L-Citrulline Supplementation Reduces Blood Pressure and Myocardial Infarct Size under Chronic Intermittent Hypoxia, a Major Feature of Sleep Apnea Syndrome

Intermittent hypoxia (IH) is a landmark of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) at the core of the cardiovascular consequences of OSA. IH triggers oxidative stress, a major underlying mechanism for elevated blood pressure (BP) and increased infarct size. L-citrulline is an amino acid that has been demonstrated to be protective of the cardiovascular system and exert pleiotropic effects. Therefore, we tested the impact of citrulline supplementation on IH-induced increase in BP and infarct size. Four groups of rats exposed to normoxia (N) or IH [14 days (d), 8 h/day, 30 s-O2 21%/30 s-O2 5%] and were supplemented or not with citrulline (1 g·kg-1·d-1). After 14 d, BP was measured, and hearts were submitted to global ischemia-reperfusion to measure infarct size. Histological and biochemical analyses were conducted on hearts and aorta to assess oxidative stress. Citrulline significantly reduced BP (-9.92%) and infarct size (-18.22%) under IH only. In the aorta, citrulline supplementation significantly decreased superoxide anion and nitrotyrosine levels under IH and abolished the IH-induced decrease in nitrite. Citrulline supplementation significantly decreased myocardial superoxide anion levels and xanthine oxidase enzyme activity under IH. Citrulline shows a cardioprotective capacity by limiting IH-induced pro-oxidant activity. Our results suggest that citrulline might represent a new pharmacological strategy in OSA patients with high cardiovascular risk.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

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Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) - 11(2022), 12 vom: 24. Nov.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ozcan, Bilgehan [VerfasserIn]
Blachot-Minassian, Britanny [VerfasserIn]
Paradis, Stéphanie [VerfasserIn]
Mazière, Lucile [VerfasserIn]
Chambion-Diaz, Marie [VerfasserIn]
Bouyon, Sophie [VerfasserIn]
Pépin, Jean-Louis [VerfasserIn]
Pialoux, Vincent [VerfasserIn]
Arnaud, Claire [VerfasserIn]
Moinard, Christophe [VerfasserIn]
Belaidi, Elise [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Citrulline
Intermittent hypoxia
Journal Article
Obstructive sleep apnea
Oxidative stress

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Date Revised 25.12.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/antiox11122326

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NLM350640556