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    Hydrogen Sulphide and Nitric Oxide Cooperate in Cardioprotection Against Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in Isolated Rat Heart
    (2020-09-01T00:00:00Z) ÜSTÜNOVA, SAVAŞ; TAKIR, SELÇUK; YILMAZER, NADİM; Bulut, Huri; ALTINDİREK, Didem; HATIRNAZ NG, Özden; Tansel, Cihan Demirci; Dogan, B. Sonmez Uydes; ÖZBEK, Uğur; ARMUTAK, Elif İlkay; Gurevin, Ebru Gurel; ÜSTÜNOVA, SAVAŞ
    Background/Aim: This study was designed to provide further evidence for the interactions between hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and nitric oxide (NO) in ischemia/reperfiision (I/R) injury. Materials and Methods: Rat hearts were studied with the Langendorff technique using the H2S donor sodium hydrosulfide (NaHS, 40 mu M) and the cystathionine gamma-lyase (CTH or CSE) inhibitor DL-propargylglycine (PAG, 1 mM). NO synthase inhibitor L-NG-nitroarginine methyl ester (L-NAME, 30 mg/kg, 7 days) was administered before the isolation. The hearts were homogenized for biochemical and molecular analysis. Results: NaHS reversed I/R-induced cardiac performance impairment, increased tissue nitric oxide production and decreased tissue markers for cardiac injury, while L-NAME inhibited these effects. The expression of CTH was increased with PAG, which was suppressed by L-NAME. Conclusion: H2S and NO increase each other-s production suggesting their interaction and cooperation in cardioprotection against I/R injury.
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    Effects of Thymoquinone On Erythrocyte Aggregation Kinetics: An In Vitro Study
    (2022-01-01T00:00:00Z) ÜSTÜNOVA, SAVAŞ; Uyuklu, Mehmet; MERAL, İSMAİL; ÜSTÜNOVA, SAVAŞ; MERAL, İSMAİL
    © 2022, Yuzuncu Yil Universitesi Tip Fakultesi. All rights reserved.Erythrocyte aggregation is associated with a series of physio-pathological processes in body and according to this, current study was designed to examine how the thymoquinone (TQ) and a ggregation kinetics relation changes when the aggregation properties of erythrocyte suspensions are intervened using different approaches, such as changing the suspension environment or erythrocyte surface properties. Blood samples from 40 male Wistar albino rats (three months old weighing 250-300 g) were randomly divided into four groups, as 1) whole blood (control), 2) 1/2 dilution (plasma was diluted with PBS), 3) dextran 500 (1% dextran 500 was dissolved in plasma) and 4) glutaraldehyde. Blood samples were taken from abdominal aorta under anesthesia. The erythrocyte suspensions were incubated at 37°C for one hour in the absence or presence of TQ, with a final concentration of 1 mg/ml. Then, the electrical properties of erythrocyte suspensions were recorded, and the electrical capacitance was monitored using an inductance, capacitance, and resistance meter (LCR meter) at 100 kHz. It was found that TQ incubation decreased the aggregation index in control and dextran groups while increased it in 1/2 dilution and GA groups. It was also found that TQ incubation increased the time constant in whole blood and dextran while decreased it in 1/2 dilution and GA. The TQ can normalize the altered erythrocyte aggregation responses in both ways that is, it decreases the increased aggregation or increases the decreased aggregation. Therefore, it may have very critical role in rouleaux formation-induced circulatory disorders.