Membrane-initiated actions of estrogen on the endothelium

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• 作者：Kyung Hee Kim ; Jeffrey R. Bender
• 关键词：Estrogen ; ER46 ; eNOS
• 刊名：Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology
• 出版年：2009
• 出版时间：24 September 2009
• 年：2009
• 卷：308
• 期：1-2
• 页码：3-8
• 全文大小：338 K

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Estrogen-induced rapid, membrane-initiated activation of numerous signal transduction cascades has been shown in animal, cellular and molecular vascular studies, which support the favorable effects of estrogen on vascular structure and function. These effects are mediated by distinct forms of estrogen receptor (ER) α. This includes estrogen-stimulated, rapid activation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS), resulting in elaboration of the athero-protective, angiogenesis-promoting product nitric oxide (NO). An N-terminus truncated short isoform of ERα, ER46, plays a critical role in membrane-initiated, rapid responses to 17β-estradiol (E2) in human endothelial cells (ECs). We have proposed a ER46-centered, eNOS-activating molecular complex in human EC caveolar membranes, containing c-Src, phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K), Akt and eNOS. In this review, we describe estrogen-induced, rapid, non-genomic actions in the endothelium.