STUDY ON THE EFFECT-TIME OF INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINES IN POSTASPHYXIAL RENAL INJURY IN NEONATAL RATS

Dong W-B, Tang Z-H, Zhai X-S

Department of Pediatrics, Affiliated Hospital of LuZhou Medical College, Luzhou, Sichuan Province, China

 

Objective: To determine the effect-time of inflammatory cytokines in postasphyxial renal injury in neonatal rats.

Methods: 45 neonatal Wistar rats of 7-10 days were randomly devided into 4 groups: the control (n=13), 2 hour (h) of reoxygenation (n=10), 24h of reoxygenation (n=11) and 48h of reoxygenation (n=10) after asphyxia for 30 minutes. The experiment group was established by normobaric asphyxia, left renal coefficient (LRC) were calculated, leukocyte infiltration and the scores of injured tubules were evaluated under light microscopy. Radioimmunoassay (RIA) was used to measure the contents of interleukin-1 (IL-1) and interleukin-8 (IL-8) in renal tissue.

Results: Compared with the control, leukocyte count, LRC, the scores of tubules, IL-1 and IL-8 increased after 2 h and get to the peak at 24 h of reoxygenation.

Conclusion: It is suggested that release of inflammatory cytokines may play an importmant role in thedevelopment of postasphyxial renal injury, and its maximal effect is at 24h of reoxygenation after asphyxia.

 

 
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