PMID- 32651971 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20211014 LR - 20211014 IS - 1840-4812 (Electronic) IS - 1512-8601 (Print) IS - 1512-8601 (Linking) VI - 21 IP - 1 DP - 2021 Feb 1 TI - Dose-dependent effects of adalimumab in neonatal rats with hypoxia/reoxygenation-induced intestinal damage. PG - 33-38 LID - 10.17305/bjbms.2020.4823 [doi] AB - Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) has an important role in hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R)-induced intestinal damage. It was shown that blocking TNF-alpha with infliximab has beneficial effects on experimental necrotizing enterocolitis and hypoxic intestinal injury. However, there is no data about the effect of adalimumab on H/R-induced intestinal damage. Therefore, we aimed to determine potential dose-dependent benefits of adalimumab in such damage in neonatal rats. Wistar albino rat pups were assigned to one of the four groups: control group, hypoxia group, low-dose adalimumab (5 mg/kg/day) treated group (LDAT), and high-dose adalimumab (50 mg/kg/day) treated group (HDAT). On the fourth day of the experiment, all rats except for the control group were exposed to H/R followed by euthanasia. Malondialdehyde (MDA), myeloperoxidase (MPO), TNF-alpha, total antioxidant capacity (TAC), and total oxidant capacity (TOC) were measured in intestinal tissue. TAC and TOC values were used to calculate the oxidative stress index (OSI). Histopathological injury scores (HIS) were also evaluated in the tissue samples. MDA levels were significantly lower in the LDAT and HDAT groups (p < 0.001). TNF-alpha levels were significantly lower in the LDAT group (p < 0.001). OSI was significantly higher in the H/R group than in the control and LDAT groups (p < 0.001). Mean HIS values in the LDAT group were significantly lower than those in the H/R and HDAT groups (p < 0.001). This experimental study showed that low-dose adalimumab appears to have a beneficial effect on intestinal injury induced with H/R in neonatal rats. FAU - Kocamaz, Halil AU - Kocamaz H AD - Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey. FAU - Ozdemir, Ozmert Ma AU - Ozdemir OM AD - Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey. FAU - Turk, Nilay Sen AU - Turk NS AD - Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey. FAU - Enli, Yasar AU - Enli Y AD - Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey. FAU - Sahin, Barbaros AU - Sahin B AD - Experimental Animal Study Laboratory, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey. FAU - Ergin, Hacer AU - Ergin H AD - Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20210201 PL - Bosnia and Herzegovina TA - Bosn J Basic Med Sci JT - Bosnian journal of basic medical sciences JID - 101200947 RN - 0 (Antioxidants) RN - 4Y8F71G49Q (Malondialdehyde) RN - EC 1.11.1.7 (Peroxidase) RN - FYS6T7F842 (Adalimumab) SB - IM MH - Adalimumab/administration & dosage/*pharmacology MH - Animals MH - Animals, Newborn MH - Antioxidants/metabolism MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug MH - Enterocolitis, Necrotizing/*drug therapy/metabolism/pathology MH - Hypoxia/*pathology MH - Malondialdehyde/metabolism MH - Oxidative Stress MH - Peroxidase/metabolism MH - Rats MH - Rats, Wistar MH - Reperfusion Injury/*drug therapy/metabolism/*pathology PMC - PMC7861631 COIS- Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflict of interests EDAT- 2020/07/12 06:00 MHDA- 2021/10/15 06:00 PMCR- 2021/02/01 CRDT- 2020/07/12 06:00 PHST- 2020/05/08 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/07/02 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/07/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/10/15 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/07/12 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2021/02/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - BJBMS-21-33 [pii] AID - 10.17305/bjbms.2020.4823 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Bosn J Basic Med Sci. 2021 Feb 1;21(1):33-38. doi: 10.17305/bjbms.2020.4823.