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Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 282: H2309-H2315, 2002. First published February 21, 2002; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00772.2001
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Vol. 282, Issue 6, H2309-H2315, June 2002

Estrogen modulation of eNOS activity and its association with caveolin-3 and calmodulin in rat hearts

Xu Wang and Abdel A. Abdel-Rahman

Department of Pharmacology, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina 27858

Previous studies have shown that estrogen modulation of endothelial nitric oxide (NO) synthase (eNOS) may confer protection against heart disease. Here, we demonstrate an association between reductions in baroreflex-mediated bradycardia and in cardiac NOS activity in ovariectomized (Ovx) rats compared with controls. The latter resulted, at least in part, from a reduction in cardiac eNOS protein. eNOS-derived NO and its biological effects are determined by the levels of eNOS protein and by eNOS catalytic activity; the latter is regulated partly through the dynamic interaction with an inhibitory protein (caveolin) and a stimulatory protein (calmodulin). The association of eNOS immunoprecipitated with caveolin-3 and calmodulin was examined. Caveolin-3 and calmodulin binding with eNOS was increased and decreased, respectively, in Ovx rats. 17beta -Estradiol replacement restored, to within normal levels, the baroreflex-mediated bradycardic responses along with eNOS activity, eNOS expression, and the association of eNOS with caveolin-3 and calmodulin. Our findings may help to elucidate the molecular mechanism underlying the favorable effects of estrogen on cardiac responses to baroreflex activation.

nitric oxide; 17beta -estradiol; baroreflex sensitivity


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