Antioxidant Agent Quercetin Prevents Impairment of Bladder Tissue Contractility and Apoptosis in a Rat Model of Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury

Autor: Hale Z. Toklu, Ozge Cevik, Göksel Şener, Şule Çetinel, Ilker Tinay, Tarik Emre Sener, Selin Cadirci, Tufan Tarcan
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: LUTS: Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms. 9:117-123
ISSN: 1757-5664
DOI: 10.1111/luts.12125
Popis: Objectives To examine the possible protective effect of quercetin (QT), which is well known for its antioxidant and protective effects in circumstances of oxidative stress, on urinary bladder tissue in a rat model of ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury, which is a known factor for the development of lower urinary tract dysfunction partly mediated by the generation of free radicals causing oxidative damage. Methods Thirty male Sprague–Dawley rats were subjected to I/R injury through clamping the abdominal aorta for 30 min and then allowing reperfusion for the next 60 min. Quercetin (20 mg/kg; subcutaneously) or vehicle were given before ischemia and just before reperfusion. Findings of the isometric contraction studies in the organ bath and of the histological examinations along with oxidative stress markers were evaluated in bladder tissues. Results Increased malondialdehyde (MDA) levels and myeloperoxidase (MPO) activities and decreased glutathione (GSH) levels and superoxide dismutase (SOD) activities in the I/R group were reduced by QT treatment. In the I/R group, pro-apoptotic marker caspase-3 was increased and anti-apoptotic bcl-2 protein was decreased, while QT treatment significantly reversed these parameters. In the I/R group contractile responses of the bladder strips to carbachol were significantly lower than those of the control group, which were reversed by QT treatment. Conclusion Quercetin treatment protects bladder tissue contractility against acute I/R injury by decreasing oxidative stress and apoptosis induced by I/R.
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