Le traitement avec les vitamines C et E en cas d'hypertension artérielle

Le traitement avec les vitamines C et E diminue la production de superoxydes et lésions des reins et empêche la diminution de la fonction rénale.

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​Abstract
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are elevated in humans with hypertension many of which develop end-stage renal disease (ESRD), and antioxidant capacity is decreased. 
About one-half of essential hypertensives have a salt-sensitive type of hypertension, and the amount of renal damage that occurs in salt-sensitive hypertensives greatly exceeds that of non-salt-sensitive hypertensives.
Antioxidant therapy can improve cardiovascular outcomes in humans but only if sufficient doses are used. 
Salt-sensitive hypertensive animal models, especially Dahl salt-sensitive rats, have been used to investigate the relationship between hypertension, ROS and end-stage renal damage. In experimental salt-sensitive hypertension, ROS increase and significant renal damage occur. In the Dahl salt-sensitive (S) rat on high Na for 3 weeks, renal damage is mild, renal levels of superoxide dismutase are decreased, and treatment with Tempol reduces arterial pressure. In the Dahl S rat on high Na for 5 weeks, renal damage is severe, GFR and renal plasma flow are decreased, and renal superoxide production is high.
Treatment with vitamins C and E decreases renal superoxide production and renal damage and prevents the decrease in renal hemodynamics.
Antioxidant treatment reduces arterial pressure, aortic superoxide production and renal inflammation in DOCA-salt rats, and decreases blood pressure and aortic superoxide release and increases bioactive nitric oxide in SHR stroke-prone rats.
In conclusion, in both human and experimental salt-sensitive hypertension, superoxide production and renal damage are increased, antioxidant capacity is decreased, and antioxidant therapy can be helpful.

​http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15956781
Am J Nephrol. 2005 Jul-Aug;25(4):311-7. Epub 2005 Jun 14.
Oxidative stress and antioxidant treatment in hypertension and the associated renal damage.
​Manning RD Jr1, Tian N, Meng S.