title: Influence of verapamil on the efficacy of vitamin E in preventing the ischemia-reperfusion-induced biochemical dearrangement in cerebral cortex of rat.
abstract: The possibility that verapamil (CAS 52-53-9) may intensify the efficacy of vitamin E in preventing the ischemia-reperfusion-caused biochemical dearrangement in rat cerebral cortex was investigated. A daily injection of vitamin E at i.m. dose of 175 mg/kg b.wt. for 7 days prior to subjecting the rats to 1 h bilateral occlusion of the common carotid arteries followed by reperfusion for another 1 h, moderately diminished the ischemia-reperfusion-induced increase in the activity of lactate dehydrogenase and in formation of conjugated dienes as well as in the conversion of xanthine dehydrogenase-->xanthine oxidase in cerebral cortex of rats. However, concomitant injection of verapamil at i.m. dose of 0.68 mg/kg b.wt. 15 min prior to ischemia-reperfusion together with vitamin E pretreatment afforded an elegant combined therapy that effectively abolished the dearrangement caused by ischemia-reperfusion in the above parameters. These results indicated that the protective efficacy of vitamin E against ischemia/reperfusion-induced biochemical dearrangement in cerebral cortex was intensified by concomitant use of verapamil.
authors.affiliation: Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Egypt.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Shaheen
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Abd-el-Fattah
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seif-el-Nasr
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D015427:Reperfusion Injury / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014700:Verapamil / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014968:Xanthine Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D014969:Xanthine Oxidase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D014810:Vitamin E; D014700:Verapamil; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; D014968:Xanthine Dehydrogenase; D014969:Xanthine Oxidase