Estrogen and Progesterone Inhibit Vascular Smooth Muscle Proliferation* (original) (raw)

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26 September 1996

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01 August 1997

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Anjali K. Morey, Ali Pedram, Mahnaz Razandi, Bruce A. Prins, Ren-Ming Hu, Elzbieta Biesiada, Ellis R. Levin, Estrogen and Progesterone Inhibit Vascular Smooth Muscle Proliferation, Endocrinology, Volume 138, Issue 8, August 1997, Pages 3330–3339, https://doi.org/10.1210/endo.138.8.5354
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Abstract

Estrogen (E) has been identified in epidemiologic and prospective studies to protect against the development of cardiovascular disease in women. It is unclear whether progesterone (P) is similarly beneficial. The mechanisms by which E or P might act are incompletely defined. One possibility is that sex steroids inhibit the proliferation of vascular smooth muscle, an early/important event in vascular pathology. We examined the ability of E and P to inhibit the growth of human umbilical vein smooth muscle cells (hUVSMC) in culture, when stimulated by serum or the mitogen, endothelin-1(ET-1). Serum and ET-1 stimulated hVSMC cell numbers by approximately 110% and 43% respectively, compared with control, after 3 days in culture. This stimulation was maximally reversed 75% by E and 64% by P. No synergistic or additive effects of the two steroids were found. ET-1 and serum stimulated mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAP-K) and MAP-kinase kinase activities, and these were critical for mitogenesis. Mitogen-stimulated MAP-kinase kinase and MAP-K activities were significantly inhibited by either E or P. The steroids also inhibited mitogen-stimulated c-fos and c_-myc_, downstream targets for MAP-K action. Critical signaling and molecular events through which mitogens stimulate VSMC proliferation can be significantly inhibited by E or P, providing a potential cellular mechanism for their vascular protective actions.

Copyright © 1997 by The Endocrine Society

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