6-ketoprostaglandin-f1-alpha and Frostbite

6-ketoprostaglandin-f1-alpha has been researched along with Frostbite* in 3 studies

Other Studies

3 other study(ies) available for 6-ketoprostaglandin-f1-alpha and Frostbite

ArticleYear
Eicosanoids and inflammatory cells in frostbitten tissue: prostacyclin, thromboxane, polymorphonuclear leukocytes, and mast cells.
    Plastic and reconstructive surgery, 1998, Volume: 101, Issue:7

    The pathophysiology of cold injury is still controversial. An inflammatory process has been implicated as the underlying mechanism and certain anti-inflammatory substances such as ibuprofen and acetylsalicylic acid have been used in the clinical treatment of frostbite injury. It has been postulated that the progressive ischemic necrosis is secondary to excessive thromboxane A2 production, which upsets the normal balance between prostacyclin (prostaglandin I2) and thromboxane A2. It was aimed to clarify the pathophysiology of cold injury in this study. Twenty-one New Zealand White rabbits, each weighing 1.2 to 2.9 kg, were divided into control (n = 10) and frostbitten (n = 11) groups the randomly. The rabbit ears in the frostbitten group were subjected to cold injury, and the levels of thromboxane A2 (as thromboxane B2) and of prostaglandin I2 (as 6-keto-prostaglandin F1alpha) and the number of inflammatory cells (polymorphonuclear leukocytes and mast cells) were measured in normal and frostbitten skin of rabbit ears. The levels of 6-keto prostaglandin F1alpha and thromboxane B2, the stable metabolites of prostaglandin I2 and thromboxane A2, respectively, were increased in a statistically significant way (p < 0.002) by frostbite injury; however, thromboxane B2 increased more than 6-keto prostaglandin F1alpha. Polymorphonuclear leukocytes and mast cells, absent in normal skin, were present in the frostbitten skin. There was a statistically significant (p < 0.01) correlation between the time a rabbit ear was maintained at below -10 degrees C and skin survival and between the weights of rabbits and skin survival (p < 0.024). All these findings suggest that inflammation is involved in frostbite injury; a decrease in prostaglandin I2/thromboxane A2 ratio could be one of the factors leading to necrosis; the bigger the animal, the better its ability to counter frostbite.

    Topics: 6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha; Animals; Epoprostenol; Frostbite; Mast Cells; Neutrophils; Rabbits; Skin; Thromboxane A2; Thromboxane B2

1998
Defibrotide activity in experimental frostbite injury.
    British journal of plastic surgery, 1998, Volume: 51, Issue:6

    The pathogenesis of frostbite injury has not been completely elucidated although the available evidence suggests it is an inflammatory reaction following reperfusion injury. Defibrotide given i.p. at 40 mg/kg/ day for three days to rabbits, the ears of which were subjected to frostbite, decreased the presence of inflammatory cells (mast cells -76%; neutrophils -40.4%) and increased prostaglandin I2 (PGI2) (as 6-Keto-PGF1 alpha) in the involved skin. Thromboxane A2 (TxA2) (as TxB2) was unaffected. These data strengthen the view that an inflammatory process is the underlying cause of frostbite injury and that Defibrotide is active in pathological situations involving an inflammatory process like in frostbite.

    Topics: 6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha; Animals; Female; Fibrinolytic Agents; Frostbite; Leukocyte Count; Male; Mast Cells; Neutrophils; Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; Polydeoxyribonucleotides; Rabbits; Skin; Thromboxane A2

1998
[The adaptive changes in vascular endothelial cell and resistance to frostbite in cold acclimated rats].
    Zhongguo ying yong sheng li xue za zhi = Zhongguo yingyong shenglixue zazhi = Chinese journal of applied physiology, 1997, Volume: 13, Issue:3

    Several functions of vascular endothelial cells (VEC) were investigated in rats acclimated to cold (CA) and with frostbitten feet. The results indicated that in CA rats, the number of endothelial cells in circulatory blood and the contents of 6-keto -PGF1 alpha and TXB2 in plasma were markedly higher, the activity of serum angiotensin I converting enzyme (ACE) was lower, compared with those in rats non-acclimated to cold (NCA), whereas T/P ratio of the two groups was close to each other. After the rats were frostbitten, those parameters in NCA group increased sharply except for a decrease in ACE activity. But in CA group, those parameters decreased temporarily or did not change obviously and the tissue survival area (TSA) significantly increased. The above findings suggest that the adaptive changes in increase of metabolic turnover rate and function of VEC after cold acclimation may be beneficial to the body to enhance the resistance to frostbite and repairing ability.

    Topics: 6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha; Acclimatization; Adaptation, Physiological; Animals; Cell Count; Cold Temperature; Endothelium, Vascular; Female; Frostbite; Male; Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A; Rats; Rats, Wistar

1997