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  • Title: Intramural coronary artery constrictor reactivity to thromboxane is higher in male than in female rats.
    Author: Varbiro S, Matrai M, Szekeres M, Nadasy GL, Szaky E, Mericli M, Banhidy F, Monos E, Szekacs B.
    Journal: Gynecol Endocrinol; 2006 Jan; 22(1):44-7. PubMed ID: 16522533.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: The prevalence of cardiovascular disorders is higher among men than in age-matched women. This is probably related, in part, to gender-dependent differences in coronary function including thromboxane-A(2) (TXA(2)) sensitivity. This question has been examined only on major, epicardial coronaries. The intramural small arteries directly responsible for supplying the myocardial arterioles with blood have been hardly accessible for investigation, owing to difficulties in their preparation. Vasoconstrictor TXA(2) excess generated by platelets and the vascular wall may play an important role in coronary ischemic events. In the present study we tested the vasoconstrictor reactivity of intramural coronary arteries to TXA(2). METHODS: Secondary, intramural branches of the left anterior descendent coronary artery of Sprague-Dawley rats (diameter: 200 microm) were placed into a vessel chamber. TXA(2) vasoconstrictor reactivity was measured on the basis of pressure-diameter curves in normal Krebs-Ringer solution and after addition of TXA(2) receptor agonist. RESULTS: Vasoconstrictor response induced by TXA(2) agonist was twice as strong in males compared with females for the whole pressure range ( p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: A gender-dependent difference was demonstrated in TXA(2)-induced contraction of intramural coronary artery segments. In some pathologic situations the enhanced TXA(2) release from platelets and injured vascular wall may cause greater vasoconstriction of intramural coronary arteries in males than in females.
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