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Effects of 17 alpha-dihydroequilenin sulfate on atherosclerotic male and female rhesus monkeys. 1996

S A Washburn, and E K Honoré, and J M Cline, and M Helman, and J D Wagner, and S J Adelman, and T B Clarkson
Comparative Medicine Clinical Research Center, Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, USA.

OBJECTIVE Our purpose was to determine the effects of 17 alpha-dihydroequilenin on plasma lipid and lipoprotein, glucose, and insulin concentrations; coronary artery vasomotor function; and reproductive organ and mammary gland proliferation in atherosclerotic male and female rhesus macaques. METHODS Fifty adult female and 33 adult male rhesus macaques were randomized to treatment by lifetime dietary cholesterol exposure and ratio of total plasma cholesterol to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. The female treatment groups were intact female controls (n = 9), ovariectomized controls (n = 16), ovariectomized plus 0.3 mg/kg/day 17 alpha-dihydroequilenin (n = 17) and ovariectomized plus subcutaneous estradiol (n = 7). The male treatment groups were control (n = 16) and 1.25 mg/kg/day 17 alpha-dihydroequilenin (n = 17). Treatment lasted 5 weeks. Longitudinal assessments of plasma lipid and lipoprotein and glucose and insulin concentrations were performed. Coronary artery vasomotor function was assessed by quantitative coronary angiography 1 week after initiation of treatment. Morphologic and immunohistochemical assessments of proliferation index values of reproductive organs and mammary glands were done at necropsy. RESULTS 17 alpha-Dihydroequilenin prevented endothelium-dependent vasoconstriction in males (p < 0.05) and ovariectomized females (p < 0.08). 17 alpha-Dihydroequilenin treatment increased plasma apolipoprotein A-1 concentrations (p < 0.05) and lowered fasting insulin concentrations (p < 0.05) without changing fasting plasma glucose concentrations in males. 17 alpha-Dihydroequilenin had no other effects on plasma lipid and lipoprotein concentrations in either males or females. It had no trophic effects on uterus, endometrium, or breast. There was no effect on either prostatic or testicular weight. CONCLUSIONS 17 alpha-Dihydroequilenin may represent a single-agent hormone therapy for reduction of ischemic hear disease risk for both menopausal women and men. It has no apparent trophic effects on reproductive organs or mammary glands of female and male rhesus macaques.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007150 Immunohistochemistry Histochemical localization of immunoreactive substances using labeled antibodies as reagents. Immunocytochemistry,Immunogold Techniques,Immunogold-Silver Techniques,Immunohistocytochemistry,Immunolabeling Techniques,Immunogold Technics,Immunogold-Silver Technics,Immunolabeling Technics,Immunogold Silver Technics,Immunogold Silver Techniques,Immunogold Technic,Immunogold Technique,Immunogold-Silver Technic,Immunogold-Silver Technique,Immunolabeling Technic,Immunolabeling Technique,Technic, Immunogold,Technic, Immunogold-Silver,Technic, Immunolabeling,Technics, Immunogold,Technics, Immunogold-Silver,Technics, Immunolabeling,Technique, Immunogold,Technique, Immunogold-Silver,Technique, Immunolabeling,Techniques, Immunogold,Techniques, Immunogold-Silver,Techniques, Immunolabeling
D007328 Insulin A 51-amino acid pancreatic hormone that plays a major role in the regulation of glucose metabolism, directly by suppressing endogenous glucose production (GLYCOGENOLYSIS; GLUCONEOGENESIS) and indirectly by suppressing GLUCAGON secretion and LIPOLYSIS. Native insulin is a globular protein comprised of a zinc-coordinated hexamer. Each insulin monomer containing two chains, A (21 residues) and B (30 residues), linked by two disulfide bonds. Insulin is used as a drug to control insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1). Iletin,Insulin A Chain,Insulin B Chain,Insulin, Regular,Novolin,Sodium Insulin,Soluble Insulin,Chain, Insulin B,Insulin, Sodium,Insulin, Soluble,Regular Insulin
D008055 Lipids A generic term for fats and lipoids, the alcohol-ether-soluble constituents of protoplasm, which are insoluble in water. They comprise the fats, fatty oils, essential oils, waxes, phospholipids, glycolipids, sulfolipids, aminolipids, chromolipids (lipochromes), and fatty acids. (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed) Lipid
D008253 Macaca mulatta A species of the genus MACACA inhabiting India, China, and other parts of Asia. The species is used extensively in biomedical research and adapts very well to living with humans. Chinese Rhesus Macaques,Macaca mulatta lasiota,Monkey, Rhesus,Rhesus Monkey,Rhesus Macaque,Chinese Rhesus Macaque,Macaca mulatta lasiotas,Macaque, Rhesus,Rhesus Macaque, Chinese,Rhesus Macaques,Rhesus Macaques, Chinese,Rhesus Monkeys
D008297 Male Males
D009929 Organ Size The measurement of an organ in volume, mass, or heaviness. Organ Volume,Organ Weight,Size, Organ,Weight, Organ
D001786 Blood Glucose Glucose in blood. Blood Sugar,Glucose, Blood,Sugar, Blood
D003331 Coronary Vessels The veins and arteries of the HEART. Coronary Arteries,Sinus Node Artery,Coronary Veins,Arteries, Coronary,Arteries, Sinus Node,Artery, Coronary,Artery, Sinus Node,Coronary Artery,Coronary Vein,Coronary Vessel,Sinus Node Arteries,Vein, Coronary,Veins, Coronary,Vessel, Coronary,Vessels, Coronary
D004857 Equilin An estrogenic steroid produced by HORSES. It has a total of four double bonds in the A- and B-ring. High concentration of euilin is found in the URINE of pregnant mares.
D005260 Female Females

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