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Blocking of urotensin receptors as new target for treatment of carrageenan induced inflammation in rats    
Yazarlar (9)
Elif Çadırcı
Atatürk Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Zekai Halıcı
Atatürk Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Muhammed Yayla
Kafkas Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Doç. Dr. Erdem TOKTAY Doç. Dr. Erdem TOKTAY
Kafkas Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Yasin Bayır
Atatürk Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Emre Karakuş
Atatürk Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Atilla Topçu
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Başak Büyük
Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Abdulmecit Albayrak
Atatürk Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Devamını Göster
Özet
This study investigated possible role of U-II and its receptor expression in inflammation by using UTR agonist and antagonist in carrageenan induced acute inflammation. Rats were divided into 5 groups as (1) Healthy control, (2) Carrageenan control, (3) Carrageenan +Indomethacin 20mg/kg, orally, (4) Carrageenan +AC7954 (U-II receptor agonist, intraperitoneally) 30mg/kg and (5) Carrageenan +SB657510 (UTR antagonist, intraperitoneally) 30mg/kg. 1h after drug administration, carrageenan was injected. At the 3rd hour after carrageenan injection, agonist produced no effect while antagonist 63% anti-inflammatory effect respectively. UTR and UT-II expression increased in carrageenan induced paw tissue. Antagonist administration prevented the decrease in an antioxidant system and also capable to decrease TNF-α and IL-6 mRNA expressions. This study showed the role of urotensin II receptors in the physiopathogenesis of acute inflammatory response that underlying many diseases accompanied by inflammation.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Inflammation | Rats | SB657510 | TNF-Alpha | Urotensin II
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı Peptides
Dergi ISSN 0196-9781
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 08-2016
Cilt No 82
Sayfalar 35 / 43
Doi Numarası 10.1016/j.peptides.2016.05.006
Makale Linki http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0196978116300894