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Title: | Protective effects of cilostazol and levosimendan on lung injury induced by lower limb ischemia-reperfusion | Authors: | Önem, Gökhan Saçar, Mustafa Aybek, Hülya Kocamaz, Erdoğan Adali, F. Saçkan, Kadir Gökhan Baltalarlı, Ahmet |
Keywords: | Abdominal aorta Cilostazol Ischemia/reperfusion Levosimendan Lung injury |
Abstract: | Background: In this study, we aimed to investigate the effects of cilostazol and levosimendan, and the combination of these agents on the lung remote organ damage after ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) following abdominal aortic surgery. Methods: The experiments were performed on 35 male Wistar albino rats weighing mean 219±26 g. The rats were randomly assigned into five groups, including each of seven rats. Rats were pretreated with cilostazol and levosimendan, alone or in combination, and then lower extremities were subjected to I/R induced by a infrarenal aortic occlusion for duration of 120 minutes, followed by a-60 minute- reperfusion. The rats were sacrificed under deep anesthesia and the lung tissues were removed. Malondialdehyde (MDA) levels, superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity, and glutathione (GSH) levels were measured in the lung tissues. The tissue samples were further examined histopathologically under light microscopy. Results: It was found that I/R elevated MDA levels accompanied by a reduction in SOD activities and GSH levels (p<0.05). Cilostazol and levosimendan, and their combination restored MDA levels, SOD activity, GSH levels and lung injury scores (p<0.05). There was no significant difference among individual or combined treatment of these agents (p>0.05). Conclusion: In light of these findings, cilostazol and levosimendan may be useful for protecting the lung tissue from I/R injury, before limb ischemia in vascular surgery. However, the combined use of these agents does not further increase the protection from I/R injury. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/11499/8449 https://doi.org/10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2012.110 |
ISSN: | 1301-5680 |
Appears in Collections: | Scopus İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / Scopus Indexed Publications Collection Tıp Fakültesi Koleksiyonu TR Dizin İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / TR Dizin Indexed Publications Collection WoS İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / WoS Indexed Publications Collection |
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