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Here, we investigated the extent to which mitochondrial Ca\n              <jats:sup>2+<\/jats:sup>\n              entry via the MCU (mitochondrial Ca\n              <jats:sup>2+<\/jats:sup>\n              uniporter) drives sex differences in vasoreactivity in resistance arteries.\n            <\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec xml:lang=\"en\">\n            <jats:title>Methods and Results<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p xml:lang=\"en\">\n              Enhanced vasodilation of mesenteric resistance arteries to acetylcholine (ACh) was reduced to larger extent in female compared with male mice in 2 genetic models of endothelial MCU ablation. Ex vivo Ca\n              <jats:sup>2+<\/jats:sup>\n              imaging of mesenteric arteries with Fura\u20102AM confirmed higher cytosolic Ca\n              <jats:sup>2+<\/jats:sup>\n              transients triggered by ACh in arteries from female mice versus male mice. MCU inhibition both strongly reduced cytosolic Ca\n              <jats:sup>2+<\/jats:sup>\n              transients and blocked mitochondrial Ca\n              <jats:sup>2+<\/jats:sup>\n              entry. In cultured human aortic endothelial cells, treatment with physiological concentrations of estradiol enhanced cytosolic Ca\n              <jats:sup>2+<\/jats:sup>\n              transients, Ca\n              <jats:sup>2+<\/jats:sup>\n              buffering capacity, and mitochondrial Ca\n              <jats:sup>2+<\/jats:sup>\n              entry in response to ATP or repeat Ca\n              <jats:sup>2+<\/jats:sup>\n              boluses. Further experiments to establish the mechanisms underlying these effects did not reveal significant differences in the expression of MCU subunits, at either the mRNA or protein level. 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