effects of trapidil after crush injury in peripheral nerve

• DOI: 10.18926/amo/31967
• Publication Date: 2005-04-01
• Authors: Kurtoglu, Zeliha; Ozturk, Ahmet Hakan; Bagdatoglu, Celal; Polat, Gurbuz; Aktekin, Mustafa; Uzmansel, Deniz; Camdeviren, Handan; Bagdatoglu, Ozlen; Sargon, Mustafa
• Keywords: Nerve Crush; Vasodilator Agents; 610; 03 medical and health sciences; Transforming Growth Factor beta2; Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; nitric oxide; Transforming Growth Factor beta; trapidil; Malondialdehyde; Animals; Edema; Myelin Sheath; Nitrites; crush injury; 0303 health sciences; Nitrates; electron microscopy; Rats, Inbred Strains; Sciatic Nerve; 3. Good health; Rats; Trapidil; peripheral nerve; Female; Sciatic Neuropathy; Injections, Intraperitoneal

In this study, we evaluated the effects of trapidil on crush injury by monitoring nitric oxide, malondialdehyde and transforming growth factor-Beta2 levels and by transmission electron microscopy in the rat sciatic nerve. The sciatic nerve was compressed for 20 sec by using a jewelers forceps. Trapidil treatment groups were administrated a single dose of trapidil (8 mg/kg) intraperitoneally just after the injury. The crush and crush + trapidil treatment groups were evaluated on the 2nd, 7th, 15th, 30th and 45th days of the post-crush period. On the 7th and 15th days, damage in thin and thick myelinated axons, endoneural edema and mitochondrial swelling were less severe in the trapidil group histopathologically. These findings supported the idea that trapidil prevented cell damage and edema at the injury site. Day/group interaction with regard to serum nitric oxide, malondialdehyde and transforming growth factor-Beta2 levels did not show significant changes.