Effects of early administration of dexamethasone, N-acetylcysteine and aprotinin on inflammatory and oxidant-antioxidant status after lung contusion in rats

Injury
Hasan TürütSecil Simsek Imrek

Abstract

This experimental setting was undertaken to elucidate and confirm the role of inflammatory and oxidant-antioxidant mechanisms on blunt injury induced moderate pulmonary contusion (PC). We intended to determine the effects of dexamethasone (DXM), N-acetylcysteine (NAC) and aprotinin (APR) in terms of their ability to diminish the consequences of acute lung injury due to PC. Rats were allocated to five subgroups. Except for the control, all subgroups had a moderate pulmonary contusion. Following 45 min of observation, animals in groups I and II received intraperitoneal saline, group III 10 mg/kg DXM, group IV 500 mg/kg NAC and group V 30,000 kIU/ml APR. After the procedure, 6 h after contusion, blood gas analysis, lung tissue nitric oxide (NO) and malondialdehyde (MDA) levels, superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) activity, bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid and histopathological examination were performed. All PaO(2) values decreased significantly in contused rats as compared with the control group (p<0.05). DXM, NAC and APR resulted in a slight increase in PaO(2) values compared with group II (p<0.05). Lung tissue levels of MDA and NO were higher in the contusion group than in the control (p<0.05). DXM, NAC and APR all ...Continue Reading

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