The role of calcium ions and calcium channel entry blockers in experimental ischemia-reperfusion-induced liver injury.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
Verapamil administered before treatment, but not after treatment, had a beneficial effect on a 90-minute warm ischemia-reperfusion rat liver injury model. The possible activation of proteases converting the xanthine dehydrogenase to xanthine oxidase, the significant mitochondrial calcium loading during the ischemic period, and the potentiation of calcium and oxygen-derived free radicals to promote injury to mitochondria are mechanisms supported by this study, based on both histologic observations and on the pattern of enzyme leak after the acute ischemic event.
Medical subject headings
- Calcium
- Liver
- Reperfusion Injury
- Verapamil