title: Dantrolene can reduce secondary damage after spinal cord injury.
abstract: The aim of this experimental study was to investigate the possible protective effects of dantrolene on traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI). Twenty-four New Zealand rabbits were divided into three groups: Sham (no drug or operation, n = 8), Control (SCI + 1 mL saline intraperitoneally (i.p.), n = 8), and DNT (SCI + 10 mg/kg dantrolene in 1 mL, i.p., n = 8). Laminectomy was performed at T10 and balloon catheter was applied extradurally. Four and 24 h after surgery, rabbits were evaluated according to the Tarlov scoring system. Blood, cerebrospinal fluid and tissue sample from spinal cord were taken for measurements of antioxidant status or detection of apoptosis. After 4 h SCI, all animals in control or DNT-treated groups became paraparesic. Significant improvement was observed in DNT-treated group, 24 h after SCI, with respect to control. Traumatic SCI led to an increase in the lipid peroxidation and a decrease in enzymic or non-enzymic endogenous antioxidative defense systems, and increase in apoptotic cell numbers. DNT treatment prevented lipid peroxidation and augmented endogenous enzymic or non-enzymic antioxidative defense systems. Again, DNT treatment significantly decreased the apoptotic cell number induced by SCI. In conclusion, experimental results observed in this study suggest that treatment with dantrolene possess potential benefits for traumatic SCI.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Afyon Kocatepe University, Ali Cetinkaya Kampusu, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey. aaslan71@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Adem
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aslan
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cemek
authors.forename: Mehmet Emin
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Buyukokuroglu
authors.forename: Korhan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Altunbas
authors.forename: Orhan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bas
authors.forename: Yusuf
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yurumez
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cosar
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000378:metabolism; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D002452:Cell Count; D003620:Dantrolene / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D009125:Muscle Relaxants, Central / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009410:Nerve Degeneration / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D011817:Rabbits; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D009125:Muscle Relaxants, Central; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents; D003620:Dantrolene