Frontiers in Pharmacology (Jan 2021)

Butylphthalide Inhibits Autophagy and Promotes Multiterritory Perforator Flap Survival

  • Baolong Li,
  • Baolong Li,
  • Baolong Li,
  • Zhengtai Chen,
  • Zhengtai Chen,
  • Zhengtai Chen,
  • Xiaobin Luo,
  • Xiaobin Luo,
  • Xiaobin Luo,
  • Chenxi Zhang,
  • Chenxi Zhang,
  • Chenxi Zhang,
  • Hongyu Chen,
  • Hongyu Chen,
  • Hongyu Chen,
  • Shuxuan Wang,
  • Mengyao Zhao,
  • Mengyao Zhao,
  • Mengyao Zhao,
  • Haiwei Ma,
  • Haiwei Ma,
  • Haiwei Ma,
  • Junling Liu,
  • Junling Liu,
  • Junling Liu,
  • Mengshi Cheng,
  • Mengshi Cheng,
  • Yanyan Yang,
  • Yanyan Yang,
  • Hede Yan,
  • Hede Yan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2020.612932
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11

Abstract

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Multiterritory perforator flap is an important plastic surgery technique, yet its efficacy can be limited by partial necrosis at the choke Ⅱ zone. Butylphthalide (NBP) has been used for many diseases but has not been studied in the multiterritory perforator flap. With the effect of NBP, we observed increasing in capillary density, inhibition of autophagy and oxidative stress, and a reduction in apoptosis of cells, all consistent with increased flap survival. However, the protective effect of NBP on multiterritory perforator flap was lost following administration of the autophagy agonist rapamycin (Rap). Through the above results, we assumed that NBP promotes flap survival by inhibiting autophagy. Thus, this study has found a new pharmacological effect of NBP on the multiterritory perforator by inhibiting autophagy to prevent distal postoperative necrosis and exert effects on angiogenesis, oxidative stress, and apoptosis within the flap.

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