China Safety Science Journal ›› 2022, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (10): 207-213.doi: 10.16265/j.cnki.issn1003-3033.2022.10.2123

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Experimental study on treatment effect of MET on renal injuries in gas explosion

TIAN Linqiang1(), LAI Feng1, ZHANG Yue1, WENG Xiaogang1, YAO Sanqiao2, REN Wenjie1,**()   

  1. 1 Institute of Trauma and Orthopedics, Third Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang Henan 453003, China
    2 School of Public Health, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang Henan 453003, China
  • Received:2022-04-14 Revised:2022-08-11 Online:2022-10-28 Published:2023-04-28
  • Contact: REN Wenjie

Abstract:

In order to explore characters of kidney injuries caused by gas explosion and treatment effect of MET as well as its possible action mechanism, rat samples were divided into normal control group (NC group), kidney injury caused by gas explosion group (SW group) and kidney injury caused by gas explosion treated with MET group randomly. Then, kidney injury model of rats was built by utilizing actual roadway, renal functions were tested, histological changes of kidney and express changes of apoptosis associated molecular were observed, and those of AMPK and PGC-1α were detected. The results show that kidney injuries are normally expressed as significant congestion and edema in renal corpuscle and kidney tubules along with kidney disfunction. MET can improve renal function and decrease damages probably through activating AMPK and PGC-1α, thus inhibiting apoptosis of renal tubular epithelial cells.

Key words: metformin(MET), gas explosion, acute kidney injury, AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), peroxidase proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1α (PGC-1α)