Curcumin attenuates the organ dysfunction caused by endotoxemia in the rat
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Tarih
2008
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Yayıncı
Elsevier Science Inc
Erişim Hakkı
info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
Özet
Objective: Curcumin has antioxidant, antitumor, and anti-inflammatory properties. However, it remains unknown whether curcumin has any protective effects on sepsis. The purpose of this study was to demonstrate whether curcumin prevents organ dysfunction in animals with sepsis. Methods: Rats were randomized into four groups. The control group (group I, n = 7) did not receive any treatment. The curcumin group (group II. n = 10) only received 1.2 g/kg of curcumin. Escherichia coli were injected into the remaining groups intraperitoneally after general anesthesia. Five hours after injection, 12 rats received placebo (group III), and 10 rats received 1.2 g/kg of curcumin (group IV) for 7 d. All rats were sacrificed on postsepsis day 8 and it midline laparotomy was performed. Livers, kidneys, and small bowels were excised for evaluation of the degree of inflammation and tissue alterations histopathologically. Results: In the liver, widespread hydropic degeneration of hepatocytes were seen in the sepsis group. There was no hydropic degeneration of hepatocytes and no portal inflammation ill the sepsis/curcumin group. With respect to the small bowel, the sepsis group showed edema and prominent intraepithelial infiltration of neutrophil leucocytes and plasma cells. Inflammation and hyperemia in the lamina propria in the sepsis/curcumin group were less than those in the sepsis group, With respect to the kidneys, the sepsis group showed severe acute tubular necrosis that was more restricted in the sepsis/curcumin group than in the sepsis group. Conclusion: curcumin reduced organ dysfunction in rats with experimentally formed sepsis. We propose that curcumin may he useful in the therapy of organ dysfunction due to sepsis, shock, and other diseases associated with local or systemic inflammation. (C) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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Anahtar Kelimeler
Curcumin, Organ Dysfunction, Experimental Sepsis, Nf-Kappa-B, Gene-Expression, Lipid-Peroxidation, Liver-Injury, Inhibition, Activation, Prevents, Sepsis, Future, Dna
Kaynak
Nutrition
WoS Q Değeri
Q2
Scopus Q Değeri
Q1
Cilt
24
Sayı
11-12
