TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of estrogen on pressor responses to α1-adrenoreceptor agonist in conscious female rats
AU - Minami, Naoyoshi
AU - Mori, Nobuyoshi
AU - Nagasaka, Makoto
AU - Kurosawa, Hajime
AU - Kanazawa, Masayuki
AU - Kohzuki, Masahiro
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - We examined the effect of estrogen on pressor responses to an α1-adrenoreceptor agonist (phenylephrine) in conscious female Wistar-Kyoto rats. At the age of 11 weeks, rats underwent ovariectomy or a sham procedure. At the age of 15 weeks, ovariectomized (OVX) rats received intramuscular injection of estradiol valerate (EV) 5 μg (OVX+EV 5 μg group; n=6), EV 25 μg (OVX+EV 25 μg group; n=7), or placebo (OVX group; n=8), and sham-operated rats received placebo (sham group; n=8). After 4 days, dose-pressor response curves to phenylephrine were examined under the condition where the renin-angiotensin, vasopressin and autonomic nervous systems were pharmacologically blocked. Ovariectomy shifted the dose-pressor response curve to phenylephrine leftward with a significantly decreased log ED50 (μg/kg) (the dose needed to reach 50% of the maximal response) (sham: 0.81±0.04; OVX: 0.57±0.05; p<0.05). Supplementation with EV 25 μg, but not EV 5 μg, reversed the dose-pressor response curve to phenylephrine in OVX rats to the level of the curve in sham-operated rats with a significantly increased log ED50 (μg/kg) (OVX+xEV 5 μg: 0.47±0.05; OVX+EV 25 μg: 0.75±0.08). These results suggest that the physiological level of estrogen seen in intact female rats attenuates pressor responses to α1-adrenoreceptor agonist, while supplementation with a moderate dose of estrogen is needed to restore such effects of physiological-level estrogen within a short-term period after chronic estrogen withdraw.
AB - We examined the effect of estrogen on pressor responses to an α1-adrenoreceptor agonist (phenylephrine) in conscious female Wistar-Kyoto rats. At the age of 11 weeks, rats underwent ovariectomy or a sham procedure. At the age of 15 weeks, ovariectomized (OVX) rats received intramuscular injection of estradiol valerate (EV) 5 μg (OVX+EV 5 μg group; n=6), EV 25 μg (OVX+EV 25 μg group; n=7), or placebo (OVX group; n=8), and sham-operated rats received placebo (sham group; n=8). After 4 days, dose-pressor response curves to phenylephrine were examined under the condition where the renin-angiotensin, vasopressin and autonomic nervous systems were pharmacologically blocked. Ovariectomy shifted the dose-pressor response curve to phenylephrine leftward with a significantly decreased log ED50 (μg/kg) (the dose needed to reach 50% of the maximal response) (sham: 0.81±0.04; OVX: 0.57±0.05; p<0.05). Supplementation with EV 25 μg, but not EV 5 μg, reversed the dose-pressor response curve to phenylephrine in OVX rats to the level of the curve in sham-operated rats with a significantly increased log ED50 (μg/kg) (OVX+xEV 5 μg: 0.47±0.05; OVX+EV 25 μg: 0.75±0.08). These results suggest that the physiological level of estrogen seen in intact female rats attenuates pressor responses to α1-adrenoreceptor agonist, while supplementation with a moderate dose of estrogen is needed to restore such effects of physiological-level estrogen within a short-term period after chronic estrogen withdraw.
KW - Estrogen
KW - Pressor responses
KW - Rats
KW - α1-adrenoreceptor
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U2 - 10.1291/hypres.25.609
DO - 10.1291/hypres.25.609
M3 - Article
C2 - 12358149
AN - SCOPUS:0035993037
SN - 0916-9636
VL - 25
SP - 609
EP - 613
JO - Hypertension Research
JF - Hypertension Research
IS - 4
ER -