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Zhang B, Hu X, Wang H, Wang R, Sun Z, Tan X, Liu S, Wang H. Effects of a dammarane-type saponin, ginsenoside Rd, in nicotine-induced vascular endothelial injury. PHYTOMEDICINE : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYTOTHERAPY AND PHYTOPHARMACOLOGY 2020; 79:153325. [PMID: 32920289 DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2020.153325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2019] [Revised: 07/09/2020] [Accepted: 08/13/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND Panax notoginseng (Burk.) F.H. Chen is a traditional medicinal plant widely used to prevent and treat cardiovascular diseases. Ginsenoside Rd (GRd) is a major bioactive component of P. notoginseng, but specific effects on cardiovascular disease-related pathogenic processes are rarely studied, especially vascular endothelial injury. PURPOSE This study investigated the potential protective efficacy of GRd against nicotine-induced vascular endothelial cell injury, disruption of vascular nitric oxide (NO) signaling, aberrant endothelium-monocyte adhesion, platelet aggregation, and vasoconstriction. STUDY DESIGN/METHODS Vascular endothelial injury and functional disruption were investigated in cultured human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) by biochemical assays for nitric oxide (NO) and angiotensin II (Ang II), immunofluorescence (IF) and western blotting for expression analyses of apoptosis- related proteins, endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS), inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), Ang II type receptor 1 (AGTR1), toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), myeloid differentiation factor 88 (MyD88), and nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB). In addition, vascular protection by GRd was examined in nicotine-administered Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats by serum NO and Ang II assays, and by hematoxylin-eosin (HE) and immunostaining of aorta. We also examined effects of GRd on monocyte (THP-1 cells) adhesion assays, adenosine diphosphate (ADP)-induced platelet aggregation, and phenylephrine (PE)-induced vasoconstriction of isolated rat aortic rings. RESULTS In HUVECs, nicotine significantly suppressed NO production, enhanced Ang II production, downregulated eNOS expression, and upregulated expression levels of AGTR1, TLR4, MyD88, NF-κB, iNOS, Bax/Bcl-2 ratio, cleaved caspase-3, and cytochrome c (cyt c). All of these changes were significantly reversed by GRd. In rats, oral GRd reversed the reduction NO and enhanced Ang II production in serum induced by nicotine administration, and HE staining revealed protection of aortic endothelial cells. In addition, GRd reversed nicotine-mediated enhancement of HUVECs-monocyte adhesion, inhibited ADP-induced platelet aggregation and PE-induced vasoconstriction. CONCLUSION GRd may prevent nicotine-induced cardiovascular diseases by preserving normal vascular endothelial NO signaling, suppressing platelet aggregation and vasoconstriction, and by preventing endothelial cell-monocyte adhesion.
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- Baobao Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of TCMs Pharmaceuticals, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, People' Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of TCMs Pharmaceuticals, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, People' Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of TCMs Pharmaceuticals, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, People' Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of TCMs Pharmaceuticals, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, People' Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of TCMs Pharmaceuticals, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, People' Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of TCMs Pharmaceuticals, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, People' Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of TCMs Pharmaceuticals, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, People' Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, Department of TCMs Pharmaceuticals, School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, People' Republic of China.
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Taneja G, Sud A, Pendse N, Panigrahi B, Kumar A, Sharma AK. Nano-medicine and Vascular Endothelial Dysfunction: Options and Delivery Strategies. Cardiovasc Toxicol 2018; 19:1-12. [DOI: 10.1007/s12012-018-9491-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Sharma AK, Kumar A, Taneja G, Nagaich U, Deep A, Datusalia AK, Rajput SK. Combined and individual strategy of exercise generated preconditioning and low dose copper nanoparticles serve as superlative approach to ameliorate ISO-induced myocardial infarction in rats. Pharmacol Rep 2018; 70:789-795. [PMID: 29957339 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharep.2018.02.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2017] [Revised: 02/21/2018] [Accepted: 02/23/2018] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Myocardial infarction (MI) is a solitary fatal condition with towering prevalence of mortality worldwide. Our previous study reports that low-dose copper nanoparticles (CuNP) can halt the progression of diabetes-induced cardiotoxicity as copper has anti-inflammatory, anti-proliferative and anti-oxidant potential. In addition, exercise training has also been considered a hallmark for cardiac health. METHOD Cardioprotective potential of CuNP (1mg/kg/day, po, 4 weeks) and exercise (swimming, 90min, 5days/4 weeks) either alone or in combination was estimated by measuring the surge in serum nitrite/nitrate concentration and reduction in creatine kinase MB (CKMB), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), cardiac troponin I (cTnI), lipid profile, oxidative stress, structural abnormalities against isproterenol (ISO)-induced MI. RESULTS ISO significantly increased CKMB, LDH, cTnI, lipid alteration, oxidative stress, structural abnormalities and decrease nitrite/nitrate concentration in serum. Quantitative estimation of total and phosphorylated Akt(SER-473)/GSK-3b(SER-9) indicated the significant reduction in pAkt and pGSK-3b in ISO treated animal. Individual and combined treatment of CuNP and exercise significantly reduce ISO -induced CKMB, cTnI, LDH, and improve nitrite/nitrate concentration and lipid profile. Attenuation of myocardial oxidative stress and serum TBARS revealed the associated preconditioning effect of exercise and CuNP against oxidative stress. Exercise and CuNP also showed the protective potential against structural abnormalities. However, the cardioprotective effect of individual and combined strategy of exercise and CuNP was vanished by wortmannin and also avoid the downregulation of pGSK-3b. CONCLUSION Low-dose CuNP and exercise training significantly prevents ISO-induced MI through preconditioning and GSK-3b inhibition. Ability to upsurge the NO level, lipid profile and reduced oxidative stress improve the potency of combined strategy.
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- Arun K Sharma
- Cardiovascular Pharmacology Division, Department of Pharmacology, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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- Department of Nanomedicine and Pharmaceutics, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Cardiovascular Pharmacology Division, Department of Pharmacology, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India; Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Fortis Escort Heart Institute, Okhla Road, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Nanomedicine and Pharmaceutics, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Chaudhary Bansi Lal University, Bhiwani, India
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- Cardiovascular Pharmacology Division, Department of Pharmacology, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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Sharma AK, Kumar A, Taneja G, Nagaich U, Deep A, Rajput SK. Synthesis and preliminary therapeutic evaluation of copper nanoparticles against diabetes mellitus and -induced micro- (renal) and macro-vascular (vascular endothelial and cardiovascular) abnormalities in rats. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra03890e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Current study synthesized and investigated the effect of low-dose copper nanoparticles (CuNPs) against diabetes mellitus and -induced experimental micro- (nephropathy) and macro-vascular (cardio and endothelium) complications.
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- Arun K. Sharma
- Cardiovascular Pharmacology Division
- Department of Pharmacology
- Amity Institute of Pharmacy
- Amity University
- Noida
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- Department of Nanomedicine and Pharmaceutics
- Amity University
- Noida
- India
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- Cardiovascular Pharmacology Division
- Department of Pharmacology
- Amity Institute of Pharmacy
- Amity University
- Noida
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- Department of Nanomedicine and Pharmaceutics
- Amity University
- Noida
- India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
- Chaudhary Bansi Lal University
- Bhiwani 127021
- India
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- Cardiovascular Pharmacology Division
- Department of Pharmacology
- Amity Institute of Pharmacy
- Amity University
- Noida
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Speck N, Brandsch C, Schmidt N, Yazdekhasti N, Hirche F, Lucius R, Rimbach G, Stangl GI, Reiss K. The Antiatherogenic Effect of Fish Oil in Male Mice Is Associated with a Diminished Release of Endothelial ADAM17 and ADAM10 Substrates. J Nutr 2015; 145:1218-26. [PMID: 25926412 DOI: 10.3945/jn.115.211375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2015] [Accepted: 03/30/2015] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Growing evidence suggests that disintegrin and metalloprotease (ADAM) 17 (ADAM17) and ADAM10 contribute to the pathogenesis of vascular diseases. ADAM17 promotes inflammatory processes by liberating tumor necrosis factor α, interleukin 6 receptor (IL-6R), and tumor necrosis factor receptor 1 (TNFR1). ADAM17 and ADAM10 modulate vascular permeability by cleaving endothelial adhesion molecules such as junctional adhesion molecule A (JAM-A) and vascular endothelial cadherin (VE-cadherin), respectively. OBJECTIVE This study was designed to investigate whether a link might exist between the protective effects of fish oil (FO) supplementation against atherosclerosis and ADAM function. METHODS Male LDL receptor knockout (LDLR(-/-)) mice and male wild-type (WT) mice were fed a Western diet (200 g/kg fat, 1.5 g/kg cholesterol) containing either 20% lard (LDLR(-/-)-lard and WT-lard groups) or 10% lard combined with 10% FO (LDLR(-/-)-FO and WT-FO groups) for 12 wk. Atherosclerotic lesion development and fatty acid composition of liver microsomes were evaluated. ADAM10 and ADAM17 expression was determined by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction and immunoblot analyses. Concentrations of soluble ADAM substrates in plasma and liver extracts were measured by ELISA. RESULTS Diets supplemented with FO markedly reduced development of early atherosclerotic lesions in LDLR(-/-) mice (LDLR(-/-)-lard group vs. LDLR(-/-)-FO group mean ± SD: 29.6 ± 6.1% vs. 22.5 ± 4.2%, P < 0.05). This was not accompanied by changes in expression of ADAM17 or ADAM10 in the aorta or liver. No dietary effects on circulating TNFR1 (LDLR(-/-)-lard group vs. LDLR(-/-)-FO group mean ± SD: 1.22 ± 0.23 vs. 1.39 ± 0.28, P > 0.2) or IL-6R (1.06 ± 0.12 vs. 0.98 ± 0.09 fold of WT-lard group, P > 0.1), classical substrates of ADAM17 on macrophages, and neutrophil granulocytes were observed. However, a reduction in atherosclerotic lesions in the LDLR(-/-)-FO group was accompanied by a significant reduction in the circulating endothelial cell adhesion molecules JAM-A (LDLR(-/-)-lard group vs. LDLR(-/-)-FO group mean ± SD: 1.42 ± 0.20 vs. 0.95 ± 0.56 fold of WT-lard group, P < 0.05), intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (1.15 ± 0.14 vs. 0.88 ± 0.17 fold of WT-lard group, P < 0.05), and VE-cadherin (0.88 ± 0.12 vs. 0.72 ± 0.15 fold of WT-lard group, P < 0.05), reflecting reduced ADAM activity in endothelial cells. CONCLUSION FO exerted an antiatherogenic effect on male LDLR(-/-) mice that was accompanied by a reduced release of ADAM17 and ADAM10 substrates from endothelial cells. It is suggested that FO-decreased ADAM activity contributes to improved endothelial barrier function and thus counteracts intimal lipoprotein insudation and macrophage accumulation.
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- Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle/Saale, Germany
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- Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle/Saale, Germany
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- Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle/Saale, Germany
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- Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle/Saale, Germany
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- Institute of Human Nutrition and Food Science, Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany; and
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- Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle/Saale, Germany
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Cao Y, Gomes SA, Rangel EB, Paulino EC, Fonseca TL, Li J, Teixeira MB, Gouveia CH, Bianco AC, Kapiloff MS, Balkan W, Hare JM. S-nitrosoglutathione reductase-dependent PPARγ denitrosylation participates in MSC-derived adipogenesis and osteogenesis. J Clin Invest 2015; 125:1679-91. [PMID: 25798618 DOI: 10.1172/jci73780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2014] [Accepted: 02/06/2015] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are a common precursor of both adipocytes and osteoblasts. While it is appreciated that PPARγ regulates the balance between adipogenesis and osteogenesis, the roles of additional regulators of this process remain controversial. Here, we show that MSCs isolated from mice lacking S-nitrosoglutathione reductase, a denitrosylase that regulates protein S-nitrosylation, exhibited decreased adipogenesis and increased osteoblastogenesis compared with WT MSCs. Consistent with this cellular phenotype, S-nitrosoglutathione reductase-deficient mice were smaller, with reduced fat mass and increased bone formation that was accompanied by elevated bone resorption. WT and S-nitrosoglutathione reductase-deficient MSCs exhibited equivalent PPARγ expression; however, S-nitrosylation of PPARγ was elevated in S-nitrosoglutathione reductase-deficient MSCs, diminishing binding to its downstream target fatty acid-binding protein 4 (FABP4). We further identified Cys 139 of PPARγ as an S-nitrosylation site and demonstrated that S-nitrosylation of PPARγ inhibits its transcriptional activity, suggesting a feedback regulation of PPARγ transcriptional activity by NO-mediated S-nitrosylation. Together, these results reveal that S-nitrosoglutathione reductase-dependent modification of PPARγ alters the balance between adipocyte and osteoblast differentiation and provides checkpoint regulation of the lineage bifurcation of these 2 lineages. Moreover, these findings provide pathophysiological and therapeutic insights regarding MSC participation in adipogenesis and osteogenesis.
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Bhardwaj P, Khanna D, Balakumar P. Catechin averts experimental diabetes mellitus-induced vascular endothelial structural and functional abnormalities. Cardiovasc Toxicol 2014; 14:41-51. [PMID: 24048981 DOI: 10.1007/s12012-013-9226-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Diabetes mellitus is associated with an induction of vascular endothelial dysfunction (VED), an initial event that could lead to the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and hypertension. Previous studies showed that catechin, a key component of green tea, possesses vascular beneficial effects. We investigated the effect of catechin hydrate in diabetes mellitus-induced experimental vascular endothelial abnormalities (VEA). Streptozotocin (50 mg/kg, i.p., once) administration to rats produced diabetes mellitus, which subsequently induced VEA in 8 weeks by markedly attenuating acetylcholine-induced endothelium-dependent relaxation in the isolated aortic ring preparation, decreasing aortic and serum nitrite/nitrate concentrations and impairing aortic endothelial integrity. These abnormalities in diabetic rats were accompanied with elevated aortic superoxide anion generation and serum lipid peroxidation in addition to hyperglycemia. Catechin hydrate treatment (50 mg/kg/day p.o., 3 weeks) markedly prevented diabetes mellitus-induced VEA and vascular oxidative stress. Intriguingly, in vitro incubation of L-NAME (100 μM), an inhibitor of nitric oxide synthase, or Wortmannin (100 nM), a selective inhibitor of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K), markedly prevented catechin hydrate-induced improvement in acetylcholine-provoked endothelium-dependent relaxation in the diabetic rat aorta. Moreover, catechin hydrate treatment considerably reduced the elevated level of serum glucose in diabetic rats. In conclusion, catechin hydrate treatment prevents diabetes mellitus-induced VED through the activation of endothelial PI3K signal and subsequent activation of eNOS and generation of nitric oxide. In addition, reduction in high glucose, vascular oxidative stress, and lipid peroxidation might additionally contribute to catechin hydrate-associated prevention of diabetic VEA.
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- Pooja Bhardwaj
- Cardiovascular Pharmacology Division, Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Pharmacy, Rajendra Institute of Technology and Sciences (RITS), Sirsa, 125 055, Haryana, India
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Dietary supplementation with fish oil alters the expression levels of proteins governing mitochondrial dynamics and prevents high-fat diet-induced endothelial dysfunction. Br J Nutr 2014; 112:145-53. [PMID: 24775220 DOI: 10.1017/s0007114514000701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Diets supplemented with fish oil (FO), which is rich in n-3 PUFA, have been shown to modify several key risk factors for CVD. The purpose of the present study was to determine the effect of FO supplementation on mitochondrial dynamic protein expression in the endothelium and on endothelial cell function. Male apoE-deficient (apoE-/-) mice (8 weeks old, n 12 per group) were fed a high-fat diet containing 45% fat (HFD group) or a HFD with partial replacement of lard with 10% (w/w) FO (FO group) (total EPA and DHA content 64.1 g/kg) for 8 weeks. ApoE-/- mice in the FO group had a greater endothelium-dependent vasorelaxation response to acetylcholine (Ach) than those in the HFD group. The atherosclerotic lesion volume in the aortic sinus of mice in the FO group was 54% lower than that in the HFD group (P< 0.01). In addition, the aortas isolated from mice in the FO group had higher expression levels of Mfn2 and Opa1 but lower expression levels of Fis1 than those from the HFD group. Compared with mice fed the HFD, those fed the FO diet showed significantly lower levels of mitochondrial oxidative stress, cytochrome c release and caspase-3 activity (each P< 0.05). Furthermore, FO-fed mice displayed increased NO release and availability and enhanced endothelial NO synthase activity compared with HFD-fed mice. Taken together, these results reveal a novel mechanism by which FO protects against endothelial cell dysfunction, which may result in improved mitochondrial dynamics.
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