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JOURNAL OF VASCULAR SURGERY
Volume 42, Issue 6, Pages 1198-1205Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2005.08.032
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Background: Resveratrol, a natural antioxidant and polyphenol found in red wine and grapes, has been found to pharmacologically precondition the heart through upregulation of nitric oxide (NO). This study was designed to explore the involvement of NO in the renoprotective effect of resveratrol in renal ischemic preconditioning in rat kidney. Methods: Ischemic preconditioning was induced by three cycles 2-minutes of ischemia followed by 5 minutes of reperfusion before 45 minutes of prolonged ischemia. Resveratrol was given I hour before the surgical procedures. Results: Ischemic preconditioning and resveratrol treatment significantly improved the renal dysfunction, decrease in total NO levels, and oxidative stress induced by 45 minutes of ischemia followed by 24 hours of reperfusion. Histopatholgic examination of the kidneys of ischemic/reperfusion rats revealed severe renal damage, which was attenuated ill both preconditioned and resveratrol-treated animals. Preconditioning and resveratrol administration led to a marked increase in NO levels in kidney. Renoprotective effects of resveratrol were abolished when animals were pretreated with N-G-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester, a nonspecific NO synthase inhibitor. Conclusions: These findngs demonstrate an important contributory role of NO in the protection afforded by resveratrol in renal ischemic preconditioning.
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