title: Effects of glycyl-glutamine dipeptide supplementation on myocardial damage and cardiac function in rats after severe burn injury.
abstract: Glutamine decreases myocardial damage in ischemia/reperfusion injury. However, the cardioprotective effect of glutamine after burn injury remains unclear. Present study was to explore the protective effect of glycyl-glutamine dipeptide on myocardial damage in severe burn rats. Seventy-two Wistar rats were randomly divided into three groups: normal control (C), burned control (B) and glycyl-glutamine dipeptide-treated (GG) groups. B and GG groups were inflicted with 30% total body surface area of full thickness burn. The GG group was given 1.5 g/kg glycyl-glutamine dipeptide per day and the B group was given the same dose of alanine via intraperitoneal injection for 3 days. The serum CK, LDH, AST, and, blood lactic acid levels, as well as the myocardium ATP and GSH contents, were measured. The indices of cardiac contractile function and histopathological change were analyzed at 12, 24, 48, and 72 post-burn hours (PBH). The serum CK, LDH, AST and blood lactic acid levels increased, and the myocardium ATP and GSH content decreased in both burned groups. Compared with B group, the CK, LDH, AST and blood lactic acid levels reduced, myocardium ATP and GSH content increased in GG group. Moreover, the inhibition of cardiac contractile function and myocardial histopathological damage were reduced significantly in GG group. We conclude that myocardial histological structure and function were damaged significantly after burn injury, glycyl-glutamine dipeptide supplementation is beneficial to myocardial preservation by improving cardiocyte energy metabolism, increasing ATP and glutathione synthesis.
authors: State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Institute of Burns of PLA, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400038, PR China.
authors: Yong
authors: Y
authors: Zhang
authors: Hong
authors: H
authors: Yan
authors: Shang-Gun
authors: SG
authors: Lv
authors: Lin
authors: L
authors: Wang
authors: Guang-Ping
authors: GP
authors: Liang
authors: Qian-Xue
authors: QX
authors: Wan
authors: Xi
authors: X
authors: Peng
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D004151:Dipeptides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects*; D006334:Heart Function Tests; D008297:Male; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000209:etiology; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
chemical_list: D004151:Dipeptides; C039788:glycylglutamine
keywords: GSH; Glycyl-glutamine dipeptide; burns; energy metabolism; myocardial damage; rat
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