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Kerschbaum HH, Hofbauer I, Gföllner A, Ebner B, Bresgen N, Bäuml KHT. Sex, age, and sex hormones affect recall of words in a directed forgetting paradigm. J Neurosci Res 2017; 95:251-259. [PMID: 27870411 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.23973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2016] [Revised: 09/19/2016] [Accepted: 09/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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During the course of serious discussion, an unexpected interruption may induce forgetting of the original topic of a conversation. Sex, age, and sex hormone levels may affect frequency and extension of forgetting. In a list-method directed forgetting paradigm, subjects have to learn two word lists. After learning list 1, subjects receive either a forget or a remember list 1 cue. When the participants had learned list 2 and completed a distraction task, they were asked to write down as many recalled items as possible, starting either with list 1 or list 2 items. In the present study, 96 naturally cycling women, 60 oral contraceptive users, 56 postmenopausal women, and 41 young men were assigned to one of these different experimental conditions. Forget-cued young subjects recall fewer list 1 items (list 1 forgetting) but more list 2 items (list 2 enhancement) compared with remember-cued subjects. However, forget-cued postmenopausal women showed reduced list 1 forgetting but enhanced list 2 retention. Remember-cued naturally cycling women recalled more list 1 items than oral contraceptive users, young men, and postmenopausal women. In forget-cued follicular women, salivary progesterone correlated positively with recalled list 2 items. Salivary 17β-estradiol did not correlate with recalled list 1 or list 2 items in either remember- or forget-cued young women. However, salivary 17β-estradiol correlated with item recall in remember-cued postmenopausal women. Our findings suggest that sex hormones do not globally modulate verbal memory or forgetting, but selectively affect cue-specific processing. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Hubert H Kerschbaum
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.,Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience Salzburg (CCNS), University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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Su QQ, Chen Y, Qin J, Wang TL, Wang DH, Liu QS. Responses in reproductive organs, steroid hormones and CYP450 enzymes in female Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus) over time after quinestrol treatment. PESTICIDE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2017; 143:122-126. [PMID: 29183580 DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2017.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2016] [Revised: 06/05/2017] [Accepted: 08/04/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The aim of this study was to assess the effects and reversibility of the synthetic estrogen compound, quinestrol, on the reproductive organs, steroid hormones, and drug-metabolizing enzymes CYP3A4 and CYP1A2 in liver and kidney over time after two quinestrol treatments in female Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus). Female gerbils were treated with 4mg/kg quinestrol (9 gerbils/group, 3 treated group) (1 control group, 0mg/kg) for 3days and treated again after 25days. Animals were killed for collection of samples at 5, 10 and 15days after the second treatment ending. Two interval quinestrol treatments significantly increased uterine weight, with trend of increase over time, but no change could be detected in ovarian weights. Quinestrol treatment increased progesterone and estradiol levels, both with trend of decline over time. Quinestrol increased liver and kidney weights and total enzyme content of CYP3A4 and CYP1A2, with trend of decline over time. On the basis of reversible changes of detoxification enzymes or organs, interval quinestrol treatment effectively and reversibly influenced the reproductive hormone and organ to some extent.
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- Qian-Qian Su
- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Guangdong Institute of Applied Biological Resources, 510260 Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Guangdong Institute of Applied Biological Resources, 510260 Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Guangdong Institute of Applied Biological Resources, 510260 Guangzhou, China
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- College of Life Science, Hainan Normal University, 571158 Haikou, China; State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insect and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101 Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insect and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101 Beijing, China
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- Guangdong Key Laboratory of Animal Conservation and Resource Utilization, Guangdong Public Laboratory of Wild Animal Conservation and Utilization, Guangdong Institute of Applied Biological Resources, 510260 Guangzhou, China.
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Ahmed G, Elger W, Meece F, Nair HB, Schneider B, Wyrwa R, Nickisch K. A prodrug design for improved oral absorption and reduced hepatic interaction. Bioorg Med Chem 2017; 25:5569-5575. [PMID: 28886996 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2017.08.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2017] [Revised: 08/09/2017] [Accepted: 08/15/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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A series of estradiol-17-β esters of N-(p-sulfomylbenzamide)-amino acids were prepared and evaluated for systemic and hepatic estrogenic activity after oral administration in ovariectomized rats. The alkyl substitution at nitrogen of amino acids such as proline or N-methyl-alanine produced compounds that exhibit potent oral activity. The proline analog (EC508) was further evaluated along with 17β-estradiol (E2) and ethinyl-estradiol (EE) and compared their effects on the uterus, angiotensin and HDL-cholesterol after oral administration to ovariectomized female rats. Orally administered EC508 produced systemic estrogenic activity 10 times greater than EE and a 100 times higher activity than E2 with no influence on levels of angiotensin and HDL-cholesterol, whereas EE and E2 reduced the HDL-cholesterol and increased the angiotensine plasma levels. EC508 might offer significant advantages in indications like fertility control and HRT based on its high oral bioavailability and lack of hepatic estrogenicity.
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- Gulzar Ahmed
- Evestra, Inc., 6410 Tri County Parkway, San Antonio, TX 78154, USA.
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- Evestra, Inc., 6410 Tri County Parkway, San Antonio, TX 78154, USA
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- Evestra, Inc., 6410 Tri County Parkway, San Antonio, TX 78154, USA
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- Evestra, Inc., 6410 Tri County Parkway, San Antonio, TX 78154, USA
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- Evestra, Inc., 6410 Tri County Parkway, San Antonio, TX 78154, USA
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- Evestra, Inc., 6410 Tri County Parkway, San Antonio, TX 78154, USA.
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Studies of tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF)-emtricitabine (FTC)-based preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) have not focused on transgendered women who are at disproportionate risk of HIV acquisition. Concerns exist for drug interactions between cross-sex therapy (estradiol, progestins, and spironolactone) with tenofovir disoproxil fumarate-emtricitabine. This review assessed the experimental and theoretical risk for such drug interactions. It was found that none of these medications are implicated as major perpetrators of drug interactions, and the classes use different metabolic pathways for clearance, suggesting a low likelihood for interactions in either direction. Subanalyses of transgender women in Preexposure Prophylaxis Initiative suggested PrEP efficacy if adherence was high. Nevertheless, several research gaps were identified, particularly the need for controlled interaction studies in transgendered women, including effects on renal clearance, intracellular tenofovir diphosphate and emtricitabine triphosphate in target cells, as well as hormone effects on HIV susceptibility and immunity. PrEP should continue to be offered to transgender women while additional research is planned or pending.
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Armbruster D, Kirschbaum C, Strobel A. The not-so-bitter pill: Effects of combined oral contraceptives on peripheral physiological indicators of emotional reactivity. Horm Behav 2017; 94:97-105. [PMID: 28676251 DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2017.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2016] [Revised: 06/28/2017] [Accepted: 06/29/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Combined oral contraceptives (COC) are used by millions of women worldwide. Although findings are not entirely consistent, COC have been found to impact on brain function and, thus, to modulate affective processes. Here, we investigated electro-physiological responses to emotional stimuli in free cycling women in both the early follicular and late luteal phase as well as in COC users. Skin conductance response (SCR), startle reflex, corrugator and zygomaticus activity were assessed. COC users showed reduced overall startle magnitude and SCR amplitude, but heightened overall zygomaticus activity, although effect sizes were small. Thus, COC users displayed reduced physiological reactions indicating negative affect and enhanced physiological responses signifying positive affect. In free cycling women, endogenous 17β-estradiol levels were associated with fear potentiated startle in both cycle phases as well as with SCR and zygomaticus activity during the follicular phase. Testosterone was associated with corrugator and zygomaticus activity during the luteal phase, while progesterone levels correlated with corrugator activity in the follicular phase. To the contrary, in COC users, endogenous hormones were not associated with electro-physiological measures. The results further underscore the importance of considering COC use in psychophysiological studies on emotional processing.
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- Diana Armbruster
- Personality and Individual Differences, Institute of Psychology I, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
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- Biological Psychology, Institute of Psychology I, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Personality and Individual Differences, Institute of Psychology I, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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Zhang H, Taya K, Nagaoka K, Yoshida M, Watanabe G. Neonatal exposure to 17α-ethynyl estradiol (EE) disrupts follicle development and reproductive hormone profiles in female rats. Toxicol Lett 2017; 276:92-99. [DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2017.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2016] [Revised: 04/14/2017] [Accepted: 05/12/2017] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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de Andrade ALC, Soares PRL, da Silva SCBL, da Silva MCG, Santos TP, Cadena MRS, Soares PC, Cadena PG. Evaluation of the toxic effect of endocrine disruptor Bisphenol A (BPA) in the acute and chronic toxicity tests with Pomacea lineata gastropod. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2017; 197:1-7. [PMID: 28392374 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2017.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2016] [Revised: 03/29/2017] [Accepted: 04/04/2017] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Bisphenol A (BPA) is a plasticizer and a risk when it interacts with organisms, and can cause changes in the development and reproduction of them. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of BPA, by acute and chronic toxicity tests with neonates and adults of Pomacea lineata. Adults and neonates were divided into groups exposed to BPA (1-20mg/L), or 17β-estradiol (1mg/L) and control in the acute and chronic toxicity tests. Behavior, heart rate, reproduction and hemolymph biochemical analysis were measured. In the acute toxicity test, the 96-h LC50 with adults was 11.09 and with neonates was 3.14mg/L. In this test, it was observed lethargic behavior and an increase of 77.6% of aspartate aminotransferase in the adults' hemolymph (p<0.05); and neonates' heart rate decreased 72.7% (p<0.05). In the chronic toxicity test, it was observed behaviors associated with reproduction, as Copulate, in the groups exposed to BPA. The results that were found in this study proved that BPA is a potentially toxic agent to Pomacea lineata according to biological parameters evaluated. These data contribute to the understanding of BPA toxic effects' in the aquatic invertebrates.
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- André Lucas Correa de Andrade
- Departamento de Morfologia e Fisiologia Animal (DMFA), Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Av. Dom Manoel de Medeiros s/n, 52171-900, Dois Irmãos, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Departamento de Morfologia e Fisiologia Animal (DMFA), Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Av. Dom Manoel de Medeiros s/n, 52171-900, Dois Irmãos, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Departamento de Morfologia e Fisiologia Animal (DMFA), Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Av. Dom Manoel de Medeiros s/n, 52171-900, Dois Irmãos, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Departamento de Morfologia e Fisiologia Animal (DMFA), Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Av. Dom Manoel de Medeiros s/n, 52171-900, Dois Irmãos, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Departamento de Morfologia e Fisiologia Animal (DMFA), Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Av. Dom Manoel de Medeiros s/n, 52171-900, Dois Irmãos, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Unidade Acadêmica de Serra Talhada (UAST), Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Avenida Gregório Ferraz Nogueira s/n, 56909-535, José Ramos, Serra Talhada, PE, Brazil
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- Departamento de Medicina Veterinária (DMV), Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Av. Dom Manoel de Medeiros s/n, 52171-900, Dois Irmãos, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Departamento de Morfologia e Fisiologia Animal (DMFA), Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Av. Dom Manoel de Medeiros s/n, 52171-900, Dois Irmãos, Recife, PE, Brazil.
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Aitken S. The primary health care of transgender adults. Sex Health 2017; 14:477-483. [DOI: 10.1071/sh17048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2017] [Accepted: 04/11/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Gender dysphoria is associated with significant health disparity. Gender services perform specialised activities such as diagnosis, endocrine management and liaison with surgical services. Although providing these specialised transition services appears to be safe and improves well-being, significant health disparity remains. Engaging primary care providers is an important part of any strategy to improve the health care of transgender people. The relationships between gender dysphoria and a range of primary care issues such as mental health, cardiovascular disease and cancer are explored.
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Pharmacokinetics of the first combination 17β-estradiol/progesterone capsule in clinical development for menopausal hormone therapy. Menopause 2016; 22:1308-16. [PMID: 25944519 PMCID: PMC4666011 DOI: 10.1097/gme.0000000000000467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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Objective: This study aims to compare the pharmacokinetics and oral bioavailability of a capsule combining 17β-estradiol and progesterone in a non–peanut oil–containing formulation with those of widely used and approved separate formulations of estradiol and progesterone coadministered to healthy postmenopausal women. Methods: This was an open-label, balanced, randomized, single-dose, two-treatment, three-period, three-sequence, cross-over, partial-replicate, reference-scaled study. Postmenopausal women (aged 40-65 y) were randomly assigned to one of three dosing sequences of test and reference products (TRR, RTR, or RRT, where T is the test drug and R is the coadministered reference product), with each of the three periods separated by a 14-day washout. The primary pharmacokinetic endpoints were Cmax, AUC(0-t), and AUC(0-inf) for the test and reference products, assessed for bioequivalence using the scaled average bioequivalence or unscaled average bioequivalence method. Safety was assessed by clinical observation, participant-reported adverse events, and laboratory data, including blood levels of hormones. Results: Sixty-six women were randomly assigned, and 62 women (94.0%) completed all three study periods. All AUC and Cmax parameters met bioequivalence criteria for all analytes (estradiol, progesterone, and estrone), except Cmax for total estrone. The extent of estradiol and progesterone absorption was similar between the test product and the reference products. Four adverse events—all considered mild and unrelated to the study drugs—were reported. Conclusions: The combination 17β-estradiol/progesterone product demonstrates bioavailability similar to those of the respective reference products of estradiol and progesterone. If regulatory approval is obtained, this new hormone therapy would be the first treatment of menopause symptoms to combine progesterone with 17β-estradiol in an oral formulation.
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Agnew MK, Asa CS, Clyde VL, Keller DL, Meinelt A. A survey of bonobo (Pan paniscus) oral contraceptive pill use in North American zoos. Zoo Biol 2016; 35:444-453. [DOI: 10.1002/zoo.21310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2016] [Revised: 06/29/2016] [Accepted: 07/13/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Mary K. Agnew
- AZA Reproductive Management Center; Saint Louis Zoo; St. Louis Missouri
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- AZA Reproductive Management Center; Saint Louis Zoo; St. Louis Missouri
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No interacting influence of lavender oil preparation silexan on oral contraception using an ethinyl estradiol/levonorgestrel combination. Drugs R D 2016; 14:265-72. [PMID: 25319228 PMCID: PMC4269819 DOI: 10.1007/s40268-014-0065-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Purpose Silexan is an oral Lavender oil preparation with proven anxiolytic efficacy. Given the high prevalence of anxiety and restlessness in younger women, oral contraceptives and Silexan will likely be co-administered. Methods A double-blind, randomised, 2-period crossover study was performed to investigate the effects of Silexan on the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of Microgynon®, a combination oral contraceptive containing ethinyl estradiol 0.03 mg (EE) and levonorgestrel 0.15 mg (LNG) in healthy, fertile, adult females. During 2 consecutive cycles of 28 days, oral contraception was given for 21 days combined with 1 × 160 mg/day Silexan or placebo. Plasma concentration–time profiles of EE and LNG were obtained on day 18 ± 1 up to 24 h after dosing. The primary outcome measure was the area under the concentration–time curve over a dosing interval of τ = 24 h (AUCτ) for EE and LNG plasma levels. An interaction with Silexan was formally excluded if the 90 % confidence interval for the AUCτ ratio during co-administration with Silexan or placebo was included within the range of 0.80–1.25. Secondary outcomes included EE and LNG peak concentration (Cmax) and time to Cmax (tmax), follicle size, endometrial thickness, the Hoogland score, and serum levels of estradiol, progesterone, and sex hormone-binding globulin. Results A total of 24 women (mean age 27.3 years; mean body mass index 22.2 kg/m2) participated. The confidence intervals for the EE and LNG AUCτ and Cmax ratios fell within the pre-specified limits, indicating no interaction (point estimates [Silexan/placebo] AUCτ EE 0.97, LNG 0.94; Cmax EE 0.99, LNG 0.96). For LNG, tmax was slightly delayed. No secondary outcome indicated any impairment of contraceptive efficacy. Conclusions Co-administration of Silexan did not affect the efficacy of a combination oral contraceptive containing EE and LNG and was well tolerated.
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Catenaccio E, Mu W, Lipton ML. Estrogen- and progesterone-mediated structural neuroplasticity in women: evidence from neuroimaging. Brain Struct Funct 2016; 221:3845-3867. [PMID: 26897178 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-016-1197-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2015] [Accepted: 01/30/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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There is substantial evidence that the ovarian sex hormones, estrogen and progesterone, which vary considerably over the course of the human female lifetime, contribute to changes in brain structure and function. This structured, quantitative literature reviews aims to summarize neuroimaging literature addressing physiological variation in brain macro- and microstructure across an array of hormonal transitions including the menstrual cycle, use of hormonal contraceptives, pregnancy, and menopause. Twenty-five studies reporting structural neuroimaging of women, addressing variation across hormonal states, were identified from a structured search of PUBMED and were systematically reviewed. Although the studies are heterogenous with regard to methodology, overall the results point to overlapping areas of hormone related effects on brain structure particularly affecting the structures of the limbic system. These findings are in keeping with functional data that point to a role for estrogen and progesterone in mediating emotional processing.
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- Eva Catenaccio
- The Gruss Magnetic Resonance Research Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY, 10461, USA
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- The Gruss Magnetic Resonance Research Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY, 10461, USA
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- The Gruss Magnetic Resonance Research Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY, 10461, USA. .,Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA. .,Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA. .,Department of Radiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA. .,Department of Radiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA.
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Derouiche L, Keller M, Martini M, Duittoz AH, Pillon D. Developmental Exposure to Ethinylestradiol Affects Reproductive Physiology, the GnRH Neuroendocrine Network and Behaviors in Female Mouse. Front Neurosci 2015; 9:463. [PMID: 26696819 PMCID: PMC4673314 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2015.00463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2015] [Accepted: 11/23/2015] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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During development, environmental estrogens are able to induce an estrogen mimetic action that may interfere with endocrine and neuroendocrine systems. The present study investigated the effects on the reproductive function in female mice following developmental exposure to pharmaceutical ethinylestradiol (EE2), the most widespread and potent synthetic steroid present in aquatic environments. EE2 was administrated in drinking water at environmentally relevant (ENVIR) or pharmacological (PHARMACO) doses [0.1 and 1 μg/kg (body weight)/day respectively], from embryonic day 10 until postnatal day 40. Our results show that both groups of EE2-exposed females had advanced vaginal opening and shorter estrus cycles, but a normal fertility rate compared to CONTROL females. The hypothalamic population of GnRH neurons was affected by EE2 exposure with a significant increase in the number of perikarya in the preoptic area of the PHARMACO group and a modification in their distribution in the ENVIR group, both associated with a marked decrease in GnRH fibers immunoreactivity in the median eminence. In EE2-exposed females, behavioral tests highlighted a disturbed maternal behavior, a higher lordosis response, a lack of discrimination between gonad-intact and castrated males in sexually experienced females, and an increased anxiety-related behavior. Altogether, these results put emphasis on the high sensitivity of sexually dimorphic behaviors and neuroendocrine circuits to disruptive effects of EDCs.
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- Lyes Derouiche
- PRC, UMR 7247 INRA/CNRS/Université François-Rabelais de Tours/IFCE Nouzilly, France
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- PRC, UMR 7247 INRA/CNRS/Université François-Rabelais de Tours/IFCE Nouzilly, France
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- PRC, UMR 7247 INRA/CNRS/Université François-Rabelais de Tours/IFCE Nouzilly, France
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- PRC, UMR 7247 INRA/CNRS/Université François-Rabelais de Tours/IFCE Nouzilly, France
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- PRC, UMR 7247 INRA/CNRS/Université François-Rabelais de Tours/IFCE Nouzilly, France
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Derouiche L, Keller M, Duittoz AH, Pillon D. Developmental exposure to Ethinylestradiol affects transgenerationally sexual behavior and neuroendocrine networks in male mice. Sci Rep 2015; 5:17457. [PMID: 26640081 PMCID: PMC4671018 DOI: 10.1038/srep17457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2015] [Accepted: 10/29/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Reproductive behavior and physiology in adulthood are controlled by hypothalamic sexually dimorphic neuronal networks which are organized under hormonal control during development. These organizing effects may be disturbed by endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). To determine whether developmental exposure to Ethinylestradiol (EE2) may alter reproductive parameters in adult male mice and their progeny, Swiss mice (F1 generation) were exposed from prenatal to peripubertal periods to EE2 (0.1–1 μg/kg/d). Sexual behavior and reproductive physiology were evaluated on F1 males and their F2, F3 and F4 progeny. EE2-exposed F1 males and their F2 to F4 progeny exhibited EE2 dose-dependent increased sexual behavior, with reduced latencies of first mount and intromission, and higher frequencies of intromissions with a receptive female. The EE2 1 μg/kg/d exposed animals and their progeny had more calbindin immunoreactive cells in the medial preoptic area, known to be involved in the control of male sexual behavior in rodents. Despite neuroanatomical modifications in the Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone neuron population of F1 males exposed to both doses of EE2, no major deleterious effects on reproductive physiology were detected. Therefore EE2 exposure during development may induce a hypermasculinization of the brain, illustrating how widespread exposure of animals and humans to EDCs can impact health and behaviors.
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- Lyes Derouiche
- PRC, UMR 7247 INRA/CNRS/Université François-Rabelais de Tours/IFCE, Nouzilly, France
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- PRC, UMR 7247 INRA/CNRS/Université François-Rabelais de Tours/IFCE, Nouzilly, France
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- PRC, UMR 7247 INRA/CNRS/Université François-Rabelais de Tours/IFCE, Nouzilly, France
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- PRC, UMR 7247 INRA/CNRS/Université François-Rabelais de Tours/IFCE, Nouzilly, France
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Deutsch MB, Glidden DV, Sevelius J, Keatley J, McMahan V, Guanira J, Kallas EG, Chariyalertsak S, Grant RM. HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in transgender women: a subgroup analysis of the iPrEx trial. Lancet HIV 2015; 2:e512-9. [PMID: 26614965 PMCID: PMC5111857 DOI: 10.1016/s2352-3018(15)00206-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 208] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2015] [Revised: 10/06/2015] [Accepted: 10/06/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Background Oral emtricitabine-tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (FTC/TDF) pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is used to prevent the sexual acquisition of HIV. Transgender women (TGW) have unique characteristics that may relate to PrEP use, effectiveness, and safety. Methods The iPrEx trial was a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of oral FTC/TDF PrEP versus placebo among men who have sex with men (MSM) and TGW, followed by an open label extension (OLE). Drug concentrations were measured in blood by liquid chromatography and tandem mass spectroscopy. Findings Of the 2499 participants enrolled in the RCT, 29 (1%) identified as women, 296 (12%) identified as “trans”, 14 (1%) identified as men but reported use of feminizing hormones, such that 339 (14%) reported one or more of these characteristics (TGW). Compared with MSM, TGW more frequently reported transactional sex, receptive anal intercourse without a condom, or more than 5 partners in the past 3 months. Among TGW, there were 11 HIV infections in the active arm and 10 in the placebo arm, representing a hazard ratio of 1.1 (95% CI: 0.5 to 2.7). Among active arm participants, drug was detected in none of the TGW at the seroconversion visit, 18% (6/37) of seronegative TGW (P=0.31), and 52% (58/111) of seronegative MSM (P < 0.0001). PrEP use was not linked to behavioral indicators of HIV risk among TGW, while MSM at highest risk were more adherent. Interpretation There were no HIV infections among TGW having drug concentrations commensurate with use of 4 or more FTC/TDF tablets per week. TGW receiving PrEP had low drug concentrations, especially at times of potential HIV exposure, leading to no PrEP effectiveness among this subgroup. Funding U.S. National Institutes of Health and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; study medication was donated by Gilead Sciences.
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- University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA; Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, CA, USA; San Francisco AIDS Foundation, San Francisco, CA, USA.
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Brache V, Cochon L, Duijkers IJM, Levy DP, Kapp N, Monteil C, Abitbol JL, Klipping C. A prospective, randomized, pharmacodynamic study of quick-starting a desogestrel progestin-only pill following ulipristal acetate for emergency contraception. Hum Reprod 2015; 30:2785-93. [PMID: 26405263 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dev241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2015] [Accepted: 08/27/2015] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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STUDY QUESTION Is there a pharmacodynamic interaction between ulipristal acetate (UPA) 30 mg for emergency contraception and a daily progestin-only contraceptive pill, desogestrel (DSG) 0.75 mg, when initiated the next day? SUMMARY ANSWER In this study, DSG impaired the ability of UPA to delay ovulation, but UPA had little impact on the onset of contraceptive effects due to DSG. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY UPA is a progesterone receptor modulator used for emergency contraceptive (EC) at the dose of 30 mg. UPA delays ovulation by at least 5 days when administered in the mid to late follicular phase. In theory, potent progestins could reactivate progesterone signaling that leads to follicle rupture, thereby impacting the effectiveness of UPA as EC. In addition, UPA could alter the onset of the contraceptive effect of progestin-containing contraceptives started immediately after UPA. STUDY DESIGN, SIZE, DURATION A single-blind (for observer), placebo-controlled, partial crossover study was conducted in two sites [Dominican Republic (DR) and the Netherlands (NDL)] over 11 months from October 2012 to September 2013. Healthy female volunteers participated in two of the three treatment cycles separated by a washout cycle. Treatment combinations studied were as follows: (i) a single 30 mg dose of UPA followed by 75 µg per day DSG for 20 days, (ii) a single 30 mg dose of UPA followed by 20 days of placebo matching that of DSG (PLB2) or (iii) one tablet of placebo-matching UPA (PLB1) followed by 75 µg per day DSG for 20 days. Participants were randomized to one of the three treatment sequences (UPA + DSG/UPA + PLB2, PLB1 + DSG/UPA + DSG and UPA + PLB2/PLB1 + DSG) when a lead follicle was ≥ 14 to <16 mm diameter on transvaginal ultrasound imaging (TVU). PARTICIPANTS/MATERIAL, SETTING, METHODS A total of 71 women were included, and 49 were randomized to a first treatment combination of the three period sequences (20 in the DR and 29 in the NDL); 41 of the 49 continued and completed two treatment combinations (20 in the DR and 21 in the NDL). MAIN RESULTS AND THE ROLE OF CHANCE Initiating DSG treatment the day after UPA significantly reduced the ovulation delaying effect of UPA (P = 0.0054). While ovulation occurred in only one of the 29 UPA-only cycles (3%) in the first 5 days, it occurred in 13 of the 29 (45%) UPA + DSG cycles. LIMITATIONS, REASONS FOR CAUTION This was a small, descriptive, pharmacodynamic study in which some findings differed by study site. Distinguishing between a cystic corpus luteum and a luteinized unruptured follicle (LUF) by TVU was difficult in some cases; however, the investigators reached consensus, when the study was still blinded, regarding ovulation based on hormone levels and careful review of daily TVU images. WIDER IMPLICATIONS OF THE FINDINGS Initiating the use of a DSG progestin-only pill (POP) immediately after UPA reduces the ability of UPA to delay ovulation and thus may decrease its efficacy as EC. If starting a DSG POP after using UPA for EC, and possibly any progestin-only method, consideration should be given to delaying for at least 5 days after UPA intake in order to preserve the ovulation delaying effects of UPA.
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- PROFAMILIA, Ave. Nicolás de Ovando & Calle 16, Santo Domingo 10401, Dominican Republic
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- PROFAMILIA, Ave. Nicolás de Ovando & Calle 16, Santo Domingo 10401, Dominican Republic
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- Dinox, Hanzeplein 1, Entrance 53, Groningen 9713 GZ, The Netherlands
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- HRA Pharma, 15, rue Béranger, Paris 75 003, France
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- HRA Pharma, 15, rue Béranger, Paris 75 003, France
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- HRA Pharma, 15, rue Béranger, Paris 75 003, France
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- HRA Pharma, 15, rue Béranger, Paris 75 003, France
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- Dinox, Hanzeplein 1, Entrance 53, Groningen 9713 GZ, The Netherlands
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Lete I, Chabbert-Buffet N, Jamin C, Lello S, Lobo P, Nappi RE, Pintiaux A. Haemostatic and metabolic impact of estradiol pills and drospirenone-containing ethinylestradiol pills vs. levonorgestrel-containing ethinylestradiol pills: A literature review. EUR J CONTRACEP REPR 2015; 20:329-43. [DOI: 10.3109/13625187.2015.1050091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Akintomide H, Panicker S. Nomegestrol acetate/17-beta estradiol: a review of efficacy, safety, and patient acceptability. Open Access J Contracept 2015; 6:77-86. [PMID: 29386925 PMCID: PMC5683186 DOI: 10.2147/oajc.s61942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Nomegestrol acetate (NOMAC) 2.5 mg with 17-beta estradiol (E2) 1.5 mg is a new combined oral contraceptive (COC) formulation and is the first monophasic E2 pill to be marketed, having been licensed for use in Europe in 2011. It is available to be taken daily in a regimen of 24 active pills followed by four placebo pills. NOMAC is a highly selective 19-nor progestogen derivative with specific binding to progesterone receptors, anti-estrogenic activity and no androgenic, mineralocorticoid nor glucocorticoid effects. E2 is an estrogen that is identical to endogenous estrogen. While it has been in use for only a short period of time, current evidence suggests that NOMAC/E2 is just as effective, safe, and acceptable as existing COC preparations. Two large Phase III trials conducted in the Americas and across Europe, Australia, and Asia showed lower cumulative pregnancy rates in the NOMAC/E2 groups compared to the drospirenone (DRSP) 3 mg in combination with ethinyl estradiol (EE) 30 µg (DRSP/EE) groups but this difference was not statistically significant. NOMAC/E2 exhibits a good safety profile and has less effects on cardiovascular risk, hemostatic, metabolic, and endocrine factors in comparison to COCs containing EE in combination with levonorgestrel (LNG) or DRSP. NOMAC/E2 has also been found to cause less breast cell proliferation when compared to E2 alone and has some anti-proliferative effect on human breast cancer cells. NOMAC/E2 is considered acceptable as its compliance, continuation rates, and bleeding patterns were similar to COCs containing DRSP/EE and LNG 150 µg combined with EE 30 µg or LNG 100 µg combined with EE 20 µg (LNG/EE). However, discontinuation was found to be slightly higher in the NOMAC/E2 groups in the two large Phase III trials comparing NOMAC/E2 use with DRSP/EE. As the scientific literature has limited information on NOMAC/E2, further experience with NOMAC/E2 is required.
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- Hannat Akintomide
- Sexual and Reproductive Health, Central and North West London NHS Trust, Margaret Pyke Centre, London, UK
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- Sexual and Reproductive Health, Central and North West London NHS Trust, Margaret Pyke Centre, London, UK
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Säfholm M, Jansson E, Fick J, Berg C. Mixture effects of levonorgestrel and ethinylestradiol: estrogenic biomarkers and hormone receptor mRNA expression during sexual programming. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2015; 161:146-153. [PMID: 25703176 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2015.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2014] [Revised: 12/22/2014] [Accepted: 02/08/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Synthetic progesterone (progestins) and estrogens are widely used pharmaceuticals. Given that their simultaneous unintentional exposure occurs in wildlife and also in human infants, data on mixture effects of combined exposures to these hormones during development is needed. Using the Xenopus (Silurana) tropicalis test system we investigated mixture effects of levonorgestrel (LNG) and ethinylestradiol (EE2) on hormone sensitive endpoints. After larval exposure to LNG (0.1nM), or EE2 (0.1nM) singly, or in combination with LNG (0.01, 0.1, 1.0nM), the gonadal sex ratio was determined histologically and hepatic mRNA levels of genes encoding vitellogenin (vtg beta1) and the estrogen (esr1, esr2), progesterone (ipgr) and androgen (ar) receptors were quantified using quantitative PCR. All EE2-exposed groups showed female-biased sex ratios and increased vtg beta1 mRNA levels compared with the controls. Compared with the EE2-alone group (positive control) there were no significant alterations in vtg beta1 levels or in sex ratios in the co-exposure groups. Exposure to LNG-alone caused an increase in ar mRNA levels in females, but not in males, compared to the controls and the co-exposed groups, indicating that co-exposure to EE2 counteracted the LNG-induced ar levels. No treatment related impacts on the mRNA expression of esr1, esr2, and ipgr in female tadpoles were found, suggesting that these endpoints are insensitive to long-term exposure to estrogen or progestin. Due to the EE2-induced female-biased sex ratios, the mRNA expression data for the low number of males in the EE2-exposed groups were not statistically analyzed. In conclusion, our results suggest that induced vtg expression is a robust biomarker for estrogenic activity in exposure scenarios involving both estrogens and progestins. Developmental exposure to LNG caused an induction of hepatic ar mRNA expression that was antagonized by combined exposure to EE2 and LNG. To our knowledge this is the first study to report effects of combined exposures to EE2 and LNG during the period of sexual programming.
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- Moa Säfholm
- Uppsala University, Department of Environmental Toxicology, Centre for Reproductive Biology in Uppsala, Norbyvägen 18A, 752 36 Uppsala, Sweden.
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- Uppsala University, Department of Environmental Toxicology, Centre for Reproductive Biology in Uppsala, Norbyvägen 18A, 752 36 Uppsala, Sweden.
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- Umeå University, Department of Chemistry, KBC 6A, Linnaeus väg 6, 901 87 Umeå, Sweden.
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- Uppsala University, Department of Environmental Toxicology, Centre for Reproductive Biology in Uppsala, Norbyvägen 18A, 752 36 Uppsala, Sweden.
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Witjes H, Creinin MD, Sundström-Poromaa I, Martin Nguyen A, Korver T. Comparative analysis of the effects of nomegestrol acetate/17 β-estradiol and drospirenone/ethinylestradiol on premenstrual and menstrual symptoms and dysmenorrhea. EUR J CONTRACEP REPR 2015; 20:296-307. [PMID: 25712537 DOI: 10.3109/13625187.2015.1016154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To compare premenstrual and menstrual symptoms in healthy women using nomegestrol acetate/17β-estradiol (NOMAC/E2) and drospirenone/ethinylestradiol (DRSP/EE) via the Moos Menstrual Distress Questionnaire Form C (MDQ-C). METHODS Women completed the MDQ-C at baseline and after completion of cycles 1, 3, 6 and 13, for the premenstrual (four days before most recent flow) and menstrual (most recent flow) phases in two randomized controlled trials. Treatment effects of NOMAC/E2 and DRSP/EE on the t-scores of eight MDQ-C symptom domains from 3522 women were examined, and the effects of both treatments on the score for cramps from 1779 women with moderate to severe cramps at baseline. Longitudinal data analysis methods were applied in both analyses. RESULTS NOMAC/E2 users experienced a significant improvement in Pain, Water Retention, Negative Affect, Impaired Concentration and Behaviour Change domain scores in the menstrual phase compared with DRSP/EE users (p < 0.001 for all comparisons). However, Arousal (emotional and mental) scores worsened with NOMAC/E2 but not with DRSP/EE. Women with moderate to severe cramps experienced an improvement in the cramps score with NOMAC/E2 and DRSP/EE. CONCLUSIONS NOMAC/E2 was effective in reducing most premenstrual and menstrual symptoms, and was associated with significantly greater improvements in many MDQ-C domain scores compared with DRSP/EE. ( ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00413062 and NCT00511199).
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Bořek-Dohalská L, Valášková P, Černá V, Stiborová M. Role of rat cytochromes P450 in the oxidation of 17α-ethinylestradiol. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY 2014; 38:852-860. [PMID: 25461545 DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2014.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2014] [Revised: 10/04/2014] [Accepted: 10/10/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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17α-Ethinylestradiol (EE2) is an endocrine disruptor (ED) used as an ingredient of oral contraceptives. Rat hepatic microsomes metabolize EE2 to three products; two of them are hydroxylated EE2 derivatives. Of the hydroxylation reactions, 2-hydroxylation, is the major reaction. Cytochrome P450 (CYP) plays a major role in EE2 hydroxylation. To resolve which rat CYPs are responsible for EE2 oxidation, three approaches were used: induction of specific CYPs, selective inhibition of CYPs, and recombinant rat CYPs. The results demonstrate that EE2 is hydroxylated by several rat CYPs, among them CYP2C6 and 2C11 are most efficient in 2-hydroxy-EE2 formation, while CYP2A and 3A catalyze EE2 hydroxylation to the second product. EE2 is also an inhibitor of CYP2C- and CYP3A-catalyzed hydroxylation of endogenous EDs progesterone and testosterone. EE2 acts as a reversible inhibitor of CYP3A-mediated progesterone 6β-hydroxylation and inactivates CYP3A- and CYP2C-catalyzed testosterone 6β-hydroxylation and progesterone 21- or 16α-hydroxylation, respectively, in a mechanism-based manner.
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- Lucie Bořek-Dohalská
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Albertov 2030, 128 40 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Albertov 2030, 128 40 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Albertov 2030, 128 40 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Albertov 2030, 128 40 Prague 2, Czech Republic.
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Aptamer-based electrochemical assay of 17β-estradiol using a glassy carbon electrode modified with copper sulfide nanosheets and gold nanoparticles, and applying enzyme-based signal amplification. Mikrochim Acta 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s00604-014-1352-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Robertson SM, Luo X, Dubey N, Li C, Chavan AB, Gilmartin GS, Higgins M, Mahnke L. Clinical drug-drug interaction assessment of ivacaftor as a potential inhibitor of cytochrome P450 and P-glycoprotein. J Clin Pharmacol 2014; 55:56-62. [PMID: 25103957 DOI: 10.1002/jcph.377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2014] [Accepted: 08/05/2014] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Ivacaftor is approved in the USA for the treatment of cystic fibrosis (CF) in patients with a G551D-CFTR mutation or one of eight other CFTR mutations. A series of in vitro experiments conducted early in the development of ivacaftor indicated ivacaftor and metabolites may have the potential to inhibit cytochrome P450 (CYP) 2C8, CYP2C9, CYP3A, and CYP2D6, as well as P-glycoprotein (P-gp). Based on these results, a series of clinical drug-drug interaction (DDI) studies were conducted to evaluate the effect of ivacaftor on sensitive substrates of CYP2C8 (rosiglitazone), CYP3A (midazolam), CYP2D6 (desipramine), and P-gp (digoxin). In addition, a DDI study was conducted to evaluate the effect of ivacaftor on a combined oral contraceptive, as this is considered an important comedication in CF patients. The results indicate ivacaftor is a weak inhibitor of CYP3A and P-gp, but has no effect on CYP2C8 or CYP2D6. Ivacaftor caused non-clinically significant increases in ethinyl estradiol and norethisterone exposure. Based on these results, caution and appropriate monitoring are recommended when concomitant substrates of CYP2C9, CYP3A and/or P-gp are used during treatment with ivacaftor, particularly drugs with a narrow therapeutic index, such as warfarin.
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Mattison DR, Karyakina N, Goodman M, LaKind JS. Pharmaco- and toxicokinetics of selected exogenous and endogenous estrogens: A review of the data and identification of knowledge gaps. Crit Rev Toxicol 2014; 44:696-724. [DOI: 10.3109/10408444.2014.930813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Laurenson JP, Bloom RA, Page S, Sadrieh N. Ethinyl estradiol and other human pharmaceutical estrogens in the aquatic environment: a review of recent risk assessment data. AAPS J 2014; 16:299-310. [PMID: 24470211 PMCID: PMC3933577 DOI: 10.1208/s12248-014-9561-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2013] [Accepted: 01/02/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Interest in pharmaceuticals in the environment has increased substantially in recent years. Several studies in particular have assessed human and ecological risks from human pharmaceutical estrogens, such as 17α-ethinyl estradiol (EE2). Regulatory action also has increased, with the USA and other countries developing rules to address estrogens and other pharmaceuticals in the environment. Accordingly, the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research at the US Food and Drug Administration has conducted a review and analysis of current data on the long-term ecological exposure and effects of EE2 and other estrogens. The results indicate that mean-flow long-term predicted environmental concentrations (PECs) of EE2 in approximately 99% or more of US surface water segments downstream of wastewater treatment plants are lower than a predicted no-effect concentration (PNEC) for aquatic chronic toxicity of 0.1 ng/L. Exceedances are expected to be primarily in localized, effluent-dominated water segments. The median mean-flow PEC is more than two orders of magnitude lower than this PNEC. Similar results exist for other pharmaceutical estrogens. Data also suggest that the contribution of EE2 more broadly to total estrogenic load in the environment from all sources (including other human pharmaceutical estrogens, endogenous estrogens, natural environmental estrogens, and industrial chemicals), while highly uncertain and variable, appears to be relatively low overall. Additional data and a more comprehensive approach for data collection and analysis for estrogenic substances in the environment, especially in effluent-dominated water segments in sensitive environments, would more fully characterize the risks.
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- James P Laurenson
- Office of Pharmaceutical Science, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, US Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20903, USA,
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Gronier H, Robin G. [Cardiovascular risks of combined oral contraceptives - beyond the French controversy]. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 42:174-81. [PMID: 24582295 DOI: 10.1016/j.gyobfe.2014.01.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2014] [Accepted: 01/24/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Combined hormonal contraceptive is the most used contraceptive method in France among childbearing-aged women. Following the temporary delisting of oral contraception containing a 3rd generation progestin and following the market withdrawal of oral pills containing cyproterone acetate in combination with ethynil-estradiol (35μg), the impact of these events on our prescribing practice remains to determine. We will especially discuss the cardiovascular risk associated with combined hormonal contraceptives in the light of the most recent publications either with epidemiological or biological data.
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- Service de gynécologie endocrinienne et médecine de la reproduction, hôpital Jeanne-de-Flandre, centre hospitalier régional universitaire de Lille, avenue Eugène-Avinée, 59037 Lille cedex, France; Service de gynécologie médicale, orthogénie et médecine du couple, hôpital Jeanne-de-Flandre, centre hospitalier régional universitaire de Lille, avenue Eugène-Avinée, 59037 Lille cedex, France
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Archer DF. The importance of pharmacokinetic studies in drug development. Contraception 2013; 87:701-2. [PMID: 23668376 DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2013.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/15/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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