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| Author(s): |
Fernando Paranaiba Filgueira
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas (ICB/SDI) |
| Defense date: | 2012-08-22 |
| Examining board members: |
Maria Helena Catelli de Carvalho;
Eliana Hiromi Akamine;
Ana Paula Villela Dantas;
Maria do Carmo Pinho Franco;
Silvia Lacchini
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| Advisor: | Maria Helena Catelli de Carvalho |
| Abstract | |
The present study investigated the action of equilin in mesenteric resistance arteries from female hypertensive rats. Mechanisms contributing to equilin-induced effects were determined, comparing with 17<font face=\"Symbol\">b-estradiol. Equilin evoked vasodilatation equivalent to that of 17<font face=\"Symbol\">b-estradiol, with no difference between intact and ovariectomized rats. Equilin-induced response was not altered by the estrogen receptor antagonist. Similarly, endothelium removal or inhibition of adenylyl cyclase, PKA, NOS, guanylate cyclase or PKG did not affect the relaxation to equilin. Furthermore, the relaxation to this hormone was not altered after incubation with K+ channel blockers. Equilin reduced contraction induced by both CaCl2 and Bay K 8644 (an L-type Ca2+ channel activator), however, it was unable to alter caffeine-induced contraction (via Ca2+ release from the intracellular stores), demonstrating that equilin vasorelaxant effect in mesenteric arteries from female spontaneously hypertensive rats occurs predominantly due to blockade of L-type Ca2+ channels. (AU) | |