title: Role of hydrogen sulphide in haemorrhagic shock in the rat: protective effect of inhibitors of hydrogen sulphide biosynthesis.
abstract: Haemorrhagic shock (60 min) in the anaesthetized rat resulted in a prolonged fall in the mean arterial blood pressure (MAP) and heart rate (HR). Pre-treatment (30 min before shock) or post-treatment (60 min after shock) with inhibitors of cystathionine gamma lyase (CSE; converts cysteine into hydrogen sulphide (H(2)S)), dl-propargylglycine or beta-cyanoalanine (50 mg kg(-1), i.v.), or glibenclamide (40 mg kg(-1), i.p.), produced a rapid, partial restoration in MAP and HR. Neither saline nor DMSO affected MAP or HR. Plasma H(2)S concentration was elevated 60 min after blood withdrawal (37.5+/-1.3 microM, n=18 c.f. 28.9+/-1.4 microM, n=15, P<0.05). The conversion of cysteine to H(2)S by liver (but not kidney) homogenates prepared from animals killed 60 min after withdrawal of blood was significantly increased (52.1+/-1.6 c.f. 39.8+/-4.1 nmol mg protein(-1), n=8, P<0.05), as was liver CSE mRNA (2.7 x). Both PAG (IC(50), 55.0+/-3.2 microM) and BCA (IC(50), 6.5+/-1.2 microM) inhibited liver H(2)S synthesizing activity in vitro. Pre-treatment of animals with PAG or BCA (50 mg kg(-1), i.p.) but not glibenclamide (40 mg kg(-1), i.p., K(ATP) channel inhibitor) abolished the rise in plasma H(2)S in animals exposed to 60 min haemorrhagic shock and prevented the augmented biosynthesis of H(2)S from cysteine in liver. These results demonstrate that H(2)S plays a role in haemorrhagic shock in the rat. CSE inhibitors may provide a novel approach to the treatment of haemorrhagic shock.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, National University of Singapore, Block MD2, 18 Medical Drive, 117597 Singapore.
authors.forename: Ying-Yuan Pamela
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Mok
authors.forename: Mohammed Shirhan Bin Mohammed
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Atan
authors.forename: Cheong
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yoke Ping
authors.forename: Wang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhong Jing
authors.forename: Madhav
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bhatia
authors.forename: Shabbir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Moochhala
authors.forename: Philip K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Moore
mesh_terms: D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; D000409:Alanine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000480:Alkynes / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D003542:Cystathionine gamma-Lyase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000096:biosynthesis; D003545:Cysteine / Q000378:metabolism; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D005905:Glyburide / Q000494:pharmacology; D005998:Glycine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006862:Hydrogen Sulfide / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D054086:KATP Channels; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D015221:Potassium Channels / Q000378:metabolism; D024661:Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012771:Shock, Hemorrhagic / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; D000480:Alkynes; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D054086:KATP Channels; D015221:Potassium Channels; D024661:Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C092520:uK-ATP-1 potassium channel; C009055:propargylglycine; C004631:3-cyanoalanine; D003542:Cystathionine gamma-Lyase; D003545:Cysteine; D000409:Alanine; D005905:Glyburide; D005998:Glycine; D006862:Hydrogen Sulfide