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  • Title: Role of gender and vascular endothelium in rat aorta response to 17 beta-estradiol.
    Author: le Tran Y, Fung A, Forster C.
    Journal: Can J Physiol Pharmacol; 1997 Dec; 75(12):1393-7. PubMed ID: 9534951.
    Abstract:
    Estrogen supplementation in postmenopausal women offers significant cardiovascular protection. The mechanism for this benefit is unclear but may be due to an interaction of estrogen with the blood vessel wall (vascular smooth muscle and endothelium). We examined the response of weight-matched female and male endothelium-intact and -denuded aortae to 17 beta-estradiol, its interaction with noradrenaline, and the effect of N-nitro-L-arginine. Estradiol produced relaxation responses that were significantly greater in female endothelium-intact preparations. This response was sensitive to N-nitro-L-arginine, while the response to 17 beta-estradiol in male endothelum-intact and both female and male endothelum-denuded preparations was resistant. Estradiol also inhibited contractions to noradrenaline, which was more pronounced in the female endothelium-intact aortic rings. These data imply that estradiol interacts preferentially with the female vascular endothelium, but there exists an endothelium-independent process that can also be activated in the male aorta. Further studies are warranted to elucidate these differential mechanisms.
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