The role of Hippophae rhamnoides L. on 5-fluorouracil-induced oral mucositis in rats.

Current study aimed to research the effect of Hippophae rhamnoides (HRE) on potantial oral oxidative and inflammatory damage of 5-FU in rats. The rats were assigned to three groups; healthy (HG), 5-FU 100mg/kg (FUG) and HRE 50mg/kg +5-FU 100mg/kg (HRFU). The 5-FU was injected in the FUG group intraperitoneally. The HRFU was injected 5-FU at 100mg/kg IP one hour after the 50mg/kg HRE was given orally. Olive oil was used as a solvent for the HG. HRE was given to the rats three times a day for ten days. 5-FU was given one dose on the 1st, 3rd and 5th days. On the 10th day, the tissues removed from the animals were euthanized with high-dose anaesthesia and were macroscopically examined. The levels of the oxidant, antioxidant and proinflammatory cytokines were investigated.It was seen that HRE alleviated the symptoms of severe mucositis by antagonizing the effects of 5-FU on oxidant, antioxidant and proinflammatory cytokines such as malondialdehyde, total glutathione, superoxide dismutase, catalase, nuclear factor kappa-B and interleukin-6 in inner cheek and tongue tissue. These results recommend that HRE may be benefical in the cure of 5-FU-associated oral mucositis.

Protective Effect of Adenosine Triphosphate against 5-Fluorouracil-Induced Oxidative Ovarian Damage in vivo.

OBJECTIVE: The aim of our study was to analyze the effect of ATP on possible ovarian damage of 5-FU in rats. METHODS: The animals were divided to three groups; healthy group (HG), 5-FU alone group (FUG) and ATP+5-FU administered group (AFU). The ATP 4 mg/kg was injected intraperitoneally (IP) into the AFU group. The same volume of saline (0.9% NaCl) as the solvent was administered intraperitoneally to the HG and FUG groups. One hour after administering ATP and solvent, 5-FU 100 mg/kg was injected intraperitoneally to the animals in the AFU and FUG groups. ATP was administered to the animals once a day for 10 days. On the 1st, 3rd and 5th days of 5-FU, one dose (total of 3 doses) was administered. On day 10, the animals were euthanasia with high-dose anaesthesia and ovarian tissues were removed. The removed ovaries were analyzed biochemically andhistopathological. RESULT: ATP significantly suppressed both the increase in MDA and IL-6 levels, and the decrease in tGSH, SOD and CAT levels. Treatment with ATP significantly suppressed the severe vacuolization and primordial follicle degeneration induced by 5-FU in our study. CONCLUSION: ATP was possible to be useful for the treatment of 5-FU-induced ovarian damage.

Effect of thiamine pyrophosphate on cyclophosphamide-induced oxidative ovarian damage and reproductive dysfunction in female rats.

BACKGROUND: Cyclophosphamide is a drug used in various types of cancer. It can cause oxidative and inflammatory ovarian damage and infertility. Thiamine pyrophosphate (TPP) to be investigated for its effect on cyclophosphamide-induced ovarian damage and reproductive dysfunction in the present study is the active metabolite of thiamine. It has been shown that TPP protects organs and tissues from oxidative stress and proinflammatory cytokine damage. OBJECTIVES: To investigate the effect of TPP against the ovarian damage and reproductive dysfunction caused by cyclophosphamide in rats. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Albino Wistar type female rats were divided into healthy control (HG), cyclophosphamide (CYC) and TPP + cyclophosphamide (TPPC) groups (for each group, n = 12). Thiamine pyrophosphate at a dose of 25 mg/kg was injected intraperitoneally (ip.) in the TPPC group, and 0.9% NaCI solution was injected ip. in the CYC and HG groups. One hour after the injection, 75 mg/kg of cyclophosphamide was administered ip. in the TPPC and CYC groups. This procedure was repeated once a day for 30 days. At the end of this period, 6 rats from each group were euthanized with a high dose of anesthetic (50 mg/kg of sodium thiopental). Biochemical and histopathological examinations were performed on the extracted ovarian tissue. The remaining animals were kept in the laboratory with mature male rats for 2 months for reproduction. RESULTS: Thiamine pyrophosphate significantly decreased the cyclophosphamide-induced increase in the levels of the oxidant parameter malondialdehyde (MDA), proinflammatory nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), and interleukin 1 beta (IL-1ß). In addition, TPP decreased the severe histopathological damage associated with cyclophosphamide in the ovarian tissue and prevented infertility. CONCLUSIONS: Our experimental results have suggested that TPP could be beneficial in the treatment of cyclophosphamide-induced ovarian injury and infertility.