Abstract: Objectives To investigate the effects of 4 ℃ cold-stored platelets (cold storage platelets, CSP) transfusion on acute kidney injury caused by hemorrhagic shock/resuscitation (HS/R) in rats. Methods 20 healthy male SD rats were randomly divided into 4 groups: sham operation group (blank group), HS/R model group (model group), CSP transfusion group, room temperature-stored platelets (RTP) kept at 22 ℃ transfusion group (RTP transfusion group). The rats were executed 24 hours after volume resuscitation, and blood and kidney tissue specimens were collected. Serum concentrations of creatinine (Scr), urea nitrogen (BUN) , cystatin C (CysC) and interleukin-1β (IL-1β) and interleukin-18 (IL-18) in renal tissue were detected in each group. The expression levels of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipid carrier protein (NGAL) and renal injury cause-1 (KIM-1) in renal tissue were detected by Western Blot method, and the pathological changes of renal tissue were observed by HE staining. Results ①There were no significant differences in baseline body mass, MAP, SCr, BUN and other indexs among four groups (P>0.05). ②24 h after resuscitation, the levels of SCr (P<0.05), BUN (P<0.01), CysC (P<0.01) were higher in the model group than in the other three groups; the levels of BUN (P<0.01), SCr (P=0.037), CysC (P=0.020) in the CSP infusion group were lower than those in the RTP infusion group. ③Compared with the model group, serum IL-1β and IL-18 levels were significantly lower in both CSP infusion group and RTP infusion group. Compared with the RTP infusion group, serum IL-1β levels were reduced in the CSP infusion group (P=0.041). Compared with model group, NGAL protein expression was significantly decreased in CSP infusion group (P<0.01), and KIM-1 protein expression was significantly decreased in both CSP infusion group and RTP infusion group (P<0.01). Renal histopathological results showed that CSP transfusion could reduce the degree of renal cell degeneration, necrosis and inflammatory cell infiltration. Conclusion Compared with RTP, CSP transfusion could reduce HS/R acute kidney injury in SD rats.

Key words: 4 ℃ cold-stored platelets, Haemorrhagic shock, Acute kidney injury