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- Title
Potential role of kinins in the effects of taurine in high-fructose-fed rats.
- Authors
Nandhini, A. T. Anitha; Thirunavukkarasu, V.; Anuradha, C. V.
- Abstract
The present work investigates the involvement of kinins in the effects of taurine in fructose-fed hypertensive rats. The effects of taurine on blood pressure, plasma glucose, insulin, and the insulin sensitivity index were determined. Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) activity and nitrite content in plasma, plasma and tissue kallikrein activity, and taurine content were also investigated. The blood pressure changes in response to the coadministration of inhib itors of the synthesis of nitric oxide (NO), prostaglandins (PGs), or a kinin receptor blocker along with taurine was also evaluated. Fructose-fed rats had higher blood pressure and elevated plasma levels of glucose and insulin. Kallikrein activity, taurine, and nitrite contents were significantly lower in fructose-fed rats as compared with controls. The increases in systolic blood pressure, hyperglycemia, and hyperinsulinemia were controlled by taurine administration in fructose-fed rats. ACE activity was lower, while nitrite and taurine content and kallikrein activity were higher, in taurine-supplemented rats as compared with fructose-fed rats. A significant increase in blood pressure was observed in rats cotreated with the inhibitors Hoe 140 (a kinin receptor blocker), L-NAME (a NO synthase inhibitor), or indo metha cin (a PG synthesis inhibitor) with taurine for 1 week as compared with taurine-treated fructose-fed rats. This suggests that the antihypertensive effect of taurine in fructose-fed rats was blocked by the inhibitors. Augmented kallikrein activity and, hence, increased kinin availability may be implicated in the effects of taurine in fructose-fed hypertensive rats.
- Subjects
KININS; VASODILATORS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE agents; TAURINE; FRUCTOSE; RATS
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Physiology & Pharmacology, 2004, Vol 82, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0008-4212
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1139/Y03-118