Oxytocin ameliorates remote liver injury induced by renal ischemia-reperfusion in rats.

Autor: Tas Hekimoglu A; Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Dicle University, 21280 Diyarbakır, Turkey., Toprak G, Akkoc H, Evliyaoglu O, Ozekinci S, Kelle I
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Korean journal of physiology & pharmacology : official journal of the Korean Physiological Society and the Korean Society of Pharmacology [Korean J Physiol Pharmacol] 2013 Apr; Vol. 17 (2), pp. 169-73. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Apr 10.
DOI: 10.4196/kjpp.2013.17.2.169
Abstrakt: Renal ischemia-reperfusion (IR) causes remote liver damage. Oxytocin has anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects. The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the protective function of oxytocin (OT) in remote liver damage triggered by renal IR in rats. Twenty four rats were randomly divided into four different groups, each containing 8 rats. The groups were as follows: (1) Sham operated group; (2) Sham operated+OT group (3) Renal IR group; (4) Renal IR+OT group. OT (500µg/kg) was administered subcutaneously 12 and 24 hours before and immediately after ischemia. At the end of experimental procedure, the rats were sacrificed, and liver specimens were taken for histological assessment or determination of malondialdehyde (MDA), total oxidant status (TOS), total antioxidant status (TAS), paraoxonase (PON-1) activity and nitric oxide (NO). The results showed that renal IR injury constituted a notable elevation in MDA, TOS, Oxidative stress index (OSI) and significantly decreased TAS, PON-1 actvity and NO in liver tissue (p<0.05). Additionally renal IR provoked significant augmentation in hepatic microscopic damage scores. However, alterations in these biochemical and histopathological indices due to IR injury were attenuated by OT treatment (p<0.05). These findings show that OT ameliorates remote liver damage triggered by renal ischemia-reperfusion and this preservation involves suppression of inflammation and regulation of oxidant-antioxidant status.
Databáze: MEDLINE