BACKGROUND: Acute kidney injury secondary to renal ischemia and reperfusion injury is widely prevalent. Ghrelin, which is a stomach-derived peptide, has been shown to be anti-inflammatory. The purpose of this study was to examine whether human ghrelin has any beneficial effects after renal ischemia and reperfusion injury, and if so, whether ghrelin's action in renal ischemia and reperfusion injury is mediated by the vagus nerve. METHODS: Male adult rats were subjected to renal ischemia and reperfusion by bilateral renal pedicle clamping for 60 min, treated intravenously with human ghrelin (4 nmol/rat) or normal saline (vehicle) immediately after reperfusion. After 24 h, the animals were killed and samples were harvested. In separate groups, subdiaphragmatic vagotomy prior to renal ischemia and reperfusion was performed, treated with human ghrelin or vehicle, and at 24 h, blood and organs were harvested. RESULTS: Renal ischemia and reperfusion injury caused significant increases in the serum levels of tissue injury markers compared with the sham operation. Human ghrelin treatment attenuated serum creatinine and blood urea nitrogen significantly by 55% and 53%, and liver enzymes (aminotransferase [AST] and alanine aminotransferase [ALT]) by 20% and 24%, respectively, compared with the vehicle-treated groups. Tissue water contents, plasma and kidney interleukin-6, and kidney myeloperoxidase activity were decreased. Bcl-2/Bax ratio was increased, and histology of the kidneys was improved. More importantly, prior vagotomy abolished ghrelin's protective effect in tissue injury markers and tissue water contents in renal ischemia and reperfusion injured animals. CONCLUSION: Human ghrelin treatment in renal ischemia and reperfusion injured rats attenuated systemic and kidney-specific inflammatory responses. The protection of human ghrelin in renal ischemia and reperfusion injury was mediated by the vagus nerve. These data suggest that ghrelin can be developed as a novel treatment for patients with acute kidney injury induced by renal ischemia and reperfusion injury.
BACKGROUND: Acute kidney injury secondary to renal ischemia and reperfusion injury is widely prevalent. Ghrelin, which is a stomach-derived peptide, has been shown to be anti-inflammatory. The purpose of this study was to examine whether humanghrelin has any beneficial effects after renal ischemia and reperfusion injury, and if so, whether ghrelin's action in renal ischemia and reperfusion injury is mediated by the vagus nerve. METHODS: Male adult rats were subjected to renal ischemia and reperfusion by bilateral renal pedicle clamping for 60 min, treated intravenously with humanghrelin (4 nmol/rat) or normal saline (vehicle) immediately after reperfusion. After 24 h, the animals were killed and samples were harvested. In separate groups, subdiaphragmatic vagotomy prior to renal ischemia and reperfusion was performed, treated with humanghrelin or vehicle, and at 24 h, blood and organs were harvested. RESULTS:Renal ischemia and reperfusion injury caused significant increases in the serum levels of tissue injury markers compared with the sham operation. Humanghrelin treatment attenuated serum creatinine and blood ureanitrogen significantly by 55% and 53%, and liver enzymes (aminotransferase [AST] and alanine aminotransferase [ALT]) by 20% and 24%, respectively, compared with the vehicle-treated groups. Tissue water contents, plasma and kidney interleukin-6, and kidney myeloperoxidase activity were decreased. Bcl-2/Bax ratio was increased, and histology of the kidneys was improved. More importantly, prior vagotomy abolished ghrelin's protective effect in tissue injury markers and tissue water contents in renal ischemia and reperfusion injured animals. CONCLUSION:Humanghrelin treatment in renal ischemia and reperfusion injured rats attenuated systemic and kidney-specific inflammatory responses. The protection of humanghrelin in renal ischemia and reperfusion injury was mediated by the vagus nerve. These data suggest that ghrelin can be developed as a novel treatment for patients with acute kidney injury induced by renal ischemia and reperfusion injury.
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