Linalyl acetate prevents hypertension-related ischemic injury

• Published in: PloS one 2018-05, Vol.13 (5), p.e0198082
• Main Authors: Hsieh, Yu Shan, Kwon, Soonho, Lee, Hui Su, Seol, Geun Hee
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Acetic acid; Animals; Antihypertensive agents; Antihypertensives; Aorta; Apoptosis; Biology and Life Sciences; Blood pressure; Blood Pressure - drug effects; Brain Ischemia - complications; Brain Ischemia - metabolism; Brain Ischemia - physiopathology; Brain Ischemia - prevention & control; Calcium (intracellular); Calcium ions; Complications and side effects; Contractility; Deprivation; Disease prevention; Dosage and administration; Drug therapy; Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic - drug effects; Glucose; Health aspects; Health risks; Hypertension; Hypertension - complications; Injury prevention; Ischemia; L-Lactate dehydrogenase; Laboratory animals; Lactate dehydrogenase; Lactic acid; Linalyl acetate; Male; Medicine and Health Sciences; Monoterpenes - pharmacology; Mortality; NAD(P)H oxidase; NADPH Oxidases - metabolism; NADPH-diaphorase; Neurological disorders; Nicotinamide; Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide; Nicotine; Nitric oxide; Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III - metabolism; Nitric-oxide synthase; Nursing schools; Oils & fats; Oxidase; Oxidative stress; Oxygen; Oxygen - metabolism; Physical Sciences; Physiology; Polyethylene glycol; Prevention; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Reactive oxygen species; Reactive Oxygen Species - metabolism; Research and Analysis Methods; Risk analysis; Risk factors; Risk management; Rodents; Stroke; Systematic review; Vasodilator Agents - pharmacology; Western blotting
• ISSN: 1932-6203; 1932-6203
• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0198082

Ischemic stroke remains an important cause of disability and mortality. Hypertension is a critical risk factor for the development of ischemic stroke. Control of risk factors, including hypertension, is therefore important for the prevention of ischemic stroke. Linalyl acetate (LA) has been reported to have therapeutic effects in ischemic stroke by modulating intracellular Ca2+ concentration and having anti-oxidative properties. The preventive efficacy of LA has not yet been determined. This study therefore investigated the preventive efficacy of LA in rat aortas exposed to hypertension related-ischemic injury, and the mechanism of action of LA.Hypertension was induced in vivo following ischemic injury to the aorta induced by oxygen-glucose deprivation and reoxygenation in vitro. Effects of LA were assayed by western blotting, by determining concentrations of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and reactive oxygen species (ROS) and by vascular contractility assays. LA significantly reduced systolic blood pressure in vivo. In vitro, LA suppressed ischemic injury-induced expression of the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase subunit p47phox, as well as ROS production, LDH release, and ROS-induced endothelial nitric oxide synthase suppression. These findings indicate that LA has anti-hypertensive properties that can prevent hypertension-related ischemic injury and can prevent NADPH oxidase-induced production of ROS.