Medroxyprogesterone acetate attenuates estrogen-induced nitric oxide production in human umbilical vein endothelial cells |
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Authors: | Oishi Akira Ohmichi Masahide Takahashi Kazuhiro Takahashi Toshifumi Mori-Abe Akiko Kawagoe Jun Otsu Reiko Mochizuki Yoshiko Inaba Noriyuki Kurachi Hirohisa |
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Affiliation: | Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, 880, Kitakobayashi, Mibumachi, Shimotuga, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan. |
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Abstract: | We report the novel observation that medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) attenuates the induction by 17beta estradiol (E2) of both nitric oxide (NO) production and endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) activity in human umbilical vein endothelial cells. Although MPA had no effect on basal NO production or basal eNOS phosphorylation or activity, it attenuated the E2-induced NO production and eNOS phosphorylation and activity. Moreover, we examined the mechanism by which MPA attenuated the E2-induced NO production and eNOS phosphorylation. MPA attenuated the E2-induced phosphorylation of Akt, a kinase that phosphorylates eNOS. Treatment with pure progesterone receptor (PR) antagonist RU486 completely abolished the inhibitory effect of MPA on E2-induced Akt phosphorylation and eNOS phosphorylation. In addition, the effects of actinomycin D were tested to rule out the influence of genomic events mediated by nuclear PRs. Actinomycin D did not affect the inhibitory effect of MPA on E2-induced Akt phosphorylation. Furthermore, the potential roles of PRA and PRB were evaluated. In COS cells transfected with either PRA or PRB, MPA attenuated E2-induced Akt phosphorylation. These results indicate that MPA attenuated E2-induced NO production via an Akt cascade through PRA or PRB in a non-genomic manner. |
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Keywords: | Nitric oxide eNOS Medroxyprogesterone acetate Endothelial cells Akt 17β estradiol Progesterone receptor RU486 Actinomycin D Non-genomic events |
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