S 35171 exerts protective effects in spontaneously hypertensive stroke-prone rats by preserving mitochondrial function.
Eur J Pharmacol
; 604(1-3): 117-24, 2009 Feb 14.
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ABSTRACT
S 35171 is one of a family of compounds that have been designed to protect mitochondrial function. We tested the hypothesis that S 35171 exerts protective effects in spontaneously hypertensive stroke-prone rats (SHRSPs), an animal model developing spontaneous brain damage preceded by proteinuria and systemic inflammation revealed by the urinary accumulation of acute-phase proteins (APPs) originating in the liver. Male SHRSPs fed a permissive diet received vehicle or S 35171 (10 mg/kg/day) started simultaneously with a high-sodium diet (group A) or after the establishment of proteinuria (group B). The drug delayed urinary APPs accumulation and the appearance of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-monitored brain lesions (after 62+/-3 days in group A, and 51+/-2 days in controls, P<0.01). The delay was more pronounced in group B as 30% of the animals survived the entire 90-day experimental period without brain abnormality. Proteomic analysis showed no significant alteration in the expression pattern of brain mitochondrial proteins, but the liver mitochondrial levels of carbamoylphosphate synthase I (CPS-I), an enzyme involved in urea metabolism) and the antioxidant peroxiredoxin-3 spot were affected by hypertension and S 35171. Stress reduces CPS-I and induces the peroxiredoxin-3 spot, whereas S 35171 brought about normal CPS-I expression and a 12-fold higher level of the peroxiredoxin-3 spot. As both enzymes are involved in maintaining mitochondrial functions, their increased expression after S 35171 treatment may be responsible for delaying the pathological condition that leads to the development of brain damage in SHRSPs.
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Trimetazidina
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Acidente Vascular Cerebral
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Hipertensão
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Mitocôndrias
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Anti-Hipertensivos
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2009
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