title: Effects of sesamin on aortic oxidative stress and endothelial dysfunction in deoxycorticosterone acetate-salt hypertensive rats.
abstract: In the present study, we evaluated the relationship between the antihypertensive effect of sesamin, a lignan from sesame oil, and its antioxidative activity in deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA)-salt hypertensive rats. After a 5-week treatment period, systolic blood pressure was significantly elevated in normal diet-fed DOCA-salt animals compared with cases in sham-operated animals. Sesamin feeding, tempol (a superoxide dismutase mimetic) treatment or antihypertensive drugs combination (triple therapy; reserpine, hydralazine, hydrochlorothiazide) significantly suppressed the development of DOCA-salt-induced hypertension. Compared with sham-operated rats, the normal diet-fed DOCA-salt rats revealed marked increases in aortic superoxide (O(2)(-)) production. These increases in O(2)(-) production were significantly suppressed by sesamin feeding or tempol treatment, but not by triple therapy. Acetylcholine (Ach)-induced endothelium-dependent relaxation was markedly decreased in normal diet-fed DOCA-salt rats, compared with cases in sham-operated rats. Sesamin feeding and triple therapy significantly improved the DOCA-salt-induced impairment of endothelium-dependent relaxation. However, tempol treatment had no effect on the impaired vasodilator responses induced by DOCA-salt treatment. In DOCA-salt rats with or without sesamin feeding, systolic blood pressure significantly correlated with both aortic O(2)(-) production and endothelium-dependent vascular relaxation. These findings suggest that sesamin feeding inhibits the enhancement of aortic O(2)(-) production in DOCA-salt hypertensive rats, and this effect may contribute to the antihypertensive effect of sesamin. Sesamin feeding-induced improvement of endothelial dysfunction seems to result from the above antioxidative and antihypertensive effects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: Chie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Itoh
authors.forename: Fumie
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ishii
authors.forename: Hideaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawanishi
authors.forename: Masanori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takaoka
authors.forename: Yoshinobu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kiso
authors.forename: Nobuo
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tsuruoka
authors.forename: Takaharu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Yasuo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsumura
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000284:Administration, Oral; D000818:Animals; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001011:Aorta / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D003497:Cyclic N-Oxides / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003900:Desoxycorticosterone; D004149:Dioxoles / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000502:physiology; D006973:Hypertension / Q000139:chemically induced; D006978:Hypertension, Renovascular / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D017705:Lignans / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013113:Spin Labels; D013481:Superoxides / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D014664:Vasodilation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D003497:Cyclic N-Oxides; D004149:Dioxoles; D017705:Lignans; D013113:Spin Labels; D013481:Superoxides; D003900:Desoxycorticosterone; D000109:Acetylcholine; C054125:sesamin; C001803:tempol