Protective mechanisms of glycine against the secondary liver injury of rats after taumatic shock / 中华创伤杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the effects of glycine on the expression of HSP70 and TNF-α mRNA in the liver tissue of rats with traumatic shock and explore the protective mechanism of glycine a-gainst secondary liver injury after traumatic shock. Methods The traumatic shock model was established and 120 Wistar rats were divided randomly into three groups treatment group, shock group and control group. At the beginning of resuscitation, the rats in the treatment were injected with 0.5 ml isotonic saline containing 100 mg/kg glycine, those rats in the shock group were injected only with 0.5 ml isotonic saline. The rats in three groups were killed at 3, 6, 12, 24 and 48 hours after resuscitation respectively. The ex-pression of HSP70 and TNF-α mRNA in the liver tissue were detected by RT-PCR, pathological changes were observed and serum ALT and AST were measured. Results The expressions of HSP70 and TNF-α mRNA in the liver tissue of rats in the shock group began to increase at 3 hours and both reached the peak value at 6 hours after resuscitation, but the expression of HSP70 mRNA in the treatment group reached the peak value at 12 hours after resuscitation. Compared with the control group, the expression of HSP70 mR-NA in the treatment group increased significantly and that of TNF-α mRNA decreased siganicantly, serum ALT and AST decreased and pathological damage was relieved significantly (all P < 0.05). Conclusion By enhancing the expression of HSP70 mRNA and decreasing the expression of TNF-α mRNA, glycine may play a protective role against the secondary damage of liver after traumatic shock.