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. 2009 Feb;61(2):207-12.
doi: 10.1211/jpp/61.02.0010.

Hydrogen sulfide protects from intestinal ischaemia-reperfusion injury in rats

Hao Liu  1 , Xiao-Bin Bai, Song Shi, Yong-Xiao Cao
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Hydrogen sulfide protects from intestinal ischaemia-reperfusion injury in rats

Hao Liu et al. J Pharm Pharmacol. 2009 Feb.

Abstract

Objectives: Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is an endogenously gaseous mediator, regulating many pathophysiological functions in mammalian cells. H2S has been shown to inhibit myocardial ischaemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury. However, little is known about whether H2S could modulate intestinal I/R injury. This study aimed to investigate the effect of H2S on intestinal I/R injury and potential mechanism(s) underlying the action of H2S in regulating the development of intestinal I/R injury in rats.

Methods: Following surgical induction of intestinal I/R injury for 1 h, groups of Sprague-Dawley rats were treated with, or without, tetramethylpyrazine (8 mg/kg), or sodium hydrosulfide (NaHS, an H2S donor at 7 or 14 micromol/kg) 30 min after occlusion. All rats were sacrificed immediately after the reperfusion. Their intestinal injury, together with that of sham-control rats, was histologically examined and their sera and intestinal malondialdehyde (MDA), superoxide dismutase (SOD), peroxidase (GSH-Px) activities were characterized by biochemical analysis.

Key findings: The results showed that NaHS significantly reduced intestinal I/R injury and the levels of sera and intestinal MDA activity, and dramatically increased the levels of serum and intestinal SOD and GSH-Px activity.

Conclusions: The results suggest that H2S protects from intestinal I/R injury in rats, which is associated with increase in the activity of antioxidant enzymes.

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