title: 17beta-Estradiol inhibits vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation and c -fos expression: role of nitric oxide.
abstract: Rat vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) were used to study the effect of 17beta -estradiol (E(2)) on cellular proliferation (cell counting), DNA synthesis ((3)H thymidine incorporation), MTT, c -fos mRNA expression and nitric oxide (NO) release. The results obtained showed that E(2) (10(-12)  10(-8) mol/L) induced NO release from VSMC in a concentration-dependent manner; 10(-8) mol/L E (2)significantly inhibited VSMC cellular proliferation and DNA synthesis induced by 10% FCS and 10(-7) mol/L ET-1, which was obviously reversed by 10(-7)mol/L tamoxifen and 10(-6) mol/L L-NAME; after a pretreatment for 24 hours, 10(-8)mol/L E(2) significantly inhibited VSMC c -fos mRNA expression induced by 10(-7)mol/L ET-1, which was also obviously reversed by 10(-6) mol/L L-NAME. These results suggest that the inhibitory effects of E(2) on VSMC cellular proliferation and c -fos mRNA expression are closely related with NO release in VSMC, which is, at least, partly medicated by ER.
authors.affiliation: Department of physiology, Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou 510080, thwang@gzsums.edu.cn
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Zhi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Jing-Yun
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Ting-Huai
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004958:Estradiol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D004958:Estradiol