Low-protein diet impairs vascular relaxation in virgin and pregnant rats
Koumentaki, Angeliki, Anthony, Frederick, Poston, Lucilla and Wheeler, Timothy (2002) Low-protein diet impairs vascular relaxation in virgin and pregnant rats. Clinical Science (London), 102, (5), 553-560.
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Pregnancy is associated with increases in maternal cardiac output and plasma volume and a reduction in peripheral vascular resistance. Cardiac output and plasma volume are substantially reduced in pregnant rats fed a low-protein diet, but it is not known whether vascular function is also compromised. We have investigated vascular function in virgin and pregnant Wistar rats subjected to dietary protein restriction [9% (w/v) casein, compared with 18% (w/v) casein for controls]. The diets were fed to the groups for 18 days; in the pregnant rats, the diets were given from day 1 of pregnancy. Branches of the mesenteric arteries were studied on day 18 of the dietary period using myography. Significant reductions in sensitivity to acetylcholine occurred in vessels from virgin (P = 0.04) and pregnant (P = 0.01) rats that had consumed the 9% casein diet. In arteries from the virgin rats on the restricted diet there was also a significant reduction in sensitivity (P = 0.0003) and maximum relaxation (P = 0.009) to the NO donor spermine NONOate. Mean placental and fetal weights were significantly lower in the rats fed on 9% casein (P<0.0001 and P = 0.005 respectively). Thus low-protein diets impair vasodilator responses in female rats. These effects may contribute to the poor cardiovascular adaptation to pregnancy and lower fetal weights associated with restricted protein intake.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 0143-5221 (print) |
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| Subjects: | Q Science > Q Science (General) R Medicine > R Medicine (General) |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Medicine > Developmental Origins of Health and Disease |
| Item ID: | 25730 |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Apr 2006 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Jun 2013 01:05 |
| Contributors: | Koumentaki, Angeliki (Author) Anthony, Frederick (Author) Poston, Lucilla (Author) Wheeler, Timothy (Author) |
| Date: | 2002 |
| Status: | Published |
| Contact Email Address: | T.Wheeler@soton.ac.uk |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/25730 |
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