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PREVIEWS | NEWSLife Sci. 2003 May 2;72(24):2741-50.
Oral administration of trans-resveratrol to guinea pigs increases cardiac DT-diaphorase and catalase activities, and protects isolated atria from menadione toxicity.
Floreani M, Napoli E, Quintieri L, Palatini P.
Department of Pharmacology and Anesthesiology, University of Padova, Largo Meneghetti 2, 35131, Padova, Italy. maura.floreani@unipd.it <maura.floreani@unipd.it>
Resveratrol (3,4',5-trihydroxy-trans-stilbene) is a natural phytoalexin found in grapes and wine. It has antioxidant and antiproliferative activities, and has been shown to induce NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase, also known as DT-diaphorase, in cultured mouse hepatoma cells. DT-diaphorase is a detoxifying enzyme for quinone-containing substances, due to its ability to prevent their one-electron reduction and the consequent generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). The aim of the present study was to investigate whether oral administration of trans-resveratrol to guinea pigs (60 mg/l in tap water for 16 days, ad libitum) increases cardiac DT-diaphorase and, consequently, reduces the response of isolated atria to 2-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone (menadione), the positive inotropic effect of which is related to the amount of ROS generated by its cardiac metabolism. In the cardiac tissue of resveratrol-treated animals, DT-diaphorase activity was significantly higher than that measured in control animals, the V(max) of the enzyme reaction being 75.47 +/- 3.87 and 50.73 +/- 0.63 nmoles/mg protein/min, respectively (p < 0.05). Resveratrol administration also significantly increased the activity of cardiac catalase (32.20 +/- 2.39 vs. 25.14 +/- 3.85 units/mg protein in treated and control animals, respectively; p < 0.001). As a consequence, menadione metabolism by the cardiac homogenate obtained from resveratrol-treated animals generated a smaller amount of ROS and, in electrically driven left atria, menadione produced a significantly lower increase in the force of contraction than in atria isolated from control animals. These results indicate that oral administration of resveratrol exerts cardioprotection against ROS-mediated menadione toxicity.
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