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Nitrooxyethylation reverses the healing-suppressant effect of Ibuprofen.

Abstract
Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs like ibuprofen impede tissue repair by virtue of retarding inflammation. The present study was undertaken to explore if linking of nitrooxyethyl ester to ibuprofen reverses its healing-depressant propensity. Nitrooxyethyl ester of ibuprofen (NOE-Ibu) was synthesized in our laboratory through a well-established synthetic pathway. NOE-Ibu was screened for its influence on collagenation, wound contraction and epithelialization phases of healing, and scar size of healed wound in three wound models, namely, incision, dead space, and excision wounds. Besides, its influence on the oxidative stress (levels of GSH and TBARS) was also determined in 10-day-old granulation tissue. NOE-Ibu was further screened for its antiinflammatory activity in rat paw edema model. NOE-Ibu promoted collagenation (increase in breaking strength, granulation weight, and collagen content), wound contraction and epithelialization phases of healing. NOE-Ibu also showed a significant antioxidant effect in 10-day-old granulation tissue as compared to ibuprofen. Results vindicate that the esterification of ibuprofen with nitrooxyethyl group reverses the healing-suppressant effect of ibuprofen. The compound also showed equipotent antiinflammatory activity as ibuprofen.
AuthorsMandeep Kaushal, N Gopalan Kutty, C Mallikarjuna Rao
JournalMediators of inflammation (Mediators Inflamm) Vol. 2006 Issue 4 Pg. 24396 ( 2006) ISSN: 0962-9351 [Print] United States
PMID17047288 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
  • Collagen
  • Ibuprofen
Topics
  • Animals
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal (chemical synthesis, pharmacology)
  • Cicatrix (drug therapy)
  • Collagen (metabolism)
  • Edema (drug therapy)
  • Granulation Tissue (drug effects)
  • Ibuprofen (analogs & derivatives, chemical synthesis, pharmacology)
  • Male
  • Oxidative Stress (drug effects)
  • Rats
  • Rats, Wistar
  • Wound Healing (drug effects)

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