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Platonin, a cyanine photosensitizing dye, is effective for attenuation of heatstroke in rats.

Abstract
The present study was performed to assess the prophylactic effect of platonin, a cyanine photosensitizing dye and an inhibitor of proinflammatory cytokines, in an animal model of heatstroke. Anesthetized rats were immediately divided into 2 major groups after the start of heat stress and administered either isotonic sodium chloride solution (dose, 1 mL/kg of body weight i.v.) or platonin (dose, 12.5-50 microg/mL per kilogram of body weight i.v.). They were exposed to ambient temperature of 43 degrees C to induce heatstroke. Another group of rats were exposed to room temperature (26 degrees C) and used as normothermic controls. Their physiological and biochemical parameters were continuously monitored. When the isotonic sodium chloride solution-pretreated rats underwent heat stress, their survival time values were found to be from 20 to 24 min. Pretreatment with intravenous doses of platonin (12.5-50 microg/mL per kilogram of body weight) immediately after the start of heat exposure significantly improved survival time during heatstroke (duration, 63-185 min). As compared with normothermic controls, all vehicle-pretreated heatstroke animals displayed higher levels of creatinine, serum urea nitrogen, alkaline phosphatase, aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, tumor necrosis factor alpha, prothrombin time, activated partial thromboplastin time and D-dimer in the plasma, cellular ischemia and injury markers in striatum, and intracranial pressure. In contrast, all vehicle-pretreated heatstroke animals had lower levels of mean arterial pressure, cerebral perfusion pressure, cerebral blood flow, brain Po2, and platelet count and protein C in the plasma. Immediately after the start of heat exposure, the previous administration of platonin significantly improved survival time by reducing the systemic inflammation, hypercoagulable state, and tissue ischemia and damage during heatstroke. The results demonstrate that platonin is effective for attenuation of heatstroke reactions.
AuthorsCheng-Chia Tsai, Mao-Tsun Lin, Chia-Chang Yang, Jyh-Fei Liao, Jie-Jen Lee
JournalShock (Augusta, Ga.) (Shock) Vol. 26 Issue 6 Pg. 601-7 (Dec 2006) ISSN: 1073-2322 [Print] United States
PMID17117136 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Cytokines
  • Lactates
  • Photosensitizing Agents
  • Thiazoles
  • platonin
  • Glutamic Acid
  • Pyruvic Acid
  • Glycerol
Topics
  • Animals
  • Cerebrovascular Circulation
  • Cytokines (metabolism)
  • Glutamic Acid (metabolism)
  • Glycerol (metabolism)
  • Heat Stroke (drug therapy, pathology)
  • Hot Temperature
  • Lactates (metabolism)
  • Male
  • Photosensitizing Agents (pharmacology)
  • Pyruvic Acid (metabolism)
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Temperature
  • Thiazoles (pharmacology)
  • Time Factors

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