title: Effects of sex hormone levels on aortic vascular reactivity and variables associated with the metabolic syndrome in sucrose-fed female rats.
abstract: We studied the effect of varying levels of sex hormones, induced by ovariectomy and administration of testosterone or estradiol, on aortic reactivity in female rats with metabolic syndrome (MS) induced by a sucrose diet. Vasoreactivity of aortic rings, blood pressure, intra-abdominal fat, serum triglycerides, nitrates and nitrites, and TBARS were evaluated. Intact MS and ovariectomized MS had higher BP than intact control (C) and ovariectomized C, respectively; estradiol administration decreased BP in ovariectomized MS but not in ovariectomized C. Triglycerides and fat were both higher in MS. Triglycerides were not modified by surgery or hormone treatment, but ovariectomy increased fat. When ovariectomy was combined with hormones, however, fat was reduced to the level of intact rats. Ovariectomy decreased, but hormones increased, serum nitrates and nitrites. Vasoconstriction was larger in intact MS and ovariectomized MS + testosterone aortas than in intact C and ovariectomized C + testosterone, respectively. Vasodilation was reduced in intact MS and ovariectomized MS + testosterone compared with intact C, ovariectomized C + testosterone, ovariectomized MS, and ovariectomized MS + estradiol. The results suggest endothelial dysfunction in intact MS and ovariectomized MS + testosterone, but protection by ovariectomy + estradiol in MS due to hormones. Indomethacin reduced all contractions, but the effect was greater in estradiol-treated rats. L-NAME increased contractility, more in the ovariectomized C and MS groups and less in the estradiol-treated groups.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Juan Badiano 1, México DF, Mexico.
authors.forename: Israel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pérez-Torres
authors.forename: Mohammed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: El Hafidi
authors.forename: Oscar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Infante
authors.forename: Guadalupe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Baños
mesh_terms: D050153:Abdominal Fat / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001794:Blood Pressure; D005260:Female; D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones / Q000097:blood / Q000502:physiology*; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000097:blood / Q000503:physiopathology*; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013395:Sucrose / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood; D014661:Vasoconstriction; D014664:Vasodilation
chemical_list: D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones; D014280:Triglycerides; D013395:Sucrose; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester; D007213:Indomethacin