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ArticleDaru : journal of Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences2021

Alleviation of prilocaine-induced epileptiform activity and cardiotoxicity by thymoquinone.

Barış Akgül, İlker Öngüç Aycan, Enis Hidişoğlu, Ebru Afşar, Sendegül Yıldırım, Gamze Tanrıöver, Nesil Coşkunfırat, Suat Sanlı, Mutay Aslan

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Article in Daru : journal of Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Barış AkgülDepartment of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey.
İlker Öngüç AycanDepartment of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey.
Enis HidişoğluDepartment of Biophysics, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey.
Ebru AfşarDepartment of Medical Biochemistry, Akdeniz University Medical School, 07070, Antalya, Turkey.
Sendegül YıldırımDepartment of Histology and Embryology, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey.
Gamze TanrıöverDepartment of Histology and Embryology, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey.
Nesil CoşkunfıratDepartment of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey.
Suat SanlıDepartment of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey.
Mutay AslanDepartment of Medical Biochemistry, Akdeniz University Medical School, 07070, Antalya, Turkey. mutayaslan@akdeniz.edu.tr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0660-971X
Akdeniz University · TR

Funding

Akdeniz Üniversitesi TTU-2017-2551
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThis study investigated whether thymoquinone (TQ) could alleviate central nervous system (CNS) and cardiovascular toxicity of prilocaine, a commonly used local anesthetic.

methodsRats were randomized to the following groups: control, prilocaine treated, TQ treated and prilocaine + TQ treated. Electroencephalography and electrocardiography electrodes were placed and trachea was intubated. Mechanical ventilation was initiated, right femoral artery was cannulated for continuous blood pressure measurements and blood-gas sampling while the left femoral vein was cannulated for prilocaine infusion. Markers of myocardial injury, reactive oxygen/nitrogen species (ROS/RNS) generation and total antioxidant capacity (TAC) were assayed by standard kits. Aquaporin-4 (AQP4), nuclear factor(NF)κB-p65 and -p50 subunit in brain tissue were evaluated by histological scoring.

resultsBlood pH and partial oxygen pressure, was significantly decreased after prilocaine infusion. The decrease in blood pH was alleviated in the prilocaine + TQ treated group. Prilocaine produced seizure activity, cardiac arrhythmia and asystole at significantly lower doses compared to prilocaine + TQ treated rats. Thymoquinone administration attenuated levels of myocardial injury induced by prilocaine. Prilocaine treatment caused increased ROS/RNS formation and decreased TAC in heart and brain tissue. Thymoquinone increased heart and brain TAC and decreased ROS/RNS formation in prilocaine treated rats. AQP4, NFκB-p65 and NFκB-p50 expressions were increased in cerebellum, cerebral cortex, choroid plexus and thalamic nucleus in prilocaine treated rats. Thymoquinone, decreased the expression of AQP4, NFκB-p65 and NFκB-p50 in brain tissue in prilocaine + TQ treated rats.

conclusionResults indicate that TQ could ameliorate prilocaine-induced CNS and cardiovascular toxicity.

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PrilocaineAnimalsAnticonvulsantsAquaporin 4BenzoquinonesBlood PressureBrainCardiotonic AgentsCardiotoxicityEpilepsyHeartHeart RateMaleMyocardiumNeuroprotective AgentsNF-kappa B p50 SubunitAnticonvulsantsAqp4 protein, ratAquaporin 4BenzoquinonesCardiotonic AgentsNeuroprotective AgentsNF-kappa B p50 SubunitPrilocaineReactive Nitrogen SpeciesReactive Oxygen SpeciesthymoquinoneTranscription Factor RelACardiovascularCentral nervous systemPrilocaineThymoquinoneToxicity

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PMID33469802
PMCPMC8149770
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