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. 1975 May;55(5):1132–1135. doi: 10.1172/JCI108015

The effect of estrogen on the lipoprotein lipase activity of rat adipose tissue.

M Hamosh, P Hamosh
PMCID: PMC301861  PMID: 1123425

Abstract

The effect of 17beta-estradiol or progesterone administration on adipose tissue lipoprotein lipase activity was studied in male and ovariectomized female rats. Lipoprotein lipase activity was measured in acetone-ether-extracted preparations of adipose tissue with doubly labeled (14C-fatty acid, 3H-glyceryl) chylomicron triglyceride as substrate. Administration of 17beta-estradiol to male rats lowered adipose tissue lipoprotein lipase activity from 8.22 plus or minus 1.8 U/g (1 U = 1 mumol triglyceride hydrolyzed per h) to 4.96 plus or minus 0.5 U/g in the treated group. Ovariectomy increased adipose tissue lipoprotein lipase activity from 10.4 plus or minus 1.8 U/g in controls to 22.7 plus or minus 4.3 U/g. 17beta-Estradiol administration to ovariectomized rats cuased a marked fall in adipose tissue lipoprotein lipase activity: 17beta-estradiol (2.5 mug/day) lowered the enzyme activity to 9.00 plus or minus 1.2 U/g, whereas 25 mug/day further decreased lipoprotein lipase activity to 3.2 plus or minus 0.6 U/g. Blood triglyceride levels increased from 0.8 plus or minus 0.05 mumol/ml in ovariectomized rats to 1.4 plus or minus 0.09 mumol/ml in 25 mug/day 17beta-estradiol-treated rats. Progesterone administration did not affect adipose tissue lipoprotein lipase activity in either male or ovariectomized rats. Heart and lung lipoprotein lipase activity was unaffected by hormone treatment. We suggest that the rise in blood triglyceride concentrations, which accompanies high palsma estrogen levels, could be due to the marked inhibition of adipose tissue lipoprotein lipase activity.

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