Interaction of regular exercise and chronic nitroglycerin treatment on blood pressure and rat aortic antioxidants

BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR BASIS OF DISEASE

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Husain, K

关键词: aorta;    antioxidant enzyme;    blood pressure;    exercise training;    lipid peroxidation;    nitric oxide;    nitroglycerin;    rat;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.bbadis.2003.10.002

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Many cardiac patients undergo exercise conditioning with or without medication. Therefore, we investigated the interaction of exercise training and chronic nitroglycerin treatment on blood pressure (BP), aortic nitric oxide (NO), oxidants and antioxidants in rats. Fisher 344 rats were divided into four groups and treated as follows: (1) sedentary control, (2) exercise training (ET) for 8 weeks, (3) nitroglycerin (15 mg/kg, s.c. for 8 weeks) and (4) ET+ nitroglycerin. BP was monitored with tail-cuff method. The animals were sacrificed 24 h after the last treatments and thoracic aorta was isolated and analyzed. Exercise training on treadmill for 8 weeks significantly increased respiratory exchange ratio (RER), aortic NO levels, and endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) protein expression. Training significantly enhanced aortic glutathione (GSH), reduced to oxidized glutathione (GSH/GSSG) ratio, copper/zinc-superoxide dismutase (CuZn-SOD), Mn-SOD, catalase (CAT), glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) glutathione disulfide reductase (GR) activities and protein expressions. Training significantly depleted aortic malondialdehyde (MDA) and protein carbonyls without change in BR Nitroglycerin administration for 8 weeks significantly increased aortic NO levels and eNOS protein expression. Nitroglycerin significantly enhanced aortic Mn-SOD, CAT, GR and glutathione-S-transferase (GST) activities and protein expressions with decreased MDA levels, protein carbonyls and BR Interaction of training and nitroglycerin treatment significantly increased aortic NO levels, eNOS protein expression, GSH/GSSG ratio, antioxidant enzymes and normalized BR The data suggest that the interaction of training and nitroglycerin maintained BP by up-regulating the aortic NO and antioxidants and reducing the oxidative stress in rats. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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