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Dietary chlorogenic acid ameliorates oxidative stress and improves endothelial function in diabetic mice via Nrf2
Dan Wang1,2, Jixin Hou1,2, Jindong Wan1,2
1Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Objectives:
Chlorogenic acid (CGA) is an antioxidant dietary factor. We investigated the effects of CGA on endothelial cell dysfunction in diabetic mice and the mechanistic role of nuclear factor erythroid-related factor 2 (Nrf2) in the antioxidant effect of CGA.
Methods:
Diabetic (db/db) mice were fed normal chow or chow containing 0.02% CGA for 12 weeks. Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) and mouse aortas were treated with normal or high glucose.
Results:
CGA treatment induced upregulation of Nrf2 in HUVECs in a dose-dependent manner. CGA pretreatment prevented reactive oxygen species generation and preserved nitric oxide bioavailability in HUVECs and aortas from wild-type but not Nrf2-/- mice. CGA improved endothelium-dependent relaxation in high glucose-treated aortas from wild-type and db/db mice, but not Nrf2-/- mice. Dietary CGA improved endothelium-dependent relaxation in db/db mice.
Conclusions:
CGA ameliorates endothelial dysfunction in diabetic mice through activation of the Nrf2 anti-oxidative pathway.
