title: In vitro effects of calcium dobesilate on the responsiveness of spontaneously diabetic rat aorta.
abstract: We tested the effect of calcium dobesilate (DOBE) in aorta from spontaneously diabetic (BB/wor) rats. The contraction induced by 10(-6) M noradrenaline (NA) in BB/wor rats was smaller than that induced in control rats (1.21+/-0.11 vs 0.82+/-0.02 g, P<0.01, n=8, respectively) in arteries with intact endothelium. Incubation with DOBE (10(-4) M) impaired the contractions induced by NA in BB/wor rats (1.21+/-0.11 vs 0.67+/-0.01 g, P<0.01, n=8). The effect of DOBE was reversed by 10(-6) M propranolol (0.67+/-0.01 vs 1.20+/-0.60g, P<0.001, n=8, with 10(-4) M DOBE and 10(-4)M DOBE plus 10(-6) M propranolol, respectively). DOBE increased the endothelium-dependent relaxation in arteries from diabetic rats. These findings suggest that DOBE might improve vascular reactivity in BB/wor rats.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sanz
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ruiz
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ganado
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tejerina
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine; D000818:Animals; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D002123:Calcium Dobesilate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000503:physiopathology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D006490:Hemostatics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009126:Muscle Relaxation / Q000187:drug effects; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester / Q000494:pharmacology; D009599:Nitroprusside / Q000494:pharmacology; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011913:Rats, Inbred BB; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D014661:Vasoconstriction / Q000187:drug effects*; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D014664:Vasodilation / Q000187:drug effects; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D006490:Hemostatics; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents; D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D009599:Nitroprusside; D002123:Calcium Dobesilate; D000109:Acetylcholine; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester; D009638:Norepinephrine