Linalyl acetate prevents hypertension-related ischemic injury.
Yu Shan HsiehSoonho KwonHui Su LeeGeun Hee SeolPublished in: PloS one (2018)
Ischemic stroke remains an important cause of disability and mortality. Hypertension is a critical risk factor for the development of ischemic stroke. Control of risk factors, including hypertension, is therefore important for the prevention of ischemic stroke. Linalyl acetate (LA) has been reported to have therapeutic effects in ischemic stroke by modulating intracellular Ca2+ concentration and having anti-oxidative properties. The preventive efficacy of LA has not yet been determined. This study therefore investigated the preventive efficacy of LA in rat aortas exposed to hypertension related-ischemic injury, and the mechanism of action of LA.Hypertension was induced in vivo following ischemic injury to the aorta induced by oxygen-glucose deprivation and reoxygenation in vitro. Effects of LA were assayed by western blotting, by determining concentrations of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and reactive oxygen species (ROS) and by vascular contractility assays. LA significantly reduced systolic blood pressure in vivo. In vitro, LA suppressed ischemic injury-induced expression of the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase subunit p47phox, as well as ROS production, LDH release, and ROS-induced endothelial nitric oxide synthase suppression. These findings indicate that LA has anti-hypertensive properties that can prevent hypertension-related ischemic injury and can prevent NADPH oxidase-induced production of ROS.
Keyphrases
- blood pressure
- reactive oxygen species
- hypertensive patients
- high glucose
- heart rate
- diabetic rats
- risk factors
- dna damage
- drug induced
- atrial fibrillation
- endothelial cells
- blood glucose
- left ventricular
- nitric oxide
- oxidative stress
- cerebral ischemia
- cardiovascular disease
- signaling pathway
- pulmonary artery
- coronary artery disease
- poor prognosis
- metabolic syndrome
- mass spectrometry
- multiple sclerosis
- blood brain barrier
- mouse model
- high throughput
- brain injury
- insulin resistance
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- south africa
- single molecule
- arterial hypertension