Vitamin E, membrane fluidity, and blood pressure in hypertensive and normotensive rats.

Abstract:

:Vitamin E treatment was found to lower blood pressure, and increase membrane fluidity in rats. The objectives of this study were to investigate the effects of the antioxidant, vitamin E, on the blood pressure and erythrocyte membrane fluidity in spontaneously hypertensive (SHR) and normotensive (WKY) rats. Membrane fluidity was assessed using spin labeling technique and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy. Two different spin labels were used in this study, 5-doxylstrearic acid (5-SASL) and 16-doxylstearic acid (16-SASL). The rats were given vitamin E, 3 days/week for 3 weeks and blood pressure was measured once weekly, using the tail-cuff method. Subsequently, blood was taken via heart puncture and erythrocytes were prepared for spin labeling. The fluidity of the membrane in the nonpolar region of erythrocytes from hypertensive rats was found quite different from that of normal rats as judged by the spectra of 16-SASL. The values of maximum splitting parameter of the EPR spectra of the spin label 5-SASL incorporated in erythrocyte membrane from both SHR and WKY rats, and the effects of vitamin E on membrane fluidity were compared. The maximum splitting parameter calculated from EPR spectra was larger for SHR than WKY rats. Additionally, the maximum splitting parameter calculated for vitamin E treated SHR and WKY rats were lower than those of their respective controls. As expected, the blood pressure of the SHR rats was found to be higher than that of the WKY rats. Vitamin E treated SHR and WKY rats showed significantly lower blood pressure than their controls.

journal_name

Life Sci

journal_title

Life sciences

authors

Pezeshk A,Derick Dalhouse A

doi

10.1016/s0024-3205(00)00775-x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2000-09-01 00:00:00

pages

1881-9

issue

15

eissn

0024-3205

issn

1879-0631

pii

S002432050000775X

journal_volume

67

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