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In addition to these delayed steroid actions, rapid effects of steroids have been reported in various tissues that were clearly incompatible with the classic theory of genomic steroid action.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:italic>Methods and Results<\/jats:italic>\u2014Because high doses of 17\u03b2-estradiol have been shown to modulate intracellular cAMP levels in vascular smooth muscle cells, steroid-induced stimulation of adenylate cyclase stimulation and phosphorylation of cAMP response element binding protein was investigated in porcine coronary artery vascular smooth muscle cells. Aldosterone induces a \u22481.5- to 2.5-fold increase in intracellular cAMP levels (EC<jats:sub>50<\/jats:sub>\u22480.01 to 0.1 nmol\/L) within 1 minute, whereas 17\u03b2-estradiol and hydrocortisone act only at supraphysiological concentrations (10 \u03bcmol\/L). 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