Propargylglycine up-regulated connective tissue growth factor expression in rat pulmonary artery with high pulmonary blood flow / 基础医学与临床

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore possible impact of endogenous hydrogen sulfide(H2S) on connective tissue growth factor(CTGF) expression in rat pulmonary artery with high pulmonary blood flow.Methods Thirty-two male SD rats,weighing 120～140 g,were randomly divided into 4 groupsshunt group,shunt+PPG group,sham group and sham+PPG group.After 4 weeks of experiment,Rat lung tissue H2S content was determined by a modified sulfide electrode method.Plasma ET-1 concentration was detected by radioimmunoactivity,and lung tissue ET-1 mRNA expression of rat was determined by quantitative competitive reverse transcriptional polymerase chain reaction(RT-PCR).Pulmonary artery connective tissue growth factor(CTGF) protein expression of rats was investigated by immunohistochemistry.Results After 4 weeks of experiment,lung tissue H2S content plasma ET-1,lung tissue ET-1 mRNA and CTGF expression increased significantly in rats of shunt group as compared with that of sham group(P