title: Estrogen modulation of baroreflex function in conscious mice.
abstract: It has been suggested that estrogen modulates baroreflex regulation of autonomic function. The present study evaluated the effects of estrogen on baroreflex regulation of heart rate in response to changes in blood pressure with phenylephrine (PE), ANG II, and sodium nitroprusside (SNP) in a conscious mouse model. Males and ovariectomized females with (OvxE+) and without (OvxE-) estradiol replacement chronically implanted with arterial and venous catheters were used in these studies. The slope of the baroreflex bradycardic responses to PE was significantly facilitated in OvxE+ females (-7.65 +/- 1.37) compared with OvxE- females (-4.5 +/- 0.4). Likewise, the slope of the baroreflex bradycardic responses to ANG II was significantly facilitated in OvxE+ females (-7.97 +/- 1.06) compared with OvxE- females (-4.8 +/- 1.6). Reflex tachycardic responses to SNP were comparable in all the groups. Finally, in male mice, the slope of ANG II-induced baroreflex bradycardia (-5.17 +/- 0.95) was significantly less than that induced by PE (-8.50 +/- 0.92), but this ANG II-mediated attenuation of reflex bradycardia was not observed in the female mice. These data support the hypothesis that estrogen facilitates baroreflex function in female mice and suggest that ANG II-mediated acute blunting of baroreflex regulation of heart rate may be sex dependent.
authors.affiliation: Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA. PamidimukkalaJ@missouri.edu
authors.forename: Jaya
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pamidimukkala
authors.forename: Julia A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: Wade V
authors.initials: WV
authors.lastname: Welshons
authors.forename: Dennis B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Lubahn
authors.forename: Meredith
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hay
mesh_terms: D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D017704:Baroreflex / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D003243:Consciousness; D004967:Estrogens / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D009599:Nitroprusside / Q000494:pharmacology; D010052:Ovariectomy; D010656:Phenylephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D012737:Sex Factors
chemical_list: D004967:Estrogens; D000804:Angiotensin II; D009599:Nitroprusside; D010656:Phenylephrine