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Long-Term Intake of Milk Peptides Attenuates Development of Hypertension in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats
Long-Term Intake of Milk Peptides Attenuates Development of Hypertension in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats
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Institute of Biomedicine, Pharmacology, BIOMEDICUM HELSINKI, P.O. Box 63, FIN-00014
University of Helsinki, Finland, 2)Foundation for Nutrition Research, P.O. Box 30, FIN-00039
Helsinki, Finland
INTRODUCTION
Effect of long-term intake of IPP and VPP and a sour milk containing the
tripeptides on blood pressure
At the beginning of the study, the blood pressure- and body weight-matched
SHR were divided into three groups (n = 1011/group) to receive different
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Table 1. Contents of energy, nutrients and tripeptides IPP and VPP in different drinking fluids
and in the feed.
The intakes of IPP and VPP in the sour milk group were calculated on the
basis of the daily consumption. In the peptide group, the intakes of the
tripeptides were adjusted to correspond the intakes in the sour milk group. The
intakes of IPP and VPP were approximately 2.53.5 mg/kg/day during the
experiment. Previously, these peptides have been shown to reduce blood
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pressure acutely after single oral administration at doses ranging from 0.15
mg/kg in SHR (3).
After 12 weeks of treatment, all groups received tap water for additional 4
weeks (the follow-up period).
SBP was measured weekly during the 12 weeks treatment period and every
second week during the 4 weeks follow-up period using a tail cuff blood
pressure analyser (IITC Life Science, Model 179, Woodland Hills, CA, USA).
Before the measurement, the rats were kept at 3032C for 30 min to make
the pulsations of the tail artery detectable. When three consecutive blood
pressure values were obtained without disturbance of the signal, the arithmetic
mean was recorded as the SBP.
During the last week of treatment period, the rats were housed individually in
metabolic cages for 24 hours. The consumption of feed and drinking fluids was
measured, and the estimated daily intake of electrolytes was calculated. Urine
was collected and urinary volume was measured. Urine samples were stored at
-80C until the biochemical determinations were performed. Urinary sodium and
potassium concentrations were analysed by flame emission spectrometry (10),
and urine calcium and magnesium were determined by flame atomic absorption
spectrometry (11) (HUCH, Laboratory Department, Helsinki, Finland). At the
end of the experiment, the animals were made unconscious with CO2/O2
(70/30%) (AGA, Riihimki, Finland) and sacrificed by decapitation.
Drugs
The following substances were used: IPP and VPP (Peninsula Laboratories
Europe Ltd, St. Helens, England), acetylcholine chloride, angiotensin I acetate,
angiotensin II acetate, captopril and noradrenaline bitartrate (Sigma Chemical
Co, St. Louis, MO, USA). Stock solutions were dissolved in distilled water. All
solutions were prepared before use and protected from light.
Statistical analysis
Data for SBP were analysed by two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) with
repeated measures for overall treatment effect. Other data were analysed by
one-way ANOVA. The Tukeys test was used for multiple pairwise comparisons
of the treatment groups. P < 0.05 was considered significant. The results are
expressed as means SEM.
RESULTS
SBP was similar in all groups at the beginning of the study (Fig. 1). Blood
pressure rose gradually during the experiment, and after 10 weeks of treatment,
the blood pressure persisted in a stabile hypertensive level in all groups. Intake
of milk peptides IPP and VPP or sour milk containing the tripeptides
attenuated the development of hypertension in SHR as compared to the control
group (P < 0.01). After the 12 weeks treatment period, the SBP level was 12
mmHg lower in the peptide group (181 2 versus 193 1 mmHg, P < 0.001)
and 17 mmHg lower in the sour milk group (176 1 versus 193 1 mmHg,
P < 0.001) than in the control group (Fig. 1). After the treatment withdrawal,
the SBP in the treated groups rose gradually reaching the level of control group
within the four weeks follow-up period (Fig 1).
There were no differences in the body weight gain between the groups
(Table 2). In the group receiving sour milk, the consumption of drinking fluid
was higher, whereas the consumption of food was lower than in the control
group and in the peptide group. The estimated intake of electrolytes was
similar in the peptide group and in the control group, whereas in the group
receiving sour milk the estimated intake of sodium was lower and the intakes
of potassium and calcium were higher than in the control group (Table 2). No
differences between the groups were observed in the estimated intake of
magnesium. Urinary volume was increased in the sour milk group as compared
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190
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180 ] ***
160
150
Fig. 1. Effect of long-term intake
140 of IPP and VPP on the
development of hypertension in
130 SHR. Circles indicate the control
group, squares indicate the peptide
group and triangles indicate the
120 sour milk group. Solid bar: the
treatment period, open bar: the
110 follow-up period. Data are mean
SEM (n = 1011 in each group).
6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 ***P < 0.01 versus control group,
Age (weeks) P < 0.05 versus peptide group.
**P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001 versus control; P < 0.01, P < 0.001 versus IPP & VPP.
DISCUSSION
We have shown in the present study that long-term intake of milk peptides
IPP and VPP attenuated the development of hypertension in young SHR. These
tripeptides have previously been shown to reduce blood pressure acutely after
single oral administration in SHR (3). Thus, we have now verified that these
peptides are effective also during long-term intake. The development of
hypertension was also attenuated by a chronic intake of a sour milk containing
these peptides. After the 12 weeks of treatment, when hypertension had
established and reached a stabile level in all groups, SBP was significantly
lower in the peptide group and in the sour milk group than in the control
group. After the withdrawal of the treatments, SBP in the peptide and sour
milk groups rose gradually reaching the level of the control group, confirming
that the antihypertensive effect was due to the treatments.
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