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JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY
卷 34, 期 6, 页码 858-864出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(01)00023-X
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17 beta-estradiol; estrogen receptor; nitric oxide; hepatic sinusoidal microcirculation; diaminofluorescein-2
Background/Aims: Estrogen receptor (ER) is present in vascular endothelial cells and estrogen promotes nitric oxide (NO) synthesis, which relaxes smooth muscle cells. It is also speculated that NO is synthesized by estrogen in hepatic sinusoidal endothelial cells (SECs). Here we investigated the localization of ER and endothelial cell nitric oxide synthase (ecNOS), and determined 17 beta -estradiol (E2)-induced ecNOS expression in normal rat SECs. Methods: Cultured SECs were used. Fluorescence intensities of ecNOS were measured by immunofluorescence using a confocal laser-scanning microscope. E2 was added (100 pg/ml) to the culture medium, and the expressions of ecNOS mRNA and protein were analyzed by reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction and Western blotting. NO production in cultured SECs was examined using diaminofluorescein-2 diacetate as a fluorescent indicator for NO. Results: Immunolocalization of ER and ecNOS in normal liver was demonstrated in endothelial cells lining the hepatic sinusoids, ER and ecNOS were localized in the nuclei and cytoplasm of cultured SECs, respectively. The mRNA expression of ecNOS in cultured SECs was increased after 6 h, and the protein expression of ecNOS was increased 24 h after E2 stimulation. The fluorescence intensity of NO in cultured SECs was increased by E2 stimulation compared with untreated control cells. Conclusions: These results suggested that ER is present in SECs, and estrogen upregulates NO production in SECs, E2 mag he involved in the regulation of the hepatic sinusoidal microcirculation. (C) 2001 European Association for the Study of the Liver. Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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