Metformin suppresses aortic ultrastrucural damage and hypertension induced by diabetes: a potential role of advanced glycation end products.

Metformin suppresses aortic ultrastrucural damage and hypertension induced by diabetes: a potential role of advanced glycation end products. Ultrastruct Pathol. 2019 Sep 15;:1-9 Authors: Dallak M, Haidara MA, Bin-Jaliah I, Eid RA, Amin SN, Abdel Latif NS, Al-Ani B Abstract Cardiovascular disease secondary to diabetes represents a significant challenge to the health community. The advanced glycation end products (AGEs) play an important role in diabetes-mediated vascular injury. We tested whether metformin can suppress aortic AGEs production and protect against aortic injuries (aortopathy) and hypertension in streptozotocin-induced type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) animal model. T2DM was induced in rats two weeks after being fed on a high carbohydrate and fat diet (HCFD), and continued on a HCFD until being sacrificed at week 12 (model group). The protective group was put on metformin two weeks before diabetic induction and continued on metformin and HCFD until the end of the experiment, at week 12. Using electron microscopy examinations, we observed in the model group substantial damage to the ultrastructure of aortic endothelial and vascular smooth muscle layers as demonstrated by markedly distorted vacuolated endothelial and vascular smooth muscle cells with pyknotic nuclei detached from the underlying basement membrane, which were protected by metformin. Also, metformin significantly (p < .05) decreased both systolic and diastol...
Source: Ultrastructural Pathology - Category: Pathology Authors: Tags: Ultrastruct Pathol Source Type: research