Histological Studies on Skeletal Muscles of Albino Rats under the Effect of Atorvastatin
El Dawi, H., Elgharabawy, G., El Sharkawy, E., Moustafa, A., Amr, I., Bayomy, O. (2013). Histological Studies on Skeletal Muscles of Albino Rats under the Effect of Atorvastatin. EKB Journal Management System, 53(1), 883-903. doi: 10.12816/0001651
Hassan S. A. El Dawi; Gamal S. Elgharabawy; Ezz El-Dein El Sharkawy; Abd El Ghany A. Moustafa; Ibraheim M. Amr; Osama I. R. Bayomy. "Histological Studies on Skeletal Muscles of Albino Rats under the Effect of Atorvastatin". EKB Journal Management System, 53, 1, 2013, 883-903. doi: 10.12816/0001651
El Dawi, H., Elgharabawy, G., El Sharkawy, E., Moustafa, A., Amr, I., Bayomy, O. (2013). 'Histological Studies on Skeletal Muscles of Albino Rats under the Effect of Atorvastatin', EKB Journal Management System, 53(1), pp. 883-903. doi: 10.12816/0001651
El Dawi, H., Elgharabawy, G., El Sharkawy, E., Moustafa, A., Amr, I., Bayomy, O. Histological Studies on Skeletal Muscles of Albino Rats under the Effect of Atorvastatin. EKB Journal Management System, 2013; 53(1): 883-903. doi: 10.12816/0001651

Histological Studies on Skeletal Muscles of Albino Rats under the Effect of Atorvastatin

The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine
Article 16, Volume 53, Issue 1, October 2013, Page 883-903  XML PDF (16.57 MB)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.12816/0001651
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Authors
Hassan S. A. El Dawi; Gamal S. Elgharabawy; Ezz El-Dein El Sharkawy; Abd El Ghany A. Moustafa; Ibraheim M. Amr; Osama I. R. Bayomy
Histology Departments, Faculty of Medicine (Cairo and Damietta), Al-Azhar University
Abstract
Introduction:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of atorvastatin on the structure of  skeletal muscles in male albino rats and the possibility of recovery of any changes in the muscles.
Drug used: Atorvastatin (Lipitor  20mg) tablets.The daily single oral dose was 1.6 mg /kg body weight.
Experimental animals: Twenty five adult local strain male albino rats with average weight of 160 gm were chosen, divided into five equal groups and fed on ordinary rat diet: Group I (control group), Group II  treated with atorvastatin  (1.6 mg/kg/b.wt/day) for two weeks, Group III  treated with atorvastatin  for two weeks then stopped receiving treatment for two weeks (recovery group 1), Group IV treated with atorvastatin for four weeks and Group V  treated with atorvastatin for four weeks then stopped receiving treatment for four weeks (recovery group II).
Results: Administration of atorvastatin for long duration resulted in some sort of myotoxic structural changes and apoptosis as evident by deformity in the mitochondria , lack  of striation , degeneration of nuclei and splitting of muscle fibres in the adult male albino rat skeletal muscle.
Conclusions:Atorvastatin (statin) has many adverse effects on the skeletal muscle tissues with treatmant for long duration (Group IV).  So, patients should avoid the possible side effects.
 
Keywords
albino rats; Atorvastatin drug; skeletal muscles
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