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1 Institute of Normal and Pathological Physiology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 813 71 Bratislava; 2 Department of Pathology, Medical Faculty, Comenius University, 81108 Bratislava, Slovak Republic; and 3 Pharmacologie et Physico-Chimie des Interactions Cellulaires et Moléculaires, Université Louis Pasteur de Strasbourg, Unité Mixte de Recherche Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 7034, Faculté de Pharmacie, Illkirch, France
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The effects of the red wine
polyphenolic compounds (Provinol) on hypertension, left ventricular
hypertrophy, myocardial fibrosis, and vascular remodeling were
investigated after chronic inhibition of nitric oxide (NO) synthase by
administration of
NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester
(L-NAME) to rats. Rats were divided into four groups: a
control group, a group treated for 4 wk with L-NAME (40 mg · kg
1 · day1), and two
groups treated with L-NAME followed by 3 wk of either spontaneous recovery or recovery with Provinol treatment (40 mg · kg1 · day1).
Administration of Provinol produced a greater readiness of the decrease
in blood pressure than that in the spontaneous recovery group. Provinol
significantly depressed myocardial fibrosis and expedited the decrease
in aortic cross-sectional area, the increase in endothelium-dependent
relaxation, and the decrease in contraction of the aorta. These effects
of Provinol were associated with a greater increase of NO synthase
activity in the left ventricle and the aorta. The present study
provides evidence that Provinol accelerates the regression of blood
pressure and improves structural and functional cardiovascular changes
produced by chronic inhibition of NO synthesis.
nitric oxide synthase; myocardial fibrosis; aortic stiffness
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VARIOUS EPIDEMIOLOGICAL REPORTS indicate that consumption of foods rich in polyphenols, including those contained in fruit, vegetables, or red wine, is associated with lower incidence of cardiovascular diseases (13, 15, 23). The beneficial effects of polyphenolic compounds might be explained by their actions on a wide range of biological activities affecting mammalian metabolism. Polyphenols are well recognized to possess antioxidant and free radical scavenging properties that may explain why these compounds were able to decrease low-density lipoprotein oxidation (19) and platelet aggregation (18). In addition to the latter effect of polyphenols, they were also reported to affect the activity of enzymes critically involved in pathways that regulate cell proliferation and cell activation (18). Recently, in vivo treatment with either red wine or other dietary sources such as grape juice was reported to reduce the susceptibility of low-density lipoprotein to oxidation in patients with coronary heart diseases (20, 22). In addition, supplementation of drinking water with red wine was shown to modulate hemostasis and to prevent experimental thrombosis in animals, independent of its alcohol content (9, 26).
Very recently, we provided evidence for in vivo cardiovascular effects of red wine polyphenolic compounds (RWPCs) (10). Oral administration of RWPCs including Provinol is able to produce a decrease in blood pressure in normotensive rats. This hemodynamic effect was associated with enhanced endothelium-dependent relaxation and induction of inducible nitric oxide (NO) synthase and cyclooxygenase 2 gene expression within the arterial wall. This effect probably involved an NO pathway inasmuch RWPCs are able to produce ex vivo endothelium-dependent relaxation as a result of enhanced NO synthesis (2).
Endothelial abnormalities with reduced activity of NO synthase are often observed in several vascular diseases leading to structural and functional changes of the cardiovascular system. In a model of chronic inhibition of NO synthesis by administration of the inhibitor NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME), development of arterial hypertension occurs and is associated with left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy and cardiac and vascular remodeling (3, 5, 12). Taking into account the therapeutically relevant effect of polyphenols on the pathway leading to NO generation in the cardiovascular system, it was suggested that Provinol might protect against the development of pathological changes in a rat model of L-NAME-induced hypertension. Therefore, the effect of oral administration of Provinol on blood pressure recovery as well as LV hypertrophy, myocardial fibrosis, and vascular remodeling was investigated in a model of hypertension produced by chronic L-NAME treatment. The hypothesis that an increased NO pathway contributes to the probable antiarteriosclerotic effect of Provinol was tested by measuring NO synthase activity within cardiovascular tissue.
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All procedures were performed in accordance with institutional
guidelines. Male Wistar rats, 12-13 wk old, were divided into groups as follows. Forty-two rats received L-NAME at a dose
of 40 mg · kg1 · day1 in
tap water for 4 wk. After this period, the rats were randomly divided
into three groups: the L-NAME group, the recovery group, and the Provinol group. In the L-NAME group
(n = 6), the rats were killed immediately at the end of
L-NAME treatment. In the recovery group, the
L-NAME treatment period was followed by a 1-, 2-, or 3-wk
drug-free recovery period (n = 6 in each subgroup). In
the Provinol group, the period of L-NAME treatment was
followed by 1, 2, or 3 wk of Provinol treatment (40 mg · kg1 · day1 in tap
water; n = 6 in each subgroup). A further six animals served as a control group without any treatment. All animals were housed at a temperature of 22-24°C in individual cages and were fed with a regular pellet diet ad libitum.
Systolic blood pressure (SBP) was measured by noninvasive tail cuff plethysmography twice weekly. Rats were killed by decapitation, body weight (BW), heart weight (HW), LV weight (LVW), and right ventricle weight (RVW) were determined, and the LVW-to-BW and RVW-to-BW ratios were calculated. Samples of the anterior wall of the LV and thoracic aorta were used for determination of NO synthase activity, [14C]leucine incorporation, and protein concentration. The polyphenol contents of Provinol were described as RWPC2 in our previous work (2), and they were (in mg/g of dry powder) 480 proanthocyanidins, 61 total anthocyanins, 19 free anthocyanins, 38 catechin, 18 hydroxycinnamic acid, and 14 flavonols.
Ex vivo vascular reactivity. The thoracic aorta was removed and mounted as previously described (24). Endothelium-dependent relaxation was studied in thoracic aorta cut into rings (3- to 3.5-mm length) with functional endothelium and precontracted to maximal response obtained with phenylephrine (10 µmol/l). Acetylcholine was applied in a cumulative fashion, and relaxation was expressed as a percentage of phenylephrine-induced contraction. A concentration-response curve for norepinephrine was constructed in a cumulative manner in aortas with functional endothelium. Contractile responses were reported as active stress (mN/mm2).
NO synthase activity.
NO synthase activity was determined in crude homogenates of the LV and
aorta by measuring the formation of
L-[3H]citrulline (L-Cit) from
L-[3H]arginine (Amersham) as previously
described by Bredt and Snyder (6) with minor
modifications. Briefly, 50 µl of crude homogenate of the LV (7.5 mg
of wet tissue) or aorta (5 mg of wet tissue) were incubated in the
presence of 50 mmol/l Tris · HCl, pH 7.4, containing 1 µmol/l
L-[3H]arginine (specific activity 5 GBq/mmol,
~100,000 dpm), 0.5 mg/ml calmodulin, 0.5 mmol/l 
-NADPH, 250 µmol/l tetrahydrobiopterin, 4 µmol/l FAD, 4 µmol/l flavin
mononucleotide, and 1 mmol/l Ca2+, in a total volume of 100 µl. After 10-min incubation at 37°C, the reaction was stopped, the
samples were centrifuged, and supernatants were applied to 1-ml Dowex
50WX-8 columns (Na+ form). L-Cit was eluted by
2 ml of water and determined by liquid scintillation counting. NO
synthase activity was expressed as picokatals (pkat) per gram of protein.
Determination of [14C]leucine incorporation. Protein synthesis in both the LV and aorta was evaluated by measuring [14C]leucine incorporation into proteins, as previously described by Bernátová et al. (5). The protein concentration was determined by Lowry's method.
Histology and morphometry. Samples of either LV tissue or the aorta were fixed for 24 h in 10% phosphate-buffered formalin. They were then processed routinely in paraffin, and serial 5-µm-thick sections were stained with hematoxylin and eosin and by Van Gieson staining.
Morphometric evaluation was performed on a Olympus light microscope equipped with a two-dimensional image analyzer (Alfa Inotech) as described elsewhere (3). Van Gieson stain was applied to enhance the red color contrast of collagen. Myocardial fibrosis was expressed as percentage of the whole muscle area on three serial sections of each heart ventricle specimen. The aortic cross-sectional area was determined in square micrometers.Statistical analysis. All results are expressed as means ± SE. One-way analysis of variance and Bonferroni test were used for statistical analysis. P < 0.05 was considered significant.
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SBP was not significantly different in rats in the four groups
before the beginning of the treatment. In the control group, SBP did
not change significantly for 8 wk (Fig.
1). Treatment of the rats for 4 wk with
L-NAME (40 mg · kg1 · day1) produced a
progressive increase in SBP (34% after 4 wk of treatment compared with
SBP of control rats; P < 0.01). After cessation of
L-NAME treatment, SBP decreased progressively during the
period of recovery and returned to the control value after 3 wk (Fig. 1). After cessation of L-NAME treatment, administration of
Provinol (40 mg · kg1 · day1) also
produced a progressive decrease of SBP. However, the decrease in SBP
was significantly accelerated in the Provinol group such that the SBP
value was not significantly different from that of the control group
already after the first week of treatment. After 3-wk cessation of
L-NAME treatment, the decrease in SBP produced by treatment
with Provinol was significantly greater than that of the recovery group
(P < 0.05).
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BW, HW, LVW/BW, and RVW/BW are given in Table
1. BW and HW were not significantly
different among the four groups (i.e., control, L-NAME,
recovery, and Provinol groups). Chronic administration of
L-NAME induced an increase of LVW/BW without a significant change in RVW/BW. Both in the recovery group and in the Provinol group,
the elevation of LVW/BW persisted 3 wk after cessation of
L-NAME treatment regardless of decreased blood pressure.
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Vasoreactivity of thoracic aorta.
Norepinephrine produced concentration-dependent contraction of aortas
with functional endothelium in all tested groups (Fig. 2A). In the
L-NAME-treated group, the contractile response to norepinephrine was significantly greater compared with that in control
rats. The maximal response to norepinephrine was significantly enhanced
from 6.07 ± 1.34 to 8.37 ± 0.33 mN/mm2
(P < 0.05) in aortas taken from control and
L-NAME-treated rats, respectively. Three weeks of
spontaneous recovery did not modify the increased response to
norepinephrine produced by L-NAME treatment. Thus the
maximal response to norepinephrine was not significantly different
between the L-NAME-treated group and the recovery group, being 8.37 ± 0.33 and 8.18 ± 0.33 mN/mm2,
respectively. However, Provinol treatment not only restored the
increased reactivity of the aortas to norepinephrine induced by the
L-NAME treatment but also reduced the norepinephrine
response compared with control rats. The maximal contraction to
norepinephrine was significantly reduced after Provinol treatment to
3.71 ± 0.47 mN/mm2 (P < 0.05 vs.
L-NAME group and control group).
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NO synthase activity.
In tissues taken from the control group, NO synthase activities were
3.5 ± 0.22 and 3.33 ± 0.21 pkat/g protein in the LV and the
aorta, respectively (Fig. 3). NO synthase
activities were significantly reduced in the LV and aorta taken from
L-NAME-treated rats (P < 0.05). In the
recovery group, NO synthase activities increased slowly to reach a
level of 50% and 90% greater than that of the control group in the LV
and the aorta, respectively. Interestingly, Provinol treatment
accelerated the increase in NO activity in the two tissues. In
addition, Provinol induced a greater increase of NO synthase activity
in both the LV (P < 0.05) and the aorta
(P < 0.05) compared with that obtained in the two
tissues taken from the recovery group.
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[14C]leucine incorporation.
The incorporation of [14C]leucine into LV and aortic
proteins was 75.0 ± 6 and 120 ± 9 dpm/mg protein,
respectively, in the control group (Fig.
4). In the L-NAME group,
[14C]leucine incorporation increased significantly by
46% and 41%, respectively, in the LV (P < 0.05) and
the aorta (P < 0.05) compared with
[14C]leucine incorporation obtained in tissues taken from
control. In the recovery group, the incorporation of
[14C]leucine was not significantly different from that of
control, both in the LV and the aorta. Interestingly, Provinol
treatment significantly decreased [14C]leucine
incorporation in the LV and the aorta compared with both the
L-NAME and control groups. Thus Provinol reduced the protein synthesis in the LV and the aorta.
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Histology and morphometric analysis.
Hematoxylin and eosin-stained sections revealed large areas of fibrosis
in the myocardium of rats treated with L-NAME. These changes were accentuated with Van Gieson staining of collagen. Fibrotic
changes were observed in the LV as well as in the right ventricle. The
percentage of fibrosis in the heart muscle was significantly greater in
the L-NAME-treated and spontaneously recovering groups vs.
the control group. Provinol treatment significantly reduced cardiac
fibrosis by ~74% compared with that observed in heart muscle taken
from the recovery group (Table 1; Fig.
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The present study provides evidence that oral administration of Provinol accelerated the decrease in blood pressure and improved structural and functional cardiovascular changes produced by chronic inhibition of NO synthesis. Indeed, Provinol treatment enhanced the regression of aortic wall thickness and improved the decreased endothelium-dependent relaxation in response to acetylcholine and the increased reactivity of the aorta to norepinephrine in hypertension induced by L-NAME. In addition, Provinol markedly accelerated the decrease of myocardial fibrosis, even though it did not affect LV hypertrophy under the experimental conditions used. All of the effects of Provinol were associated with a decrease in protein synthesis and an increase of NO synthase activity both in the LV and in the aorta of NO-deficient rats. Data from our previous work and that of other authors show that the model of chronic inhibition of NO synthesis induced by long-term L-NAME treatment in rats results in hypertension associated with hypertrophy of the LV and cardiac fibrosis as well as subsequent thickening of the arterial media and alteration of vascular functions (3, 21).
With regard to the reduction of blood pressure, the SBP of Provinol-treated rats was not different from that of control rats already after the first week of treatment, whereas 2 wk were needed for the recovery group to reach the control value after cessation of L-NAME treatment. Moreover, after 3 wk of treatment, Provinol induced a more pronounced decrease in blood pressure than that in the recovery group. These data suggest that in vivo administration of 40 mg/kg Provinol produced a sufficient circulating concentration of compounds to induce cardiovascular effects. In congruence with our recent work (10), the data showed that oral administration of Provinol leads to a decrease in blood pressure in hypertensive as well as normotensive rats. The molecular identity of the polyphenolic compounds responsible for this effect of Provinol probably included oligomeric condensed tannins and anthocyanins, both of which were reported to be the compounds of RWPCs that mediate the ex vivo endothelial NO-induced relaxation of aortic rings (1).
The mechanism implicated in the antihypertensive effect of in vivo treatment of Provinol and other natural dietary polyphenol compounds is unknown. It has been suggested that the improvement of flow-mediated endothelium-dependent vasodilatation in patients with coronary diseases by ingestion of red grape juice (whose constituents include anthocyanins and tannins; Ref. 22) and the antithrombotic properties (26) of red wine in vivo in the rat involve NO. However, both the origins of NO production and the mechanism by which it might be enhanced in vivo have not been established. The present study documented that the accelerated blood pressure decrease in Provinol-treated rats was associated with an increase of NO synthase activity in both the LV and the aorta compared with that of the spontaneous recovery group. In addition, the increase of NO synthase activity occurred sooner in tissues taken from Provinol-treated rats than in those from the spontaneous recovery group. In light of these findings, the most likely hypothesis is that the effect of Provinol on hypertension produced by chronic L-NAME treatment is the result of in vivo NO production subsequent to increased NO synthase activity both in cardiac and vascular tissues of the rat.
Turning to the consequences of hypertension, pressure overload leads to
cardiovascular remodeling comprising myocardial and vascular
hypertrophy linked to changes of the extracellular matrix compartment.
An increase in collagen deposition frequently occurs, resulting in
fibrosis that is associated with increased myocardial and vascular
stiffness and subsequent abnormalities of cardiac and vascular
functions (7, 11). It has been suggested that a major
factor determining the progression of LV hypertrophy to failure is the
presence of myocardial fibrosis. As reported in our previous studies,
chronic inhibition of NO synthesis resulted in hypertrophy of the LV
associated with enlargement of myocardial fibrosis and increased aortic
wall thickness (3). Increase of protein synthesis
both in the LV and the aorta was also observed after L-NAME
treatment as previously reported (3, 21). In the present
study, we found that, 3 wk after cessation of L-NAME treatment, the reduction of SBP toward the control value was associated with normalization of protein synthesis both in the cardiac and aortic
tissue without any improvement of cardiac fibrosis, LV hypertrophy, or
aortic wall thickness. Thus 3 wk of recovery was not sufficient to
observe regression of cardiovascular remodeling even though blood
pressure returned to normal value. It is noteworthy that Provinol
treatment reversed cardiovascular remodeling including myocardial
fibrosis and protein synthesis and aortic wall thickness produced by
chronic inhibition of NO synthesis. Provinol administered simultaneously with L-NAME partially prevents
L-NAME-induced hypertension and the associated
cardiovascular remodeling and vascular dysfunction (Pechánová et al., unpublished observation). The
development of vascular remodeling with medial thickening observed in
this model of hypertension has been reported to be the consequence of
blockade of the anti-inflammatory and antiarteriosclerotic properties
of vascular endothelial NO in vivo (3, 16). The latter
effect occurs via the inhibition of the activity of nuclear factor-
B
by NO. It is plausible that after Provinol treatment, the inhibition of
protein synthesis in the LV and the aorta and the decrease in aortic
wall thickness result from the increased NO synthesis in these tissues.
In addition, it cannot be excluded that the inhibition of vascular
smooth muscle cell proliferation through the reduction of transcription
factor expression might participate in the protective effect of
Provinol. Dowregulation of cyclin A gene expression was reported to
contribute to the antiproliferative effect of RWPC (14).
Despite the correction of increased blood pressure and the increase of NO synthase activity in the LV of the spontaneous recovery group, no regression of myocardial fibrosis was observed. In contrast, Provinol treatment produced a marked reduction of myocardial fibrosis. Thus it is possible that other unknown mechanisms not regulated by blood pressure or by in vivo production of NO contribute to the reduction of myocardial fibrosis by Provinol. Such mechanisms might include inhibition of matrix metalloproteinases (8), which are involved in maladaptive extracellular protein matrix remodeling leading to myocardial fibrosis.
The reduction of blood pressure in Provinol-treated rats failed to induce regression of the LV hypertrophy despite the reduction of myocardial fibrosis and the inhibition of protein synthesis within the LV. It was recently shown that prolonged arterial hypertension may be associated not only with fibrosis but also with an increase in interstitial fluid (17). Similarly, L-NAME-induced hypertension is associated with increased permeability of the heart capillaries followed by extracellular microedema as well as mitochondrial edema (25). Under experimental conditions similar to those in the present work, we reported (4) that the decrease in blood pressure induced by an inhibitor of angiotensin-converting enzyme, captopril, after cessation of L-NAME treatment is associated with total regression of LV hypertrophy. It was suggested that the regression of LV hypertrophy in the captopril-induced recovery is associated mainly with a large reduction in fluid volume due to diuretic and natriuretic properties of the inhibitor of angiotensin-converting enzyme. Thus the lack of effect of Provinol on LV hypertrophy might be related to its inability to affect the fluid volume in the LV. In addition, it cannot be excluded that a longer period of recovery is needed to achieve reduction of LV hypertrophy inasmuch as a decrease of protein synthesis in the LV by Provinol, as shown by the reduced [14C]leucine incorporation, might be the first step for the reduction of total LV mass.
The reduced endothelium-dependent vasodilatation seen in response to acetylcholine in aortas from L-NAME-treated rats was potentiated in the Provinol-treated group but not in the spontaneous recovery group. These data are in accordance with our previous work showing that the decrease in blood pressure in normotensive rats by short-term oral administration of Provinol was associated with enhanced endothelium-dependent relaxation (10). This effect of Provinol results from enhanced NO generation but not from reduced NO breakdown by superoxide anions, subsequent to amplification of the pathway leading to second messenger production in the endothelium (10). The present study extends the effect of Provinol treatment in a model of hypertension in which a faster and greater increase of NO synthase activity is also found in the aorta from the Provinol-treated group compared with NO synthase activity in aorta from the spontaneous recovery group. Improved endothelium-dependent vasodilatation is a potential mechanism by which ingestion of Provinol and other red wine polyphenol compounds may reduce cardiovascular risk.
Finally, Provinol treatment not only reversed the increased reactivity of the aortas to norepinephrine-induced contraction by chronic inhibition of NO synthesis but reduced the norepinephrine response compared with that obtained in control rats. We found that RWPC treatment induced expression of inducible NO synthase and cyclooxygenase 2 genes within the arterial wall from normotensive rats, which together maintain agonist-induced contractility unchanged (10). A similar mechanism might occur in the present study in vessels from hypertensive animals. The reason why norepinephrine contractility was reduced in Provinol-treated rats after cessation of L-NAME treatment is unknown. It might result from reduced desensitization of smooth muscle guanylyl cyclase to basal release of endothelial NO, from reduced release of vasoconstrictor products from cyclooxygenase, or from the release of other vasodilator factors. We cannot distinguish among these possibilities. Nevertheless, Provinol treatment prevented the increased reactivity of the aorta to norepinephrine after L-NAME treatment.
In conclusion, the present study provided in vivo evidence that oral administration of Provinol induces a faster and more profound decrease of blood pressure in hypertension produced by chronic inhibition of NO synthesis. This effect of Provinol was associated with a regression in myocardial fibrosis even though it did not reduce L-NAME-induced LV hypertrophy. Most interestingly, Provinol treatment reversed the development of aortic wall hyperplasia, improved endothelium-dependent relaxation, and reduced the increased vascular reactivity to vasoconstrictor agonist. The increased NO synthase activity and reduced tissue protein synthesis may be the key factors for the improvement of structural and functional cardiovascular parameters by Provinol in L-NAME-induced hypertension. All of the above cardiovascular effects of Provinol may contribute to the antihypertensive and antiarteriosclerotic properties of plant-derived polyphenols in vivo.
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We express our thanks to Yvonne Hanácková for skillful laboratory assistance.
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This work was supported by Slovak Grant Agency for Science Grants 2/7165/21, 2/7240/21, and 2/7156/21. Provinol was provided by David Ageron, Société Française de Distillerie, Vallon Pont d'Arc, France.
Address for reprint requests and other correspondence: O. Pechánová, Institute of Normal and Pathological Physiology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Sienkiewiczova 1, 813 71 Bratislava, Slovak Republic (E-mail: pechan{at}unpf.savba.sk).
The costs of publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. The article must therefore be hereby marked "advertisement" in accordance with 18 U.S.C. Section 1734 solely to indicate this fact.
10.1152/ajpheart.00724.2001
Received 13 August 2001; accepted in final form 12 October 2001.
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NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester
(L-NAME)-treated (
) rats followed by
spontaneous recovery (SR; 
) or by PR (
)
are shown. *P < 0.05 vs. control;
bP < 0.05 vs. spontaneous recovery. Values
are means ± SE.
