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Effects of Carvacrol on Survival, Mesenteric Blood Flow, Aortic Function and Multiple Organ Injury in a Murine Model of Polymicrobial Sepsis

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Carvacrol (CRV) has strong cytoprotective, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory properties. We aimed to demonstrate the possible protective effects of CRV on survival, mesenteric artery blood flow (MBF), vascular reactivity, and oxidative and inflammatory injuries in a murine model of polymicrobial sepsis induced by cecal ligation and puncture (CLP). Wistar rats were allocated into the following four groups: Sham, CLP, Sham + CRV, and CLP + CRV. The animals were orally administered with CRV (80 mg/kg/day) or vehicle (corn oil; 1 mL/kg/day) for 7 days. At the eighth day, Sham or CLP procedure was applied. Twenty hours after the operations, MBF and contractile responses of isolated aortic preparations to phenylephrine were measured. Tissue samples were obtained for biochemical and histopathological assessments. Additionally, survival rates were recorded throughout 96 h. CRV administration improved the mesenteric perfusion, contractile function of aorta, and survival after CLP. CRV substantially prevented the elevations in the levels of LDH, BUN, Cr, and inflammatory cytokines (tumor necrosis factor-alpha, interleukin-1 beta and interleukin-6) but could not prevent the elevations of AST and ALT after CLP. The decreased liver, kidney, and spleen glutathione levels and increased liver, kidney, lung, and spleen malondialdehyde levels induced by CLP were substantially restored by CRV. Also, histopathological protective effects of CRV on multiple organ damage due to CLP were observed. CRV possesses strong ameliorative effects on sepsis due to its protective effects on mesenteric perfusion and aortic function and its antioxidative and anti-inflammatory effects.

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Alper B. Iskit has been supported by the Turkish Academy of Sciences, in the framework of the Young Scientist Award Program (EA-TUBA-GEBIP/2001-2-11). This study was supported by Selcuk University Scientific Research Coordination (No: 15401078).

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  1. Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Selcuk University, 42250 Selcuklu, Konya, Turkey

    Erdem Kamil Ozer & Hulagu Bariskaner

  2. Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Yildirim Beyazit University, Ankara, Turkey

    Mustafa Tugrul Goktas

  3. Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey

    Aysun Toker

  4. Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey

    Ceyhan Ugurluoglu

  5. Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

    Alper Bektas Iskit

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Ozer, E.K., Goktas, M.T., Toker, A. et al. Effects of Carvacrol on Survival, Mesenteric Blood Flow, Aortic Function and Multiple Organ Injury in a Murine Model of Polymicrobial Sepsis. Inflammation 40, 1654–1663 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10753-017-0605-6

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