Perinatal L-Arginine and Antioxidant Supplements Reduce Adult Blood Pressure in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats
作者:
Simona Racasan,
Branko Braam,
Dionne van der Giezen,
Roel Goldschmeding,
Peter Boer,
Hein Koomans,
Jaap Joles,
期刊:
Hypertension: Journal of The American Heart Association
(OVID Available online 2004)
卷期:
Volume 44,
issue 1
页码: 83-88
ISSN:0194-911X
年代: 2004
出版商: OVID
关键词: diet;hypertension, renal;oxidative stress;nitric oxide
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Embryo cross-transplantation and cross-fostering between spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and normotensive rats (WKY) suggest that perinatal environment modulates the genetically determined phenotype. In SHR the balance between NO and reactive oxygen species (ROS) is disturbed. We hypothesized that increasing NO and diminishing ROS in perinatal life would ameliorate hypertension in adult SHR. Pregnant SHR and WKY and their offspring received L-arginine plus antioxidants (vitamin C, vitamin E, and taurine) during the last 2 weeks of pregnancy and then until either 4 or 8 weeks after birth. Systolic blood pressure (SBP) and urinary excretion of protein, nitrates (NOx), and thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) were measured. At 48 weeks of age rats were euthanized for glomerular counts. Perinatal supplements reduced SBP persistently in SHR and prevented the SBP increase observed in aging WKY. Initially NOxexcretion was lower and TBARS excretion higher in SHR than WKY. There was a direct effect on NOxexcretion in supplemented pregnant SHR and their offspring, but no increase was observed after stopping the supplements. TBARS excretion was only depressed up to 14 weeks by the supplements despite persistent differences in SBP. Consistent effects on nephron number were absent. Mild proteinuria, present in control SHR at 48 weeks, was prevented in all supplemented rats. Perinatal supplementation of NO substrate and antioxidants results in persistent reduction of SBP and renal protection in SHR, although effects on NOxand TBARS were only transient. This suggests a critical role for perinatal pro- and antioxidant balance in programming BP later in life.
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