(2019) Magnesium sulfate ameliorates carbon monoxideinduced cerebral injury in male rats. Molecular Medicine Reports. pp. 1032-1039. ISSN 1791-3004 (Electronic) 1791-2997 (Linking)
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Abstract
Carbon monoxide (CO) has been shown to induce several cardiovascular abnormalities, as well as necrosis, apoptosis and oxidative stress in the brain. Magnesium sulfate (MS) has been shown to have beneficial activities against hypoxia in the brain. In the present study, the possible protective effects of MS against COinduced cerebral ischemia were investigated. For this purpose, 25 male Wistar rats were exposed to 3,000 ppm CO for 1 h. The animals were divided into 5 groups (n=5 in each group) as follows: The negative control group (not exposed to CO), the positive control group (CO exposed and treated with normal saline), and 3 groups of COexposed rats treated with MS (75, 150 and 300 mg/kg/day) administered intraperitoneally for 5 consecutive days. On the 5th day, the animals were sacrificed and the brains were harvested for the evaluation of necrosis, apoptosis and oxidative stress. Histopathological evaluation revealed that MS reduced the number and intensity of necrotic insults. The Bax/Bcl2 ratio and malondialdehyde (MDA) levels were significantly decreased in a dosedependent manner in the MStreated rats compared to the positive control group, while a significant dosedependent increase in Akt expression, a prosurvival protein, was observed. In addition, MS administration reduced proapoptotic indice levels, ameliorated histological insults, favorably modulated oxidative status and increased Akt expression levels, indicating a possible neuroprotective effect in the case of CO poisoning. On the whole, the findings of this study indicate that MS may prove to be useful in protecting against COinduced cerebral injury.
Item Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | Animals Apoptosis/drug effects/genetics Brain/drug effects/metabolism/pathology Brain Injuries/genetics/metabolism/pathology/*prevention & control Carbon Monoxide/*antagonists & inhibitors/toxicity Carbon Monoxide Poisoning/genetics/metabolism/pathology/*prevention & control Dose-Response Relationship, Drug Gene Expression Regulation Injections, Intraperitoneal Magnesium Sulfate/*pharmacology Male Malondialdehyde/metabolism Necrosis/genetics/metabolism/pathology/*prevention & control Neuroprotective Agents/*pharmacology Oxidative Stress/drug effects Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/genetics/metabolism Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2/genetics/metabolism Rats Rats, Wistar Signal Transduction bcl-2-Associated X Protein/genetics/metabolism |
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Page Range: | pp. 1032-1039 |
Journal or Publication Title: | Molecular Medicine Reports |
Volume: | 19 |
Number: | 2 |
Identification Number: | 10.3892/mmr.2018.9771 |
ISSN: | 1791-3004 (Electronic) 1791-2997 (Linking) |
Depositing User: | مهندس مهدی شریفی |
URI: | http://eprints.zbmu.ac.ir/id/eprint/4004 |
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