|
International Journal of Reproductive BioMedicine
Research and Clinical Center for Infertility, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences of Yazd
ISSN: 1680-6433 EISSN: 1680-6433
Vol. 18, No. 8, 2020, pp. 579-590
|
Bioline Code: rm20062
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
Document available free of charge
|
|
International Journal of Reproductive BioMedicine, Vol. 18, No. 8, 2020, pp. 579-590
en |
The effect of methenamine on vascular development: Experimental investigation using in vivo and insilico methods
Tavakkoli, Hadi; Imani, Masoud; Rahchamani, Seyyed Mohammad & Rezvani, Mohsen
Abstract
Background: Methenamine is a worldwide antibacterial agent for urinary system
infections in human and animals. The effect of methenamine consumption during early
phase of pregnancy is not fully clarified in previous studies. Vascular development is
the essential part of the early embryonic growth.
Objective: In this study, we used chicken chorioallantoic membrane to evaluate the
effects of methenamine administration on angiogenesis process as a model.
Materials and Methods: In this experimental study, 20 Ross 308 eggs (mean weight
55 ± 4) were incubated. The eggs were divided into two equal groups (n = 10/each).
In the first group, methenamine (150 mg/kg egg weight) was injected on the shell
membrane, and in the second group (control group) phosphate-buffered salineas
injected. Methenamine was inoculated at 96 and 120 hrafter incubation; 24 hrafter the
last inoculation, the eggs were removed and the egg’s shell was incised. Then, the
development of vascular network and vascular endothelial growth factor Aexpression
was evaluated.
Results: Angiogenesis was significantly decreased after methenamine treatment.
The indexes such as areas containing vessels, the vessels’ length, the percentage
of angiogenesis developing areas, and vascular complexity in the treatment group
receiving methenamine were significantly reduced compared to the control group.
Vascular endothelial growth factor Aexpression was suppressed in the methenamine
treated group.
Conclusion: According to the achieved results, it was defined that methenamine could
have an inhibitory effect on the growth and development procedures of extraembryonic
vasculature.
Keywords
Methenamine; Angiogenesis modulating agents; Vascular endothelial growth factor A; Extraembryonic membranes.
|
|
© Copyright 2020 - International Journal of Reproductive BioMedicine Alternative site location: http://www.ijrm.ir
|
|