The Protective Effects of Ascorbic Acid on the Vascular Motilities in Streptozotocin- induced Diabetic Rat

당뇨병 백서의 복부 대동맥 운동성에 대한 Vit C 의 보호효과

  • 김영진 (중앙대학교 의과대학 흉부외과학교실) ;
  • 양기민 (중앙대학교 의과대학 흉부외과학교실) ;
  • 조대윤 (중앙대학교 의과대학 흉부외과학교실) ;
  • 손동섭 (중앙대학교 의과대학 흉부외과학교실) ;
  • 이무열 (중앙대학교 의과대학 생리학교실)
  • Published : 2001.07.01

Abstract

Background: More than 70% of morbidity and mortality of diabetes mellitus is due to macrovascular complications. These complications may be associated with defect of endothelium-dependent vascular relaxation. There have been suggestions that this defect might be due to direct toxicities of oxygen-free radical. So in this study ascorbic acid was used as a dietary supplement in streptozotocin induced diabetic rats to correct this defect. Material and Method: Sixty male Sprague-Dawley rats were used in this study. They were divided into control and experimental groups. Streptozotocin was injected to the 33 rats of experimental group and then divided into two the other receiving subgroups; one receiving ascorbic acid supplement(1 g/l in drinking water); and nosupplements. At 6, 9 and 12 weeks, abdominal aortic rings were obtained to make tissue preparations for evaluation of vascular smooth muscle contractility. Result: While control group showed good response to acetylcholine induced relaxation, diabetic group showed decreased relaxation regardless of ascorbic acid supplement at the experiments 6 weeks after streptozotocin treatment. This abnormal endothelium-dependent vascular relaxation was markedly reversed at 9 and 12 weeks into the diabetic group with ascorbic acid supplement. There were no differences in sodium nitroprusside induced relaxation responses between control and experimental groups; also, norepinephrine induced contractile responses did not show any remarkable effects. Conclusion: These results strongly suggest that the endothelial cells have defects in diabetic rats. Dietary supplement of ascorbic acid can reverse the defects of diabetic endothelial cells through its antioxidant effects and it may further protect against vascular disease in diabetic patients.

배경: 당뇨병 환자에서 사망률과 이환률의 원인은 70%이상 혈관계의 합병증에 기인한다. 이러한 합병증은 혈관 내피세포 이완 작용 이상과 연관되어 있으며 이는 oxygen free radical의 직접적인 독성으로 추정되어 본 연구는 당뇨를 유발시킨 백서 복부 대동맥 운동성에 대한 Vit C의 보호효과를 연구 목적으로 한다. 대상 및 방법: 백서 60마리를 실험군(n=33)과 대조군(n=27)으로 나누고 실험 군은 streptozotocin을 투여하여 당뇨를 유발시켰다. 각각 실험 군과 대조군을 ascorbic acid를 투여한 군과 투여하지 않은 군으로 세분한 후 ascorbic acid투여 직후, 6주, 9주, 12주후의 복부 대동맥 혈관근육의 운동성을 측정하였다. 결과: 대조군의 경우 6주째 복부 대동맥 절편에서 acetylcholine투여 후 정상적인 이완반응이 나타났으나 실험군의 경우 현저히 저하됨이 관찰되었다. 9, 12주 째 절편에서는 실험군 중 ascorbic acid투여군에서 acetylcholine에 의한 이완반응이 거의 대조군에서의 결과와 일치할 정도로 회복되었다. 결론: 이상의 결과로 당뇨병을 유발한 백서에서 내피세포 의존적인 장애가 나타남을 확인할 수 있었으며 이러한 장애는 ascorbic acid의 투여로 회복됨을 알 수 있었으며 그 효과는 항산화 작용에서 비롯된 것으로 생각되므로 ascorbic acid가 당뇨환자의 혈관성 질환에 대해 보호적 효과를 보일 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

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