The antioxidant effects of green tea reduces blood pressure and sympathoexcitation in an experimental model of hypertension
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2017
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Garcia, Michelle Louvaes [UNIFESP]
Pontes, Roberto Braz [UNIFESP]
Nishi, Erika Emy [UNIFESP]
Ibuki, Flavia K.
Oliveira, Vanessa [UNIFESP]
Sawaya, Alexandra Christine Helena
Carvalho, Patricia de Oliveira
Nogueira, Fernando Neves
Franco, Maria do Carmo [UNIFESP]
Campos, Ruy Ribeiro [UNIFESP]
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Background: Oxidative stress is a key mediator in the maintenance of sympathoexcitation and hypertension in human and experimental models. Green tea is widely known to be potent antioxidant. Objective: We aimed to evaluate the effects of green tea in a model of hypertension. Methods: Hypertension was induced by the nitric oxide synthase inhibitor [N-nitro-L-arginine-methyl-ester (L-NAME)
20mg/kg per day, orally, for 2 weeks] in male Wistar rats. After the first week of L-NAME treatment, animals received green tea ad libitum for 1 week. At the end of the treatment period, blood pressure, heart rate, baroreflex sensitivity, renal sympathetic nerve activity, and vascular and systemic oxidative stress were assessed. Results: L-NAME-treated animals exhibited an increase in blood pressure (165 +/- 2 mmHg) compared with control rats (103 +/- 1mmHg) and green tea treatment reduced hypertension (119 +/- 1 mmHg). Hypertensive animals showed a higher renal sympathetic nerve activity (161 +/- 12 spikes/s) than the control group (97 +/- 2 spikes/s), and green tea also decreased this parameter in the hypertensive treated group (125 5 spikes/s). Arterial baroreceptor function and vascular and systemic oxidative stress were improved in hypertensive rats after green tea treatment. Conclusions: Taken together, short-term green tea treatment improved cardiovascular function in a hypertension model characterized by sympathoexcitation, which may be because of its antioxidant properties.
20mg/kg per day, orally, for 2 weeks] in male Wistar rats. After the first week of L-NAME treatment, animals received green tea ad libitum for 1 week. At the end of the treatment period, blood pressure, heart rate, baroreflex sensitivity, renal sympathetic nerve activity, and vascular and systemic oxidative stress were assessed. Results: L-NAME-treated animals exhibited an increase in blood pressure (165 +/- 2 mmHg) compared with control rats (103 +/- 1mmHg) and green tea treatment reduced hypertension (119 +/- 1 mmHg). Hypertensive animals showed a higher renal sympathetic nerve activity (161 +/- 12 spikes/s) than the control group (97 +/- 2 spikes/s), and green tea also decreased this parameter in the hypertensive treated group (125 5 spikes/s). Arterial baroreceptor function and vascular and systemic oxidative stress were improved in hypertensive rats after green tea treatment. Conclusions: Taken together, short-term green tea treatment improved cardiovascular function in a hypertension model characterized by sympathoexcitation, which may be because of its antioxidant properties.
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Journal Of Hypertension. Philadelphia, v. 35, n. 2, p. 348-354, 2017.