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New Insights into Sepsis Therapy Using Sepia Officinalis
#MMPMID27099690
Soliman AM
; Fahmy SR
; Sayed AA
; Abd El-Latif AA
Jundishapur J Microbiol
2016[Jan]; 9
(1
): e29331
PMID27099690
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BACKGROUND: Sepsis remains a major problem for both scientists and clinicians.
Cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) is considered the gold standard for animal
models of sepsis. The undesirable side effects of certain antibiotics have forced
scientists to discover new, natural, and safe antimicrobial agents, such as
cephalopods, which are known to display significant antimicrobial activity.
OBJECTIVES: The present investigation aims to evaluate the in vitro and in vivo
antibacterial and antiseptic efficacy of Sepia officinalis body tissue (SOBT)
extract and S. officinalis polysaccharide (SOP) from its cuttlebone. MATERIALS
AND METHODS: Forty-eight rats were divided into 4 groups, and starting 2 hours
after CLP, treatments were given for 2 days as follows: sham control rats treated
orally with distilled water, septic rats treated orally distilled water, septic
rats treated orally methanolic extract of SOBT (500 mg/kg b.wt) suspended in
distilled water, and septic rats treated orally SOP extract (200 mg /kg b.wt)
dissolved in distilled water. On the third day, half of the rats in each group
were euthanized for blood collection. The other half were kept alive and used for
the survival study. RESULTS: The present study revealed that the SOBT and SOP
extracts showed in vitro bactericidal activity against gram-positive and
gram-negative bacteria. Furthermore, administration of SOBT and SOP increased the
rats' survival rates by 66.7% and 83.33%, respectively, as compared to the
untreated CLP-septic rats. Treatment of the CLP-septic rats with SOBT and SOP
significantly alleviated alterations in procalcitonin levels and in some
hematological parameters induced by CLP. CONCLUSIONS: SOBT and SOP had profound
antiseptic efficacy.