Pharmacological HIF-inhibition attenuates postoperative adhesion formation.

ABSTRACT: Peritoneal adhesions represent a common complication of abdominal surgery, and tissue hypoxia is a main determinant in adhesion formation. Reliable therapeutic options to reduce peritoneal adhesions are scarce. We investigated whether the formation of postsurgical adhesions can be affected by pharmacological interference with hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs). Mice were treated with a small molecule HIF-inhibitor, YC-1 (3-[5'-Hydroxymethyl-2'-furyl]-1-benzyl-indazole), or vehicle three days before and seven days after induction of peritoneal adhesions or, alternatively, once during induction of peritoneal adhesions. Pretreatment or single intraperitoneal lavage with YC-1 significantly reduced postoperative adhesion formation without prompting systemic adverse effects. Expression analyses of

SUBMITTER: Strowitzki MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5640636 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature