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Title: Effect of pregnancy or treatment with ethinylestradiol or phenobarbital on the glucuronidation of. beta. -estradiol at the C/sub 3/-OH vs C/sub 17/-OH in female rat liver microsomes

Thesis/Dissertation ·
OSTI ID:5243896

The glucuronidation of (/sup 3/H)-estradiol-17..beta.. (E/sub 2/) at the C/sub 3/ vs the C/sub 17/ hydroxyl groups was determined in female Sprague-Dawley rat liver microsomes. An HPLC method was developed to resolve the glucuronide conjugates which were then quantitated by liquid scintillation counting. The rates of formation of 17..beta..-estradiol 3-(..beta..-D-glucuronide) (E/sub 2/3G) and ..beta..-estradiol 17-(..beta..-D-glucuronide) (E/sub 2/17G) were 0.49 +- 0.03 and 0.40 +- 0.02 nmolminmg protein respectively. The apparent K/sub m/ and V/sub max/ of E/sub 2/ glucuronidation were determined in control, pregnant (day 19 of gestation), phenobarbital treated (PB; 80 mgkgday ip for 5 days) and ethinylestradiol treated (EE/sub 2/; 5 mgkgday ip for 5 days) female rats. Two methods were chosen for data analysis and the validity of these methods was compared. The least squares estimates of K/sub m/ and V/sub max/ values as well as the confidence contours of the joint sums of squares for the parameter spaces were calculated

Research Organization:
Kentucky Univ., Lexington (USA)
OSTI ID:
5243896
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Thesis (Ph. D.)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English