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THE PROTECTIVE EFFECT OF L- ARGININE AND ASCORBIC ACID ON DEXAMETHASONE INDUCED-HYPERTENSION IN RATS

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Last updated: 24 Dec 2024

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Cardiovascular Physiology

Abstract

Excess use of glucocorticoids either natural or synthetic has been associated with hypertension. Dexamethasone is a synthetic glucocorticoid with multiple uses. Recent studies demonstrated that dexamethasone induced hypertension is of endothelial dysfunction and decreased nitric oxide (NO) production. This work was designed to investigate the protective effect of L-arginine and ascorbic acid on dexamethasone induced hypertension in rats. Thirty adult male Albino rats were used in this study. Rats were equally divided into 5 groups: (G 1) Negative control group, (G 2): Positive hypertensive group, (G 3): L – arginine treated group, (G 4): Ascorbic acid treated group and (G 5): combined L-arginine and ascorbic acid treated group. L – arginine, ascorbic acid were given 2 weeks before induction of hypertension. Rats were followed up by measuring arterial blood pressure, Nitric oxide in urine and tissue homogenate, Total antioxidant capacity in serum and histopathology. Dexamethasone increased systolic (260.16 ± 28.9 mmHg) and diastolic blood pressure (149.8 ± 7.22 mmHg), decaresed NO in tissue (72.1 ± 5.2 μmol/ g (and urine (0.26 ± 0.04 μmol/ 24h(. Combination between L-arginine and ascorbic acid normalized systolic (118.6 ± 5.3 mmHg) and diastolic (79.5 ± 5.04 mmHg ) blood pressure and increased NO in aortic tissue (135.5 ±7.1μmol/ g) and urine (0.6 ± 0.08 μmol/ 24h) denoting that combination between L-arginine and ascorbic acid could effectively prevent dexamethasone induced hypertension

DOI

10.21608/besps.2020.21575.1039

Keywords

Nitric oxide, Oxidative Stress, vasodilatation

Authors

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Mohamed

Last Name

Abdo

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Physiology department, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia ,Egypt

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mohamedabdo75@hotmail.com

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First Name

Lobna

Last Name

Nagy

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Affiliation

Physiology department, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia

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rawdet_eljanna@yahoo.com

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First Name

Magda

Last Name

Mohamed

MiddleName

Ibraheim

Affiliation

Department of Medical Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University

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magdamandor@gmail.com

City

Ismailia, Egypt

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0000-0002-6744-5827

Volume

40

Article Issue

2

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10174

Issue Date

2020-06-01

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2019-12-27

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2020-06-01

Page Start

44

Page End

53

Print ISSN

1110-0842

Online ISSN

2356-9514

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https://besps.journals.ekb.eg/article_95206.html

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567

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Bulletin of Egyptian Society for Physiological Sciences

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https://besps.journals.ekb.eg/

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THE PROTECTIVE EFFECT OF L- ARGININE AND ASCORBIC ACID ON DEXAMETHASONE INDUCED-HYPERTENSION IN RATS

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22 Jan 2023