• 1. Department of General Surgery, the Second People's Hospital of Liangshan Prefecture, Xichang, Sichuan 615000, P. R. China;
  • 2. Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Urumuqi General Hospital of Lanzhou Military Region, Urumuqi, Xinjiang 830000, P. R. China;
ZHANGDong, Email: ljw273@sohu.com
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Objective To investigate the effect of emodin on the expression of hypoxia inducible factor (HIF)-1α protein in rats with severe acute pancreatitis-associated renal injury and explore the possible mechanisms. Methods A total of 72 rats were randomly divided into sham-operated group (n=24), severe acute pancreatitis with renal injury group (injury group, n=24), and treatment group (n=24). The sham-operated and injury groups were given 1.5 mL saline through intragastric administration before operation while the treatment group was fed with the same amount of 50 mg/kg emodin diluent. The pancreas and pancreatic tail-segment was dissociated and the head of pancreas was occluded in rats to form the model, and blood vessel forceps were loosed after three hours. All the rats were sacrificed 12, 24 and 36 hours after modeling. The level of ascites, serum amylase, creatinine, blood urea nitrogen were detected. Hematoxylin-eosin staining was used to observe the pancreatic and renal pathological changes, and immunohistochemical method was used to detect the expression of HIF-1α protein level in the kidney. Results Compared with the sham-operated group, the level of ascites, serum amylase, creatinine, blood urea nitrogen and the expression of HIF-1α protein level increased significantly. The tissue damage of pancreas and the kidney became more serious. Compared with the injury group, the kidney and pancreas function of the treatment group had a better performance. HIF-1α protein level significantly increased in the treatment group, and the difference had a statistical significance (P<0.05). Conclusion Emodin has a good protective effect on severe acute pancreatitis-associated renal injury. It may function through up-regulation expression of HIF-1α protein level to improve the ability of the kidney to tolerate hypoxia, and then reduce the cell apoptosis and necrosis of the kidney.

Citation: LIZhi-ling, ZHANGDong, LIUJiang-wei. Effects of Emodin on the Expression of Hypoxia Inducible Factor-1α Protein in Rats with Severe Acute Pancreatitis-associated Renal Injury. West China Medical Journal, 2015, 30(4): 640-644. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.20150186 Copy

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