Vascular Dysfunction in Streptozotocin-Induced Experimental Diabetes Strictly Depends on Insulin Deficiency

<i>Objective:</i> In previous studies we and others have shown that streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetes in rats is associated with vascular oxidative stress and dysfunction. In the present study, we sought to determine whether vascular dysfunction and oxidative stress strictly depend on insulin deficiency. <i>Methods:</i> The effects of insulin (2.5 U/day s.c., 2 weeks) therapy on vascular disorders in STZ-induced (60 mg/kg i.v., 8 weeks) diabetes mellitus (type I) were studied in Wistar rats. The contribution of NADPH oxidase to overall oxidative stress was investigated by in vivo (30 mg/kg/day s.c., 4 days) and in vitro treatment with apocynin. <i>Results:&…

Vascular Dysfunction in Experimental Diabetes Is Improved by Pentaerithrityl Tetranitrate but Not Isosorbide-5-Mononitrate Therapy

OBJECTIVE Diabetes is associated with vascular oxidative stress, activation of NADPH oxidase, and uncoupling of nitric oxide (NO) synthase (endothelial NO synthase [eNOS]). Pentaerithrityl tetranitrate (PETN) is an organic nitrate with potent antioxidant properties via induction of heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1). We tested whether treatment with PETN improves vascular dysfunction in the setting of experimental diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS After induction of hyperglycemia by streptozotocin (STZ) injection (60 mg/kg i.v.), PETN (15 mg/kg/day p.o.) or isosorbide-5-mononitrate (ISMN; 75 mg/kg/day p.o.) was fed to Wistar rats for 7 weeks. Oxidative stress was assessed by optical methods and o…

A new access to 2′-amino-substituted vinylindoles as donor-activated heterocyclic dienes and their first diels-alder reactions

Abstract Reactions of the 3-acylindoles 5, 10 , and 15 with α-amino-α′-diphenylphosphinoyl-substituted carbanions gave rise to the 2′-amino-substituted 3− and 2-vinylindoles 7, 12 , and 17 by way of the isolable carbinols 6 , 11 , and 16 . The heterocyclic dienes 7 , 12 , and 17 readily underwent Diels-Alder reactions with N -phenylmaleimide.

ChemInform Abstract: Diels-Alder Reactions of (1H-Indol-3-yl)-enacetamides and -endiacetamides: A Selective Access to Acetylamino-Functionalized (b)Anellated Indoles and Carbazoles.

Molecular Mechanisms of the Crosstalk Between Mitochondrial and NADPH Oxidase Derived Reactive Oxygen Species in White Blood Cells - Implications for Cardiovascular Diseases

Reactions of 3-(tetrahydropyrid-4-yl)-indoles with dienophiles: new heterocyclic functionalized indoles and pyrido[]annellated carbazoles

First reactions of 3-(1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyrid-4-yl)-indoles 1 with a variety of carbo- and heterodienophiles are described. These reactions provide a new access to heterocyclic functionalized indoles and pyrido[c]annellated carbazoles, compounds of interest as potential antidepressive and antitumor active agents.

Diels-Alder Reactions of (1H-Indol-3-yl)-enacetamides and -endiacetamides: A Selective Access to Acetylamino-Functionalized [b]Annelated Indoles and Carbazoles

Diels-Alder reactions of the (1H-indol-3-yl)-enacetamides and -endiacetamides 1a–d with some carbodieno-philes and 4-phenyl-3H-1,2,4-triazole-3,5(4H)-dione give rise to the novel amino-functionalized carbazole; 4–6 and 8 (Scheme 3). Ethenetetracarbonitrile reacts with 1b to furnish the Michael-type adduct 7 (Scheme 3). Structural aspects of the starting materials 1, which exhibit above all 3-vinyl-1H-indole reactivity, are discussed with regard to the prediction of a Diels-Alder process.