Description | Estradiolisahumansexhormoneandsteroid,andtheprimaryfemalesexhormone. |
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InVitro | EstradiolinducesnewdendriticspinesandsynapsesonhippocampalCA1pyramidalcells.Estradioltreatmentresultedina46%increaseinNMDAreceptorbinding.EstradioltreatmentincreasesNMDAreceptorbindinginparallelwithdendriticspineandsynapsedensity.EstradioltreatmentresultsinincreasedsensitivityofCA1pyramidalcellstoNMDAreceptor-mediatedsynapticinputandthatthisincreaseiswellcorrelatedwiththeestradiol-inducedincreaseindendriticspinedensityintheapicaldendritictreeofthesecells[1].EstradiolisfoundtoreduceBa2+entryreversIBLyviaCa2+channelsinacutelydissociatedandculturedneostriatalneurons.EstradiolalsoreducesBa2+currentsbutissignificantlylesseffectivethanEstradiolinratneostriatalneurons[2]. Estradiolexertsadose-dependentinhibitionofIL-1-,TNF-,andIL-1andTNF-inducedproductionofbioassayableIL-6.EstradiolinhibitsbothTNF-inducedIL-6productionandosteoclastdevelopmentinprimarybonecellculturesderivedfromneonatalmurinecalvaria[3]. |
InVivo | Estradiolmediatesfluctuationinhippocampalsynapsedensityduringtheestrouscycleintheadultrat[4].Estradiolalonecanreversetheovariectomy-induceddecreaseinspinedensity.EstradiolcombinedwithProgesteroneinitiallyincreasesspinedensityforaperiodof2to6hoursbutthenresultsinamuchsharperdecreasethanisobservedfollowingestradiolalone[5]. |
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CellAssay [3] | Estradiolisdissolvedin0.01%ethanol. Briefly,B9cells(5×103/wellofa96-wellplate)areculturedwithaseriesofdilutionsofthesupernatantsinafinalvolumeof100mLofRPMI1640,supplementedwith5×10-5mol/Lof2-mercaptoethanol,10%FBS,100U/mLpenicillin,and100μg/mLstreptomycininflat-bottommicrotiterplates.After42h,0.5μCiof[3H]thymidineisadded.6hlater,thecellsareharvestedandtheradioactivityincorporatedisdetermined.IL-6isquantitatedfromastandardcurvesetupwithknownamountsofrecombinanthumanormouseIL-6.Theanti-IL-6monoclonalantibodycompletelyinhibitedtheABIlityoftheB9cellstoproliferateinresponsetorecombinantmouseIL-6.Inaddition,wedeterminedthatB9cellsdonotproliferateinresponsetoIL-IorTNF,andthatantibodiestothesetwocytokinesdidnotaffectthecellproliferationinresponsetoIL-6.Further,itisestablishedthatneitherEstradiol(17β-estradiol),northe0.01%ethanolusedasvehicleintheseexperiments,hasanyeffectonthebioassay.MCEhasnotindependentlyconfirmedtheaccuracyofthesemethods.Theyareforreferenceonly. | ||||||||||||||||
AnimalAdmiNISTration [1] | Estradiolisformulatedinsesameoil. AdultfemaleSpragueDawleyratsarehousedona12hrlight/darkcyclewithunlimitedaccesstofoodandwater.Theseanimalsareleftgonadallyintact(intact),ovariectomizedandtreatedwithestradiolbenzoate(OVX+E),orovariectomizedandtreatedwithsesameoilvehicle(OVX+O).ThehormonetreatmentregimenthatisusedintheseexperimentshasbeenshownpreviouslytoresultindifferencesinCA1pyramidalcelldendriticspineandsynapsedensity.Sixdaysbeforeelectrophysiologicalanalysis,animalsareovariectomizedunderMetofaneanesthesiausingasepticsurgicalprocedure.Aftersurgery,animalsarehousedindividually.Ondays3and4aftersurgery,OVX+Eanimalsareinjected(s.c.)with10μgof17β-estradiolbenzoatein100μLofsesameoilvehicle;OVX+Oanimalsreceiveoilvehicleateachinjectiontime.Forty-eighthoursafterthesecondestradiolorvehicleinjection,animalsarekilledbydecapitationandhippocampalslicesarepreparedfromtheirbrains.Gonadallyintactanimalsarekilledatrandomstagesoftheestrouscycle.MCEhasnotindependentlyconfirmedtheaccuracyofthesemethods.Theyareforreferenceonly. | ||||||||||||||||
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MolecularWeight | 272.38 | ||||||||||||
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Formula | C₁₈H₂₄O₂ | ||||||||||||
CASNo. | 50-28-2 | ||||||||||||
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Solvent&Solubility | DMSO:≥150mg/mL *"<1 mg/ml"="" means="" slightly="" soluble="" or="" insoluble.="" "≥"="" means="" soluble,="" but="" saturation="">1> Purity:98.45%
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