The metabolism of arachidonic acid by either the cyclooxygenase (COX) or the lipoxygenase (LOX) pathway generates eicosanoids, which have been implicated in the pathogenesis of a variety of human diseases, including ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury. Several reports have demonstrated that COX-2 and LOX inhibitors can reduce the damage caused by I/R injury. However, few reports have investigated...

Ischemia followed by reperfusion leads to severe organ injury and dysfunction. Inflammation is considered to be the most important cause of tissue injury in organs subjected to ischemia. The mechanism that triggers inflammation and organ injury after ischemia remains to be elucidated, although different causes have been postulated. We investigated the role of apoptosis in the induction of infla...

BACKGROUND To investigate the effect of angiotensin II (Ang II) in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) on renal ischemia-reperfusion (IR) injury and to assay the role of renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA). METHODS A cannula was inserted into the right side PVN in Sprague-Dawley rats for microinjection of Ang II (3, 30, and 300 ng); Ang II AT1 receptor antagonist, losartan (0.3...

PURPOSE To evaluate functional alterations of renal ischemia and reperfusion injury using MR diffusion-weighted imaging and dynamic perfusion imaging. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twelve dogs were randomly divided into four groups. Animal renal ischemia was respectively induced for 30 (group 1), 60 (group 2), 90 (group 3), and 120 (group 4) minutes by left renal artery ligation under anesthesia. Usi...

background myocardial injury caused by ischemia-reperfusion leads to cardiac dysfunction, tissue injury and metabolic changes. the production of reactive oxygen species (ros) and lipid peroxidation are accompanied by ischemia-reperfusion injury. objectives the aim of this study was to assess the cardio protective potential effects of crocin in comparison with vitamin e on antioxidant capacity i...

Removal of free oxygen radicals, generated during reperfusion of an ischemic organ by scavengers protects the tissue from reperfusion injury. The calcium channel blocker verapamil is an effective cytoprotective agent, preventing against reperfusion injury. The effects of verapamil were investigated previously using hepatic, renal or cardiac ischemia-reperfusion injury models. We investigated th...

BACKGROUND Renal ischemia reperfusion injury may occur in a variety of clinical situations, following a transient drop in total or regional blood flow to the kidney. This study was performed to investigate the protective effects of different antioxidants such as vitamin C, vitamin E, hydrocortisone and combination of these agents against experimental renal ischemia-reperfusion injury. METHOD ...

Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) released during ischemia has diverse physiological effects via its G protein-coupled receptors, LPA1, LPA2, and LPA3 (formerly Edg-2, -4, and -7). We tested the hypothesis that selective blockade of LPA receptors affords protection from renal ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury. By real-time PCR, LPA1-3 receptor mRNAs were expressed in mouse renal cortex, outer medulla...

background: it has been reported that the chronic oral administration of garlic homogenate protected the rat heart from in vitro ischemic reperfusion injury. however, the biological effects of garlic juice on the heart are expected to be different from oral administration of it. objective: the present study was designed to investigate the effect of garlic juice on the isolated rat heart in isch...

Ischemia/reperfusion (IR) injury is a leading cause of acute renal failure and an important contributor to allograft damage. Tissue factor (TF) is up-regulated during IR, and TF inhibition reduces renal injury. However, the underlying mechanisms by which TF contributes to injury have not been elucidated. We postulated that TF contributes to IR injury by production of coagulation proteases and s...