title: Effects of estradiol on phenylephrine contractility associated with intracellular calcium release in rat aorta.
abstract: The ability of estradiol to affect phenylephrine-induced contraction and the subsequent increase in resting tone, associated with capacitative Ca(2+) entry across the plasma membrane, was evaluated in rat aortic rings incubated in Ca(2+)-free solution. The incubation with estradiol (1-100 nM, 5 min) inhibited both the phenylephrine-induced contraction and the IRT. Neither cycloheximide (1 microM; inhibitor of protein synthesis) nor tamoxifen (1 microM; blocker of estrogenic receptors) modified the effects of estradiol. Estradiol (100 microM) also blocked the contractile response to serotonin (10 microM) but not to caffeine (10 mM). In addition, estradiol (100 microM) inhibited the contractile responses to cyclopiazonic acid (1 microM; selective Ca(2+)-ATPase inhibitor) associated with capacitative Ca(2+) influx through non-L-type Ca(2+) channels. Finally, estradiol inhibited the Ca(2+)-induced increases in intracellular free Ca(2+) (after pretreatment with phenylephrine) in cultured rat aorta smooth muscle cells incubated in Ca(2+)-free solution. In conclusion, estradiol interfered in a concentration-dependent manner with Ca(2+)-dependent contractile effects mediated by the stimuli of alpha(1)-adrenergic and serotonergic receptors and inhibited the capacitative Ca(2+) influx through both L-type and non-L-type Ca(2+) channels. Such effects are in essence nongenomic and not mediated by the intracellular estrogenic receptor.
authors.affiliation: Sección de Estudios de Posgrado e Investigación de la Escuela Superior de Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico Distrito Federal, Mexico. drcarloscastillo@esmas.com
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Castillo
authors.forename: Guillermo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ceballos
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
authors.forename: Cleva
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Villanueva
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Medina
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: López
authors.forename: Enrique
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Méndez
authors.forename: Enrique F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Castillo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D002110:Caffeine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003513:Cycloheximide / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004958:Estradiol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004965:Estrogen Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D000077267:Fulvestrant; D007211:Indoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D032389:Myocytes, Smooth Muscle / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D010656:Phenylephrine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010726:Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D026902:Potassium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology; D011374:Progesterone / Q000494:pharmacology; D011500:Protein Synthesis Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012701:Serotonin / Q000494:pharmacology; D013629:Tamoxifen / Q000494:pharmacology; D013739:Testosterone / Q000494:pharmacology; D019789:Tetraethylammonium / Q000494:pharmacology; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014664:Vasodilation / Q000502:physiology*; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D004965:Estrogen Antagonists; D007211:Indoles; D010726:Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors; D026902:Potassium Channel Blockers; D011500:Protein Synthesis Inhibitors; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents; D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D013629:Tamoxifen; D010656:Phenylephrine; D000077267:Fulvestrant; D012701:Serotonin; D002110:Caffeine; D013739:Testosterone; D011374:Progesterone; D004958:Estradiol; D019789:Tetraethylammonium; D003513:Cycloheximide; D002118:Calcium; C000543:cyclopiazonic acid