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Copyright © 1997, European Society of Cardiology
Diabetic-induced endothelial dysfunction in rat aorta: role of hydroxyl radicals
aDepartment of Transplant Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, 9200 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
bDepartment of Urology, Medical College of Wisconsin,Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, 9200 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
* Corresponding author. Department of Transplant Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226 USA. Phone: (414) 259-2052; Fax: (414) 259-0717.
Objective: Previous studies suggest a role of superoxide anion radicals (·O2–) in impaired endothelium-dependent relaxation of diabetic blood vessels; however, the role of secondary reactive oxygen species remains unclear. In the present study, we investigated a role of various potential reactive oxygen species in diabetic endothelial dysfunction. Methods: Thoracic aortic rings from 8-week streptozotocin-induced diabetic and age-matched control rats were mounted in isolated tissue baths. Endothelium-dependent relaxation to acetylcholine (ACH) and endothelium-independent relaxation to nitroglycerin (NTG) were assessed in precontracted rings. Results: ACH-induced relaxation was impaired in diabetic compared to control rings and was not improved with either indomethacin or daltroban. ACH-induced relaxation in both control and diabetic rings was completely blocked with the nitric oxide synthase inhibitors, L-nitroarginine methyl ester or L-nitroarginine (L-NA). NTG-induced relaxation was insensitive to L-NA and was unaltered by diabetes. Pretreatment with superoxide dismutase (SOD) at activities which did not alter contractile tone failed to alter responses to ACH in diabetic rings. Similar results were obtained using either catalase or mannitol. In contrast, the combination of SOD plus catalase or DETAPAC, an inhibitor of metal-facilitated hydroxyl radical (·OH) formation, markedly enhanced relaxation to ACH in diabetic but not in control rings. Neither the combination of SOD plus catalase nor DETAPAC altered the sensitivity or relaxation to NTG in control rings with or without endothelium. In diabetic rings with endothelium, both DETAPAC or SOD plus catalase increased sensitivity but not maximum relaxation to NTG. In diabetic rings without endothelium, relaxation and sensitivity to NTG were unaltered by either treatment. In L-NA-treated diabetic rings with endothelium, sensitivity and relaxation to NTG was unaltered by either DETAPAC or SOD plus catalase. Conclusion: Diabetic endothelium produces increases in both ·O2– and H2O2 leading to enhanced intracellular production of ·OH. Thus, ·OH are implicated in diabetes-induced endothelial dysfunction.
KEYWORDS Nitric oxide; Free radicals; Endothelium; Diabetes; Rat, aorta
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