期刊
DIGESTIVE DISEASES AND SCIENCES
卷 58, 期 6, 页码 1507-1515出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-013-2610-4
关键词
Follicle stimulating hormone; Estrogen; Nitric oxide; nNOS dimerization; Biopterins; Gastroparesis
资金
- NIH-NIDDK [R21DKO76704, P60DK020593]
- Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN, USA [RCMI G12RR03032]
- British Heart Foundation [RG/12/5/29576] Funding Source: researchfish
Background Gastroparesis affects predominantly females; however, the biological basis for this gender bias is completely unknown. Several lines of evidence suggest that nitrergic dependent stomach motility function is reduced in diabetic gastroparesis and that nNOS is estrogen-regulated. Aims The purpose of this study was to investigate whether reduced levels of estradiol-17 beta (E-2) down-regulates tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4, a cofactor for nNOS dimerization and enzyme activity) biosynthesis and therefore nNOS mediated gastric motility would be impaired in a mouse model of chronic estrogen deficiency, follicle stimulating hormone receptor knock-out female mice (FORKO). Methods In-bred 12-week-old female FORKO mice were obtained from our FORKO breeding colony. Gastric emptying was measured in overnight fasting mice. Nitrergic relaxation (AUC/mg tissue) was measured at 2 Hz through electric field stimulation using gastric antrum strips prepared from WT and FORKO mice. Protein expression for nNOS alpha, BH4 biosynthesis enzymes (GCH-1, DHFR) and estrogen receptors (alpha, beta) were measured in gastric antrum by western blotting. Levels of BH4 and oxidized BH2, B biopterin levels were determined by HPLC. Results In FORKO, compared to wild type (WT) stomachs we indentified (1) reduced (%) gastric emptying (64 +/- 2.5 vs. 77.6 +/- 0.88), (2) greater reduction in nitregic relaxation (-0.13 +/- 0.012 vs. -0.28 +/- 0.012), (3) increased nNOS dimerization (0.48 +/- 0.02 vs. 0.34 +/- 0.05), (4) decreased NO release whether measured at 24 h (0.6 +/- 0.04 vs. 1.7 +/- 0.22, p < 0.05) or at 48 h (3.4 +/- 0.26 vs. 5.0 +/- 0.15, p < 0.05) of incubation, (5) decreased GCH-1 (1.9 +/- 0.06 vs. 2.3 +/- 0.04), DHFR (1.8 +/- 0.14 vs. 2.4 +/- 0.07) and ER alpha (2.7 +/- 0.4 vs. 3.9 +/- 0.4) and (6) increased oxidized biopterin levels and decreased ratio of BH4 versus BH2 + B. Conclusion We conclude that chronic estrogen deficiency negatively modifies the function of both BH4 and nNOS thereby contributing to the development of gastroparesis in a FORKO mouse model.
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