LF 16-0687Ms, a new bradykinin b2 receptor antagonist, improves neurologic outcome but not brain tissue prostaglandin e2 release in a rat model of closed head trauma combined with ethanol intoxication

Ilia Asa, Yulia Ivashkova, Alan A. Artru, Matityahu Lifshitz, Gavrilov Lifshitz, Abed N. Azab, Vladimir Kapuler, Andrei Alouchin, Maxim Rachinsky, Didier Pruneau, Yoram Shapira, Jacob Kaplanski

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Abstract

Background: LF 16-0687 Ms previously wasreported to improve Neurological Severity Score (NSS) and decrease cerebral edema and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) release after closed head trauma (CHT) in rats. Here, we examined whether these beneficial effects of LF 16-0687 Ms are altered when CHT is accompanied by acute ethanol administration. Methods: Six groups of rats (n = 8 per group) were examined during combination of the following experimental conditions: CHT versus sham operation, LF 16-0687 Ms 3 mg/kg subcutaneously versus saline, and ethanol 2 g/kg versus saline. Results: After CHT, brain water content decreased and NSS improved with ethanol + LF 16-0687 Ms as compared with values after saline orethanol. PGE2 release decreased with ethanol (147 ± 59 pg/mg tissue) but not with ethanol + LF 16-0687 Ms (286 ± 194 pg/mg tissue).Conclusion Ethanol does not affect the improvement of NSS and the decrease of cerebral edema seen with LF 16-0687 Ms after CHT, but does reverse the ability of LF 16-0687 Ms to minimize the increase of PGE2 release. In intoxicated patients, bradykinin antagonist therapy mayimprove post-CHT outcome without altering PGE2 release.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)881-887
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Trauma
Volume52
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2003

Keywords

  • Bradykinin Bantagonist
  • Cerebral edema
  • Ethanol
  • Head injury
  • Neurologic outcome
  • Prostaglandin
  • Rat

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Surgery
  • Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine

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