title: Constrictor responses to noradrenaline, hemodynamic profile, and superoxide levels measured by hydroethidine oxidation in diabetic rats.
abstract: The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that vascular dysfunction in neonatal streptozotocin (n-STZ)-induced diabetic rats could be associated with alterations in blood pressure, hemodynamic profile, and levels of superoxide anion. Diabetes was induced by STZ injection (160 mg/kg, i.p.) in neonate (2-d-old) Wistar rats. Using intravital microscopy the changes in mesenteric arteriolar diameters to vasoconstrictor agent noradrenaline (NA) and the levels of superoxide anion, measured by hydroethidine microfluorography, were determined in anaesthetized control and n-STZ rats. Blood pressure (BP) was determined in anaesthetized and unanaesthetized animals. Heart rate, shear rate, and blood flow velocity were also assessed. n-STZ rats showed, after 8 weeks of STZ injection, increased BP (unanaesthetized animals), hyperactivity to NA, and increased superoxide anion levels. However, heart rate, arteriolar shear rate, and blood flow velocity were unchanged in n-STZ. In conclusion, the results of the current study describe a significant increase in blood pressure, hyperactivity to NA-mediated vasoconstriction, and increased superoxide levels measured by hydroethidine oxidation. Taken together, our findings demonstrate that the compromised ability of mesenteric microvessels to respond properly in n-STZ diabetic rats is associated with several vascular alterations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Juliano Luiz
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Sartoretto
authors.forename: Maria Aparecida
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: Dorothy
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nigro
authors.forename: Maria Helena Catelli
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.forename: Rita Cassia
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Tostes
authors.forename: Zuleica Bruno
authors.initials: ZB
authors.lastname: Fortes
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001682:Biological Availability; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D001809:Blood Viscosity / Q000187:drug effects; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects*; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D008297:Male; D008833:Microcirculation / Q000187:drug effects; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010617:Phenanthridines / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012039:Regional Blood Flow / Q000187:drug effects; D013481:Superoxides / Q000378:metabolism*; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D010617:Phenanthridines; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents; D013481:Superoxides; C058428:hydroethidine; D009638:Norepinephrine