Protective mechanism of ischemic preconditioning on ischemic/reperfusion injury after pancreas transplantation in rats / 中华器官移植杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the protective mechanism of ischemic preconditioning on ischemic/reperfusion injury after pancreas transplantation in rats.Methods The model of diabetic SD rat was established. Twenty-four diabetic SD rats were randomly assigned to ischemic/reperfusion group (I/R group, n=6) and ischemic preconditioning group (IPC group, n=18). The rats in group IPC were averagely assigned to 3 sub-groups group IPC_ 1 (5 min ischemic and 5 min reperfusion), IPC_ 2 (5 min ischemic and 5 min reperfusion twice) and IPC_ 3 (5 min ischemic and 5 min reperfusion thrice). Six normal SD rats whose abdomen was opened only served as control group, and they did not receive pancreas transplantation. I/R group and IPC group received pancreas transplantation. The superoxide dismutase (SOD) and myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity of grafts were monitored 2 h after reperfusion, the apoptotic cells in grafts were observed by TUNEL method, and the expression of Bcl-2 and Bax gene of the grafts was detected by Western blot.Results As compared with I/R group, the SIOD activity and the expression of Bcl-2 gene of grafts were significantly increased, while MPO activity, apoptotic index and the expression of the Bax gene in the grafts were markedly reduced in IPC group (P