[HTML][HTML] Src kinase mediates phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt-dependent rapid endothelial nitric-oxide synthase activation by estrogen

MP Haynes, L Li, D Sinha, KS Russell… - Journal of Biological …, 2003 - ASBMB
17β-Estradiol activates endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS), enhancing nitric oxide
(NO) release from endothelial cells via the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3-kinase)/Akt
pathway. The upstream regulators of this pathway are unknown. We now demonstrate that
17β-estradiol rapidly activates eNOS through Src kinase in human endothelial cells. The Src
family kinase specific-inhibitor 4-amino-5-(4-chlorophenyl)-7-(t-butyl) pyrazolo [3, 4-d]
pyrimidine (PP2) abrogates 17β-estradiol-but not ionomycin-stimulated NO release …