title: The effects of rosiglitazone on oxidative stress and lipid profile in left ventricular muscles of diabetic rats.
abstract: We investigated the effect of rosiglitazone (RSG), a high-affinity ligand for the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma which mediates insulin-sensitizing actions, on the lipid profile and oxidative status in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) rats. Wistar albino male rats were randomly divided into an untreated control group (C), a C + RSG group which was treated with RSG (4 mg kg(-1)) two times a day by gavage, a diabetic group (D) that was treated with a single intraperitoneal injection of STZ (45 mgkg(-1)), D + RSG group which were treated with RSG two times a day by gavage, respectively. Lipid profiles, HbA(1c) and blood glucose levels in the circulation and malondialdehyde (MDA) and 3-nitrotyrosine (3-NT) levels in left ventricular muscle were measured. Treatment of D rats with RSG resulted in a time-dependent decrease in blood glucose. We found that the lipid profile and HbA(1c) levels in D + RSG group reached the C rat values at the end of the treatment period. There was a statistically significant difference between the C + RSG and C groups in 3-NT levels. In group D, 3-NT and MDA levels were found to be increased when compared with C, C + RSG and D + RSG groups. In the D + RSG group, MDA levels were found to be decreased when compared with C and C + RSG. Our study suggests that the treatment of D rats with RSG for 8 weeks may decrease the oxidative/nitrosative stress in left ventricular tissue of rats. Thus in diabetes-related vascular diseases, RSG treatment may be cardioprotective.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biophysics, Medical Faculty, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey.
authors.forename: Servet
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kavak
authors.forename: Lokman
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ayaz
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Emre
authors.forename: Tamer
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inal
authors.forename: Lülüfer
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tamer
authors.forename: Ismail
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Günay
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000378:metabolism*; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000378:metabolism; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D050356:Lipid Metabolism / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D008315:Malondialdehyde / Q000378:metabolism; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D000077154:Rosiglitazone; D013311:Streptozocin / Q000494:pharmacology; D045162:Thiazolidinediones / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin; D008315:Malondialdehyde; D000077154:Rosiglitazone; D013311:Streptozocin; D045162:Thiazolidinediones; D014443:Tyrosine; C002744:3-nitrotyrosine