Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
PROSTAGLANDINS LEUKOTRIENES AND ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS, cilt.52, sa.6, ss.413-416, 1995 (SCI-Expanded)
In order to elucidate the relation between tissue eicosanoids and liver injury due to bile duct obstruction, we have examined the effects of iloprost, a stable analogue of prostaglandin I-2 (PGI(2)), and UK 38485 (UK), an inhibitor of thromboxane synthetase, on prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2)) and leukotriene C-4 (LTC(4)) in guinea pig liver, 56 male guinea pigs were divided into the following groups: (i) sham operations (SHAM), (ii) bile duct ligated (BDL) group, (iii) guinea pigs given UK (5 mu g/kg body wt intraperitoneally 10 min, 8 h and 16 h after bile duct ligation), and (iv) guinea pigs treated with iloprost (ILO) (2 mu g/kg body wt intraperitoneally 10 min, 8 h and 16 h after bile duct ligation). Liver damage was assessed by blind quantitation of liver cell necrosis. Bile duct ligation caused an increase in tissue PGE(2)-like activity and a decrease LTC(2)-like activity. But the most pronounced elevation of PGE(2) was observed in ILO treated group. The LTC(4)-like activity level improved significantly in the UK-treated BDL group compared with the BDL only and ILO treated animals. Also, UK was found to be beneficial in preventing the liver cell necrosis due to cholestasis. It is concluded that the ratio of PGE(2)/LTC(4) in liver is a valuable marker for cholestatic injury.