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Sci Rep ; 7(1): 10975, 2017 09 08.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28887562

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Metformin confers vascular benefits beyond glycemia control, possibly via pleiotropic effects on endothelial function. In type-1-diabetes-mellitus (T1DM-)patients metformin improved flow-mediated dilation but also increased prostaglandin(PG)-F2α, a known endothelial-contracting factor. To explain this paradoxical finding we hypothesized that metformin increased endothelial-vasodilator mediators (e.g. NO and EDHF) to an even larger extent. Spontaneously-hypertensive-rats (SHR) display impaired endothelium-dependent relaxation (EDR) involving contractile PGs. EDR was studied in isolated SHR aortas and the involvement of PGs, NO and EDHF assessed. 12-week metformin 300 mg/kg/day improved EDR by up-regulation of NO and particularly EDHF; it also reduced blood pressure and increased plasma sulphide levels (a proxy for H2S, a possible mediator of EDHF). These effects persisted in SHR with streptozotocin (STZ)-induced T1DM. Vildagliptin (10 mg/kg/day), targeting the incretin axis by increasing GLP-1, also reduced blood pressure and improved EDR in SHR aortas, mainly via the inhibition of contractile PGs, but not in STZ-SHR. Neither metformin nor vildagliptin altered blood glucose or HbA1c. In conclusion, metformin reduced blood pressure and improved EDR in SHR aorta via up-regulation of NO and particularly EDHF, an effect that was independent from glycemia control and maintained during T1DM. A comparison to vildagliptin did not support effects of metformin mediated by GLP-1.


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Pressão Sanguínea/efeitos dos fármacos , Endotélio Vascular/efeitos dos fármacos , Endotélio Vascular/metabolismo , Metformina/farmacologia , Acetilcolina/farmacologia , Animais , Biomarcadores , Glicemia/efeitos dos fármacos , Diabetes Mellitus Experimental , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 1/metabolismo , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 1/fisiopatologia , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Hipertensão/tratamento farmacológico , Hipertensão/metabolismo , Hipertensão/fisiopatologia , Masculino , Ratos , Ratos Endogâmicos SHR , Resultado do Tratamento , Vasodilatadores/farmacologia , Vildagliptina/farmacologia
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PLoS One ; 11(9): e0162029, 2016.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27583547

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The sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) analog FTY720 exerts pleiotropic effects on the cardiovascular system and causes down-regulation of S1P receptors. Myogenic constriction is an important mechanism regulating resistance vessel function and is known to be modulated by S1P. Here we investigated myogenic constriction and vascular function of mesenteric arteries of rats chronically treated with FTY720. Wistar rats received FTY720 1mg/kg/daily for six weeks. At termination, blood pressure was recorded and small mesenteric arteries collected for vascular studies in a perfusion set up. Myogenic constriction to increased intraluminal pressure was low, but a sub-threshold dose of S1P profoundly augmented myogenic constriction in arteries of both controls and animals chronically treated with FTY720. Interestingly, endothelial denudation blocked the response to S1P in arteries of FTY720-treated animals, but not in control rats. In acute experiments, presence of FTY720 significantly augmented the contractile response to S1P, an effect that was partially abolished after the inhibition of cyclooxygenase (COX-)-derived prostaglandins. FTY720 down regulated S1P1 but not S1P2 in renal resistance arteries and in cultured human endothelial cells. This study therefore demonstrates the endothelium is able to compensate for the complete loss of responsiveness of the smooth muscle layer to S1P after long term FTY720 treatment through a mechanism that most likely involves enhanced production of contractile prostaglandins by the endothelium.


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Células Endoteliais/efeitos dos fármacos , Cloridrato de Fingolimode/farmacologia , Lisofosfolipídeos/metabolismo , Artérias Mesentéricas/citologia , Miócitos de Músculo Liso/efeitos dos fármacos , Transdução de Sinais/efeitos dos fármacos , Esfingosina/análogos & derivados , Animais , Peso Corporal/efeitos dos fármacos , Células Endoteliais/citologia , Regulação da Expressão Gênica/efeitos dos fármacos , Hemodinâmica/efeitos dos fármacos , Humanos , Masculino , Artérias Mesentéricas/fisiologia , Desenvolvimento Muscular/efeitos dos fármacos , Miócitos de Músculo Liso/citologia , Pressão , Ratos , Ratos Wistar , Receptores de Lisoesfingolipídeo/metabolismo , Esfingosina/metabolismo , Fatores de Tempo , Vasoconstrição/efeitos dos fármacos
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