Surface modifications evoked by estradiol and diethylstilbestrol in isolated endometrial cells: evidence from lectin probes and extracellular release of lysosomal protease

Endocrinology
R J Pietras, C M Szego

Abstract

Endometrial cells were isolated from the uteri of ovariectomized rats. The inhibitory effect of alpha-methyl-D-mannoside on fluorescein-labeled concanavalin A (Con A) binding to these cells indicates that they possess specific binding sites for Con A. The lectin also mediates adsorption of homologous erythrocytes to these cells. Both Con A binding and Con A-mediated hemadsorption to endometrial cells are depressed at 4 C compared with these functions in cells maintained at 22 C. Gross elevations in lectin-mediated hemadsorption to endometrial cells are evident following prior exposure to 1 X 10(-9)M concentrations of diethylstilbestrol (DES) or estradiol-17beta, but not to the physiologically inactive 17 alpha-epimer, at 22 C. The enhancement of hemagglutinability cannot be attributed to a corresponding increase in lectin binding at 22 C. Although estrogen treatment elicited significant increments in Con A binding as early as 5 min after addition of estrogen to cell suspensions, the increment in agglutination attributable to hormone treatment consistently ranged from 1.5-3 times greater than the increase in lectin binding. These estrogenic effects were reduced by incubation of the endometrial cells at 4 C or when cortisol, 3 X ...Continue Reading

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