Effect of Xuebijing Injection on MIF Expression and Acute Kidney Injury in Rats with Sepsis

WANG Yongming; QIAO Youjie; LI Jiarui; SHANG Yuefeng; YOU Picong

doi:10.3969/j.issn.0253-9896.2014.10.008

Abstract：Objective To investigate the expression of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) in serum and renal tissue of septic rats with actue kidney injury (AKI), and to explore the effect of Chinese traditional medicine-Xuebijing injection on MIF expression as well as on acute kidney injury in rats with sepsis. Methods Sepsis model was reproduced in rats with cecal ligation and puncture (CLP).Eighty healthy SD rats were randomly divided into three groups:sham operation group(n=16), CLP model group (n=32), and xuebijing group(n=32). All rats were sacrificed at either 2, or 8, or 24 and or 48 hours after operations.MIF mRNA levels in renal tissues of septic rats were semi-quantified by Real-time PCR.The content of MIF in serum was determined by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Serum creatinine (Cr) contents were measured by automatic biochemistry analyze. Results Compared with sham operation group, transcription of MIF mRNA in renal tissues of model group were significantly enhanced at 8, 24 and 48 hours after operations (P<0.01). Both contents of MIF and creatinine level in serum of model group rose obviously at 24 and 48 hours after operation (P<0.01);Compared with model group, the transcription of MIF mRNA in renal tissues of xuebijing group decrease obviously at 2, 8, 24 and 48 hours (P<0.01) and both contents of MIF and creatinine in serum of xuebijing group drop remarkably at 24 and 48 hours (P<0.01). Conclusion MIF is a kind of late cytokine which might participate in the pathogenesis of AKI in rats with sepsis.Xuebijing injection can inhibit MIF expression, and possess the protective effects on the kidney in rats with sep-sis.