Ethinyl estradiol

Ethinyl estradiol
Clinical data
Pronunciation /ˌɛθᵻnᵻlˌiːstrəˈdaɪ.əl/
Trade names Numerous
AHFS/Drugs.com International Drug Names
MedlinePlus a604032
Pregnancy
category
Routes of
administration		 Oral, transdermal
ATC code G03CA01 (WHO) L02AA03 (WHO)
Legal status
Legal status
  • ℞ (Prescription only)
Pharmacokinetic data
Bioavailability 38–48%[1][2]
Protein binding 97–98% (to albumin;[3] does not bind to SHBG)[4]
Metabolism Liver (CYP3A4)[5]
Biological half-life 7–36 hours[6][1][5][7]
Excretion Feces: 62%[6]
Urine: 38%[6]
Identifiers
Synonyms (17α)-19-Norpregna-1,3,5(10)-trien-20-yne-3,17β-diol
CAS Number 57-63-6 YesY
PubChem (CID) 5991
IUPHAR/BPS 7071
DrugBank DB00977 YesY
ChemSpider 5770 YesY
UNII 423D2T571U YesY
KEGG D00554 YesY
ChEBI CHEBI:4903 YesY
ChEMBL CHEMBL691 YesY
Chemical and physical data
Formula C20H24O2
Molar mass 296.403 g/mol
3D model (Jmol) Interactive image
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Ethinyl estradiol (EE2) (USP) (former brand name Estinyl), or ethinylestradiol (INN, USAN, JAN), also spelled as ethinylœstradiol (BAN) and also known as 17α-ethynylestra-1,3,5(10)-triene-3,17β-diol, is a synthetic, steroidal estrogen.[8][9][10] It is a derivative of estradiol, the major endogenous estrogen in humans; specifically, EE2 is 17α-ethynylestradiol.[8] EE2 is an orally active estrogen used in almost all formulations of combined oral contraceptives (COCs), being nearly the exclusive estrogen used for this purpose.[11]

Medical uses

As Estinyl, EE2 was formerly used for hormone replacement therapy in menopause and the treatment of female hypogonadism, loss of menstruation, dysmenorrhea, acne, prostate cancer, and breast cancer.[12] However, in more recent times, EE2 is mainly used in COCs. In contraception, due to concerns of unopposed estrogen action and the possible increased risk of endometrial cancer that accompanies this, EE2 is formulated in combination with progestins. EE2 is little used in menopausal hormone replacement therapy.[13]

EE2 has been used at very high dosages (1–2 mg/day) in the treatment of prostate cancer.[14]

Contraindications

EE2 should be avoided in women with a history of or known susceptibility to thrombosis (blood clots), particularly venous thromboembolism (VTE).

Due to risk of cholestatic hepatotoxicity, it is widely considered that COCs containing EE2 should be avoided in women with a history of cholestasis of pregnancy, hepatic tumors, active hepatitis, and familial defects in biliary excretion.[15]

Side effects

Side effects of EE2 are the same as for other estrogens and include breast tenderness, headache, fluid retention (bloating), nausea, dizziness, and weight gain.[6][15] The estrogen component of oral contraceptives, which is almost always EE2, can cause breast tenderness and fullness.[16]

Rare reactions

Venous thromboembolism

EE2 carries a greater risk of blood clot formation and VTE than does natural estradiol, which is thought to be due to different degrees of hepatic metabolism between the two drugs (see below).

The original formulations of COCs contained as much as 150 μg EE2.[17] However, it was soon found that EE2 is associated with incidence of VTE and that the risk is dose-dependent.[17] Subsequently, the dosage of EE2 was greatly reduced, and is now generally between 25 and 35 μg,[17] in some cases less than 20 μg,[17] and not more than 50 μg.[18][19][16] These lower dosages have a significantly reduced risk of VTE with no loss of contraceptive effectiveness.[17] According to a bulletin posted by the U.S. FDA, the rate of deep vein thrombosis in women taking COCs containing 20 to 40 μg EE2 is 4 per 10,000, which is approximately equivalent to the rate of 3 per 10,000 in women not taking a COC.[20] No study has shown a further reduced risk of VTE below an EE2 dosage of 30 or 35 μg.[17]

Cholestatic hepatotoxicity

EE2 has, albeit rarely (at the low dosages that are now used in COCs), been associated with cholestatic hepatotoxicity similarly to 17α-alkylated anabolic-androgenic steroids and 17α-ethynylated 19-nortestosterone progestins.[21][22] Glucuronide metabolites of EE2, via effects on the ABCB11 (BSEP) and MRP2 (ABCC2) proteins and consequent changes in bile flow and bile salt excretion, appear to be responsible for the cholestasis.[23] High concentrations of estradiol, via its metabolite estradiol D-glucuronide, are also implicated in cholestasis, for instance in cholestasis of pregnancy.[22] However, the incidence and severity of cholestatic hepatotoxicity appear to be much greater with EE2 than with estradiol, which is due to its 17α-ethynyl substitution and consequent reduced metabolism.[15]

Endometrial cancer

The high doses of EE2 that were used in early COCs were associated with a significantly increased risk of endometrial cancer in certain preparations, for instance those containing the progestogen dimethisterone.[24] Unopposed estrogens like EE2 have carcinogenic effects in the endometrium and progestogens protect against these effects, but dimethisterone is a relatively weak progestogen and was unable to adequately antagonize the endometrial carcinogenic effects of EE2, in turn resulting in the increased risk of endometrial cancer.[24] COCs containing dimethisterone have since been discontinued (with more potent progestogens used instead) and doses of EE2 in COCs in general have been dramatically reduced, abrogating the risk.[24] In turn, most studies of modern COCs have found a decreased risk of endometrial cancer.[25]

Interactions

Inducers of certain cytochrome P450 enzymes such as CYP3A4 can decrease circulating concentrations of EE2.[15] Examples include anticonvulsants like phenytoin, primidone, ethosuximide, phenobarbital, and carbamazepine, azole antifungals like fluconazole, and rifamycin antibiotics like rifampin (rifampicin).[15] Conversely, inhibitors of CYP3A4 and certain other cytochrome P450 enzymes may increase circulating levels of EE2.[15] An example is troleandomycin, which is a potent and highly selective inhibitor of CYP3A4.[15]

Paracetamol has been found to competitively inhibit the sulfation of EE2, with pretreatment of 1 g paracetamol significantly increasing the AUC levels of EE2 (by 22%) and decreasing the AUC levels of EE2 sulfate in women.[15] The same has been found for ascorbic acid (vitamin C) and EE2, although the significance of the interaction has been regarded as dubious.[15]

Unlike the case of estradiol, there is probably no pharmacokinetic interaction between smoking (which potently induces certain cytochrome P450 enzymes and markedly increases the 2-hydroxylation of estradiol) and EE2.[15] This suggests that estradiol and EE2 are metabolized by different cytochrome P450 enzymes.[15] There is however still an increased risk of cardiovascular complications with smoking and EE2, similarly to the case of smoking and other estrogens.[15]

The 19-nortestosterone progestins, gestodene and, to a lesser extent, desogestrel, have been found to inhibit cytochrome P450 enzymes and to progressively inhibit the metabolism and increase the concentrations of EE2.[15]

EE2 has been found to significantly increase (by 38%) the AUC of omeprazole (which is metabolized by CYP2C19).[15]

Pharmacology

EE2 is an estrogen similarly to natural estrogens like estradiol and conjugated equine estrogens and synthetic estrogens like diethylstilbestrol. It binds to and activates both isoforms of the estrogen receptor, ERα and ERβ.[13] In one study, EE2 was found to have 233% and 37.8% of the affinity of estradiol for the ERα and ERβ, respectively.[26] EE2 also appears to signal through the GPER membrane estrogen receptor, similarly to estradiol.[27][28][29]

Orally, EE2 is about 100 times as potent by weight as natural estrogens like micronized estradiol and conjugated equine estrogens.[30][31][32] In contrast, the potencies of EE2 and natural estrogens are similar when they are administered intravenously, due to the bypassing of first-pass metabolism.[17] Relative to its prodrug mestranol, EE2 is about 1.7 times as potent by weight orally.[31]

As can be seen in the table below, EE2 shows strong and disproportionate effects on hepatic protein production relative to estradiol.[33] The liver as well as the uterus express 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (17β-HSD), and this enzyme serves to inactivate estradiol and effectively suppress its potency in these tissues (analogously but in the opposite manner to potentiation of testosterone by 5α-reductase into the more potent dihydrotestosterone in so-called androgenic tissues like the skin, hair follicles, and prostate gland)[34] by reversibly converting it into the far less potent estrogen estrone (which has approximately 4% of the estrogenic activity of estradiol, most of which is actually due to conversion into estradiol).[33] In contrast to estradiol, the 17α-ethynyl group of EE2 prevents oxidation of the C17β position of EE2 by 17β-HSD, and for this reason, EE2 is not inactivated in these tissues and has much stronger relative estrogenic activity in them.[33][35][7] This is the mechanism of the disproportionately strong effects of EE2 on hepatic protein production,[33][35] which results in a greatly increased magnitude of effect on VTE risk relative to estradiol.[36]

On the other hand, due to the loss of inactivation of EE2 by 17β-HSD in the endometrium (uterus), EE2 is relatively more active than estradiol in the endometrium and, for this reason, is associated with a significantly lower incidence of vaginal bleeding and spotting in comparison.[33] This is particularly so in the case of combined estrogen and progestogen therapy (as in COCs or menopausal HRT), as progestogens induce the expression of 17β-HSD in the endometrium.[33] The reduced vaginal bleeding and spotting with EE2 is one of the main reasons that it is used in COCs instead of estradiol,[2] in spite of its potentially inferior safety profile (related to its adverse effects on hepatic protein synthesis and VTE incidence).[37]

EE2 has been found to have similar effects on hepatic protein production and VTE risk regardless of whether the route of administration is oral, transdermal, or vaginal, indicating that oral versus non-oral routes do not reduce the hepatic actions of EE2 relative to non-hepatic actions.[35] In contrast, at typical menopausal dosages, whereas oral estradiol shows significant effects on hepatic protein production, transdermal estradiol shows little or no such effects.[33]

Relative oral potency (by weight) of EE2 and various other estrogens[33]
Estrogen Hot flashes FSH HDL cholesterol SHBG CBG Angiotensinogen
Estradiol 100 100 100 100 100 100
Estriol 30 30 20 ? ? ?
Estrone sulfate ? 90 50 90 70 150
CEEs 120 110 150 300 150 500
Equilin sulfate ? ? 600 750 600 750
Ethinyl estradiol 12,000 12,000 40,000 50,000 60,000 35,000
Diethylstilbestrol ? 340 ? 2,560 2,450 1,950
Hot flashes = clinical relief of hot flashes; FSH = suppression of FSH levels; HDL cholesterol, SHBG, CBG,
and angiotensinogen = increase in the serum levels of these hepatic proteins.

Pharmacokinetics

Absorption

The oral bioavailability of EE2 is between 38 to 48%, with a wide range of 20% to 65% (mean 45%) that is due to high interindividual variability.[6] Although relatively low, the oral bioavailability of EE2 is considerably higher than that of estradiol (5%).[1][6] Following a single 20 μg dose of EE2 in combination with 1 mg norethisterone in postmenopausal women, EE2 concentrations have been found to reach a maximum of 50 pg/mL within an average of 1.5 hours.[33] Following the first dose, mean levels of EE2 in general further increase by about 50% until steady-state concentrations are reached;[33] steady-state is reached after one week of daily administration.[13] For comparison, the mean peak levels of estradiol achieved with 2 mg micronized estradiol or estradiol valerate are 40 pg/mL following the first dose and 80 pg/mL after three weeks of administration.[33] These concentrations of estradiol are in the same range as the concentrations of EE2 that are produced by an oral dose of EE2 that is 100 times lower by weight, which is in accordance with the approximately 100-fold increased oral potency of EE relative to estradiol.[30][33] In accordance with the high interindividual variability in the oral bioavailability of EE2, there is a large degree of interindividual variation in EE2 levels.[33]

Distribution

Unlike estradiol, which binds with high affinity to sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG), EE2 has no affinity for this protein and is instead bound almost exclusively to albumin (97–98%).[3][33][6][38] As estradiol that is bound to SHBG is considered to be hormonally inactive,[39] the lack of binding of EE2 to SHBG may be involved in its increased comparative potency.

Metabolism

Due to high first-pass metabolism in the intestines and liver, only 1% of an oral dose of an EE2 appears in the circulation as EE2 itself.[33] During first-pass metabolism, EE is extensively conjugated via sulfation into the hormonally inert EE2 sulfate, and levels of EE2 sulfate in circulation are between 6- and 22-fold higher than those of EE2.[33] For comparison, with oral administration of 2 mg micronized estradiol, levels of estrone and estrone sulfate are 4- to 6-fold and 200-fold higher than those of estradiol, respectively.[33] In contrast to estradiol, EE2, due to steric hindrance by its 17α-ethynyl group, is not metabolized or inactivated by 17β-HSD,[7] and this is the primary factor responsible for the dramatically increased potency of oral EE2 relative to oral estradiol.[33] Due to the formation of EE2 sulfate, enterohepatic circulation is involved in the pharmacokinetics of EE2 similarly to estradiol, although to a lesser extent.[33]

Aside from sulfate conjugation, EE2 is mainly metabolized by hydroxylation into catechol estrogens.[33] This is mainly by 2-hydroxylation into 2-hydroxy-EE2, which is catalyzed primarily by CYP3A4.[6] Hydroxylation of EE2 at the C4, C6α, and C16β positions into 4-, 6α-, and 16β-hydroxy-EE2 has also been reported, but appears to contribute to its metabolism to only a small extent.[6] 2- and 4-methoxy-EE2 are also formed via transformation by catechol O-methyltransferase of 2- and 4-hydroxy-EE.[33] Unlike the case of estradiol, 16α-hydroxylation does not occur with EE2, owing to steric hindrance by its ethynyl group at C17α.[6][33] The ethynylation of EE2 is largely irreversible, and so EE2 is not metabolized into estradiol, unlike estradiol esters.[33] A review found that the range of the reported terminal half-life of EE in the literature was 13.1 to 27.0 hours.[1] Another review reported a terminal half-life of EE2 of 10–20 hours.[6] However, the terminal half-life of EE2 has also been reported by other sources to be as short as 7 hours[7] and as long as 36 hours[5]

Unlike the case of estradiol, in which there is a rapid rise in its levels and which remain elevated in a plateau-like curve for many hours, levels of EE2 fall rapidly after peaking.[33] This is thought to be because estrone and estrone sulfate can be reversibly converted back into estradiol and serve as a hormonally inert reservoir for estradiol, whereas the EE2 sulfate reservoir for EE2 is much smaller in comparison.[33]

EE2, following oxidative formation of a very reactive metabolite, irreversibly inhibits cytochrome P450 enzymes involved in its metabolism, and this may also role in the increased potency of EE2 relative to estradiol.[33] Indeed, EE2 is said to have a marked effect on hepatic metabolism, and this is one of the reasons, among others, that natural estrogens like estradiol may be preferable.[38]

Elimination

EE2 is eliminated 62% in the feces and 38% in the urine.[6]

Chemistry

EE2 is an estrane (C18) steroid and derivative of estradiol with an ethynyl substitution at the C17α position. It is also known as 17α-ethynylestradiol or as 17α-ethynylestra-1,3,5(10)-triene-3,17β-diol. The 17α-ethynylation of EE2 is analogous to the 17α-substitution of testosterone derivatives such as 17α-ethynylated progestins like ethisterone and norethisterone and 17α-alkylated anabolic-androgenic steroids like methyltestosterone.

Derivatives

A number of derivatives of EE exist. These include mestranol (EE 3-methyl ether), quinestrol (EE 3-cyclopentyl ether), ethinyl estradiol sulfonate (EE 3-isopropylsulfonate), and moxestrol (11β-methoxy-EE). The former three are prodrugs of EE, while the latter is not.

Analogues

A few 17α-substituted analogues of EE exist. Examples include methylestradiol, ethinyl estriol, and nilestriol (ethinyl estriol 3-cyclopentyl ether).

History

The first orally active semisynthetic steroidal estrogen, EE2 (17α-ethynylestradiol), the 17α-ethynyl analogue of estradiol, was synthesized in 1938 by Hans Herloff Inhoffen and Walter Hohlweg at Schering AG in Berlin.[40][41][42][43][44] EE2 was approved by the FDA in the U.S. on June 25, 1943 and marketed by Schering as Estinyl.[45] The FDA withdrew approval of Estinyl effective June 4, 2004 at the request of Schering, which had discontinued marketing it.[46] EE2 has been marketed as a standalone drug under the brand names Estinyl, Feminone, Lynoral, Novestrol, and Palonyl, although most or all of these formulations are now discontinued.[47][10]

EE2 was first used in COCs, as an alternative to mestranol, in 1964, and eventually superseded mestranol in COCs.[48]

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