title: The effect of paclitaxel on rats following benzo(a)pyrene treatment.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To observe the effects of paclitaxel on rats that received benzo(a)pyrene.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this study, 45 male Sprague-Dawley rats aged 2-month-old were used, which were housed at the Medical Biology Department of Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Eskisehir, Turkey in 2006. Urine, blood, liver, and kidney tissue samples of Sprague Dawley rats treated with benzo(a)pyrene and paclitaxel were examined in our study. Biochemical data were evaluated on urine and blood samples, and liver and kidney tissue samples were investigated by light microscopy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Superoxide dismutase, catalase activities, and malondialdehyde values in the group which received benzo(a)pyrene were significantly different than the control, and most of these parameters came close to control values in the group that received paclitaxel following benzo(a)pyrene application. Histological appearances of the samples of all rats also supported the biochemical results.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The present study indicated that liver and kidney structures damaged by benzo(a)pyrene may be restored by paclitaxel.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Biology, Medical Faculty, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Eskisehir, Turkey. dcosan@ogu.edu.tr
authors.forename: Didem
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cosan
authors.forename: Ayse
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Basaran
authors.forename: Irfan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Degirmenci
authors.forename: Hasan V
authors.initials: HV
authors.lastname: Gunes
authors.forename: Erinc
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Aral
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D001564:Benzo(a)pyrene / Q000633:toxicity*; D002374:Catalase / Q000378:metabolism; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008315:Malondialdehyde / Q000378:metabolism; D017239:Paclitaxel / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001564:Benzo(a)pyrene; D008315:Malondialdehyde; D002374:Catalase; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D017239:Paclitaxel