Affiliation:
1. Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
2. Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Biosciences and Biotechnology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Abstract
Objective: The study explored the chemoprophylactic potential of roflumilast against 1,2-dimethylhydrazine (DMH) actuated preneoplastic colon damage in albino Wistar rats. Methods: Animals were arbitrarily divided into five groups of six animals each. DMH was used to induce preneoplastic colon damage (20 mg/kg/7 days, subcutaneously, for 42 days). Roflumilast was administered subcutaneously at two doses (1 and 5 mg/kg/day, from day 28 to 42). At the end of the study, the animals were recorded for the electrocardiographic changes and heart rate variability (HRV) paradigms on 42nd day, using PowerLab system. Blood samples were collected from all the animals to measure hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and nitric acid. The colon tissue was dissected out and analyzed for inflammatory markers, biochemical parameters including, superoxide dismutase, thiobarbituric acid reactive substances, catalase, and glutathione reductase and histopathology. Results: DMH caused derangement of HRV factors, abnormal antioxidant markers, and elevated levels of inflammatory markers. H2S and nitric oxide levels upsurge in DMH-treated rats and promoted preneoplastic damage. Histopathologically, loss of crypts, goblet cells, and distorted lamina propria were observed in toxic group. Treatment with roflumilast was able to curtail down oxidative stress and inflammatory markers and stabilitate the hemodynamic derangements as well as was able to restore the normal architecture of colonic mucosa. Conclusion: The findings from the present study conclude that treatment with roflumilast positively modulates the preneoplastic colon damage.
Funder
Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University
Subject
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis,Toxicology,General Medicine
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