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The present study investigated the role of hydrogen sulfide (H 2 S), a novel gaseous transmitter, in chronic heart failure (CHF) induced by left-to-right shunt, leading to volume overload. Thirty male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into four groups: the shunt group, the sham group, the shunt + sodium hydrosulfide (NaHS) group and the sham + NaHS group. CHF was induced in the rats by abdominal aorta-inferior vena cava shunt operation. Rats in the shunt + NaHS and sham + NaHS groups were injected intraperitoneally with NaHS (H 2 S donor). Haemodynamic parameters were measured 8 weeks after surgery. In addition, left ventricular heme oxygenase (HO)-1 mRNA expression was measured by real-time PCR. Protein expression of HO-1 was evaluated by western blot analysis. Eight weeks after surgery, compared to the sham group, the left ventricular systolic pressure (LVSP) and left ventricular peak rate of contraction and relaxation (LV±dp/dtmax) were significantly reduced; the left ventricular end-diastolic pressure (LVEDP) was significantly increased in the shunt group (all P&lt;0.05). However, NaHS increased LVSP and LV±dp/dtmax (all P&lt;0.05) and decreased LVEDP (P&lt;0.05). Protein expression of HO-1 was significantly decreased in the shunt group compared to that in the sham group (P&lt;0.05). NaHS increased protein expression of HO-1 compared to that in the shunt group (P&lt;0.05). HO-1 mRNA expression was significantly increased in the shunt + NaHS group compared to that in the shunt group (P&lt;0.01). The present study demonstrated that H 2 S may play a protective role in volume overload-induced CHF by upregulating protein and mRNA expression of HO-1.

Hydrogen sulfide upregulates heme oxygenase-1 expression in rats with volume overload-induced heart failure