Influence of Non-steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs and Paracetamol on the Level of C-Reactive Protein of Rat Blood Serum in Experimental Equivalents of Hypothyroidism and Osteoarthritis

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 79-83
Author(s):  
D. S. Nosivets ◽  

The article investigated changes in the level of C-reactive protein under the influence of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and paracetamol under experimental equivalents of hypothyroidism and osteoarthritis. There is a clear need to identify biomarkers that could predict a patient's response to osteoarthritis treatment, primarily in comorbid conditions. It is known that hypofunction of the thyroid gland leads to metabolic disorders that negatively affect the condition of bone and cartilage, causing the development of osteoarthritis. One manifestation of osteoarthritis is considered to be a pathological change in the subchondral bone, which responds to the disease by the formation of sclerosis, marginal bone growths and the formation of deformation of the joint surfaces due to the destruction of bone tissue. Although non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are effective in reducing pain and disability in patients with osteoarthritis, it is still unclear to what extent these drugs can affect joint metabolism and, therefore, joint structure, especially against the background of functional thyroid insufficiency. The purpose of the study was to research the pharmacological activity of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and paracetamol on the level of C-reactive protein in the serum of rats with experimental equivalents of hypothyroidism and osteoarthritis. Material and methods. The experiments were carried out on 70 white outbred rats of both sexes, which recreated osteoarthritis and hypothyroidism. Experimental osteoarthritis was performed by single intra-articular administration of 0.1 ml of monoacetic acid solution in the knee joint, which was prepared at a rate of 3 mg of the reagent on 50 μl of sterile physiological saline. Experimental hypothyroidism was reconstructed by enteral administration of a 0.02% solution of carbimazole, which was prepared at a rate of 5 mg per 250 ml of physiological solution and given with a drinking ration of animals for 6 weeks. The adequacy of the model was confirmed by the level of serum TSH, T3 and T4 in rats. Results and discussion. After the formation of experimental models on the 42nd day of the experiment, the animals were divided into 14 groups and drug administration began daily for 5 days. The quantitative level of C-reactive protein of blood serum was determined by competitive in vitro ELISA twice on 42 and 47 days of the experiment. Blood samples were obtained from the rat tail vein by puncture using a vacuum system at 42 and 47 days of the experiment. Statistical data processing was performed using the Statistica 6.1 software package (StatSoftInc., Serial number AGAR909E415822FA) and included calculations of arithmetic mean values (M) and their errors (± m). The probability of the difference between the arithmetic mean (p) values of the indices was made using non-parametric U-criterion Mann-Whitney. The determination of the probability of intragroup and intergroup differences was performed using the parametric t-criterion of the Student and the method of single-factor dispersion analysis (ANOVA). Differences were considered statistically significant at p≤0.05. Conclusion. The author found that determining the level of C-reactive protein allowed evaluating the anti-inflammatory activity non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on the background of experimental equivalents of osteoarthritis and hypothyroidism. The data obtained from rat’s serum C-reactive protein reflects the extent of the effects of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and paracetamol due to the interaction of drugs in experimental osteoarthritis and hypothyroidism. According to the degree of influence on degenerative-dystrophic processes in bone tissue the investigated drugs can be arranged as follows: diclofenac sodium > ibuprofen > nimesulide = meloxicam > celecoxib > paracetamol

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-36
Author(s):  
D. S. Nosivets ◽  

The article investigated changes in the level of bone alkaline phosphatase under the influence of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and paracetamol under experimental equivalents of hypothyroidism and osteoarthritis. There is a clear need to identify biomarkers that could predict a patient's response to osteoarthritis treatment, primarily in comorbid conditions. It is known that hypofunction of the thyroid gland leads to metabolic disorders that negatively affect the condition of bone and cartilage, causing the development of osteoarthritis. One manifestation of osteoarthritis is considered to be a pathological change in the subchondral bone, which responds to the disease by the formation of sclerosis, marginal bone growths and the formation of deformation of the joint surfaces due to the destruction of bone tissue. Although non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are effective in reducing pain and disability in patients with osteoarthritis, it is still unclear to what extent these drugs can affect joint metabolism and, therefore, joint structure, especially against the background of functional thyroid insufficiency. The purpose of the study was to research the pharmacological activity of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and paracetamol on the level of bone alkaline phosphatase in the serum of rats with experimental equivalents of hypothyroidism and osteoarthritis. Material and methods. The experiments were carried out on 140 white outbred rats of both sexes, which recreated osteoarthritis and hypothyroidism. Experimental osteoarthritis was performed by single intra-articular administration of 0.1 ml of monoacetic acid solution in the knee joint. The solution was prepared at a rate of 3 mg of the reagent on 50 μl of sterile physiological saline. Experimental hypothyroidism was reconstructed by enteral administration of a 0.02% solution of carbimazole prepared at a rate of 5 mg per 250 ml of physiological solution and given with a drinking ration of animals for 6 weeks. The adequacy of the model was confirmed by the level of serum TSH, T3 and T4 in rats. Results and discussion. After the formation of experimental models on the 42nd day of the experiment, the animals were divided into 14 groups and drug administration began daily for 5 days. The quantitative level of bone alkaline phosphatase of blood serum was determined by competitive in vitro ELISA twice on the 42 and 47th days of the experiment. Blood samples were obtained from the rat tail vein by puncture using a vacuum system at 42 and 47th days of the experiment. Statistical data processing was performed using the Statistica 6.1 software package (StatSoftInc., Serial number AGAR909E415822FA) and included calculations of arithmetic mean values (M) and their errors (± m). The probability of the difference between the arithmetic mean (p) values of the indices was made using non-parametric U-criterion Mann-Whitney. The determination of the probability of intragroup and intergroup differences was performed using the Student’s t-test and the method of variance analysis (ANOVA). Differences were considered statistically significant at p≤0.05. Conclusion. The author found out that determining the level of bone alkaline phosphatase allowed evaluating the anti-inflammatory activity non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on the background of experimental equivalents of osteoarthritis and hypothyroidism. The data obtained from rat’s serum bone alkaline phosphatase reflects the extent of the effects of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and paracetamol due to the interaction of drugs in experimental osteoarthritis and hypothyroidism. According to the degree of influence on degenerative-dystrophic processes in bone tissue the investigated drugs can be arranged as follows: diclofenac sodium > ibuprofen > meloxicam > nimesulide > celecoxib > paracetamol


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 1759720X2110277
Author(s):  
Steven H. Lam ◽  
Ho So ◽  
Isaac T. Cheng ◽  
Edmund K. Li ◽  
Priscilla Wong ◽  
...  

Aims: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is associated with accelerated atherosclerosis due to underlying inflammation. Whether inflammatory burden and drugs used to suppress inflammation over time are associated with cardiovascular (CV) events remained unclear. This study aims to examine the time-varying effect of C-reactive protein (CRP) levels and the use of drugs, including non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs, on the risk of CV events independent of traditional CV risk factors in PsA patients. Methods: A retrospective cohort analysis was performed in patients with PsA who were recruited from 2008 to 2015 and followed until the end of 2019. The outcome was occurrence of a first CV event. Framingham risk score (FRS) was used to quantify the traditional CV risk. Cox proportional hazard models with time-varying CRP levels and drugs used were analysed to identify the risk factors for CV events in PsA patients. Results: Two hundred patients with PsA [median age: 47.5 (40.0–56.0); male: 119 (59.5%)] were recruited. After a mean follow-up of 8.8 ± 3.8 years, 30 (15%) patients developed a first CV event. The multivariable Cox regression model showed that time-varying CRP level [hazard ratio (HR) 1.02, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.00–1.04] and NSAIDs exposure (HR 0.38, 95% CI 0.15–0.96) were significantly associated with CV events after adjusting for baseline FRS (HR 5.06, 95% CI 1.84–13.92). Conclusion: Increased inflammatory burden as reflected by elevated CRP level was associated with increased risk of CV events, while the risk was significantly reduced with NSAIDs use in PsA patients.


2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 40
Author(s):  
Livia Kurniati Saputra ◽  
Dian Novita Chandra ◽  
Ninik Mudjihartini

Low grade inflammation has been recognized of being involved in the pathogenesis of chronic disease pandemic. Individual lifestyle plays a major role in the development of low grade inflammation. Sedentary workers are at risk of low grade inflammation due to the nature of their work. Dietary habit also contributes to inflammatory status in the body. Dietary fiber intake indirectly affects the immune system. It has been hypothesized that fiber has anti-inflammatory effects, both body weight-related and body weight-unrelated This review will focus more on body weight-unrelated anti-inflammatory effect of fiber, especially through fiber’s fermentation metabolites, the short chain fatty acid (SCFA). Its anti-inflammatory effect can be seen by monitoring a biomarker of inflammation in the body, the high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP). This review’s objective is to cover the mechanisms and role of dietary fiber intake on serum hsCRP level as a marker of low grade inflammation on sedentary workers. 


2017 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 17-24
Author(s):  
Valeriia Vataha

The aim is to study the conditions of appearance and the features of course of the acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in patients with normal rates of lipid metabolism and to assess the influence of additional risk factors (uinary acid, C-reactive protein, fibrinogen) on the development of atherosclerotic process by assessment of surrogate markers of atherosclerosis the thickness of intima-media complex (TIMC) of carotid arteries (СА), the presence of atherosclerotic plaque (AP) in CA, the value of ankle-brachial index (ABI)) in patients with ACS without dyslipidemia (DLP). Materials and methods. The study included 66 patients without DLP (50 men and 16 women, the mean age - 53,7±10,6 years) with ACS, divided in groups depending on its forms: 1 group – patients with instable angina (IA), 2 group – patients with myocardium infraction (MI) without ST segment elevation and 3 group – patients with MI with ST segment elevation. The level of serum acid, C-reactive protein, fibrinogen in blood serum were detected and ultrasound examination of СА with detection of CA TIMC, presence of atherosclerotic plaque and measuring of arterial pressure on upper and low extremities with ABI calculation was carried out. Results. Among examined patients MI with ST segment elevation was diagnosed in 33 persons (50,0%); MI without ST segment elevation – in 18 (27,3%) and IA – in 15 (22,7%). The complicated ACS was observed in 20 (30,30%) persons. The value of CA TIMC among patients with MI with ST segment elevation was reliably higher than in patients with MI without ST segment elevation (р<0,001), and ABI was reliably lower in persons with MI and ST segment elevation (р<0,05) and IA (р<0,05) than in patients with MI without ST segment elevation. Correlative analysis demonstrated the interconnection between the levels of inflammation indicators (C-reactive protein, fibrinogen) in the blood serum and the value of CA TIMC and ABI. Conclusions. The persons without DLP need additional examination (detection of C-reactive protein, fibrinogen levels in blood serum, ultrasound of CA and detection of ABI) for more precise evaluation of ACS risk.


2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-52
Author(s):  
Pavel D. Kolesnichenko ◽  
Anna A. Peresypkina ◽  
Artem A. Poromov ◽  
Elena N. Kareva ◽  
Alexey N. Demidenko

Introduction: Evaluation of anti-inflammatory action of Codelac® Broncho with Thymus Serpyllum (elixir) in comparison with Fenspiride was carried out on the model of acute carrageenan inflammation of the paws in rats. Materials and methods: Edema was caused by subplantar injection of 0.1 ml of 1% λ- carrageenan gel into the hind paw. The severity of edema was assessed by using 37140 plethysmometer (UGO BASILE, Italy). The measurements were performed before edema induction and 1, 2, 4, 12, 24, 48, 72, 96 and 120 hours afterwards. Anti-inflammatory activity of the drugs was also evaluated based on the analysis of rats’ blood, C-reactive protein concentration and histological examination results. Results and discussion: A decrease in the paw volume increment was revealed in the group with the studied drug in comparison with the group with the carrageenan edema model (control) 4, 12, 24 hours after injection of carrageenan (p&lt;0.05). As a result of plethysmometry, a more pronounced anti-inflammatory effect of the studied drug than that of Fenspiride was revealed. There was a significant decrease in the levels of leukocytes (p&lt;0.05), lymphocytes (p&lt;0.05), monocytes (p&lt;0.05) and neutrophils (p&lt;0.05) in the group with the studied drug compared to those the the control 48 hours after the initiation of edema, while in the group with Fenspiride, there was only a decrease in the levels of leukocytes (p&lt;0.05) and lymphocytes (p&lt;0.05). There were no differences in the concentration of C-reactive protein between the groups. Conclusion: The obtained data indicate a more pronounced anti-inflammatory activity of Codelac® Broncho with Thymus Serpyllum in comparison with Fenspiride, on the model of acute carrageenan inflammation of the paw in rats.


2020 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-24
Author(s):  
Anton S. Tkachenko ◽  
Galina I. Gubina-Vakulyck ◽  
Vladimir K. Klochkov ◽  
Nataliya S. Kavok ◽  
Anatolii I. Onishchenko ◽  
...  

Aim: To evaluate the effects of orally administered gadolinium orthovanadate GdVO4:Eu3+ nanoparticles (VNPs) on the course of chronic carrageenan-induced intestinal inflammation. Methods: Samples of small intestinal tissue were collected from four groups of rats (intact, after administration of VNPs, with carrageenaninduced intestinal inflammation, with carrageenan-induced intestinal inflammation orally exposed to VNPs) to assess the intestinal morphology and HSP90α expression. Levels of seromucoid, C-reactive protein, TNF-α, IL-1β and IL-10 were determined in blood serum. Results: Oral exposure to VNPs was associated with neither elevation of inflammation markers in blood serum nor HSP90α overexpression in the small intestine, i.e. no toxic effects of VNPs were observed. Carrageenan-induced intestinal inflammation was accompanied by higher levels of TNF-α and IL-1β, as well as HSP90α upregulation in the intestinal mucosa, compared with controls. Administration of VNPs to rats with enteritis did not lead to statistically significant changes in concentrations of circulating pro-inflammatory cytokines with the trend towards their increase. Conclusion: No adverse effects were observed in rats orally exposed to VNPs at a dose of 20 μg/kg during two weeks. Using the experimental model of carrageenan-induced enteritis, it was demonstrated that VNPs at the dose used in our study did not affect the course of intestinal inflammation.


1994 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 100-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
G Hasçelik ◽  
B ŞLener ◽  
Z Hasçelik

The effects of piroxicam, tenoxicam, diclofenac sodium, acetylsalicylic acid and tiaprofenic acid on the chemotaxis and random migration of human polymorphonuclear leukocytes were investigated, using zymosan-activated serum as chemo-attractant, with a modified Boyden chamber technique. All five compounds significantly reduced chemotaxis. The random migration of polymorphonuclear leukocytes was inhibited by piroxicam, diclofenac sodium and tiaprofenic acid but not by tenoxicam or acetylsalicylic acid. The inhibitory effect of these non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on polymorphonuclear leukocyte chemotaxis and on random migration was generally dose-dependent. The results suggest that the drugs studied may have a direct effect on polymorphonuclear leukocyte chemotaxis and that this activity may contribute to their anti-inflammatory properties.


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