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Article detail · 2017

Protective Effects of Alpha-Lipoic Acid on Methotrexate-Induced Oxidative Lung Injury in Rats

Journal

Journal of Investigative Surgery

ISSN 0894-1939

YÖKSİS OpenAlex SJR Q3 JCR Q4 Citations 49 Percentile 82.0% FWCI 1.72
Year
2017
Type
article

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Abstract

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OBJECTIVE: Oxidative stress is one of the major causes of methotrexate induced lung injury (MILI). Alpha-lipoic acid (ALA), which occurs naturally in human food, has antioxidative and anti-inflammatory activities. The aim of this study was to research the potential protective role of ALA on MILI in rats. METHODS: Twenty one rats were randomly subdivided into three groups: control (group I), methotrexate (MTX) treated (group II), and MTX+ALA treated (group III). Lung injury was performed with a single dose of MTX (20 mg/kg) to groups 2 and 3. On the sixth day, animals in all groups were sacrificed by decapitation and lung tissue and blood samples were removed for histological examination and also measurement the levels of interleukin-1-beta (IL-1β), malondialdehyde (MDA), glutathione (GSH), tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), myeloperoxidase (MPO), and sodium potassium-adenosine triphosphatase (Na+/K+ATPase). RESULTS: In MTX group tissue GSH, Na+/K+ATPase activities were lower, tissue MDA, MPO and plasma IL-1?, TNF-? were significantly higher than the other groups. Histopathological examination showed that lung injury was less severe in group 2 according to group 3. CONCLUSIONS: Oxidative damage of MTX in rat lung is partially reduced when combined with ALA.

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18 publications in the local catalog that cite this work (OpenAlex reference match; not the full global list).

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Authors

  1. HÜSEYİN ARPAĞ
  2. MEHMET GÜL NEVŞEHİR HACI BEKTAŞ VELİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ
  3. YUSUF AYDEMİR SAKARYA ÜNİVERSİTESİ
  4. NURHAN ATİLLA KAHRAMANMARAŞ SÜTÇÜ İMAM ÜNİVERSİTESİ
  5. TUĞRUL ÇAKIR ALANYA ÜNİVERSİTESİ
  6. AHMET ÖZER ŞEHİRLİ
  7. MUHAMMET SAYAN GAZİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ