Influence of ezetimibe on ADMA-DDAH-NO pathway in rat liver subjected to partial ischemia followed by global reperfusion.
Journal Title: Pharmacological Reports - Year 2013, Vol 65, Issue 1
Abstract
Background: We evaluated effect of ezetimibe on selected parameters determining NO level in rat liver subjected to ischemia reperfusion (IR). Methods: Rats received ezetimibe (5 mg/kg) (groups E0 and EIR) or saline solution (groups C0 and CIR) intragastrically for 21 days. Then, the livers of CIR and EIR underwent ischemia (60 min) and reperfusion (4 h). Blood samples were obtained before surgery to estimate activities of aminotransferases, and just before ischemia and during reperfusion to estimate asymmetric and symmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA, SDMA) and arginine (Arg) levels. After IR, dimethylarginine dimethylaminohydrolase (DDAH) activity and endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) protein concentration were measured in liver homogenates. DDAH and protein arginine methyltransferase (PRMT) mRNA were quantified by real-time PCR in liver tissue samples. Results: In CIR, the ADMA level was significantly higher compared to all other groups in 30 min and to E0 group in 120 min of reperfusion. In EIR, ADMA was low, compared to non-ischemic groups. At 30 and 120 min of reperfusion, in non-ischemic groups the level of Arg and Arg/ADMA ratio were significantly higher than in ischemic groups and E0 was the group with the highest levels of those parameters of all. In CIR, eNOS protein concentration was significantly lower than in ezetimibe-treated groups. Activity of DDAH was significantly higher in E0 than in non-treated groups. In ischemic groups, DDAH mRNA expression was significantly higher than in non-ischemic ones and PRMT mRNA expression was significantly higher in C0 than in all other groups. Conclusions: Influence of ezetimibe on ADMA/DDAH/NO pathway demonstrated in this work may suggest protective properties of this drug on rat livers injured by IR and, to a lower extent, on livers non-subjected to IR.
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Małgorzata Trocha, Anna Merwid-Ląd, Tomasz Sozański, Ewa Chlebda-Sieragowska, Andrzej Szuba, Piotr Dzięgiel, Lidia Fereniec-Gołębiewska, Joanna Kwiatkowska, Agnieszka Gomułkiewicz, Lucja Cwynar-Zając, Renata Brykner, Adam Szeląg
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