Sex differences in the effects of 17 beta-estradiol on vascular adrenergic responses

European Journal of Pharmacology
A L García-VillalónSue P Duckles

Abstract

The in vitro effects of 17 beta-estradiol on vascular responses to adrenergic nerve stimulation were studied in perfused tail arteries from age-matched male and female rats. Nerve stimulation resulted in vasoconstriction that was greater in male arteries. Addition of 17 beta-estradiol (3 x 10(-5) M) reduced the vasoconstrictor responses in both male and female arteries, but the reduction was significantly greater in the females. Gonadectomy of the animals for 1 month prior to the experiment did not alter the in vitro responses to 17 beta-estradiol in either males or females. 17 beta-Estradiol (10(-6) - 3 x 10(-5) M) also relaxed perfused tail arteries precontracted with KCl (50 mM); however the relaxation was not different between males and females, either intact or gonadectomized. Stimulation-evoked release of noradrenaline from adrenergic nerves of perfused tail arteries was measured, but no differences were found between males and females, nor was release modified by in vitro exposure to 17 beta-estradiol (10(-5) M). These results suggest that 17 beta-estradiol acts directly on postjunctional mechanisms to relax tail arteries of either sex. The effect of the hormone on arteries constricted by adrenergic nerve stimulation, ho...Continue Reading

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