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17Beta-oestradiol enhances nitric oxide synthase activity in endothelium-denuded rat aorta.

Abstract：

:1. It has been suggested that oestrogen-produced vasodilatation is due to induction of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (NOS), but there are many reports of direct effects on vascular smooth muscle. In the present study, these processes were investigated in rat aorta isolated from ovariectomized rats. 2. Short-term treatment (10 min) with 17beta-oestradiol (10 micromol/L) produced a small attenuation of the phenylephrine (PE)-induced constriction, which was unaffected by the nitric oxide synthase inhibitor L-N5(-1-iminoethyl)ornithine (NIO; 100 micromol/L). Long-term treatment (6 h) with 17beta-oestradiol (10 micromol/L) did not affect acetylcholine-mediated vasorelaxation in endothelium-intact aortic rings, but did attenuate PE-induced constriction. This attenuation was also observed in endothelium-denuded preparations after 17beta-oestradiol (10 micromol/L for 6 h) and was far greater than the acute effect of 17beta-oestradiol (10 micromol/L). 3. The attenuation produced by 17beta-oestradiol (10 micromol/L for 6 h) was significantly inhibited by concomitant treatment with cycloheximide (1 micromol/L), suggesting that protein synthesis was involved. NIO (100 micromol/L) also attenuated the effect, which suggests that the anti-constrictor effect of 17beta-oestradiol occurs through the increased production of nitric oxide (NO). 17Beta-oestradiol increased NO production, as assessed by the conversion of [3H]-arginine to [3H]-citrulline in rat aorta. These effects were prevented by cycloheximide and NIO. The anti-constrictor effect of oestrogen was blocked by the oestrogen receptor antagonist ICI 182 780 (100 nmol/L). 4. Western blotting using an antibody specific for inducible nitric oxide synthase (NOS) revealed that 17beta-oestradiol (10 micromol/L for 24 h) treatment induced the formation of inducible NOS protein in the aorta, an effect blocked by cycloheximide. The results indicate that 17beta-oestradiol can attenuate the vasoconstrictor effect of PE by a specific receptor-mediated process that involves induction of inducible NOS.

journal_name

Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol

journal_title

Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors

Binko J,Murphy TV,Majewski H

doi

10.1111/j.1440-1681.1998.tb02188.x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1998-02-01 00:00:00

pages

120-7

issue

eissn

0305-1870

issn

1440-1681

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17Beta-oestradiol enhances nitric oxide synthase activity in endothelium-denuded rat aorta.