Mechanisms of 17 β‐oestradiol induced vasodilatation in isolated pressurized rat small arteries

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The influence of 17 β‐oestradiol on pressurized isolated rat mesenteric and coronary small arteries was investigated. 17 β‐oestradiol caused rapid (t1.0+ or U46619 (a thromboxane analogue). Neither the oestrogen receptor antagonist ICI 182,780 (10 μM) nor the protein synthesis inhibitor cycloheximide (100 μM) had any effect on the responses of mesenteric arteries to 17 β‐oestradiol. 17 α‐oestradiol had only a minor effect on mesenteric arterial diameter over a concentration range similar to the effective vasodilatory range for 17 β‐oestradiol. Membrane impermeant 17 β‐oestradiol conjugated to bovine serum albumin (β‐oestradiol‐17hemisuccinate‐BSA) (E‐H‐BSA) resulted in a vasodilatation of pressurized arteries. Wortmannin, an inhibitor of myosin light chain kinase, near maximally relaxed pressurized mesenteric arteries although the time course for the response was significantly slower than that for 17 β‐oestradiol. These results taken together suggest that the acute effects of 17 β‐oestradiol on isolated pressurized arterial tone may be due to effects directly on the vascular smooth muscle via non‐genomic mechanisms that involve a stereospecific interaction at the plasma membrane. British Journal of Pharmacology (2000) 129, 555–565; doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0703084

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