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Chlorogenic acid attenuates hypertension and improves endothelial function in spontaneously hypertensive rats.
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Journal of hypertension [J Hypertens] 2006 Jun; Vol. 24 (6), pp. 1065-73. - Publication Year :
- 2006
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Abstract
- Background and Objectives: Epidemiologic studies indicate that ingestion of vegetables and fruit inhibits the development of cardiovascular disease. Chlorogenic acids are abundant phenolic compounds contained in vegetables and fruits, but the impact of dietary chlorogenic acids on vascular function in hypertension is not known. We therefore examined the effects of 5-caffeoylquinic acid (CQA), a representative chlorogenic acid, on blood pressure and vascular function in age-matched normotensive Wistar-Kyoto rats and spontaneously hypertensive rats.<br />Methods and Results: A single ingestion of CQA (30-600 mg/kg) reduced blood pressure in spontaneously hypertensive rats, an effect that was blocked by administration of a nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, N(G)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester. When spontaneously hypertensive rats were fed diets containing 0.5% CQA for 8 weeks (approximately 300 mg/kg per day), the development of hypertension was inhibited compared with the control diet group. CQA ingestion increased urinary excretion of nitric oxide metabolites and decreased urinary excretion of hydrogen peroxide; decreased NADPH-dependent superoxide anion production in the aorta, suggesting that dietary CQA inhibited vascular NADPH oxidase activity; significantly improved acetylcholine-induced endothelium-dependent vasodilation in the aorta; and markedly reduced the degree of immunohistochemical staining for nitrotyrosine and media hypertrophy in aorta sections. In contrast, CQA had no effects in Wistar-Kyoto rats.<br />Conclusions: Dietary CQA reduces oxidative stress and improves nitric oxide bioavailability by inhibiting excessive production of reactive oxygen species in the vasculature, and leads to the attenuation of endothelial dysfunction, vascular hypertrophy, and hypertension in spontaneously hypertensive rats.
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- Animals
Aorta metabolism
Aorta pathology
Chlorogenic Acid pharmacology
Hydrogen Peroxide urine
Immunohistochemistry
In Vitro Techniques
Male
NADP metabolism
NADPH Oxidases metabolism
Nitrates urine
Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III metabolism
Nitrites urine
Quinic Acid administration & dosage
Quinic Acid pharmacology
Rats
Rats, Inbred SHR
Rats, Inbred WKY
Superoxides metabolism
Tyrosine analogs & derivatives
Tyrosine metabolism
Blood Pressure drug effects
Endothelium, Vascular drug effects
Oxidative Stress drug effects
Quinic Acid analogs & derivatives
Vasodilation drug effects
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0263-6352
- Volume :
- 24
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of hypertension
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 16685206
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1097/01.hjh.0000226196.67052.c0