Pretreatment With Glycine Reduces the Severity of Warm Intestinal Ischemic-Reperfusion Injury in the Rat

Free jejunal flaps may experience adverse effects immediately after revascularization because of ischemic-reperfusion injury. In this study the authors evaluated the ability of glycine to protect the small intestine against the effects of a warm ischemic-reperfusion injury. Male Wistar rats (N = 30) were randomized to either a baseline group (no intervention), a control group (local arterial infusion with normal saline), or a glycine group (local arterial infusion with 20% glycine). Pretreatment with 20% glycine increased significantly (p < 0.05) mucosal protein and deoxyribonucleic acid content, reduced intestinal myeloperoxidase activity, and maintained mucosal glutaminase activity. These results indicate that some of the indicators of ischemic-reperfusion injury are improved by pretreatment with a 20% glycine solution.

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