title: Effects of oestrogen on sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase activity and gene expression in genioglossus in chronic intermittent hypoxia rat.
abstract: This study was designed to investigate the effects of oestrogen on sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca(2+)-ATPase activity and gene expression in ovariectomised rats under the condition of chronic intermittent hypoxia (CIH). Thirty-two female Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into four groups: the normal control group (NC), the CIH group (CIH), the CIH-ovariectomised group (CIH+OVX), and the group of CIH-ovariectomised rats receiving estradiol replacement (CIH+OVX+E(2)). Rats in the latter three groups were exposed to CIH for 5 weeks. The animals were killed before genioglossus (GG) was rapidly excised, and their body and uterus mass were determined. Estradiol level was detected by radioimmunoassay. SR Ca(2+)-ATPase (SERCA) activity was observed by detecting inorganic phosphorus ion, and the SERCA mRNA level was measured using real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (real-time PCR). It was found that, compared with the NC group, the SERCA activity and mRNA level were remarkably reduced (p<.01) in the CIH group. And compared with the CIH group, the SERCA activity and mRNA level were also significantly reduced (p<.01) in the CIH+OVX group. Meanwhile, the SERCA activity and mRNA level significantly increased (p<.01) in the CIH+OVX+E(2) group compared with the CIH+OVX group, but lower than those in the NC group (p<.01). The results showed that CIH could reduce the SERCA activity and mRNA expression, and oestrogen-deficiency could exacerbate this effect; whilst estradiol replacement can partially reverse the effect of CIH in ovariectomised rats.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, School of Stomatology, Tongji University, 399 Yanchang Ave, Shanghai, China. joshua66@yahoo.cn
authors.forename: Yue-Hua
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Wen
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Wei-Hua
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Song
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004958:Estradiol / Q000097:blood / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004967:Estrogens / Q000172:deficiency*; D005260:Female; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000378:metabolism*; D010052:Ovariectomy; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000097:blood; D011897:Random Allocation; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D053498:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000097:blood* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004967:Estrogens; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D004958:Estradiol; D053498:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPases