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Identification of Authentic Estrogen Receptor in Cultured Endothelial Cells

A Potential Mechanism for Steroid Hormone Regulation of Endothelial Function

Christo D. Venkov, PhD; Alan B. Rankin, BS; Douglas E. Vaughan, MD

the Cardiovascular Divisions (C.D.V., A.B.R., D.E.V.), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and Nashville Veterans Affairs Medical Center (D.E.V.), Nashville, Tenn.

Correspondence to Douglas E. Vaughan, MD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Division of Cardiology, Rm 315 MRB II, Nashville, TN 37232-6300. E-mail Doug.Vaughan@mcmail.vanderbilt.edu.

Background Estrogen plays a major role in the delayed expression of coronary heart disease (CHD) in women, and recent data indicate that postmenopausal estrogen therapy reduces the incidence of CHD by >40%. The mechanism or mechanisms through which estrogen exerts this benefit are unknown, although effects on blood pressure, carbohydrate and lipid metabolism, and coagulation have been suggested. We hypothesized that at least part of the effect of estrogen in reducing the incidence of CHD is due to an effect on endothelial cell function.

Methods and Results In the present study, we examined human aortic and umbilical vein endothelial cells and bovine aortic endothelial cells for the presence of estrogen receptors (ERs) through immunoblot and mRNA analyses. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays were also performed to determine the DNA-binding properties of the putative ERs. Nuclear extracts from all three endothelial cell types were found to contain a 67-kD protein that reacted with anti-ER monoclonal antibodies specific to different domains of the ERs. Each of these types of cells expresses proteins that bind specifically to consensus estrogen-responsive elements. Finally, Northern blots verified that endothelial cells express abundant amount of mRNA for the ER.

Conclusions These data indicate that endothelial cells constitutively possess the potential for transcriptional regulation of target genes by estrogen. The evolutionary conservation of this receptor in bovine and human endothelial cells suggests a common mechanism for estrogen regulation of endothelial function.


Key Words: endothelium • hormones • receptors • coronary disease




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V. Guetta, A. A. Quyyumi, A. Prasad, J. A. Panza, M. Waclawiw, and R. O. Cannon III
The Role of Nitric Oxide in Coronary Vascular Effects of Estrogen in Postmenopausal Women
Circulation, November 4, 1997; 96(9): 2795 - 2801.
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G. M.C. Rosano, A. M. Caixeta, S. Chierchia, S. Arie, M. Lopez-Hidalgo, W. I. Pereira, F. Leonardo, C. M. Webb, F. Pileggi, and P. Collins
Short-term Anti-Ischemic Effect of 17ß-Estradiol in Postmenopausal Women With Coronary Artery Disease
Circulation, November 4, 1997; 96(9): 2837 - 2841.
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V. L. Baker, V. A. Chao, J. T. Murai, C. J. Zaloudek, and R. N. Taylor
Human Umbilical Vessels and Cultured Umbilical Vein Endothelial and Smooth Muscle Cells Lack Detectable Protein and mRNA Endocing Estrogen Receptors
Reproductive Sciences, November 1, 1997; 4(6): 316 - 324.
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Y. Matsubara, M. Murata, K. Kawano, T. Zama, N. Aoki, H. Yoshino, G. Watanabe, K. Ishikawa, and Y. Ikeda
Genotype Distribution of Estrogen Receptor Polymorphisms in Men and Postmenopausal Women From Healthy and Coronary Populations and Its Relation to Serum Lipid Levels
Arterioscler. Thromb. Vasc. Biol., November 1, 1997; 17(11): 3006 - 3012.
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K. Krasinski, I. Spyridopoulos, T. Asahara, R. van der Zee, J. M. Isner, and D. W. Losordo
Estradiol Accelerates Functional Endothelial Recovery After Arterial Injury
Circulation, April 1, 1997; 95(7): 1768 - 1772.
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I. Spyridopoulos, A. B. Sullivan, M. Kearney, J. M. Isner, and D. W. Losordo
Estrogen-Receptor–Mediated Inhibition of Human Endothelial Cell Apoptosis : Estradiol as a Survival Factor
Circulation, March 18, 1997; 95(6): 1505 - 1514.
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