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ArticleOxidative medicine and cellular longevity2015

Allopurinol Protects against Ischemia/Reperfusion-Induced Injury in Rat Urinary Bladders.

Ju-Hyun Shin, Kwang Sik Chun, Yong-Gil Na, Ki-Hak Song, Seung Il Kim, Jae-Sung Lim, Gun-Hwa Kim

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Article in Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ju-Hyun ShinDepartment of Urology, School of Medicine, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon 301-721, Republic of Korea.
Kwang Sik ChunDepartment of Surgery, School of Medicine, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon 301-721, Republic of Korea.
Yong-Gil NaDepartment of Urology, School of Medicine, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon 301-721, Republic of Korea.
Ki-Hak SongDepartment of Urology, School of Medicine, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon 301-721, Republic of Korea.
Seung Il KimDivision of Bioconvergence Analysis, Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI), Daejeon 305-333, Republic of Korea.
Jae-Sung LimDepartment of Urology, School of Medicine, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon 301-721, Republic of Korea.
Gun-Hwa KimDivision of Bioconvergence Analysis, Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI), Daejeon 305-333, Republic of Korea ; Department of Functional Genomics, University of Science and Technology (UST), Daejeon 305-806, Republic of Korea.
Chungnam National University Hospital · KRKorea Basic Science Institute · KRKorea University of Science and Technology · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bladder ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury results in the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and markedly elevates the risk of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). Allopurinol is an inhibitor of xanthine oxidase (XO) and thus can serve as an antioxidant that reduces oxidative stress. Here, a rat model was used to assess the ability of allopurinol treatment to ameliorate the deleterious effects of urinary bladder I/R injury. I/R injury reduced the in vitro contractile responses of longitudinal bladder strips, elevated XO activity in the plasma and bladder tissue, increased the bladder levels of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK), and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase, reduced the bladder levels of extracellular regulated kinase (ERK), and decreased and increased the bladder levels of Bcl-2 and Bax, respectively. I/R injury also elevated lipid peroxidation in the bladder. Allopurinol treatment in the I/R injury was generated significantly ameliorating all I/R-induced changes. Moreover, an in situ fluorohistological approach also showed that allopurinol reduces the generation of intracellular superoxides enlarged by I/R injury. Together, the beneficial effects of allopurinol reducing ROS production may be mediated by normalizing the activity of the ERK, JNK, and Bax/Bcl-2 pathways and by controlling TNF-α expression.

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AllopurinolAnimalsbcl-2-Associated X ProteinDown-RegulationExtracellular Signal-Regulated MAP KinasesJNK Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesLipid PeroxidationMaleMalondialdehydep38 Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesProtective AgentsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2RatsRats, Sprague-DawleyReactive Oxygen SpeciesReperfusion InjuryAllopurinolbcl-2-Associated X ProteinExtracellular Signal-Regulated MAP KinasesJNK Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesMalondialdehydep38 Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesProtective AgentsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2Reactive Oxygen SpeciesTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaXanthine Oxidase

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PMID26491537
PMCPMC4600567
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