Xu Lei, Sun Jie, Lu Ran, Ji Qing, Xu Jian-Guo
Department of Anesthesiology, Jinling Hospital, 305 East Zhongshan Road, Nanjing 210002, Jiangsu Province, China.
World J Gastroenterol. 2005 Feb 7;11(5):733-6. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i5.733.
To study the modulation of glutamate on post-ischemic intestinal and cerebral inflammatory responses in a ischemic and excitotoxic rat model.
Adult male rats were subjected to bilateral carotid artery occlusion for 15 min and injection of monosodium glutamate intraperitoneally, to decapitate them at selected time points. Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) level and nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappaB) activity were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbant assay (ELISA) and electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA), respectively. Hemodynamic parameters were monitored continuously during the whole process of cerebral ischemia and reperfusion.
Monosodium glutamate (MSG) treated rats displayed statistically significant high levels of TNF-alpha in cerebral and intestinal tissues within the first 6 h of ischemia. The rats with cerebral ischemia showed a minor decrease of TNF-alpha production in cerebral and intestinal tissues. The rats with cerebral ischemia and treated with MSG displayed statistically significant low levels of TNF-alpha in cerebral and intestinal tissues. These results correlated significantly with NF-kappaB production calculated at the same intervals. During experiment, the mean blood pressure and heart rates in all groups were stable.
Glutamate is involved in the mechanism of intestinal and cerebral inflammation responses. The effects of glutamate on cerebral and intestinal inflammatory responses after ischemia are up-regulated at the transcriptional level, through the NF-kappaB signal transduction pathway.
在缺血和兴奋性毒性大鼠模型中研究谷氨酸对缺血后肠道和脑炎症反应的调节作用。
成年雄性大鼠接受双侧颈动脉闭塞15分钟并腹腔注射谷氨酸,在选定时间点断头。分别通过酶联免疫吸附测定(ELISA)和电泳迁移率变动分析(EMSA)测定肿瘤坏死因子α(TNF-α)水平和核因子κB(NF-κB)活性。在脑缺血和再灌注的全过程中持续监测血流动力学参数。
谷氨酸钠(MSG)处理的大鼠在缺血的最初6小时内,脑和肠道组织中的TNF-α水平在统计学上显著升高。脑缺血大鼠的脑和肠道组织中TNF-α产生略有下降。脑缺血并接受MSG处理的大鼠脑和肠道组织中的TNF-α水平在统计学上显著降低。这些结果与相同时间间隔计算的NF-κB产生显著相关。实验期间,所有组的平均血压和心率均稳定。
谷氨酸参与肠道和脑炎症反应机制。缺血后谷氨酸对脑和肠道炎症反应的影响通过NF-κB信号转导途径在转录水平上上调。