title: Red wine polyphenols induce vasorelaxation by increased nitric oxide bioactivity.
abstract: The aim of the present study was to investigate the mechanism of vasorelaxant responses induced by red wine polyphenolic compounds (Provinol). Rings of rat femoral artery with or without functional endothelium were set up in a myograph for isometric recording and precontracted with phenylephrine (10(-5) M). Provinol in cumulative doses (10(-9) to 10(-3) mg/ml) elicited endothelium- and dose-dependent relaxation of the artery with maximal relaxation of 56 per cent at the concentration of 10(-5) mg/ml. The relaxant responses to Provinol correlated well with the increase of NO synthase activity in the vascular tissue after administration of cumulative doses of Provinol (10(-9) to 10(-3) mg/ml). N(G)-nitro-L-arginine methylester (L-NAME, 3x10(-4) M) significantly attenuated the endothelium-dependent relaxation produced by Provinol. Administration of L-arginine (3x10(-5) M) restored the relaxation inhibited by L-NAME. The relaxant responses of Provinol were abolished in the presence of Ca(2+)-entry blocker, verapamil (10(-6) M). Administration of hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) abolished acetylcholine (10(-5) M)-induced relaxation of the rat femoral artery, while administration of Provinol (10(2) mg/ml) together with H(2)O(2) helped to maintain the acetylcholine-induced relaxation. Provinol only partially affected the concentration-response curve for the NO donor sodium nitroprusside-induced relaxation in rings without endothelium. In conclusion, Provinol elicited endothelium-dependent relaxation of rat femoral artery by the Ca(2+)-induced increase of NO synthase activity and by protecting NO from degradation.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Normal and Pathological Physiology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Sienkiewiczova 1, 813 71 Bratislava, Slovak Republic. pechan@unpf.savba.sk
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zenebe
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Pechánová
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Andriantsitohaina
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001120:Arginine / Q000378:metabolism; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006207:Half-Life; D017665:Hydroxyl Radical / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester / Q000494:pharmacology; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D020030:Nitric Oxide Donors / Q000494:pharmacology; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D052250:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III; D009599:Nitroprusside / Q000494:pharmacology; D016877:Oxidants / Q000378:metabolism; D010636:Phenols / Q000494:pharmacology*; D059808:Polyphenols; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D014664:Vasodilation / Q000187:drug effects*; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D014700:Verapamil / Q000494:pharmacology; D014920:Wine
chemical_list: D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D005419:Flavonoids; D020030:Nitric Oxide Donors; D016877:Oxidants; D010636:Phenols; D059808:Polyphenols; D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D009599:Nitroprusside; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D017665:Hydroxyl Radical; D001120:Arginine; D014700:Verapamil; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D052250:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III; C496316:Nos3 protein, rat; D000109:Acetylcholine; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester