title: Influence of intermittent ischemia on thioacetamide-induced rat liver cirrhosis.
abstract: We studied the influence of intermittent ischemic injury on thioacetamide-induced liver cirrhosis in rats. Wistar rats were divided into group A, intermittent ischemic injury to liver cirrhosis, and group B, continuous ischemic injury to liver cirrhosis. Total ischemic time was 60 min in both groups. In group A, ischemic injury consisted of a repetition 4 times of 15 min ischemia and 5 min reperfusion. The ATP level of the liver was measured before ischemia, before reperfusion, and 60 min after reperfusion. Bile was collected to determine bile flow rate. The ATP level in the liver tissue 60 min after reperfusion was significantly (p < 0.05) higher in group A than in group B. The ATP level immediately before reperfusion was also significantly (p < 0.05) higher in group A than in group B. The survival rate 1 week after ischemic injury and bile flow rate 60 min after reperfusion were significantly (p < 0.01) higher in group A compared with those in group B. The energy level was much higher in intermittent ischemic injury than in continuous ischemic injury immediately before reperfusion and after reperfusion. Survival rate and bile flow rate were higher in intermittent ischemic injury than in continuous ischemic injury. Therefore it suggests that the viability of the liver was maintained better in intermittent ischemic injury than in continuous ischemic injury.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Surgery, Gifu University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsutomo
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hirose
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Senga
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fukuchi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Imai
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Katagiri
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Onitsuka
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001646:Bile / Q000502:physiology; D007511:Ischemia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D008102:Liver Circulation / Q000502:physiology*; D008106:Liver Cirrhosis, Experimental / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D016019:Survival Analysis; D013853:Thioacetamide
chemical_list: D013853:Thioacetamide; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate