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New 1,4‐Dihydropyridines Down‐regulate Nitric Oxide in Animals with Streptozotocin‐induced Diabetes Mellitus and Protect Deoxyribonucleic Acid against Peroxynitrite Action
Author(s) -
Leonova Elina,
Sokolovska Jelizaveta,
Boucher JeanLuc,
Isajevs Sergejs,
Rostoka Evita,
Baumane Larisa,
Sjakste Tatjana,
Sjakste Nikolajs
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
basic and clinical pharmacology and toxicology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1742-7843
pISSN - 1742-7835
DOI - 10.1111/bcpt.12542
Subject(s) - peroxynitrite , nitric oxide , diabetes mellitus , streptozotocin , pharmacology , chemistry , nitric oxide synthase , medicine , endocrinology , biochemistry , superoxide , enzyme
Diabetes mellitus ( DM ) and its complications cause numerous health and social problems throughout the world. Pathogenic actions of nitric oxide ( NO ) are responsible to a large extent for development of complications of DM . Search for compounds regulating NO production in patients with DM is thus important for the development of pharmacological drugs. Dihydropyridines (1,4‐ DHP s) are prospective compounds from this point of view. The goals of this study were to study the in vivo effects of new DHP s on NO and reactive nitrogen and oxygen species production in a streptozotocin ( STZ )‐induced model of DM in rats and to study their ability to protect DNA against nocive action of peroxynitrite. STZ ‐induced diabetes caused an increase in NO production in the liver, kidneys, blood and muscles, but a decrease in NO in adipose tissue of STZ ‐treated animals. Cerebrocrast treatment was followed by normalization of NO production in the liver, kidneys and blood. Two other DHP s, etaftorone and fenoftorone, were effective in decreasing NO production in kidneys, blood and muscles of diabetic animals. Furthermore, inhibitors of nitric oxide synthase ( NOS ) and an inhibitor of xanthine oxidoreductase ( XOR ) decreased NO production in kidneys of diabetic animals. Treatment with etaftorone decreased expression of inducible NOS and XOR in kidneys, whereas it increased the expression of endothelial NOS . In vitro , the studied DHP s did not significantly inhibit the activities of NOS and XOR but affected the reactivity of peroxynitrite with DNA . These new DHP s thus appear of strong interest for treatment of DM complications.