Antagonizacija učinka intramuskularne aplikacije sukcinilkolina u štakora primjenom pentadekapeptida BPC 157 [Antagonisation of intramuscular application of succinycholine in rats by pentadecapeptide BPC 157]

Abstract

Pentadecapeptide BPC 157 improves muscle healing and has neuroprotective properties. We tested BPC 157 counteracting effect on intramuscular application of succinylcholine. Succinylcholine was given into the right quadriceps muscle of the rats, and we assessed local paralytic effect in injected muscle, immediate leg contracture, initial agitation before muscle disability, countless muscle twitches before complete muscle tonus loss, motionless laying, and thereafter, violent screaming upon light touch, and muscle fibers decrease, and edema in injected and non-injected quadriceps muscle and diaphragm. BPC 157 completely eliminated the local succinylcholine effect (leg contracture) and markedly attenuated or eliminated behavioral agitation, muscle twitches, motionless laying. No violent screaming upon light touch appeared in IM succinylcholine-rats. BPC 157 counteracted muscle fibers decrease and edema that otherwise appeared in injected and non-injected quadriceps muscle and diaphragm