Pelvik radyoterapi uygulanılan sıçanlarda akut gastointestinal toksisite üzerine giardi intestinalis enfeksiyonunun etkileri

INTRODUCTION: Different types of pelvic cancer, such as cervical, endometrial, bladder and prostate, are normally treated by radical radiotherapy, which can be used both alone or in combination with surgery and/or chemotherapy. The aim of this study is to assess the effects of concomitant Giardia intestinalis infection on acute gastrointestinal toxicity in rats that have undergone pelvic irradiation. METHODS: The study group consisted of forty female 6-month-old Wistar rats with the weight of 250 g. The rats were divided into four groups containing ten rats in each group. The study groups are as follows: Group 1 contained rats not infected with Giardia intestinalis and not irradiated, Group 2 contained rats infected with Giardia intestinalis but not irradiated, Group 3 contained rats not infected with Giardia intestinalis but irradiated, Group 4 contained rats infected with Giardia intestinalis and radiated. For the day after the end of radiation, the number of stool pellets was counted, and the operation of weighing rats was performed, and they were sacrificed the following day. The intestinal tissues were taken for histological evaluation. RESULTS: A mucosal damage, such as villus shortening, atrophy of surface epithelium, crypt loss, as well as a decrease in the number of goblet cells of the group 3 and 4, was detected as a result of the light microscopic examination. CONCLUSION: As a result of the present study, the fact that concomitant Giardia intestinalis infection aggravates acute gastrointestinal toxicity in rats that have undergone pelvic irradiation has been verified.GİRİŞ: Servikal, endometrial, mesane ve prostat gibi pelvik kanserin farklı türleri normalde ya sadece radikal radyoterapi ile yada cerrahi ve kemoterapi birlikte kombinasyon halinde tedavi edilebilir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, pelvik radyasyona maruz kalan sıçanlarda eşzamanlı Giardia intestinalis enfeksiyonunun akut gastrointestinal toksisite üzerine etkilerinin araştırılmasıdır. METOD: Çalışma grubu, 250 g ağırlığa sahip kırk adet 6 aylık dişi Wistar sıçandan oluşmaktadır. Sıçanlar, herbir grupta 10 adet sıçan olacak şekilde dört gruba ayrıldı. Çalışma grupları; Grup 1, Giardia intestinalis ile enfekte olmayan ve radyoterapi almayan sıçanlar, Grup 2, radyoterapi almamış, ancak Giardia intestinalis ile enfekte olan sıçanlar, Grup 3, Giardia intestinalis ile enfekte olmamış fakat radyoterapi almış sıçanlar, Grup 4'te hem Giardia intestinalis ile enfekte olan hemde radyoterapi alan sıçanlardan oluşmaktadır. Radyasyon bittikten sonraki gün, hayvan vücut ağırlıkları kayıtedildi ve dışkılama sıklığı hesaplandı. Ratlar perfore edilerek sakrifiye edildi, ince bağırsak dokuları histolojik inceleme için alındı. SONUÇ: Işık mikroskopik incelemesinin sonucu olarak, grup 3 ve 4 ‘te villus kısalması, yüzeyel epitelinde atrofi, kriptalarda kayıp gibi mukozal hasarlar ve goblet sayısında azalma tespit edildi. TARTIŞMA: Bu çalışmanın bir sonucu olarak, Giardia intestinalis enfeksiyonu ile eşzamanlı olarak pelvik radyoterapi uygulanması sıçanlarda akut gastrointestinal toksisiteyi arttırmıştır. zümrüt do

Histopathological and ophthalmoscopic evaluation of apocynin on experimental proliferative vitreoretinopathy in rabbit eyes

Parlakpinar, Hakan/0000-0001-9497-3468; OZER, MURAT ATABEY/0000-0003-1807-6911WOS: 000401918500022PubMed: 27495951The aim of the current study was to evaluate the effect of apocynin (APO) on the development of proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR). New Zealand-type male rabbits were randomly grouped into three as follows: (1) Sham group rabbits which were applied intraperitoneal (i.p.) vehicle without PVR; (2) PVR group rabbits where PVR was created and an i.p. vehicle was administered for 21 successive days; (3) PVR + APO group rabbits where PVR was created and i.p. APO was administered for 21 successive days. Fundus examination was conducted with an indirect ophthalmoscope before starting the experiments and at each visit afterwards. At the end of the work, the rabbits were sacrificed under high-dose anesthesia and then eye tissues were taken for histopathological analyses. In the PVR + APO group, histopathologic and ophthalmoscopic examination revealed significant decrease in PVR formation. As the result, it has been observed that APO at least partially inhibits PVR formation

Investigation of the effect of apocynin on experimental traumatic cataract model

Amaç: Yeni bir travmatik katarakt modeli oluşturmak ve nikotinamid adenin dinükleotid fosfat (indirgenmiş) oksidaz inhibitörü olan aposinin molekülünün travmatik katarakt üzerine olan etkisini incelemektir. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Çalışma için erişkin ve sağlıklı Yeni Zelanda cinsi tavşanlar kullanıldı. Yirmi bir tavşan eşit olarak üç gruba ayrıldı. 1. Grup: Kontrol grubu, 2. Grup: Santral 5 mm ön kapsülün künt spatül ile süpürülerek (polisaj) katarakt (perforasyonsuz) oluşturulup ilaçsız bırakılan grup, 3. Grup: Santral 5 mm ön kapsülün künt spatül ile polisaj yapılarak katarakt (perforasyonsuz) oluşturulup 21 gün boyunca intraperitoneal 20 mg/kg/gün aposinin verilen grup idi. Tavşanlara günlük olarak biyomikroskobik muayene yapıldı. Katarakt varlığı ve ilk oluşum zamanları kayıt edildi. Yirmi birinci gün kataraktlı bölge çapları ölçüldü. Ötanazi sonrası lens çıkarılarak kapsüler histopatolojik incelemeler yapıldı. Bulgular: Kontrol grubundaki hiçbir tavşanda katarakt oluşumu gözlenmez iken, 2 ve 3. Gruptaki bütün tav- şanlarda travmatik kataraktın 7. günde başladığı saptandı. Oluşan kataraktların 21. gündeki çapları 2. Grupta ortalama 7,60,5 mm, 3. Grupta ise ortalama 3,40,5 mm idi ve sonuç istatistiksel olarak anlamlıydı (p 0,0001). Sonuç: Günümüze kadar deneysel travmatik katarakt modelleri lens kapsülünün perfore edilmesi ile yapılıyordu. Bu çalışmada, ilk defa kapsül perforasyonu yapmadan travmatik katarakt modeli oluşturuldu. Kullanılan aposinin molekülünün katarakt gelişimini tam olarak engelleyemediği, ancak anlamlı şekilde katarakt progresyonunu azalttığı saptandı.Objective: To create a new traumatic cataract model and to evaluate the effect of Apocynin which is a reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase intibitor on traumatic cataract formation. Material and Methods: Experiments were performed on healthy adult New Zealand rabbits. Twenty one animals were equally assigned to the following 3 Groups: Group 1: Control, Group 2: Central 5 mm anterior capsular area was polished to create cataract (nonperforated) by blunt spatula and monitored without apocynin. Group 3: Central 5 mm anterior capsular area was polished to create cataract (nonperforated) by blunt spatula and intraperitoneal 20 mg/kg/day apocynin was given for 21 days. The animals were examined daily. The presence of cataract and first appearance time of cataract was recorded. Cataract diameters were measured in 21. day. The animals were euthanized and lens was extracted for histopathological examinations. Results: There wasn’t any cataract formation in the control group. Cataract started in all animals in the Group 2 and Group 3 at 7. days. The mean diameters of cataract were 7.60.5 mm in the Group 2 and 3.40.5 mm in the Group 3 at 21. days. The difference was statistically significant (p 0.0001). Conclusion: Experimental models of traumatic cataract have been done by the lens capsule perforation until today. In our study, we created the model of traumatic cataract without capsule perforation for the first time. We found that apocynin couldn’t prevent cataract formation but provided a significant decrease in cataract progression

The role of chrysin against harmful effects of formaldehyde exposure on the morphology of rat fetus liver and kidney development

This study was aimed to investigate possible harmful effects of formaldehyde (FA) exposure on the morphology of fetus liver and kidney development during pregnancy and also to determinate possible protective role of chrysin (CH) against these harmful effects. For this aim, after pregnancy was induced, 58 female rats were divided into 6 groups. Serum physiologic (SF) was injected to the Group I rats intraperitoneally (i.p.). 20 mg/kg CH was given to the Group II via gavage. 0.1 mg/kg FA was applied to the Group III (i.p.), 1 mg/kg FA was injected to Group IV (i.p.) 0.1 mg/kg FA was given to Group V i.p., and 20 mg/kg CH was given to the same group via gavage. 1 mg/kg FA was applied to Group VI i.p., and 20 mg/kg CH was given to the same group via gavage. Fetuses were taken from each pregnant rat with cesarean section on the 20th day of the pregnancy. The morphological analyses of the fetuses, liver and kidney; biochemical and histological analyses of the liver and kidney were performed. The fetal body, liver and kidney weight of the FA groups demonstrated a statistically significant decrease the compared to control group. Also the FA-1 group were observed histopathological changes on the fetus liver and kidneys. FA exposure causes harmful effects on fetus the liver and kidneys. CH reduces the negative effect on morphological variables statistically. Although CH is insufficient to fix the histopathological changes that occur in the liver, damaging effects that occur in the kidney decreased statisticall

Effects of molsidomine on retinopathy and oxidative stress induced by radiotheraphy in rat eyes

Parlakpinar, Hakan/0000-0001-9497-3468; OZER, MURAT ATABEY/0000-0003-1807-6911WOS: 000400977100023PubMed: 27897441Purpose: To determine the role of Molsidomine in preventing radiation-induced retinopathy after head and neck region irradiation of rats with a single radiation dose of 15 Gy. Materials and Methods: Male Wistar albino rats were randomly grouped into five as follows: (1) control group rats, which were applied through an intraperitoneal (i.p.) vehicle without radiotherapy (RT); (2) RT group rats received a single dose of 15 Gy irradiation and after daily 0.1 ml vehicle i.p. for 5 consecutive days; (3) molsidomine (MOL) group rats were treated for 5 consecutive days by i.p. with 4 mg/kg/day MOL; (4) irradiation plus MOL group (RT+MOL) rats received irradiation and after 10 days single daily i.p. dose of MOL for 5 consecutive days; and (5) MOL+RT group rats were treated for 5 consecutive days by i.p. with MOL before RT. At the end of the work the rats were sacrificed under high-dose anesthesia on the 16(th) day and then eye tissues were taken for histopathological, immunohistochemical (caspase-3), and biochemical analyses (superoxide dismutase [SOD], glutathione peroxidase [GSH], and malondialdehyde [MDA]). Results: RT significantly decreased both the content of GSH and the activity of SOD, and significantly increased the production of MDA level in the rat eyes. MOL treatment significantly increased the SOD and GSH levels and significantly decreased the MDA production (p < 0.0001). In addition, RT significantly increased the number of ganglion cells (GCs; p = 0.001), whereas especially pretreatment with MOL improved (p = 0.013). RT led to significant retinopathy formation, and MOL therapy protected the retina from radiation-induced retinopathy (p < 0.0001). Conclusions: We suggest that MOL is a powerful antioxidant and free radical scavenger that prevents the rat eyes from radiation-induced retinopathy and oxidative stress