Abstract
A quantitative method was used to determine the concentration of high-affinity oestradiol-receptor sites in rat uterine supernatant preparations under various physiological conditions. Cyclic changes in concentration were observed during the oestrous cycle, with a maximum occurring in late dioestrus. The changes followed a similar pattern in endometrium and myometrium, although concentrations were higher in the former. In pseudopregnancy the concentration was initially low, rising to a maximum on the tenth day. In early pregnancy a high concentration of receptor was found to be associated with the developing placenta, but this declined in later stages of pregnancy. After ovariectomy or combined ovariectomy and adrenalectomy the receptor concentration remained at a constant low value that could be increased by treatment with oestradiol. The receptor concentration was considerably higher in immature than in adult uteri.
MeSH Terms
Adrenal Glands/physiology
Adrenalectomy
Aging
Animals
Castration
Cytoplasm/analysis,metabolism
Endometrium/metabolism
Estradiol/metabolism
Estrus
Female
Ovary/physiology
Placenta/metabolism
Pregnancy
Pregnancy, Animal
Proteins/analysis
Pseudopregnancy
Rats
Receptors, Drug
Tritium
Uterus/analysis,metabolism
Chemicals
Proteins
Receptors, Drug
Tritium
Estradiol
Authors & Affiliations
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Feherty P
Robertson D M
Waynforth H B
Kellie A E
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