ArticleAnatolian journal of cardiology2016
Hypotensive effect of alpha-lipoic acid after a single administration in rats.
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- Therapeutic Effect of Alpha Lipoic Acid in a Rat Preclinical Model of Preeclampsia: Focus on Maternal Signs, Fetal Growth and Placental Function.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Reactive Sulfur Compounds in the Fight against COVID-19.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Antioxidant Properties of Alpha-Lipoic (Thioctic) Acid Treatment on Renal and Heart Parenchyma in a Rat Model of Hypertension.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Alpha-lipoic acid ameliorates tauopathy-induced oxidative stress, apoptosis, and behavioral deficits through the balance of DIAP1/DrICE ratio and redox homeostasis: Age is a determinant factor.Metabolic brain disease · 2021Article
- Alpha-lipoic acid may protect patients with diabetes against COVID-19 infection.Medical hypotheses · 2020Article
- Antioxidant Effect of Alpha-Lipoic Acid in 6-Hydroxydopamine Unilateral Intrastriatal Injected Rats.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Lipoic Acid as a Possible Pharmacological Source of Hydrogen Sulfide/Sulfane Sulfur.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2017Article
- Altered KATP Channel Subunits Expression and Vascular Reactivity in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats With Age.Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology · 2016Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe effect of alpha-lipoic acid on blood pressure was investigated many times in chronic studies, but there are no studies on the effect of this compound after a single administration. Alpha-lipoic acid is a drug used in diabetic neuropathy, often in obese patients, to treat hypertension. Therefore, knowledge of the potential antihypertensive effect of alpha-lipoic acid even after a single dose and possibly too much pressure reduction is interesting and useful.
methodsThe mechanism of the hypotensive effect of alpha-lipoic acid was examined in normotensive rats in vivo after a single intraperitoneal administration, blood pressure in the left carotid artery of the rats was measured prior to the administration of the compounds (alpha- lipoic acid and/or glibenclamide) and 80 min thereafter.
resultsAlpha-lipoic acid at a dosage of 50 mg/kg b.w. i.p. significantly decreased the blood pressure from the 50th min after drug administration. This cardiovascular effect of this compound was reversed by glibenclamide, a selective KATP blocker. Glibenclamide alone at this dose did not significantly affect the blood pressure. Statistical significance was evaluated using two-way ANOVA.
conclusionThis suggests that alpha-lipoic acid affects ATP-dependent potassium channels. It is possible that this is an indirect effect of hydrogen sulfide because alpha-lipoic acid can increase its concentration. The results obtained in this study are very important because the patients taking alpha-lipoic acid may be treated for co-existing hypertension. Therefore, the possibility of blood pressure lowering by alpha-lipoic acid should be taken into account, although it does not lead to excessive orthostatic hypotension.
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