Myocardial Hydroxyproline Reduced by Early Administration of Methylprednisolone or Ibuprofen to Rabbits with Radiation‐induced Heart Disease
Myocardial Hydroxyproline Reduced by Early Administration of Methylprednisolone or Ibuprofen to Rabbits with Radiation‐induced Heart Disease
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早期给予甲泼尼龙或布洛芬可减少放射性心脏病兔的心肌羟脯氨酸
DOI:
10.1161/01.cir.65.5.924
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发表时间:
1982
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影响因子:
37.8
通讯作者:
L. Whitesell
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作者:
W. Reeves;D. Cunningham;E. Schwiter;A. Abt;S. Skarlatos;M. Wood;L. Whitesell
The ability of methylprednisolone (MP) and ibuprofen (IB) to reduce the severity of the late state of radiation-induced heart disease was assessed in 57 New Zealand white rabbits. Before and shortly after cardiac irradiation, 15 rabbits received i.v. MP, 30 mg/kg twice daily for 3 days, and 15 others received IB, 12.5 mg/kg twice daily for 2 days. No drug was administered to 14 irradiated rabbits, and neither irradiation nor drugs were administered to 13 rabbits that served as controls. All 15 rabbits treated with MP and 13 of the 15 treated with IB lived for 100 days. Only seven of the untreated, irradiated rabbits lived that long. Longevity of each treated group of rabbits was better (p < 0.01 and 0.05) than that of the untreated, irradiated rabbits. Surviving rabbits were killed 100 days after irradiation. Pericarditis (p < 0.05) and pericardial effusion (p < 0.01) were less frequent in the treated, irradiated groups than in the untreated, irradiated rabbits. At least some rabbits in each irradiated group had microscopic evidence of myocardial fibrosis. The fibrosis was quantitated by determination of myocardial hydroxyproline concentrations (MHP). MHP concentration in the untreated, irradiated rabbits was greater than in those treated with MP (p < 0.05) or IB (p < 0.01) and in the untreated, unirradiated rabbits (p < 0.01). Early administration of MP or IB retarded the development of myocardial fibrosis, pericarditis and pericardial effusion, and improved survival in this experimental model of radiation-induced heart disease.