Nutr Rev. 54(1 Pt 1):1-30, 1996
Biological chemistry of thiols in the vasculature and in vascular-related disease.
Raised glutathione levels fight the oxidation of circulating fats in the bloodstream, including cholesterol, retarding the process of plaque formation in the arteries – the underlying cause for most heart disease and stroke.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 1999 Aug;34(2):507-14.
Glutathione reverses endothelial dysfunction and improves nitric oxide bioavailability.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: We investigated whether glutathione (GSH), a reduced thiol that modulates redox state and forms adducts of nitric oxide (NO), improves endothelium-dependent vasomotion and NO activity in atherosclerosis. BACKGROUND: Endothelial dysfunction and reduced NO activity are associated with atherosclerosis and its clinical manifestations such as unstable angina.
METHODS: In the femoral circulation of 17 patients with atherosclerosis or its risk factors, endothelium-dependent vasodilation with acetylcholine (ACH), and endothelium-independent vasodilation with nitroglycerin and sodium nitroprusside were studied before and after GSH. In 10 patients, femoral vein plasma cyclic guanylate monophosphate (cGMP) levels were measured during an infusion of ACH before and after GSH. Femoral artery flow velocity was measured using a Doppler flow wire and the resistance index (FVRI) calculated as mean arterial pressure divided by flow velocity.
RESULTS: Glutathione strongly potentiated ACH-mediated vasodilation; at the two doses, FVRI decreased by 47% and 56% before, and by 61% and 67% after GSH (p = 0.003). Glutathione also elevated cGMP levels in the femoral vein during ACH infusion from 17.6 +/- 3 to 23.3 +/- 3 pmol/ml (p = 0.006). Augmentation of ACH responses was only observed in patients with depressed endothelial function. Glutathione did not influence endothelium-independent vasodilation with either NO donor.
CONCLUSIONS: Thiol supplementation with GSH selectively improves human endothelial dysfunction by enhancing NO activity.
Biological chemistry of thiols in the vasculature and in vascular-related disease.
ระดับกลูทาไธโอนที่สูงสามารถต่อต้านการเกิดอ็อกซิเดชั่นของไขมันและคอเลสเตอรอลในกระแสเลือด ชะลอการเกาะจับของไขมันในหลอดเลือดแดงสาเหตุสำคัญของการเกิดโรคหัวใจและโรคหลอดเลือดเลี้ยงสมองอุดตัน
Raised glutathione levels fight the oxidation of circulating fats in the bloodstream, including cholesterol, retarding the process of plaque formation in the arteries – the underlying cause for most heart disease and stroke.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 1999 Aug;34(2):507-14.
Glutathione reverses endothelial dysfunction and improves nitric oxide bioavailability.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: We investigated whether glutathione (GSH), a reduced thiol that modulates redox state and forms adducts of nitric oxide (NO), improves endothelium-dependent vasomotion and NO activity in atherosclerosis. BACKGROUND: Endothelial dysfunction and reduced NO activity are associated with atherosclerosis and its clinical manifestations such as unstable angina.
METHODS: In the femoral circulation of 17 patients with atherosclerosis or its risk factors, endothelium-dependent vasodilation with acetylcholine (ACH), and endothelium-independent vasodilation with nitroglycerin and sodium nitroprusside were studied before and after GSH. In 10 patients, femoral vein plasma cyclic guanylate monophosphate (cGMP) levels were measured during an infusion of ACH before and after GSH. Femoral artery flow velocity was measured using a Doppler flow wire and the resistance index (FVRI) calculated as mean arterial pressure divided by flow velocity.
RESULTS: Glutathione strongly potentiated ACH-mediated vasodilation; at the two doses, FVRI decreased by 47% and 56% before, and by 61% and 67% after GSH (p = 0.003). Glutathione also elevated cGMP levels in the femoral vein during ACH infusion from 17.6 +/- 3 to 23.3 +/- 3 pmol/ml (p = 0.006). Augmentation of ACH responses was only observed in patients with depressed endothelial function. Glutathione did not influence endothelium-independent vasodilation with either NO donor.
CONCLUSIONS: Thiol supplementation with GSH selectively improves human endothelial dysfunction by enhancing NO activity.
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