Imbalance between endothelium-derived relaxing and contracting factors in mesenteric arteries from aged OLETF rats, a model of Type 2 diabetes

• Published in: American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology 2007-09, Vol.293 (3), p.H1480-H1490
• Main Authors: Matsumoto, Takayuki, Kakami, Mika, Noguchi, Eri, Kobayashi, Tsuneo, Kamata, Katsuo
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Acetylcholine - pharmacology; Aging; Aging - metabolism; Animals; Blood vessels; Cyclooxygenase 1 - metabolism; Cyclooxygenase 2 - metabolism; Diabetes; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - metabolism; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - physiopathology; Disease Models, Animal; Endothelins - metabolism; Endothelium, Vascular - drug effects; Endothelium, Vascular - metabolism; Endothelium, Vascular - physiopathology; Endothelium-Dependent Relaxing Factors - metabolism; Male; Membrane Proteins - metabolism; Mesenteric Arteries - drug effects; Mesenteric Arteries - metabolism; Mesenteric Arteries - physiopathology; Nitric Oxide - blood; Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III - metabolism; Oxidative Stress - physiology; Oxygen; Prostaglandins - metabolism; Rats; Rats, Inbred OLETF; Rodents; Vasodilator Agents - pharmacology
• ISSN: 0363-6135; 1522-1539
• DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00229.2007

Department of Physiology and Morphology, Institute of Medicinal Chemistry, Hoshi University, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan Submitted 22 February 2007 ; accepted in final form 14 May 2007 We investigated whether the balance between endothelium-derived relaxing factors (EDRFs) and endothelium-derived contracting factors (EDCFs) might be altered in mesenteric arteries from aged Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima Fatty (OLETF) rats (a Type 2 diabetic model) [vs. age-matched control Long-Evans Tokushima Otsuka (LETO) rats]. ACh-induced relaxation was impaired in the OLETF group, and a tendency for the relaxation to reverse at high ACh concentrations was observed in both groups. This tendency was abolished by indomethacin. Nitric oxide- and/or endothelium-derived hypolarizing factor-mediated relaxation and the protein expressions of phospho-endothelial nitric oxide synthase (Ser1177) and extracellular superoxide dismutase were also reduced in OLETF. An ACh-induced contraction was observed at higher ACh concentrations in the presence of N G -nitro- L -arginine ( L -NNA) but was greater in OLETF rats. This contraction in OLETF rats was reduced by cyclooxygenase (COX) inhibitors and by prostanoid-receptor antagonists. The ACh-induced productions of thromboxane A 2 and PGE 2 were greater in OLETF than LETO rats, as were the mesenteric artery COX-1 and COX-2 protein expressions. Moreover, tert -butyl hydroperoxide ( t -BOOH) (membrane-permeant oxidant) induced a concentration-dependent contraction that was greater in OLETF rats. The t -BOOH-mediated contraction was increased both by L -NNA and by endothelium removal in LETO but not OLETF rats, suggesting that a negative modulatory role of the endothelium was lost in OLETF rats. These results suggest that an imbalance between EDRFs and EDCFs may be implicated in the endothelial dysfunction seen in aged OLETF mesenteric arteries, and may be attributable to increased oxidative stress. cyclooxygenase; oxidative stress; prostanoids Address for reprint requests and other correspondence: K. Kamata, Dept. of Physiology and Morphology, Inst. of Medicinal Chemistry, Hoshi Univ., Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8501, Japan (e-mail: kamata{at}hoshi.ac.jp )