Lithospermic acid and ischemia/reperfusion injury of the rat small intestine prevention

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2012

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Wroclaw Medical Univ

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info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess

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Background. Intestinal ischemia and reperfusion (I-R) injury of different causes, including cardiac insufficiency, sepsis, vasodepressant and cardiodepressant drugs, and complications of long-lasting surgery, represents a major clinical problem. Objectives. The purpose of the present study was to investigate whether lithospermic acid (LA) can reduce oxidative stress and histological damage in the rat small bowel subjected to mesenteric I-R injury. Material and Methods. The study was performed on three groups of animals, each composed of 7 rats: the SO (sham operation) group, the I-R/Untreated group and the I-R/LA (I-R plus LA pretreatment) group. Intestinal ischemia for 45 minutes and reperfusion for 60 minutes were applied. Ileum specimens were obtained to determine the tissue level of malondialdehyde (MDA), superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), catalase (CAT) and myeloperoxidase (MPO) activities and histological changes. Results. Untreated intestinal I-R resulted in increased tissue MDA and MPO levels and diminished SOD and GPx activities. These changes were found to be almost reversed in the LA treatment group. Histopathologically, the intestinal injury in rats treated with LA was less than the untreated I-R group. Conclusions. Lithospermic acid attenuates mesenteric ischemia reperfusion injury in rat intestines by increasing tissue SOD and GPx activities and decreasing MDA and MPO levels. Lithospermic acid also improves morphological alterations which occurred after periods of reperfusion (Adv Clin Exp Med 2012, 21, 4, 433-439).

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Anahtar Kelimeler

Small Bowel, Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury, Lithospermic Acid

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Advances In Clinical And Experimental Medicine

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Q4

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Q1

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21

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4

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