title: [Relationship between the expression of uncoupling protein 2 and the damage by oxygen free radicals in acute liver failure rats].
abstract: To investigate the relationship between uncoupling protein 2 (UCP2) expression and the damage caused by oxygen free radicals in acute liver failure rat models. Thirty-five male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into two groups: the control group (15 rats) and liver failure group (20 rats). The rats were injected intraperitoneally with thioacetamide (TAA) to induce models of acute liver failure. The levels of endotoxin (ET) were detected by double antibody sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The expression of liver UCP2 mRNA was detected by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. The superoxide dismutase (SOD) and malonaldehyde (MDA) were detected by spectrophotometry. The expression of UCP2 protein was observed by immunohistochemistry. The data of the two groups were compared using Mann-Whitney U test or ANOVA. The expression of UCP2 mRNA in liver failure group was higher as compared to the control group (P value is less than 0.01); the level of MDA and endotoxin of liver failure group were higher than that of the control group (P value is less than 0.01). SOD of the liver failure group was lower (P value is less than 0.01). There was a certain correlation between UCP2 mRNA expression and ET, SOD and MDA (r = 0.952, -0.667, 0. 634 respectively, P value is less than 0.05 or 0.01). UCP2 is highly expressed in the livers of liver failure rats. A certain correlation perhaps existed between the expression of UCP2 mRNA and the serous SOD, MDA and ET.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Taizhou Hospital, Taizhou Zhejiang 317000, China.
authors.forename: Jun-yan
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Hai-hong
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Jing-dan
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Jian-sheng
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004731:Endotoxins / Q000032:analysis; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000378:metabolism*; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D017114:Liver Failure, Acute / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008315:Malondialdehyde / Q000032:analysis; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000032:analysis; D000071246:Uncoupling Protein 2
chemical_list: D004731:Endotoxins; D007473:Ion Channels; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; C000604391:Ucp2 protein, rat; D000071246:Uncoupling Protein 2; D008315:Malondialdehyde; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase