Icing treatment in rats with crush syndrome can improve survival through reduction of potassium concentration and mitochondrial function disorder effect.

Icing treatment in rats with crush syndrome can improve survival through reduction of potassium concentration and mitochondrial function disorder effect. Exp Ther Med. 2020 Jan;19(1):777-785 Authors: Murata I, Imanari M, Komiya M, Kobayashi J, Inoue Y, Kanamoto I Abstract Crush syndrome (CS), a serious medical condition, which is characterized by damage to myocytes due to pressure and is associated with high mortality, even when patients receive fluid therapy. Icing therapy over the affected muscle has been reported to be effective in improving mitochondrial dysfunction and inflammation. These effects are thought to be secondary to improvements in the leakage of potassium and myoglobin from the damaged myocytes in the early stages of disease. However, their effects on the various symptoms of CS are unclear. It was hypothesized that treatment with icing will inhibit the influence of potassium by vasoconstriction, exert anti-inflammatory effects in the affected myocytes and improve mitochondrial function The CS model constructed by subjecting anesthetized rats to bilateral hindlimb compression with a rubber tourniquet for 5 h. The rats were then randomly divided into six groups: i) Sham; ii) CS without treatment (CS); iii) and iv) icing for 30 or 180 min over the entire hindlimb on CS rats (CI-30 and -180), respectively; and v) and vi) local icing for 30 or 180 min over the affected area on CS rats (CLI-30 and -180), respectively. Unde...
Source: Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine - Category: General Medicine Tags: Exp Ther Med Source Type: research