Headache · 2007
Rat carotid artery responses to alpha-adrenergic receptor agonists and 5-HT after ovariectomy and hormone replacement.
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Mehrotra Suneet, Gupta Saurabh, Villalón Carlos M, Boomsma Frans, Saxena Pramod R, MaassenVanDenbrink Antoinette
Аннотация
OBJECTIVE: To compare the contractile responses to alpha-adrenergic receptor agonists and 5-HT in the rat carotid artery after ovariectomy and subsequent hormone replacement with 17beta-estradiol, progesterone, or the combination of 17beta-estradiol and progesterone.
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of migraine is higher in women than in men, and changes in 17beta-estradiol levels seem to affect the frequency of attacks in female migraineurs. However, the underlying mechanisms are not yet completely understood.
METHODS: After 1 week of acclimatization (Day 0), female Sprague-Dawley rats were either sham-operated or bilateral ovariectomized. One week later (Day 7), the ovariectomized rats were subcutaneously implanted with a pellet releasing over a 21-day period either placebo, 0.25 mg 17beta-estradiol, 50 mg progesterone, or the combination of the 2 hormones. Blood samples were collected on Days 0, 7, and 21 to measure plasma norepinephrine and epinephrine. On days 25 to 28, the animals were killed to isolate carotid artery and mount its segments in Mulvany myographs. Cumulative concentration response curves to alpha-adrenergic receptor agonists and 5-HT were constructed in the absence or presence of suitable antagonists.
RESULTS: The potency of norepinephrine in ovariectomized rats was significantly reduced in animals treated with progesterone as compared to those with placebo. In placebo-treated ovariectomized animals there was a noticeable response mediated by alpha2-adrenoceptors, in contrast to that in sham-operated or ovariectomized rats treated with 17beta-estradiol and progesterone, either alone or in combination. The plasma levels of norepinephrine and epinephrine were not significantly affected by either ovariectomy or the subsequent hormone replacement. The potency of 5-HT was significantly reduced in animals having circulating sex hormones as compared to that in placebo-treated ovariectomized animals.
CONCLUSION: Taken together, our results indicate that circulating progesterone and/or 17beta-estradiol may reduce the contraction of the rat carotid artery in response to norepinephrine and 5-HT. This effect of female sex hormones might be one of the factors through which these hormones aggravate migraine in women.
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of migraine is higher in women than in men, and changes in 17beta-estradiol levels seem to affect the frequency of attacks in female migraineurs. However, the underlying mechanisms are not yet completely understood.
METHODS: After 1 week of acclimatization (Day 0), female Sprague-Dawley rats were either sham-operated or bilateral ovariectomized. One week later (Day 7), the ovariectomized rats were subcutaneously implanted with a pellet releasing over a 21-day period either placebo, 0.25 mg 17beta-estradiol, 50 mg progesterone, or the combination of the 2 hormones. Blood samples were collected on Days 0, 7, and 21 to measure plasma norepinephrine and epinephrine. On days 25 to 28, the animals were killed to isolate carotid artery and mount its segments in Mulvany myographs. Cumulative concentration response curves to alpha-adrenergic receptor agonists and 5-HT were constructed in the absence or presence of suitable antagonists.
RESULTS: The potency of norepinephrine in ovariectomized rats was significantly reduced in animals treated with progesterone as compared to those with placebo. In placebo-treated ovariectomized animals there was a noticeable response mediated by alpha2-adrenoceptors, in contrast to that in sham-operated or ovariectomized rats treated with 17beta-estradiol and progesterone, either alone or in combination. The plasma levels of norepinephrine and epinephrine were not significantly affected by either ovariectomy or the subsequent hormone replacement. The potency of 5-HT was significantly reduced in animals having circulating sex hormones as compared to that in placebo-treated ovariectomized animals.
CONCLUSION: Taken together, our results indicate that circulating progesterone and/or 17beta-estradiol may reduce the contraction of the rat carotid artery in response to norepinephrine and 5-HT. This effect of female sex hormones might be one of the factors through which these hormones aggravate migraine in women.