Scientific Reports (Dec 2021)

Effect of sleeve gastrectomy, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, and ileal transposition on myocardial ischaemia–reperfusion injury in non-obese non-diabetic rats

  • Oleg Kornyushin,
  • Dmitry Sonin,
  • Alexander Polozov,
  • Vitaly Masley,
  • Nika Bulavinova,
  • Maria Chervyak,
  • Maria Istomina,
  • Daria Mukhametdinova,
  • Alexander Neimark,
  • Yuri Cheburkin,
  • Yana Toropova,
  • Kira Derkach,
  • Alexander Shpakov,
  • Michael Galagudza,
  • Evgenyi Shlyakhto

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-03283-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Abstract Bariatric surgery (BS) improves outcomes in patients with myocardial infarction (MI). Here we tested the hypothesis that BS-mediated reduction in fatal MI could be attributed to its infarct-limiting effect. Wistar rats were randomized into five groups: control (CON), sham (SHAM), Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB), sleeve gastrectomy (SG), and ileotransposition (IT). Ten weeks later, animals were subjected to 30-min myocardial ischemia plus 120-min reperfusion. Infarct size (IS) and no-reflow area were determined histochemically. Fasting plasma levels of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), leptin, ghrelin, and insulin were measured using ELISA. Compared with SHAM, RYGB and SG reduced IS by 22% (p = 0.011) and 10% (p = 0.027), and no-reflow by 38% (p = 0.01) and 32% (p = 0.004), respectively. IT failed to reduce IS and no-reflow. GLP-1 level was increased in the SG and RYGB groups compared with CON. In both the SG and RYGB, leptin level was decreased compared with CON and SHAM. In the SG group, ghrelin level was lower than that in the CON and SHAM. Insulin levels were not different between groups. In conclusion, RYGB and SG increased myocardial tolerance to ischemia–reperfusion injury of non-obese, non-diabetic rats, and their infarct-limiting effect is associated with decreased leptin and ghrelin levels and increased GLP-1 level.