Short-term therapy with rosiglitatzone, a PPAR-¿ agonist improves metabolic profile and vascular function in non-obese lean wistar rats

Mohammad M. Naderali, Imose Itua, Abdul-Razak Abubakari, Ebrahim K. Naderali

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Abstract

A number of preclinical and clinical studies have reported blood-pressure-lowering benefits of thiazolidinediones in diabetic subjects and animal models of diabetes. This study was designed to further elucidate vascular effects of rosiglitazone, on healthy nonobese, lean animals. Adult male Wistar rats were randomized and assigned to control and rosiglitazone-treated groups and were dosed daily with either vehicle or rosiglitazone (10 mg kg-1 day-1) by oral gavage for 5 days. Compared with control group, rosiglitazone treatment significantly reduced plasma levels of triglycerides (>240%) and nonesterified free fatty acids (>268%) (both, ¿ < 0 . 0 0 1 ). There were no changes in vascular contractility to KCl or noradrenaline between two groups. However, rosiglitazone therapy improved carbamylcholine-induced vasorelaxation ( 9 3 ± 3 % versus control 7 8 ± 2 , ¿ < 0 . 0 1 ) an effect which was abolished by L-NAME. There was no difference in sodium nitroprusside-induced vasorelaxation between the control and rosiglitazone-treated animals. These results indicate that short-term rosiglitazone therapy improves both metabolic profile and vascular function in lean rats. The vascular effect of rosiglitazone appears to be mediated by alteration in NO production possibly by activation of endothelial PPAR¿.
Original languageEnglish
Article number130347
Number of pages7
JournalISRN Pharmacology
Volume2012
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012

Keywords

  • thiazolidinediones
  • diabetes
  • blood pressure
  • rosiglitazone

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