Estrogen mediates the protective effects of pregnancy and chorionic gonadotropin in a mouse model of vascular injury

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2059-2065

  Zhang, Lin ^a   Fishman, Mark C ^a   Huang, Paul L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Estrogen; Pregnancy; Sex; Vascular endothelium

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CYCLINE; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 0032845998     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.19.9.2059     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. White CR, Shelton J, Chen SJ, Darley-Usmar V, Allen L, C Nabors, Saunders PW, Chen YF, Oparil S. Estrogen restores endothelial function in experimental models of vascular injury. Circulation. 1997;96: 1624-1630.
2. Sullivan JM, Fowlkes LP. The clinical aspects of estrogen and the cardiovascular system. Obstet Gynecol. 1996;87:36S-43S.
3. Wild RA. Estrogen: effects on the cardiovascular tree. Obstet Gynecol. 1996;87:27S-35S.
4. Foegh ML, Asotra S, Howell MH, Ramwell PW. Estradiol inhibition of arterial neointimal hyperplasia after balloon injury. J Vasc Surg. 1994; 19:722-726.
5. Chen SJ, Li H, J Durand, Oparil S, Chen YF. Estrogen reduces myointimal proliferation after balloon injury of rat carotid artery. Circulation. 1996;93:577-584.
6. Sullivan TR, Karas RH, Aronovitz M, Faller G, Smith J, O'Donnell T, Mendelsohn ME. Estrogen inhibits the response to injury in a mouse carotid artery model. J Clin Invest. 1995;96:2482-2488.
7. Akishita M, Ouchi Y, Miyoshi H, Kozaki K, Inoue S, Ishikawa M, Eto M, Toba K, Orimo H. Estrogen inhibits cuff-induced intimal thickening of rat femoral artery: effects on migration and proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells. Atherosclerosis. 1997;130:1-10.
8. Moroi M, Zhang L, Yasuda T, Virmani R, Gold HK, Fishman MC, Huang PL. Interaction of genetic deficiency of endothelial nitric oxide, gender, and pregnancy in vascular response to injury in mice. J Clin Invest. 1998;101:1225-1232.
9. Shi SR, Cote RJ, Taylor CR. Antigen retrieval immunohistochemistry: past, present, and future. J Histochem Cytochem. 1997;45:327-343.
10. Cuevas EC, Bateman AC, Wilkins BS, Johnson PA, Williams JH, Lee AHS, Jones DB, Wright DH. Microwave antigen retrieval in immunocytochemistry: a study of 80 antibodies. J Clin Pathol. 1994;47:448-452.
11. Booth RFG, Martin JF, Honey AC, Hassall DG, Beesley JE, Moncada S. Rapid development of atherosclerotic lesions in the rabbit carotid artery induced by perivascular manipulation. Atherosclerosis. 1989;76: 257-268.
12. Kockx MM, De Meyer GRY, Andires LJ, Bult H, Jacob WA, Herman AG. The endothelium during cuff-induced neointima formation in the rabbit carotid artery. Arterioscler Thromb. 1993;13:1874-1884.
13. White CR, Darley-Usmar V, Oparil S. Gender and cardiovascular disease: recent insights. Trends Cardiovasc Med. 1997;7:94-100.
14. Grodstein F, Stampfer M. The epidemiology of coronary heart disease and estrogen replacement in postmenopausal women. Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 1995;38:199-210.
15. Guetta V, Cannon RO. Cardiovascular effects of estrogen and lipid-lowering therapy in postmenopausal women. Circulation. 1996;93: 1928-1937.
16. Hishikawa K, Nakai T, Marumo T, Suzuki H, Kato R, Saruta T. Upregulation of nitric oxide synthase by estradiol in human aortic endothelial cells. FEBS Lett. 1995;360:291-293.
17. Weiner CP, Knowles RG, Moncada S. Induction of nitric oxide synthases early in pregnancy. Am J Obster Gynecol. 1994;171:838-843.
18. Weiner CP, Lizasoain I, Bayliss SA, Knowles RG, Charles IG, Moncada S. Induction of calcium-dependent nitric oxide synthases by sex hormones. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1994;91:5212-5216.
19. Hayashi T, Fukoto JM, Ignarro LJ, Chaudhuri G. Basal release of nitric oxide from aortic rings is greater in female rabbits than in male rabbits: implications for atherosclerosis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1992;89: 11259-11263.
20. Elhage R, Bayard F, Richard V, Holvoet P, Duverger N, Fievet C, Arnal JF. Prevention of fatty streak formation of 17β-estradiol is not mediated by production of nitric oxide in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice. Circulation. 1997;96:3048-3052.
21. Vargas R, Wroblewski B, Rego A, Hatch J, Ramwell PW. Oestradiol inhibits smooth muscle cell proliferation of pig coronary artery. Br J Pharmacol. 1993;109:612-617.
22. van Dierendonck JH, Wijsman JH, Keijzer R, van de Velde JH, Cornelisse CJ. Cell-cycle related staining patterns of anti-proliferating cell nuclear antigen monoclonal antibodies. Am J Pathol. 1991;138:1165-1172.
23. Levine RL, Chen SJ, Durand J, Chen YF, Oparil S. Medroxyprogesterone attenuates estrogen-mediated inhibition of neointima formation after balloon injury of the rat carotid artery. Circulation. 1996;94:2221-2227.
24. Hanke H, Hanke S, Finking G, Muhic-Lohrer A, Muck AO, Schmahl FW, Haasis R, Hombach V. Different effects of estrogen and progesterone on experimental atherosclerosis in female versus male rabbits. Circulation. 1996;94:175-181.
25. Haarbo J, Leth-Espensen P, Slender S, Christiansen C. Estrogen monotherapy and combined estrogen-progeslerone replacement therapy attenuate aortic accumulation of cholesterol in ovariectomized cholesterol-fed rabbits. J Clin Invest. 1991;87:1274-1279.
26. Gustafson JA. Estrogen receptor β: getting in on the action? Nat Med. 1997;3:493-494.
27. Pennisi E. Differing roles found for estrogen's two receptors. Science. 1997;277:1439.
28. Katzenellenbogen BS, Korach KS. A new actor in the estrogen receptor drama: enter ER-β [editorial]. Endocrinology. 1997;138:861-862.
29. Kuiper GGJM, Enmark E, Pelto-Huikko M, Nillson S, Gustafsson JA. Cloning of a novel estrogen receptor expressed in rat prostate and ovary. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1996;93:5925-5930.
30. Perrot-Applanat M, M Deng, Fernandez H, Lelaidier C, Meduri G, Bouchard P. Immunohistochemical localization of estradiol and progesterone receptors in human uterus throughout pregnancy: expression in endometrial blood vessels. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1994;78:216-224.