Daidzein and 17 beta-estradiol enhance nitric oxide synthase activity associated with an increase in calmodulin and a decrease in caveolin-1

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology
Owen L WoodmanMirna Boujaoude

Abstract

Isoflavones, such as daidzein, are proposed to possess vasculoprotective properties, perhaps through a mechanism similar to estrogen. Our experiments aimed to test the hypothesis that daidzein and 17 beta-estradiol enhance endothelium-dependent relaxation through an increase in NO synthesis due to an increase in activity or expression of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS). Male rats were treated with daidzein (0.2 mg/kg per day sc), 17 beta-estradiol (0.1 mg/kg per day sc), or vehicle for 7 days and reactivity of isolated aortic rings was then determined. ACh-induced relaxation was significantly enhanced in aortic rings from rats treated with daidzein or 17 beta-estradiol but the relaxant responses to the endothelium-independent dilators sodium nitroprusside or isoprenaline were not different. Nitrite production and the level of cGMP were significantly greater in aortae from daidzein and 17 beta-estradiol compared with vehicle-treated rats. Daidzein and 17 beta-estradiol did not alter eNOS protein in endothelium-intact aortae but reduced expression of caveolin-1 and increased expression of calmodulin, changes that would account for an increase in eNOS activity. There were no differences between groups in the expression of...Continue Reading

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