Effects of ovariectomy and estrogen replacement on aorta angiotensin-converting enzyme activity in rats

We investigated the possibility that physiological doses of estrogen protect against atherosclerotic change produced by changes in vascular angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) activity. Rats were ovariectomized, and after 14 days, treated with estradiol-17 beta (0.2 microgram/rat) for 14 weeks. Aorta ACE activity significantly increased in the ovariectomized rats, and decreased following estradiol-17 beta administration to a level not different from proestrous control rats. These results suggest that the lack of estrogenic action increases atherosclerotic change associated with changes in aorta ACE activity and that estrogen replacement therapy reduces the risk of atherosclerotic change associated with the decrease of aorta ACE activity.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

1997

Erschienen:

1997

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:73

Enthalten in:

Japanese journal of pharmacology - 73(1997), 4 vom: 15. Apr., Seite 361-3

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Tanaka, M [VerfasserIn]
Nakaya, S [VerfasserIn]
Watanabe, M [VerfasserIn]
Kumai, T [VerfasserIn]
Tateishi, T [VerfasserIn]
Kobayashi, S [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

4TI98Z838E
Comparative Study
EC 3.4.15.1
Estradiol
Journal Article
Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 27.08.1997

Date Revised 25.07.2019

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM091208688