The NAD(P)H oxidase inhibitor apocynin improves endothelial NO/superoxide balance and lowers effectively blood pressure in spontaneously hypertensive rats: comparison to calcium channel blockade |
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Authors: | Bäumer Anselm T Krüger Christian A Falkenberg Juliane Freyhaus Henrik Ten Rösen Renate Fink Klaus Rosenkranz Stephan |
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Affiliation: | Klinik III für Innere Medizin, Universit?t zu K?ln, K?ln, Germany. Anselm.Baeumer@uk-koeln.de |
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Abstract: | The vascular NAD(P)H oxidase contributes to endothelial dysfunction and high blood pressure in the spontaneously hypertensive rat by enhancing superoxide production. We investigated the effects of apocynin, a NAD(P)H oxidase inhibitor, on blood pressure and vascular radical and nitric oxide formation in SHR and compared its effects to the calcium channel blocker nifedipine. Apocynin (over four weeks) lowered systolic blood pressure significantly and as effectively as nifedipine. Both apocynin and nifedipine significantly reduced superoxide production. In parallel, vascular nitric oxide production and ecNOS activity was significantly increased by apocynin treatment. Therefore, apocynin may be an effective antihypertensive drug in essential hypertension. |
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