investigation was undertaken in order to determine whether a reduction in the enzyme activity might be responsible
for the increased content of esterified cholesterol found in rat liver after estradiol or progesterone treatments. The single
injection of estradiol (0.75 mg/100 g) or progesterone (1.50mg/100g) produced respectively significant decreases and increases
in sterol hydrolase activity. Both opposite effects were noted after a similar lag period of 3–4 hr and were of short duration.
No alterations were observed in rats receiving short-term treatments. When hormones were added to the incubation medium, the
activity of cholesterol ester hydrolase decreased progressively with increasing concentrations of hormones. Kinetic studies
demonstrate that both estradiol and progesterone compete with the substrate (cholesteryl oleate) for the active center. The
findings of the present paper exclude a direct relationship between hepatic hydrolytic activity and lipid deposition. However,
they provide evidences that female sex hormones act as modulatory agents of the hydrolysis of cholesteryl esters in rat liver
cytosol and suggest that other factors besides competitive inhibition are involved in such regulatory effects. |
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