| Autor: |
Tuğrul Çakır, Ahmet Baştürk, Cemal Polat, Arif Aslaner, Himmet Durgut, Ahmet Özer Şehirli, Mehmet Gül, Ayliz Velioğlu Öğünç, Semir Gül, Mehmet Zafer Sabuncuoglu, Mehmet Tahir Oruç |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2015 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira, Vol 30, Iss 4, Pp 247-252 (2015) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
0102-8650 |
| DOI: |
10.1590/S0102-865020150040000003 |
| Popis: |
PURPOSE: To determine the antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects of alfa lipoic acid (ALA) on the liver injury induced by methotrexate (MTX) in rats.METHODS:Thirty two rats were randomly assigned into four equal groups; control, ALA, MTX and MTX with ALA groups. Liver injury was performed with a single dose of MTX (20 mg/kg) to groups 3 and 4. The ALA was administered intraperitonealy for five days in groups 2 and 4. The other rats received saline injection. At the sixth day the rats decapitated, blood and liver tissue samples were removed for TNF-α, IL-1β, malondialdehyde, glutathione, myeloperoxidase and sodium potassium-adenosine triphosphatase levels measurement and histological examination.RESULTS: MTX administration caused a significant decrease in tissue GSH, and tissue Na+, K+ ATPase activity and which was accompanied with significant increases in tissue MDA and MPO activity. Moreover the pro-inflammatory cytokines (TNF-α, IL- β) were significantly increased in the MTX group. On the other hand, ALA treatment reversed all these biochemical indices as well as histopathological alterations induced by MTX.CONCLUSION:Alfa lipoic acid ameliorates methotrexate induced oxidative damage of liver in rats with its anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects. |
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