title: Pulmonary protective effects of hyberbaric oxygen and N-acetylcysteine treatment in necrotizing pancreatitis.
abstract: The purpose of this study is to analyze the protective effect of combining N-acetylcysteine (NAC) and hyberbaric oxygen (HBO) treatment in the lung tissue during acute pancreatitis. Sixty Sprague-Dawley male rats were randomly divided into five groups; Group I; Control group (n=12), Group II; pancreatitis group (n=12), Group III; pancreatitis + NAC treatment group (n=12), Group IV; pancreatitis + HBO treatment group (n=12), Group V; pancreatitis + HBO + NAC treatment group (n=12). HBO was applied postoperatively for 5 days, twice a day at 2.5 fold absolute atmospheric pressure for 90 min. Lung tissue was obtained for measuring malondialdehyde (MDA), superoxide dismutase (Cu/Zn-SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) levels along with histopathological tissue examinations. This study showed that all three treated groups (HBO alone, NAC alone and combined HBO+NAC treatment) had pulmonary protective effects during acute necrotizing pancreatitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Gulhane Military Medicine Academy, Gulhane School of Medicine, Etlik, Ankara 06013, Turkey. balkan_arzu@yahoo.com
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Balkan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Balkan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yasar
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Korkmaz
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Erdem
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kiliç
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kutsal
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bilgic
mesh_terms: D000111:Acetylcysteine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000818:Animals; D002108:Ceruletide; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase / Q000378:metabolism; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation; D008168:Lung / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008315:Malondialdehyde / Q000378:metabolism; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D019283:Pancreatitis, Acute Necrotizing / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D008315:Malondialdehyde; D002108:Ceruletide; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D000111:Acetylcysteine