Resveratrol has been shown to induce vasorelaxation. In this study, we investigated the mechanism(s) of resveratrol-induced vasorelaxation in resistance mesenteric arteries from male lean and dietary-induced obese rats. Compared with lean rats, arteries from dietary-obese rats showed significant (P < 0.001) endothelial dysfunction, as indicated by a decrease (> 20%) in maximal acetylcholine-induced vasorelaxation. Resveratrol (5–35 µmol/l) induced concentration-dependent relaxation of mesenteric arteries preconstricted with noradrenaline (8 µmol/l) or KCl (125 mmol/l) from both lean and dietary-obese rats. There were no significant differences between the two groups, achieving a maximum relaxation of > 95% at a concentration of 35 µmol/l. In noradrenaline-preconstricted arteries from lean rats, NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME; 100 and 300 µmol/l) caused a significant (P < 0.01) concentration-dependent rightward shift in reseveratrol activity, with no effect on maximal responses. However, L-NAME (100 and 300 µmol/l) did not alter the effects of reseveratrol on arteries from dietary-obese rats, giving superimposed concentration–responses curves. Indomethacin was also ineffective in altering resveratrol activity in arteries from both lean and dietary-obese rats. In noradrenaline-precontracted arteries from dietary-obese rats, responses to resveratrol were not attenuated by endothelial denudation, indicating an action independent of the endothelium. This study indicates that: (a) the maximal effects of resveratrol on resistance arteries from lean and dietary-obese rats are not effected by endothelial dysfunction, and (b) the effects of resveratrol in lean animals (where endothelial function is not impaired), but not in dietary-obese rats, are mediated via NO.
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Ebrahim K. NADERALI;
*Diabetes and Endocrinology Research Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Liverpool, UCD, Daulby Street, Liverpool L69 3GA, U.K.
Correspondence: Dr E. K. Naderali (e-mail [email protected]).
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Sharon L. SMITH;
Sharon L. SMITH
*Diabetes and Endocrinology Research Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Liverpool, UCD, Daulby Street, Liverpool L69 3GA, U.K.
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Patrick J. DOYLE;
Patrick J. DOYLE
†Novo-Nordisk A/S, Brudelysvej 28, 2880 Bagsvaerd, Denmark
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Gareth WILLIAMS
Gareth WILLIAMS
*Diabetes and Endocrinology Research Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Liverpool, UCD, Daulby Street, Liverpool L69 3GA, U.K.
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Publisher: Portland Press Ltd
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May 05 2000
Revision Received:
July 19 2000
Accepted:
October 06 2000
Online ISSN: 1470-8736
Print ISSN: 0143-5221
The Biochemical Society and the Medical Research Society © 2001
2001
Clin Sci (Lond) (2001) 100 (1): 55–60.
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Received:
May 05 2000
Revision Received:
July 19 2000
Accepted:
October 06 2000
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Ebrahim K. NADERALI, Sharon L. SMITH, Patrick J. DOYLE, Gareth WILLIAMS; The mechanism of resveratrol-induced vasorelaxation differs in the mesenteric resistance arteries of lean and obese rats. Clin Sci (Lond) 1 January 2001; 100 (1): 55–60. doi: https://doi.org/10.1042/cs1000055
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