ROS Suppression by Egg White Hydrolysate in DOCA-Salt Rats—An Alternative Tool against Vascular Dysfunction in Severe Hypertension
Edina da Luz Abreu,
Camila Rodrigues Moro,
Samia Hassan Husein Kanaan,
Ricardo Bernardino de Paula,
Camila Teixeira Herrera,
Pedro Henrique Dorneles Costa,
Franck Maciel Peçanha,
Dalton Valentim Vassallo,
Luciana Venturini Rossoni,
Marta Miguel-Castro,
Giulia Alessandra Wiggers
Affiliations
Edina da Luz Abreu
Cardiovascular Physiology Laboratory, Universidade Federal do Pampa, BR 472, Km 592, Uruguaiana 97501-970, Brazil
Camila Rodrigues Moro
Cardiovascular Physiology Laboratory, Universidade Federal do Pampa, BR 472, Km 592, Uruguaiana 97501-970, Brazil
Samia Hassan Husein Kanaan
Cardiovascular Physiology Laboratory, Universidade Federal do Pampa, BR 472, Km 592, Uruguaiana 97501-970, Brazil
Ricardo Bernardino de Paula
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biomedical Science, University of São Paulo, Av. ProfessorLineu Prestes, nº 2415, São Paulo 97501-970, Brazil
Camila Teixeira Herrera
Cardiovascular Physiology Laboratory, Universidade Federal do Pampa, BR 472, Km 592, Uruguaiana 97501-970, Brazil
Pedro Henrique Dorneles Costa
Cardiovascular Physiology Laboratory, Universidade Federal do Pampa, BR 472, Km 592, Uruguaiana 97501-970, Brazil
Franck Maciel Peçanha
Cardiovascular Physiology Laboratory, Universidade Federal do Pampa, BR 472, Km 592, Uruguaiana 97501-970, Brazil
Dalton Valentim Vassallo
Cardiac Electromechanical and Vascular Reactivity Laboratory, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Av. Marechal Campos, 1468, Vitória 29040-090, Brazil
Luciana Venturini Rossoni
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biomedical Science, University of São Paulo, Av. ProfessorLineu Prestes, nº 2415, São Paulo 97501-970, Brazil
Marta Miguel-Castro
Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias de la Alimentación (CIAL, CSIC-UAM.), C/Nicolás Cabrera, 9, Campus Universitario de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
Giulia Alessandra Wiggers
Cardiovascular Physiology Laboratory, Universidade Federal do Pampa, BR 472, Km 592, Uruguaiana 97501-970, Brazil
This study aimed to evaluate the potential for lowering blood pressure and beneficial effects on mesenteric resistance arteries (MRA) and conductance vessels (aorta) produced by dietary supplementation of an egg white hydrolysate (EWH) in rats with severe hypertension induced by deoxycorticosterone plus salt treatment (DOCA-salt), as well as the underlying mechanisms involved. The DOCA-salt model presented higher blood pressure, which was significantly reduced by EWH. The impaired acetylcholine-induced relaxation and eNOS expression observed in MRA and aorta from DOCA-salt rats was ameliorated by EWH. This effect on vessels (MRA and aorta) was related to the antioxidant effect of EWH, since hydrolysate intake prevented the NF-κB/TNFα inflammatory pathway and NADPH oxidase-induced reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation, as well as the mitochondrial source of ROS in MRA. At the plasma level, EWH blocked the higher ROS and MDA generation by DOCA-salt treatment, without altering the antioxidant marker. In conclusion, EWH demonstrated an antihypertensive effect in a model of severe hypertension. This effect could be related to its endothelium-dependent vasodilator properties mediated by an ameliorated vessel’s redox imbalance and inflammatory state.