title: Effects of ischemic liver preconditioning on hepatic ischemia/reperfusion injury in the rat.
abstract: To minimize bleeding during major liver resections or liver transplantation, surgical measures have been adopted that induce ischemia-reperfusion injury (I/R) which may significantly contribute to morbidity and mortality of partial liver resections. Several methods have sought to minimize I/R hepatic lesions. The present project assessed the protective role of ischemic preconditioning (IPC) in rat livers. The IPC was accomplished by clamping the hepatic pedicle for 5 minutes, followed by a 5-minute reperfusion (R) period before a 2-hour ischemia. Thereafter, reperfusions of 1, 3, and 24 hours were compared among IPC and control groups without IPC. Liver biopsy and blood samples were measured for mitochondrial respiratory control ratio (RCR), serum aspartate aminotransferase (AST), and alanine aminotransferase (ALT). IPC protected liver mitochondrial function. Serum aminotransferase levels were significantly lower among animals undergoing IPC compared with groups without IPC. Thus, we verified the effects of IPC for hepatocellular protection against I/R lesions.
authors.affiliation: Catanduva School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: S A R
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Centurion
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Centurion
authors.forename: M E J
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.forename: M C J
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Sankarankutty
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Mente
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Castro e Silva
mesh_terms: D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000097:blood; D000818:Animals; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000097:blood; D019194:Ischemic Preconditioning / Q000379:methods*; D007700:Kinetics; D008099:Liver; D008102:Liver Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D023421:Models, Animal; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D015427:Reperfusion Injury / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D012119:Respiration
chemical_list: D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D000410:Alanine Transaminase