title: Mechanisms underlying quercetin-induced vasorelaxation in aorta of subchronic diabetic rats: an in vitro study.
abstract: In this study, the mechanisms involved in vasorelaxant effect of the flavonoid quercetin was investigated in isolated aortic rings from streptozotocin (STZ)-diabetic rats. After 4 weeks, addition of quercetin (0.1 microM-1 mM) caused a significant dose-dependent relaxation of noradrenaline (NA)- and KCl-preconstricted rings in both control and diabetic groups with a significant inter-group difference of P<0.01. Furthermore, both nitro-L-arginine-methyl ester (L-NAME, 100 microM) and indomethacin (10 microM) markedly attenuated the vasorelaxant responses following quercetin application. Meanwhile, endothelium removal significantly attenuated the quercetin-induced vasorelaxation. It is concluded that the quercetin can relax the preconstricted rings of aorta in subchronic STZ-diabetic rats through nitric oxide- and -prostaglandin-mediated pathways, which themselves could be considered as endothelium-dependent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Shahed University, Dehkadeh Street, Keshavarz Blvd., P.O. Box: 14155-7435, Tehran, Iran. mehjour@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Mehrdad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Roghani
authors.forename: Tourandokht
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Baluchnejadmojarad
authors.forename: Mohammad Reza
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Vaez-Mahdavi
authors.forename: Farshad
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Roghani-Dehkordi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000737:chemistry; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000293:injuries / Q000378:metabolism; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester / Q000494:pharmacology; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D011189:Potassium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D011794:Quercetin / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D013311:Streptozocin; D014661:Vasoconstriction / Q000187:drug effects; D014664:Vasodilation / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D013311:Streptozocin; D011189:Potassium Chloride; D011794:Quercetin; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester; D009638:Norepinephrine; D007213:Indomethacin