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The effects of barnidipine on an experimental ischemia reperfusion model of spinal cord injury and comparison with methyl prednisolone   
Yazarlar
İskender Samet Daltaban
Giresun Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Sema Mısır
Sivas Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Vugar Ali Türksoy
Yozgat Bozok Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Hakan AK
Yozgat Bozok Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Ertuğrul Çakır
Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Özet
OBJECTIVE: Increased intracellular calcium concentration plays an important role in the secondary mechanism of spinalcord injury. In the presenting experimental study, we aimed to evaluate the healing effect of barnidipine, which has a highaffinity for L-type calcium channels, on acute spinal cord injury and to compare its effects with those of methylprednisolone.METHODS: A total of 32 Spraque Dawley albino adult female rats were divided into 4 groups; group 1: sham-operated(n=8), group 2: only ischemia (n=6), group 3: barnidipine-treated (n=8), and group 4: methylprednisolone-treated (n=6). Anischemia-reperfusion model was created by clipping the abdominal aorta in the rats. Motor examination was performed 1 hourafter the surgical procedure and before sacrification. Immediately following the second motor examination, rats were sacrificed and tissue samples were taken for histopathological examination and for testing of tissue malondialdehyde (MDA) levels.RESULTS: A significant correlation of motor examination was found between the sham-operated and barnidipine-treatedgroups and the sham-operated and only ischemia groups at the 1st and 24th hour (p<0.008). There was no significant difference between the only ischemia and barnidipine-treated groups and only ischemia and methylprednisolone-treated groups(p>0.008). Light microscopic examination of the sham-operated group revealed findings consistent with normal spinal cordstructure. In group 2, 3, and 4, light microscopic examination revealed polymorphonuclear leukocyte infiltration and a smallamount of axonal swelling. There was no significant correlation between the ischemia and barnidipine-treated groups and thebarnidipine and methylprednisolone groups in terms of MDA levels (p>0.008).CONCLUSION: A single dose of barnidipine (10 mg/kg) and methylprednisolone are not effective and not sufficient to prevent spinal ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü ESCI dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı Northern Clinics of Istanbul
Dergi ISSN 2148-4902
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler ESCI
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 06-2018
Sayı 2
Sayfalar 103 / 109
Doi Numarası 10.14744/nci.2018.89411
Makale Linki http://dx.doi.org/10.14744/nci.2018.89411