title: [17beta -estradiol induced nitric oxide release in vascular endothelial cells].
abstract: Bovine aortic endothelial cells (BAECs) were used to study the effect of 17beta -estradiol (E(2)) on nitric oxide (NO) release, nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) mRNA expression and intracellular free calcium con~cen~tration ([Ca(2+)](I)) and modulation of the effect of E(2) by estrogen receptor (ER) antagonist tamoxifen and NOS inhibitor L-NAME. E(2) (10(-12)  10(-8) mol/L) induced NO release of BAECs in a concentration-dependent manner and the abundant expression of eNOS mRNA in BAECs increased obviously after treatment with E(2) (10(-8)mol/L) for 48 h. These effects were evidently inhibited by tamoxifen (10(-7)mol/L) and L-NAME (10(-6) mol/L). Furthermore treatment with E(2) (10(-8) mol/L) for 48 h significantly increased the resting [Ca(2+)](I) and the rise of [Ca(2+)](I) induced by ATP in BAECs. These results suggest that E(2)-induced NO release and eNOS mRNA expression in BAECs may be mediated by ER and related to calcium mobilization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou 510089.
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: P Q
authors.initials: PQ
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: S Z
authors.initials: SZ
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Pan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002417:Cattle; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D004958:Estradiol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D052250:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D004958:Estradiol; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D052250:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III; D002118:Calcium