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  • Title: Effect of dietary supplementation with the pyridoindole antioxidant stobadine on antioxidant state and ultrastructure of diabetic rat myocardium.
    Author: Stefek M, Sotnikova R, Okruhlicova L, Volkovova K, Kucharska J, Gajdosik A, Gajdosikova A, Mihalova D, Hozova R, Tribulova N, Gvozdjakova A.
    Journal: Acta Diabetol; 2000; 37(3):111-7. PubMed ID: 11277310.
    Abstract:
    Consistent with the postulated role of oxidative stress in the etiology of late diabetic complications, pharmacological interventions based on biological antioxidants have been suggested. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of dietary supplementation with the pyridoindole antioxidant stobadine on the myocardial antioxidant status and ultrastructure of streptozotocin-diabetic rats. Diabetic male Wistar rats were fed for 32 weeks a standard diet or a diet supplemented with stobadine (0.05% w/w). Control rats received a standard diet or stobadine-supplemented diet (0.16% w/w). Plasma levels of glucose, cholesterol and triglycerides were increased significantly by diabetes. Activities of superoxide dismutase and catalase were markedly elevated in the diabetic myocardium. Myocardial levels of conjugated dienes increased after eight months of diabetes, in spite of significantly increased myocardial alpha-tocopherol and coenzyme Q9 content. The long-term treatment of diabetic animals with stobadine (i) reduced plasma cholesterol and triglyceride levels yet left the severe hyperglycemia unaffected, (ii) reduced oxidative damage of myocardial tissue as measured by conjugated dienes, (iii) reversed myocardial levels of alpha-tocopherol and coenzyme Q9 to near control values, (iv) reduced elevated activity of superoxide dismutase in the diabetic myocardium, and (v) attenuated angiopathic and atherogenic processes in the myocardium as assessed by electron microscopy examination. These results are in accordance with the postulated prooxidant role of chronic hyperglycemia and provide further evidence that development of pathological changes in diabetic myocardium is amenable to pharmacological intervention by biological antioxidants.
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