Estrogen upregulates endothelial constitutive nitric oxide synthase expression in human osteoblast-like cells

Endocrinology
K E Armour, S H Ralston

Abstract

The protective effects of estrogen on the cardiovascular system are thought to be mediated, in part, by nitric oxide (NO). Estrogen also has protective effects on bone although the mechanisms of action have not been fully established. Since nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitors have been found to abrogate the protective effect of estrogen on bone in ovariectomised rats, we studied the effects of 17beta-estradiol on NOS activity and NOS mRNA levels in cultured human osteoblast-like cells. 17beta-Estradiol stimulated NOS activity by approximately 2.0 fold and this effect was reversed by the calcium chelator, EGTA, and the NOS inhibitor, L-NMMA, implicating activation of a constitutive, calcium-dependent isoform. Further studies using RT/PCR indicated that only the endothelial nitric oxide synthase (ecNOS) isoform was expressed and RNase protection assays showed that 17beta-Estradiol treatment resulted in a 2.2 fold increase in ecNOS mRNA levels. These findings suggest that estrogen stimulates NOS activity in osteoblastic cells by activation of the ecNOS pathway, and taken together with previous data, is consistent with the possibility that NO may act as a mediator of estrogen actions on bone.

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