Effects of age and sex on cerebrovascular function in the rat middle cerebral artery

Biology of Sex Differences
Rachel R Deer, John N Stallone

Abstract

Although the mechanisms underlying the beneficial effects of estrogen on cerebrovascular function are well known, the age-dependent deleterious effects of estrogen are largely unstudied. It was hypothesized that age and sex interact in modulating cerebrovascular reactivity to vasopressin (VP) by altering the role of prostanoids in vascular function. Female (F) Sprague-Dawley rats approximating key stages of "hormonal aging" in humans were studied: premenopausal (mature multigravid, MA, cyclic, 5-6 months) and postmenopausal (reproductively senescent, RS, acyclic, 10-12 months). Age-matched male (M) rats were also studied. Reactivity to VP (10(-12)-10(-7) M) was measured in pressurized middle cerebral artery segments in the absence or presence of selective inhibitors of COX-1 (SC560, SC, 1 μM) or COX-2 (NS398, NS, 10 μM). VP-stimulated release of PGI2 and TXA2 were measured using radioimmunoassay of 6-keto-PGF1α and TXB2 (stable metabolites, pg/mg dry wt/45 min). In M, there were no changes in VP-induced vasoconstriction with age. Further, there were no significant differences in basal or in low- or high-VP-stimulated PGI2 or TXA2 production in younger or older M. In contrast, there were marked differences in cerebrovascular rea...Continue Reading

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