Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine

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Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine

2017, vol. 26, nr 6, September, p. 893–897

doi: 10.17219/acem/64332

Publication type: original article

Language: English

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Potential protective effect of N-acetyl cysteine in acoustic trauma: An experimental study using scanning electron microscopy

Servet Ada1,A,B,C,F, Deniz Hanci2,A,C,F, Seçkin Ulusoy3,A,C,F, Djanan Vejselova4,A,B,C,F, Dilek Burukoglu5,A,B,C,F, Nuray Bayar Muluk6,A,C,D,F, Cemal Cingi7,A,C,D,F

1 Luleburgaz State Hospital, ENT Department, Kırklareli, Turkey

2 Okmeydanı Training and Research Hospital, ENT Clinics, Istanbul,Turkey

3 Şişli Kolan International Hospital, ENT Clinics, Istanbul, Turkey

4 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Anadolu University, Eskişehir, Turkey

5 Department of Histology, Medical Faculty, Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Turkey

6 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Kirikkale University, Turkey

7 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Medical Faculty, Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Turkey

Abstract

Background. Oxidative stress has been associated with pathological processes involved in acoustic trauma.
Objectives. In this prospective experimental study, we investigated the potential preventive effect of N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) in rats exposed to acoustic trauma (AT). Light microscopic and scanning electron microscopic (SEM) evaluations were performed.
Material and Methods. Healthy Wistar albino rats (n = 18) were divided into 3 groups: group 1 (control group, n = 6), group 2 (acoustic trauma group, n = 6), and group 3 (AT+NAC group, n = 6). The rats in group 2 were exposed to AT. The rats in group 3 received NAC at a dose of 100 mg/kg/day by gavage for 7 days, and then 10 min after the 7th-day dose, they were exposed to AT.
Results. From light and scanning electron microscopy evaluations in the control group, the cochlear structure and epithelium were normal. In group 2 (AT group), extensive hair cell loss was observed in the cochlea by light microscopy evaluation. In the SEM evaluation, various epithelial damage and loss of stereocilia were also observed. In group 3 (AT+NAC group), decreased damage with preserved cochlear structures was seen by light microscopy. In the SEM evaluation, although stereocilia loss was also seen, nearly normal cell structures and vertical and symmetrical alignment of stereocilia structures were observed compared to the AT group.
Conclusion. NAC reduced cochlear damage due to acoustic trauma. Because NAC has antioxidant capacity, AT mat have caused an increase in free radicals and death of outer hair cells. NAC is an antioxidant agent and it prevented cochlear damage due to AT in rats.

Key words

N-acetyl cysteine (NAC), acoustic trauma (AT), light microscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM)

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