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Comparison of protective effects of ethylestrenol, norbolethone, and spironolactone against lethality from acute doses of parathion and paraoxon in female rats.

Protection against the toxicity of parathion (increased LD50) was provided by preadministered ethylestrenol and, to a lesser extent, by norbolethone and spironlactone. Ethylestrenol and norbolethone also offered protection against paraoxon toxicity. With ethylestrenol and spironolactone, the protection against parathion lethality was greater than that against paraoxon lethality.

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Effects of tibolone, lynestrenol, ethylestrenol, and desogestrel on autoimmune disorders in NZB/W mice.

The effects of two progestagens--lynestrenol, desogestrel--an anabolic steroid--ethylestrenol--and a compound with weak progestational, anabolic, androgenic, and estrogenic activities--tibolone--on the development of systemic lupus erythematosus and Sjögren's syndrome-like disorders were studied in the NZB/W mouse. All four compounds inhibited the expression of autoimmune disease. Tibolone was 10-40 times more potent--depending on the parameter used--in preventing symptoms of autoimmunity than the second most effective compound lynestrenol. Ethylestrenol was the third effective compound and desogestrel the least effective compound in this series. Combined with literature data, these results show that steroids with different endocrine profiles can prevent the development of autoimmunity in the NZB/W mice. Since the NZB/W mouse is a good animal model for human systemic lupus erythematosus and Sjögren's syndrome and since tibolone, lynestrenol, and ethylestrenol have endocrinological profiles which are not prohibitive for treatment of male and female patients, investigation whether these compounds have a value in the treatment of human autoimmune diseases seems warranted.

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Anabolic steroids. Part 2: the disposition of ethylestrenol in the rat.

1. The absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion of [3H]ethylestrenol were studied in the rat. 2. Approximately one third of an intragastric dose was absorbed; 17% of the dose was excreted in urine and 83% in faeces within 10 days. 3. The dose is distributed throughout the rat, and kidney and liver were found to contain respectively 2.5-3 and 5-7 times the average specific activity of all other tissues. 4. Unchanged ethylestrenol was the only component detected in urine. Ethylestrenol was also found in faeces, along with two different dihydroxylated dihydro derivatives and one trihydroxylated dihydro derivative.

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The protective effects of ethylestrenol against acute poisoning by organophosphorus cholinesterase inhibitors in rats.

Pretreatment of rats with 10 mg of ethylestrenol (17alpha-ethylestr-4-en-17beta-ol) by force feeding twice daily for three days and once on the fourth day decreased the severity of parathion (0,0-diethyl 0-4-nitrophenyl phosphorothioate) toxicity and caused a 150% increase in the parathion LD50 in male animals. It decreased by 51% cholinesterase inhibition in the brain caused by i.p. injection of 2 mg of parathion/kg body weight but not that of an equitoxic dose (0.5 mg/kg) of its active metabolite, paraoxon (0,0-diethyl 0-4-nitrophenyl phosphate). It decreased by 29% cholinesterase inhibition in plasma following i.p. administration of parathion but caused only a 16% decrease in cholinesterase inhibition following administration of the equitoxic dose of paraoxon. It did not protect against brain cholinesterase inhibition by 4 mg/kg of parathion given i.v.; however, brain parathion levels were 16% lower in rats pretreated with ethylestrenol than in control rats. It increased the rate of inactivation of both parathion and paraoxon by liver microsomal enzyme preparations. Thus enzyme induction seems to account for the protection afforded by ethylestrenol to toxicity following poisoning by organophosphates.

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Cellular growth responses of rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) fed different levels of dietary protein, and an anabolic steroid ethylestrenol.

Cellular growth responses of rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) fed different levels of dietary protein (35, 45, and 55%), with and without the anabolic steroid ethylestrenol, have been studied over a 60-day period. With an increase in dietary protein, total liver proteins increased in fish fed the steroid-free (control) diets, whereas no change occurred in the other tissues. Muscle and spleen RNA was unchanged, but RNA increased in liver, kidney, and brain. The DNA content increased in muscle, decreased in brain, but remained constant in liver, kidney, and spleen. Feeding the ethylestrenol-supplemented (experimental) diets resulted in an increase in total proteins, RNA, and DNA of kidney over the respective control value at each level of dietary protein. In the other tissues, total proteins and DNA were essentially unchanged, but total RNA content decreased in liver and increased in muscle in the experimental groups. It is concluded that in trout, the dietary protein level exerts marked differential effects on cellular growth parameters (RNA/DNA, RNA/protein, protein/DNA), which are further modified by steroid treatment. Evidence that cellular growth responses in muscle keep pace with total body growth was also indicated.

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The effects of pregnenolone sulfate and ethylestrenol on retention of a passive avoidance task.

Two experiments using male rats evaluated the effects of a range of doses of the neurosteroid, pregnenolone sulfate (PS), or of the synthetic neurosteroid, ethylestrenol (E), on the retention of a passive avoidance task. The steroids either were given immediately after the training trial or 1 h before the first retention test. Retention tests were given both 24 h and 48 h after acquisition. In both experiments, separate groups of animals were trained under low or moderate footshock conditions. At all doses tested both PS and E improved retention under the low footshock conditions. In groups trained with the higher footshock, the steroid-treated groups performed no better than the vehicle controls. Indeed, there were suggestions that some doses impaired retention. These results seem best understood as an induction of bimodality or 'turbulence' in behavior as used in Chaos theory rather than a shift in an inverted U-shaped retention function. In the second experiment in which the steroids were given before retention testing, they were generally without effect.

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17alpha-ethyl-5beta-estrane-3alpha, 17beta-diol, a biological marker for the abuse of norethandrolone and ethylestrenol in slaughter cattle.

The metabolism of the illegal growth promoter ethylestrenol (EES) was evaluated in bovine liver cells and subcellular fractions of bovine liver preparations. Incubations with bovine microsomal preparations revealed that EES is extensively biotransformed into norethandrolone (NE), another illegal growth promoter. Furthermore, incubations of monolayer cultures of hepatocytes with NE indicated that NE itself is rapidly reduced to 17alpha-ethyl-5beta-estrane-3alpha, 17beta-diol (EED). In vivo tests confirmed that, after administration of either EES or NE, EED is excreted as a major metabolite. Therefore, it was concluded that, both in urine and faeces samples, EED can be used as a biological marker for the illegal use of EES and/or NE. Moreover, by monitoring EED in urine or faeces samples, the detection period after NE administration is significantly prolonged. These findings were further confirmed by three cases of norethandrolone abuse in a routine screening program for forbidden growth promoters.

Animal Husbandry↗

delta 4-ethylestrenol in recurrent deep venous thrombosis.

In a study of 21 patients with recurrent venous thrombosis and/or thrombophlebitis, fibrinolytic activity measured after venous occlusion was significantly improved after treatment with 6 mg delta 4-ethylestrenol (Orgabolin) daily. Seven of the 21 patients had abnormally low vessel wall plasminogen activator content, which normalised during treatment. No tendency to develop resistance to the drug was observed during treatment for periods up to 56 months. This improvement was shown to be combined with a significant lower (p less than 0.001) incidence of thrombosis.

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Therapeutic effects of nandrolone decanoate, tibolone, lynestrenol and ethylestrenol on Sjögren's syndrome-like disorder in NZB/W mice.

Growth of mononuclear cell infiltration in submandibular glands is significantly inhibited by Org OD14 (tibolone), lynestrenol and ethylestrenol given orally to New Zealand Black/White (NZB/W) mice from 26 weeks of age onwards. In addition, the extent of already established mononuclear cell infiltrations is significantly inhibited and reduced by nandrolone decanoate injected from 43 weeks of age onwards. Tibolone and nandrolone decanoate are the most potent of the four drugs. The therapeutic effect of these four steroids on the Sjögren's syndrome-like disorder in NZB/W mice is not related to their endocrine activities.

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Assignment by 13-C-NMR spectroscopy of configuration at C-5 in 17 alpha-ethylestran-17 beta-ol, an impurity in the anabolic steroid ethylestrenol.

The stereochemistry at C-5 in 17 alpha-ethylestran-17 beta-ol, found as an impurity in ethylesterenol, was assigned by 13C-NMR spectroscopy. The hydrogen atom attached to C-5 is in the alpha-configuration. Resonance assignments were confirmed by partial deuteration, off-resonance 13C-(1H)-decoupling, and comparison with model compounds.

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