ROLE OF DILTIAZEM IN ISCHEMIA-REPERFUSION INJURY OF THE INTESTINE


MUSTAFA N., YANDI M., TURGUTALP H., OVALI E., AYDEMIR V., ALBAYRAK L.

EUROPEAN SURGICAL RESEARCH, cilt.26, sa.6, ss.335-341, 1994 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 26 Sayı: 6
  • Basım Tarihi: 1994
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1159/000129354
  • Dergi Adı: EUROPEAN SURGICAL RESEARCH
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.335-341
  • Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

It is well recognized that reperfusion causes tissue damage in excess of that produced by ischemia alone. The present study was designed to test this and to evaluate the role of the calcium antagonist, diltiazem (400 mu g/kg body weight administered intravenously over 95 min), in ischemia-reperfusion injury of the intestine. Intestinal ischemia was produced by occlusion of the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) with interruption of the collateral flow for 30 min. Reperfusion was established by declamping the SMA for 1 h, and mucosal injury was assessed using a grading scale from 0 to 5. The severity of mucosal damage increased significantly after Ih of reperfusion, from a mean grade of 2.1 in the ischemia group to 3.8 in the ischemia-reperfusion group (p < 0.01). Diltiazem was effective in the amelioration of histologic changes of reperfusion injury and reduced the degree of mucosal injury from a mean grade of 3.8 in the ischemia-reperfusion group to 2.5 in the diltiazem group (p < 0.05). This study strongly suggests that calcium ions are involved in the pathogenesis of ischemia-reperfusion injury and that diltiazem attenuates this injury by preventing the intracellular calcium influx that occurs during reperfusion.