17ß-Estradiol protects against the effects of a high fat diet on cardiac glucose, lipid and nitric oxide metabolism in rats

Sonja Zafirovic; Milan Obradovic; Emina Sudar-Milovanovic; Aleksandra Jovanovic; Julijana Stanimirovic; Alan J. Stewart; Samantha J. Pitt; Esma R. Isenovic

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17ß-Estradiol protects against the effects of a high fat diet on cardiac glucose, lipid and nitric oxide metabolism in rats

Sonja Zafirovic, Milan Obradovic, Emina Sudar-Milovanovic, Aleksandra Jovanovic, Julijana Stanimirovic, Alan J. Stewart, Samantha J. Pitt, Esma R. Isenovic

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The aim of this study was to investigate the in vivo effects of estradiol (E₂) on myocardial metabolism and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) expression/activity in obese rats. Male Wistar rats were fed with a normal or a high fat (HF) diet (42% fat) for 10 weeks. Half of the HF fed rats were treated with a single dose of E₂ while the other half were placebo-treated. 24h after treatment animals were sacrificed. E₂ reduced cardiac free fatty acid (FFA) (p<0.05), L-arginine (p<0.01), iNOS mRNA (p<0.01), and protein (p<0.05) levels and translocation of the FFA transporter (CD36) (p<0.01) to the plasma membrane (PM) in HF fed rats. In contrast, Akt phosphorylation at Thr³⁰⁸ (p<0.05) and translocation of the glucose transporter GLUT4 (p<0.05) to the PM increased after E₂ tretment in HF rats. Our results indicate that E₂ acts via PI3K/Akt signaling pathway to partially protect myocardial metabolism by attenuating the detrimental effects of increased iNOS expression/activity in HF fed rats.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	12-20
Number of pages	9
Journal	Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology
Volume	446
Early online date	2 Feb 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mce.2017.02.001
Publication status	Published - 5 May 2017

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Keywords

Estradiol
Obesity
Myocardial metabolism
Cardiovascular diseases
Inducible nitric oxide synthase

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17ß-Estradiol protects against the effects of a high fat diet on cardiac glucose, lipid and nitric oxide metabolism in rats

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