Effect of selective versus non-selective cyclooxygenase inhibitors on ischemia-reperfusion-induced hepatic injury in rats

Ischemia-reperfusion (IR) injury represents an important pathological process of liver injury during major hepatic surgery. The role of cyclooxygenase (COX) enzymes in the pathogenesis of ischemia-reperfusion (IR)-induced liver injury is not clear. This study investigated the effect of a selective COX-2 inhibitor, celecoxib, versus non-selective, indomethacin, on hepatic IR injury in rats. Hepatic IR was induced in adult male rats. The animals were divided into 4 groups: normal control (sham group), IR non-treated group; IR-indomethacin-treated group; and IR-celecoxib-treated group. Liver injury was evaluated by serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and a histopathological examination of liver tissues. Hepatic tissue content of oxidative stress parameters glutathione peroxidase (GPx), superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase, malondialdehyde (MDA), nitric oxide (NO) and the inflammatory marker, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, (TNF-α) were measured. Moreover, the immunohistochemical detection of endothelial NO synthase (eNOS), inducible NO synthase (iNOS), and caspase-3 in the hepatic tissue was performed. Celecoxib, but not indomethacin, significantly attenuated hepatic IR injury as evidenced by reduction in serum ALT as well as by improvement in the histopathological scoring. Such effect was associated with attenuation in oxidative stress and TNF-α, along with modulation of immunohistochemical expression of eNOS, iNOS and caspase-3 in the hepatic tissue. The present study concluded that selective COX-2 inhibition (but not non-selective), is hepatoprotective against liver IR injury; indicating a differential role of COX-1 versus COX-2. Modulation of iNOS, eNOS and caspase-3 might participate in the protective effect of selective COX-2-inhibitors..

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:134

Enthalten in:

Life sciences - 134(2015), Seite 42-48

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Abdel-Gaber, Seham A [VerfasserIn]
Ibrahim, Mohamed A [Sonstige Person]
Amin, Entesar F [Sonstige Person]
Ibrahim, Salwa A [Sonstige Person]
Mohammed, Rehab K [Sonstige Person]
Abdelrahman, Aly M [Sonstige Person]

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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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42.00

44.40

Themen:

Alanine Transaminase - blood
Caspase 3 - metabolism
Cyclooxygenase 2 Inhibitors - pharmacology
Gene Expression Regulation - drug effects
Indomethacin - pharmacology
Liver - metabolism
Liver - pathology
Liver Diseases - blood
Liver Diseases - drug therapy
Liver Diseases - pathology
Malondialdehyde - blood
Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II - metabolism
Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III - metabolism
Oxidative Stress - drug effects
Oxidoreductases - metabolism
Pyrazoles - pharmacology
Reperfusion Injury - blood
Reperfusion Injury - drug therapy
Reperfusion Injury - pathology
Sulfonamides - pharmacology
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha - metabolism

doi:

10.1016/j.lfs.2015.04.025

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

OLC1967621713