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Mechanisms of Vasorelaxation to Testosterone in the Rat Aorta

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Journal Eur J Pharmacol
Specialty Pharmacology
Date 2003 Mar 26
PMID 12650841
Citations 15
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We have investigated the role of endothelium-derived relaxing factors, K(+) channels and steroid receptors in vasorelaxation to testosterone in the rat aorta. Testosterone (1 nM-mM) caused acute concentration-dependent vasorelaxation. Both indomethacin (10 microM) and flurbiprofen (10 microM) uncovered relaxant responses to testosterone. The action of indomethacin was inhibited by endothelial removal. N(G)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME, 300 microM) had no effects on testosterone-induced responses. In the presence of indomethacin, the vasorelaxant potency of testosterone was reduced by depolarization with 60 mM KCl or charybdotoxin (100 nM), but not by glibenclamide (10 microM), 4-aminopyridine (1 mM) or barium chloride (30 microM). The responses to testosterone were not inhibited by flutamide (10 microM) or mifepristone (30 microM). Pre-treatment of the aorta with testosterone (100 microM) inhibited CaCl(2)-induced contraction. In the present study, we have demonstrated that testosterone causes acute vasorelaxations, which are modulated via endothelium-derived prostanoids. The responses uncovered by cyclooxygenase inhibitors are due to the activation of K(Ca) channels, while at higher concentrations, testosterone inhibits Ca(2+) influx.

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