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An inhibition test was used to study mechanisms responsible for L-arginine metabolic disturbances in the blood monocytes of patients with diabetic foot syndrome (DFS). It showed enhanced baseline iNOS activity and inhibition of the arginase pathway with lower nitrite production in response to the administration of lipopolysaccharide in the monocytes of patients with DFS. Impaired L-arginine metabolism was related to the higher activities of protein kinase C (PKC), phosphodiesterase (PDE), and 5-lipoxygenase (5-LO) along with decreased cyclooxygenase activity and drastic protein kinase A (PKA) inhibition. Within the first week, no changes in the wound process were associated with persistent metabolic disturbances of arachidonic acid and serine-threonine kinases with the higher sensitivity of AT1 receptors. In patients with DFS, the condition for wound process termination was decreased baseline iNOS activity and enhanced arginase-1 activity during PKA stimulation with the lower activity of 5-LO, PDE, and PKS. However, impaired mechanisms in the regulation of monocytic L-arginine metabolism persisted even a month later, which predetermines skin remodeling disturbance and the likelihood of recurrent DFS
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PMID:[Blood monocytic L-arginine metabolic changes in diabetic foot syndrome]. 2061 17

Aging is associated with oxidative stress-mediated endothelial dysfunction and decline in physical performance, which promote cardiovascular diseases. This study examined whether chronic intake of red wine polyphenols (RWPs), a rich source of natural antioxidants, prevents aging-related impairment of vascular function and physical exercise capacity. Vascular reactivity from 12, 20 and 40 week-old rats was assessed in organ chambers. Rats received from week 16 to 40 either solvent, RWPs or the antioxidant and NADPH oxidase inhibitor, apocynin. Aging was associated with blunted endothelium-dependent relaxations, oxidative stress (dihydroethidine staining), and an upregulation of eNOS, arginase I, NADPH oxidase p22phox and nox1 subunits, and AT1 and AT2 receptors (assessed by immunohistochemistry) in the mesenteric artery. RWPs and apocynin improved the endothelial dysfunction, normalized oxidative stress and the expression of the different proteins. RWPs also improved aging-related decline in physical exercise. Thus, intake of RWPs protects against aging-induced endothelial dysfunction and decline in physical performance. These effects likely involve the ability of RWPs to normalize oxidative stress and the expression of proteins involved in the formation of NO and the angiotensin II pathway.
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PMID:Chronic intake of red wine polyphenols by young rats prevents aging-induced endothelial dysfunction and decline in physical performance: role of NADPH oxidase. 2116 17