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An In Vivo Estrogen Deficiency Mouse Model for Screening Exogenous Estrogen Treatments of Cardiovascular Dysfunction After Menopause
Published on: August 13, 2019
Effect of estradiol on chemokine receptor CXCR2 expression in rats: implications for atherosclerosis
Zhu-Bin Lei1, Xu-Jie Fu, Zhao-Tong Lu
1Department of Cardiology, General Hospital of Ji'nan Military Area, Ji'nan 250031, China. leizhubin88@email.com.cn
Aim:
To study the effect of 17beta-estradiol on expression of chemokine receptor CXCR2 in monocytes in vivo.
Methods:
Expressions of chemokine receptor CXCR2 mRNA and protein were measured by RT-PCR and flow cytometry, respectively.
Results:
In both ovary-intact and ovariectomized (OVX) rats, CXCR2 protein and mRNA expression were significantly increased in rats fed with a high-cholesterol diet for 6 weeks. The cholesterol-induced increases in CXCR2 protein and mRNA expression were significantly attenuated in OVX rats injected with estradiol-17beta (17beta-E2) (5 and 20 microg x kg(-1) x d(-1)). In normal diet rats, CXCR2 protein and mRNA expression were increased in OVX rats compared with ovary-intact rats, and this increase was prevented by 17beta-E2.
Conclusion:
Both basal and hypercholesterolemia-induced increases in chemokine receptor CXCR2 are modulated by physiological concentrations of estradiol.
