Long-Term Administration of Highly Purified Eicosapentaenoic Acid Ethyl Ester Improves Blood Coagulation Abnormalities and Dysfunction of Vascular Endothelial Cells in Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima Fatty Rats

Endocrine Journal

Hidefumi NOBUKATA¹  Naoko TAJIMA³  Yutaka MORI²  Tsuyoshi HARADA¹  Toshihiko KASAHARA¹ 

[1] Toxicology Laboratory, Research Center, Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.;Department of Internal Medicine, National Higashi-Utsunomiya Hospital;Division of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine

关键词: Blood coagulation;    Vascular endothelial/smooth muscle cells;    Eicosapentaenoic acid ethyl ester;    Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima Fatty rats;   

DOI  :  10.1507/endocrj.50.603

学科分类：内分泌与代谢学

来源: Japan Endocrine Society

【 摘 要 】

References(10)Cited-By(3)We investigated the effect of highly purified eicosapentaenoic acid ethyl ester (EPA-E) on blood coagulation abnormalities and dysfunction of vascular endothelial cells in spontaneously diabetic Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima Fatty rats. The animals were treated with either EPA-E or lard at a daily dose of 0.3 g/kg/day for 52 weeks by gavage, and their coagulation/fibrinolytic parameters, platelet aggregation, and functions of the vascular endothelial cells were examined. EPA-E significantly improved coagulation-related parameters including prothrombin time, activated partial thromboplastin time, fibrinogen level, and activities of factor II, V, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, and XII, and antithrombin III, and fibrinolysis-related parameters including plasminogen, tissue-type plasminogen activator, α2-plasmin inhibitor, and plasminogen activator inhibitor. It also suppressed ADP- or collagen-induced platelet aggregation and the cholesterol/phospholipid molar ratio in platelet membranes at a dose of 0.3 g/kg. In addition, it significantly increased the migration activity of vascular endothelial cells, and decreased the binding of vascular endothelial cells to vascular endothelial growth factor. In contrast, lard had no effect on hypercoagulation, hypofibrinolysis, and platelet hyperaggregation but significantly aggravated the dysfunction of vascular endothelial cells. These data demonstrate that EPA-E beneficially altered certain factors known to promote thrombosis and atherosclerosis in this animal model.

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