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JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR PHARMACOLOGY
Volume 54, Issue 6, Pages 502-509Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/FJC.0b013e3181be75cc
Keywords
spironolactone; diabetes mellitus; cardiac complications
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We have studied the effect of 8-week treatment with spironolactone (20 mg.kg(-1).da(-1)) on cardiovascular complications associated with streptozotocin (STZ)-diabetic rats. Wistar rats were made diabetic with STZ (45 mg/kg, intravenously). Various biochemical and cardiac parameters were measured at the end of 8 weeks. STZ produced hyperglycemia; hypoinsulinemia; hyperlipidemia; increased blood pressure; increased creatinine, cardiac enzyme, and C-reactive protein levels; reduction in heart rate; and cardiac hypertrophy. Chronic treatment with spironolactone significantly prevented STZ-induced bradycardia, hypertension, and elevated fasting glucose level with simultaneous increase in serum insulin levels. It significantly reduced the elevated cholesterol, very-low-density lipoprotein, and triglyceride levels and increased the lower high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol levels in diabetic rats. Furthermore, spironolactone also produced a significant reduction in the elevated creatinine levels, C-reactive protein, and levels of lactate dehydrogenase and creatinine kinase. It also produced beneficial effect in diabetic rats by preventing cardiac hypertrophy as evident from decrease in left ventricular collagen levels, cardiac hypertrophy index, and left ventricular hypertrophy index. Our data suggest that spironolactone prevents not only the STZ-induced metabolic abnormalities but also cardiovascular complications.
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