Resveratrol Supplementation Prevents Hypertension in Hypertensive Pregnant Rats by Increasing Sodium Excretion and Serum Nitric Oxide Level

Jia, Xiaowen; Zhang, Rong; Guo, Jinzhu; Yue, Hua; Liu, Qiuxia; Guo, Lipei; Zhang, Qunchang

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Resveratrol Supplementation Prevents Hypertension in Hypertensive Pregnant Rats by Increasing Sodium Excretion and Serum Nitric Oxide Level

Xiaowen Jia,¹Rong Zhang,¹Jinzhu Guo,¹Hua Yue,¹Qiuxia Liu,¹Lipei Guo,¹and Qunchang Zhang¹

Guest Editor: Hao Peng

Received16 Oct 2019

Revised16 Dec 2019

Accepted04 Jan 2020

Published22 Jan 2020

Abstract

Background. Pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in pregnancy worldwide. This study was designed to study the blood pressure-lowering effect of resveratrol (RES) in a salt-induced hypertensive pregnant rat model. Methods. Forty female Sprague Dawley (SD) rats were randomized into 4 groups: Normal Preg (0.9% salt diet), Normal Preg + RES (0.9% salt diet plus daily oral RES for 4 weeks), Salt Preg (8% salt diet), and Salt Preg + RES (8% salt diet plus daily oral RES for 4 weeks). Noninvasive blood pressure was recorded on gestational days 7 and 14. On the gestational day 19, foetuses were weighed, and blood and urine samples were harvested for electrolytes and biochemical assays. Results. RES significantly reduced SBP, DBP, and MAP on gestational days 7 and 14 in the Salt Preg + RES group compared to the Salt Preg group (all ). Compared to the Salt Preg group, the foetal weight, serum NO level, urinary sodium, and 24 hour urine volume were significantly increased in the Salt Preg + RES group (all ). On the contrary, the levels of serum urea, serum creatinine, and urinary protein were significantly decreased in the Salt Preg + RES group compared to the Salt Preg group (all ). Conclusions. RES decreases blood pressure in a hypertensive pregnant rat model. Increasing sodium excretion and serum nitric oxide level might be, at least part of, the underlying mechanisms.

1. Introduction

Pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) complicates 6–10% of pregnancies [1]. It remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in pregnancy worldwide, with the increased risk of renal failure, pulmonary edema, and stroke for mothers, as well as intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), prematurity, and death for fetus [2].

It has been reported that endothelial dysfunction, oxidative stress, inflammatory responses, the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) activation, defective synthesis of nitric oxide (NO), and dysregulation of hydrogen sulfide (H₂S) producing enzymes contribute to maternal hypertension [3–6]. However, the underlying mechanisms involved in PIH are still not completely understood.

Resveratrol (3,5,4-trihydroxystilbene, RES) is a natural polyphenolic compound found in various plants species, including grapes, berries, and peanuts [7]. Numerous studies have demonstrated the diverse biologic effects of RES, such as antioxidative, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, and antiplatelet aggregation activities [8–11]. Other studies reported it could modulate the cell functions, signal transduction, and gene expression [12]. Some recent studies demonstrated that RES could increase sodium excretion [13] and the release of NO from endothelial cells [14], as well as protect against the development of general hypertension in rat models [15–17]. However, the effect of RES on NO synthesis and sodium excretion in PIH is still unclear.

Therefore, the present research was designed to study the effect of RES on blood pressure regulation in a hypertensive pregnant rat model. Our results suggested that RES might be a potential blood pressure lowering (BPL) agent for PIH treatment.

2. Methods

2.1. Animals

A total of 20 male Sprague Dawley (SD) rats weighing between 190 and 210 g 9- to 10-week old and 40 female SD rats weighing between 180 and 200 g 9- to 10-week old were purchased from the Animal Center of Xi’an Jiaotong University (Xi’an, China). Rats were kept in sterile cages under standard laboratory conditions. All animals were allowed free access to tap water and standard rodent diet. All experiments were performed in accordance with the “National Institutes of Health Guidelines on the Use of Laboratory Animals” and approved by the Ethics Committee, Xi’an Jiaotong University Health Science Center.

2.2. Reagents

Resveratrol was purchased from Sigma Chemical (USA). Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and RPMI-1640 were from Xi’an Sobeo Pharmtech Co., Ltd. (Xi’an, China). The RES was dissolved in DMSO and then diluted to 5 mg/mL in RPMI-1640.

2.3. Experimental Design

Forty female rats were randomized into four groups (10 rats/group)s: Normal Preg: the rats were fed with normal salt chow (0.9% NaCl) for 10 weeks; Normal Preg + RES: rats were fed with the same feeding regimens as the Normal Preg group, plus daily oral RES (250 mg/kg/day, by intragastric gavage) for 4 weeks (from the 7th week till the 10th week); Salt Preg: the rats were fed with high-salt chow (8% NaCl) [18] for 10 weeks; Salt Preg + RES: rats were fed with the same feeding regimens as the Salt Preg group, plus daily oral RES (250 mg/kg/day, by intragastric gavage) for 4 weeks (from the 7^th week till the 10^th week). We choose high salt intake to induce the PIH model due to its noninvasiveness.

For these female rats, the oestrous cycle was monitored by the vaginal smear method from the 7th week [19]. Each female rat on the proestrous phase was separately mated with male rat overnight. Mating was confirmed by the presence of sperm in a vaginal smear on the next day, and this day was considered as day 1 of pregnancy.

2.4. Noninvasive Blood Pressure Measurement

Systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), and mean arterial blood pressure (MAP) (mmHg) were measured before mating and on gestational days 7 and 14 using a tail-cuff blood pressure instrument (Kent Scientific, Torrington, CT, USA).

2.5. Euthanasia and Foetal Weight Measurement

On the gestational day 19, the rats were euthanized by ether and received laparotomy. The blood samples were collected from the suprahepatic segment of inferior vena cava using a cannula for analysis, and the foetuses were isolated and weighed.

2.6. Serum and Urine Samples Collection

Blood samples were centrifuged at 4000 r/min at 4C for 3 min, and serum was taken and stored at –20°C for measurement of the serum electrolytes, urea, creatinine, and NO levels.

Twelve-hour urine samples were individually collected in a metabolic cage on the gestational day 18 and preserved with toluene. Urine samples were used for measurement of urinary electrolytes and protein levels, as well as urine volume.

2.7. Measurement of Serum Electrolytes, Urea, Creatinine, and NO Levels

Serum levels of sodium, potassium, urea, creatinine, and NO were measured by an automated chemistry analyzer (Shenzhen Kaguwi Imp & Exp Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, China) using commercial diagnostic kits following the manufacturer’s instructions (Jilin Painuo Biological Technology, Ltd., Jilin, China).

2.8. Measurement of Urinary Electrolytes and Protein Levels

Urinary levels of sodium and potassium were measured using the same method described above for serum electrolytes. Urinary protein concentration was determined by Bradford’s method (Bio-Rad protein assay, Kidlington, UK) [20].

2.9. Statistical Analysis

Data were presented as mean ± SD. Statistical differences were determined by using SPSS 24.0 software. As a first step, analysis of variance of factorial design was performed to check for any interaction between salt concentration and RES on blood pressure, foetal weight, and other biochemical indexes. If an interaction was ruled out, the pooled analysis remained the primary analysis. If an interaction could not be ruled out, then the effect of RES in different salt concentration subgroups would be considered by the t-test or the nonparametric test. Differences were considered statistically significant if the value was <0.05.

3. Results

3.1. Blood Pressure

SBP, DBP, and MAP were measured before mating and on gestational days 7 and 14 using a noninvasive tail-cuff method. An interaction existed between salt concentration and RES with respect to SBP, DBP, and MAP (all ). In the 10th week, compared to the Salt Preg + RES group, all three parameters were slightly increased in the Salt Preg group. However, there was no statistical difference (, data not shown). On gestational days 7 and 14, compared to the Salt Preg group, all three parameters were obviously decreased in the Salt Preg + RES group (all ), but there was no statistical difference in the three parameters between group Normal Preg + RES and group Normal Preg (all ). It was declared that RES has an antihypertensive effect with high concentration of salt, and it may not have antihypertensive effect if it is used for pregnancy hypertension with normal salt intake (Table 1).

3.2. Foetal Weight Measurement

On the gestational day 19, the foetuses were isolated and weighed. The interaction existed between salt concentration and RES with respect to foetal weight (). Compared to the Salt Preg group, the foetal weight was increased in the Salt Preg + RES group (), and there was no statistical difference in foetal weight between the Normal Preg + RES group and Normal Preg group () (Figure 1).

3.3. Measurement of Serum Electrolytes, Urea, Creatinine, and NO Levels

The interaction existed between salt concentration and RES with respect to serum sodium, potassium, urea, creatinine, and NO levels (all ). There was no statistical difference in serum sodium and potassium between the Salt Preg + RES group and Salt Preg group or between the Normal Preg + RES group and Normal Preg group (all ) (Figures 2(a) and 2(b)). The levels of serum urea and serum creatinine were significantly higher in the Salt Preg group compared to the Salt Preg + RES group (all ), and there was no statistical difference in serum urea and serum creatinine between the Normal Preg + RES group and Normal Preg group () (Figures 2(c) and 2(d)). For the level of serum NO, it was significantly lower in the Salt Preg group than the Salt Preg + RES group (), and there was no statistical difference in serum NO between the Normal Preg + RES group and Normal Preg group () (Figure 3).

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3.4. Measurement of Urinary Electrolytes and Protein Levels

The interaction existed between salt concentration and RES with respect to urinary sodium, potassium, and protein levels (all ). There was no statistical difference in urinary potassium between the Salt Preg + RES group and Salt Preg group or between Normal Preg + RES group and Normal Preg group (all ). However, the urinary sodium was significantly increased in the Salt Preg + RES group compared to the Salt Preg group (), and there was no statistical difference in urinary sodium between the Normal Preg + RES group and Normal Preg group () (Figures 4(a) and 4(b)). For the urinary protein level, it was obviously higher () in the Salt Preg group than the Salt Preg + RES group, and there was no statistical difference in urinary protein between the Normal Preg + RES group and Normal Preg group () (Figure 4(c)).

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3.5. Twenty-Four-Hour Urine Volume

The interaction existed between salt concentration and RES with respect to 24-hour urine volume (). The 24-hour urine volume was significantly higher in the Salt Preg + RES group compared to the Salt Preg group, and there was no statistical difference in 24-hour urine volume between the Normal Preg + RES group and Normal Preg group () (Figure 4(d)).

4. Discussion

The effect of RES on blood pressure regulation has been previously studied. A recent systematic review concluded that RES appears to have antihypertensive effects, depending on the dose and duration of treatment, and one of the important blood pressure-reducing mechanisms of RES is to increase the level of NO [21]. However, the effect of RES on PIH remains unclear. In the present study, we find that oral RES supplementation could decrease the blood pressure of high-salt diet-induced hypertensive pregnant rats compared to control animals without RES supplementation (Table 1).

Increased salt intake is an important factor in elevating the BP in human [22]. Sodium retention causes expansion of extracellular volume (ECV) and total vascular volume, which may lead to hypertension. Thus, reducing the amount of sodium in the body became an important therapeutic strategy for decreasing BP. For example, diuretics exert their hypotensive effects via increasing sodium excretion [23]. In our study, we used high-salt diet to induce hypertension in pregnant rats. Our results demonstrated that RES supplementation could significantly increase the excretion of sodium in urine without affecting the serum sodium level in a hypertensive pregnant rat model. Consistent with this, the 24 h urine volume was also significantly increased in the hypertensive pregnant rats treated with RES supplementation compared to control rats without RES treatment (all ). These findings are consistent with a published report showing RES infusion increases sodium excretion while not altering the glomerular filtration rate (GFR), suggesting it may have a direct effect on renal tubular sodium handling [24].

Preeclampsia (PE) complicates about 3–5% of all pregnancies and is simply defined by the new onset of hypertension and proteinuria occurring from 20 weeks of gestation [25]. Studies had demonstrated that kidney function injury frequently occurred in PE patients even before proteinuria detection [26]. The protective effect of RES on kidney functions had been previously studied. Kitada et al. showed that, in diabetic db/db mice, RES treatment for 8 weeks (0.3% diet) resulted in decreased urinary albumin excretion [27]. Qiao et al. showed that treatment of STZ-induced diabetic SD rats with RES (20 mg/kg/day) for 4 weeks resulted in reduced serum glucose and creatinine levels [28]. Consistent with these results, we observed that the serum urea and creatinine levels, as well as the urinary protein level, were obviously increased in a rat model of pregnant hypertension. However, RES supplementation significantly reduced these parameters compared to control pregnant rats (all ).

Another suggested mechanism of PIH is defective NO synthesis, which could lead to endothelial dysfunction [29]. NO-mediated activation of cGK leads to relaxation of vascular smooth muscle cells, which could cause vasodilatation and subsequent blood pressure reduction [30]. Previous studies had showed that RES could increase the production of NO in endothelial cells by upregulating the expression of endothelial NO synthase (eNOS), stimulating eNOS enzymatic activity, and preventing eNOS uncoupling [31]. In a recent study, Xu et al. found RES could also stimulate NO release in rat platelets [32]. In this study, the level of serum NO was significantly decreased in the pregnant hypertensive rats, and as expected, RES supplementation significantly increased it to a level comparable to nonhypertensive pregnant control rats. Previous studies had demonstrated that NO is also a potent natriuretic agent, playing a major role in inhibiting epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) activity in the collecting duct [33], which hinted that the different antihypertensive mechanisms of RES might result in a synergistic effect.

Having low birth weight is associated with fetal and neonatal morbidity and mortality [34]. PIH had been identified to be closely associated with low birthweight [35]. The weight of the foetal rat on the 19th day of gestation varied slightly in different reports. In our study, the foetal weights in normal salt intake groups are comparable to that reported by Arikawe et al.[18]. However, foetal weight was obviously lower in the hypertensive pregnant rats than the control pregnant rats, and RES supplementation partly reversed this trend (all ). These results are in line with a previous study showing subcutaneous maternal RES treatment increases uterine artery blood flow in the pregnant ewe and increases fetal growth [36]. We hypothesized that the effect of increasing foetal weight by RES may be related to its upregulation on the serum NO level.

5. Conclusion

Taken together, our present study has provided the first evidence that increasing sodium excretion and serum nitric oxide level might be, at least part of, the underlying mechanisms by which RES decreases blood pressure in a hypertensive pregnant rat model. RES could be a promising candidate in the development of an effective BPL agent for PIH treatment.

However, the mechanism of PIH in humans is complex, and high salt intake or defective NO synthesis is only part of the risk factors. Therefore, further studies are needed to identify the detailed mechanisms by which RES regulated blood pressure in pregnancy for its possible application in the treatment of PIH.

Data Availability

All data generated or analysed during this study are included in this published article.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

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