Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran; Neurogenic Inflammation Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Biomed Pharmacother. 2018 Jul;103:1526-1530. doi: 10.1016/j.biopha.2018.04.158. Epub 2018 May 7.
Endothelial dysfunction is the major cause of vascular complications in diabetes. Teucrium polium L. is traditionally used for the production of antidiabetic herbal medicine. The cardiovascular effects of T. polium, has also been reported. As a result of this, the present study was conducted to evaluate the impacts of T. polium hydroalcoholic extract on the vasoreactivity and endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) and vascular cell adhesion molecule (VCAM)-1 genes expression as well in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rat aorta. Male Wistar rats were randomly divided into six groups: control, diabetic, metformin, and three groups of T. polium (TP 100, TP 200, and TP 400). The control and diabetic groups were given normal saline; metformin group was given 300 mg/kg metformin; and T. polium groups were given 100, 200, and 400 mg/kg T. polium extract, daily by gavage for 6 weeks. T. polium extract was found to significantly reduce serum glucose level. It was also observed that metformin and T. polium extract significantly improved vasorelaxant response of aortic rings to acetylcholine (Ach). Real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis showed that T. polium and metformin significantly increased eNOS expression, while it decreased VCAM-1 expressions in aortic tissue of diabetic rats. The results showed that T. polium extract could improve endothelial dysfunction by ameliorating the vasoreactivity and regulating eNOS and VCAM-1 gene expressions as well in STZ-induced diabetic rats' aorta.
内皮功能障碍是糖尿病血管并发症的主要原因。水飞蓟素传统上用于生产抗糖尿病草药。水飞蓟素也有心血管作用。因此,本研究旨在评估水飞蓟素水醇提取物对链脲佐菌素(STZ)诱导的糖尿病大鼠主动脉血管反应性和内皮型一氧化氮合酶(eNOS)和血管细胞黏附分子(VCAM)-1 基因表达的影响。雄性 Wistar 大鼠随机分为六组:对照组、糖尿病组、二甲双胍组和水飞蓟素(TP100、TP200 和 TP400)三组。对照组和糖尿病组给予生理盐水;二甲双胍组给予 300mg/kg 二甲双胍;水飞蓟素组分别给予 100、200 和 400mg/kg 水飞蓟素提取物,每日灌胃,持续 6 周。水飞蓟素提取物可显著降低血清葡萄糖水平。还观察到,二甲双胍和水飞蓟素提取物可显著改善糖尿病大鼠主动脉环对乙酰胆碱(Ach)的血管舒张反应。实时聚合酶链反应(PCR)分析显示,水飞蓟素和二甲双胍可显著增加 eNOS 的表达,同时降低糖尿病大鼠主动脉组织中 VCAM-1 的表达。结果表明,水飞蓟素提取物可通过改善血管反应性和调节 eNOS 和 VCAM-1 基因表达来改善 STZ 诱导的糖尿病大鼠的内皮功能障碍。
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