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Cardiovascular & Hematological Disorders-Drug Targets

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ISSN (Print): 1871-529X
ISSN (Online): 2212-4063

Research Article

Comparison of the Acute Hematopoietic Capacities of Erythropoietin and U-74389G Concerning Hematocrit Levels

Author(s): Constantinos Tsompos*, Constantinos Panoulis, Konstantinos Toutouzas, Aggeliki Triantafyllou, George Zografos and Apostolos Papalois

Volume 17, Issue 1, 2017

Page: [24 - 27] Pages: 4

DOI: 10.2174/1871529X17666170201104158

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Abstract

Aim: This study compared the hematopoietic capacities of erythropoietin (Epo) and antioxidant drug U-74389G, based on 2 preliminary studies. The provided results on hematocrit levels augmentation were co-evaluated in a hypoxia reoxygenation protocol of an animal model.

Materials and Methods: Hematocrit levels were evaluated at the 60th reoxygenation min (for groups A, C and E) and at the 120th reoxygenation min (for groups B, D and F) in 60 rats. Groups A and B received no drugs, rats from groups C and D were administered with Epo; whereas rats from groups E and F were administered with U-74389G.

Results: The first preliminary study of Epo non-significantly increased the hematocrit levels by 0.24%+1.38% (p-value=0.8586). The second preliminary study of U-74389G significantly raised the hematocrit levels by 3.16%+1.33% (p-value=0.0196). These 2 studies were co-evaluated since they came from the same experimental setting. The outcome of the co-evaluation was that U-74389G has approximately 12.66-fold higher hematopoietic potency than Epo (p-value=0.0000).

Conclusion: The anti-oxidant capacities of U-74389G provide satisfactory acute hematopoietic properties; presenting approximately 12.66-fold hematocrit level rise than epo (p-value=0.0000).

Keywords: Hypoxia, erythropoietin, U-74389G, hematocrit levels, reoxygenation, cytokine.

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