Abstract
Hepatic cytosols from male and female vervet monkeys ( Cercopilhecus pygerythrus) were found to contain the same levels of high affinity estrogen-binding proteins. Multipoint saturation analyses revealed that male liver cytosols contain two distinctly different binding components: a high affinity (HAEB) and a low affinity estrogen binder (LAEB). Female livers appeared to contain only the HAEB. Sucrose density gradient (SDG) analyses, however, clearly established the presence of a 3.8 S as well as an 8.1 S estrogen-binding component in the hepatic cytosols of both sexes. The 3.8 S binding component appeared to be more prominent in male SDG profiles. Cytosols, prepared in the presence of sodium molybdate (cyt +) exhibited significantly lower (50%) levels of specific estrogen-binding than cytosols prepared in the absence of the oxyanion (cyt −). SDG analyses, however, indicated that in cyt + the 8.1 S binding component was stabilized at the cost of the 3.8 S binder. This phenomenon was observed in both sexes. Large excess levels of cortisol did not have any effect on specific estrogen binding by hepatic cytosols. The hepatic estrogen-binding proteins displayed a lower relative binding affinity for diethylstilbestrol than for its native ligand and higher affinities for estriol and estrone than expected.
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