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MEDISAN
On-line version ISSN 1029-3019
Abstract
MORA TASSE, Yoandra; FONG LORES, Onel; BERENGUER RIVAS, Clara Azalea and PEREZ ANDRES, Irela Yolaidys. Human erythrocytes as pharmacological biomodel of antioxidant cytoprotection for the evaluation of new therapeutic alternatives in patients with COVID-19. MEDISAN [online]. 2022, vol.26, n.5, e4316. Epub Oct 18, 2022. ISSN 1029-3019.
Introduction:
The oxidative stress can affect the biological membranes of different cellular types in the organism, which has been evidenced in the damages to the tissues and organs of patients with COVID-19, reason why the recent investigations are related to the search of cytoprotector and antioxidant drugs that minimize these damages.
Objective:
To evaluate the human erythrocytes as pharmacological biomodel of antioxidant cytoprotection.
Methods:
The cytotoxicity pattern was evaluated in erythrocytes induced by peroxide of hydrogen and the system of diagnosis proposed was valued in a cytoprotection assay in erythrocytes, with the use of ascorbic acid as reference substance.
Results:
For the concentration of erythrocytes used a cytotoxicity model was achieved to the concentration of 10 mM of peroxide at 30 minutes of incubation. The substance of reference used didn't show cytotoxicity signs in the hemolysis test. In the cytoprotection assay a pharmacological effect of the referent was evidenced, with a value of the cytoprotection index of 12.71 µg/mL. The study of optic microscopy showed severe morphological damages in the erythrocytes treated with peroxide of spherocytes, echinocytes and spheroechinocytes type that significantly diminished in presence of this reference substance.
Conclusions:
The proposed pharmacological biomodel can be used in the evaluation of new therapeutic alternatives with antioxidant cytoprotector properties for the treatment of patients with COVID-19.
Keywords : pharmacological biomodel; cytoprotection; antioxidant; human erythrocytes.