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ArticleGeroScience2018

A pyridoindole antioxidant SMe1EC2 regulates contractility, relaxation ability, cation channel activity, and protein-carbonyl modifications in the aorta of young and old rats with or without diabetes mellitus.

Arzu Şakul, Nuray Arı, Ruzenna Sotnikova, Gülgün Ozansoy, Çimen Karasu

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Article in GeroScience, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Arzu ŞakulDepartment of Pharmacology, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Nuray ArıDepartment of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey.
Ruzenna SotnikovaInstitute of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Gülgün OzansoyDepartment of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey.
Çimen KarasuLaboratory for Cellular Stress Response and Signal Transduction Research, Department of Medical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey. cimenkrs@gmail.com.
Ankara University · TRGazi University · TRInstitute of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences · SKIstanbul Medipol University · TR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We studied the effects of treatment with SMe1EC, a hexahydropyridoindole antioxidant, on vascular reactivity, endothelial function, and oxidonitrosative stress level of thoracic aorta in young and old rats with or without diabetes mellitus. The rats were grouped as young control (YC 3 months old), old control (OC 15 months old), young diabetic (YD), old diabetic (OD), young control treated (YCT), old control treated (OCT), young diabetic treated (YDT), and old diabetic treated (ODT). Diabetes was induced by streptozotocin injection and subsequently SMe1EC2 (10 mg/kg/day, p.o.) was administered to YCT, OCT, YDT, and ODT rats for 5 months. In young and old rats, diabetes resulted in hypertension, weight loss, hyperglycemia, and hypertriglyceridemia, which were partially prevented by SMe1EC2. SMe1EC2 also inhibited the diabetes-induced increase in aorta levels of AGEs (advanced glycosylation end-protein adducts), 4-HNE (4-hydroxy-nonenal-histidine), 3-NT (3-nitrotyrosine), and RAGEs (receptors for AGEs). The contractions of the aorta rings to phenylephrine (Phe) and KCL did not significantly change, but acetylcholine (ACh) and salbutamol relaxations were reduced in OC compared to YC rats. Diabetes induction increased Phe contractions in YC and OC rats, KCL contractions in YC rats, and did not cause further inhibition in already inhibited ACh and salbutamol relaxations in OC rats. We have achieved the lowest levels of ACh relaxation in YD rats compared to other groups. SMe1EC2 did not change the response of aorta to ACh, salbutamol and Phe in YC rats, and ameliorated ACh relaxations in OC and YD but not in OD rats. In YDT and ODT rats, increased Phe and KCL contractions, high blood pressure, and impaired salbutamol relaxations were amended by SMe1EC2. Phe contractions observed in YD and OD rats as well as KCl contractions observed in OC rats were the lowest levels when the rats were treated with SMe1EC2. When the bath solution was shifted to cyclopiazonic acid (CYP) or CYP plus Ca

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AcetylcholineAgingAlbuterolAnimalsAntioxidantsAorta, ThoracicDiabetes Mellitus, ExperimentalDisease Models, AnimalEndothelium, VascularIndolesMaleOxidative StressPyridinesPyridonesRandom AllocationRatsAcetylcholineAlbuterolAntioxidantsIndolesPyridinesPyridonesSMe1EC2AgingAntioxidantAortaContractilityDiabetesEndotheliumOxidonitrosative stressProtein carbonylationPyridoindoleRat

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PMCPMC6136298
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