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J Appl Physiol 91: 2391-2399, 2001;
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Vol. 91, Issue 5, 2391-2399, November 2001

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Genome and Hormones: Gender Differences in Physiology
Selected Contribution: Cerebrovascular NOS and cyclooxygenase are unaffected by estrogen in mice lacking estrogen receptor-alpha

Greg G. Geary1, Anne Marie McNeill1, Jose A. Ospina1, Diana N. Krause1, Kenneth S. Korach2, and Sue P. Duckles1

1 Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-4625; and 2 National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709

Estrogen alters reactivity of cerebral arteries by modifying production of endothelium-dependent vasodilators. Estrogen receptors (ER) are thought to be involved, but the responsible ER subtype is unknown. ER-alpha knockout (alpha ERKO) mice were used to test whether estrogen acts via ER-alpha . Mice were ovariectomized, with or without estrogen replacement, and cerebral blood vessels were isolated 1 mo later. Estrogen increased levels of endothelial nitric oxide synthase and cyclooxygenase-1 in vessels from wild-type mice but was ineffective in alpha ERKO mice. Endothelium-denuded middle cerebral artery segments from all animals constricted when pressurized. In denuded arteries from alpha ERKO but not wild-type mice, estrogen treatment enhanced constriction. In endothelium-intact, pressurized arteries from wild-type estrogen-treated mice, diameters were larger compared with arteries from untreated wild-type mice. In addition, contractile responses to indomethacin were greater in arteries from wild-type estrogen-treated mice compared with arteries from untreated wild-type mice. In contrast, estrogen treatment of alpha ERKO mice had no effect on diameter or indomethacin responses of endothelium-intact arteries. Thus ER-alpha regulation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase and cyclooxygenase-1 pathways appears to contribute to effects of estrogen on cerebral artery reactivity.

cerebral circulation; estrogen receptor-alpha knockout mice; nitric oxide synthase; gonadal steroids; ovariectomy


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