Abstract
BackgroundRemote ischemic perconditioning (RIPerC), remote ischemic postconditioning (RIPostC), and remote ischemic perconditioning + postconditioning (RIPerC + RIPostC) protect against renal ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI). However, the most beneficial approach among these is not known.AimsTo compare the protective effects and study the mechanisms of three different remote ischemic conditioning in preventing IRI in the rat kidney.MethodsFifty healthy adult male Sprague–Dawley rats were randomly assigned to five groups: sham, IRI, RIPerC, RIPostC, and RIPerC + RIPostC. Right nephrectomy was performed initially in all rats. IRI was induced by occluding the left renal artery for 60 min, followed by reperfusion for 24 h. RIPerC, RIPostC, and RIPerC + RIPostC were induced with 5-min ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) cycles using a tourniquet on the right hind limb.ResultsThe IRI group showed significant serologic evidence of renal injury compared to the sham group (P < 0.05). The RIPerC, RIPostC, and RIperC + RIpostC groups displayed significantly lower levels of renal dysfunction than the IRI group (P < 0.05). Superoxide dismutase (SOD) levels were significantly lower in the IRI group than in the sham group (P = 0.003), but were significantly less depressed in the RIPerC, RIPostC, and RIperC + RIpostC groups (P < 0.05). The IRI group displayed more severe renal tubular injury than the RIPerC, RIPostC, and RIPerC + RIPostC groups (P < 0.05).ConclusionAll three remote ischemic conditioning showed similar therapeutic potential for preventing renal IRI. The RIPerC + RIPostC protocol did not show an additive effect from the combination of preconditioning and postconditioning. The protective mechanism may be due to the stimulation of endogenous antioxidant activity by transient limb ischemia–reperfusion.
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