Zhang HF, Guo Y, Chen XJ, Zhang YN, Peng H, Liu ZM, Zhang XY. Associations of clinical indexes and prognosis with gut-vascular barrier damage in patients with intestinal obstruction. World J Gastrointest Surg 2025; 17(12): 111041 [PMID: 41479714 DOI: 10.4240/wjgs.v17.i12.111041]
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Xu-Yu Zhang, MD, PhD, Department of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, No. 58 Zhongshan 2th Road, Guangzhou 510080, Guangdong Province, China. zhangxuy@mail.sysu.edu.cn
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Zhang HF, Guo Y, Chen XJ, Zhang YN, Peng H, Liu ZM, Zhang XY. Associations of clinical indexes and prognosis with gut-vascular barrier damage in patients with intestinal obstruction. World J Gastrointest Surg 2025; 17(12): 111041 [PMID: 41479714 DOI: 10.4240/wjgs.v17.i12.111041]
Hu-Fei Zhang, Yi-Nan Zhang, Hui Peng, Xu-Yu Zhang, Department of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, Guangdong Province, China
Yi Guo, Xiao-Jun Chen, Department of Anesthesiology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, Guangdong Province, China
Zi-Meng Liu, Department of Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, Guangdong Province, China
Co-first authors: Hu-Fei Zhang and Yi Guo.
Co-corresponding authors: Zi-Meng Liu and Xu-Yu Zhang.
Author contributions: Zhang HF and Guo Y contribute equally to this study as co-first authors; Liu ZM and Zhang XY contribute equally to this study as co-corresponding authors; Zhang HF and Guo Y helped design and perform the studies and write the manuscript; Chen XJ helped perform the studies; Zhang YN helped perform the studies; Peng H helped analyze the data; Liu ZM helped generate the concept of the studies and write the manuscript; Zhang XY helped generate the concept of the studies and write the manuscript.
Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 82072204 and No. 81701874; and Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, China, No. 2021A1515010990 and No. 2025A1515012493.
Institutional review board statement: This study was approved by the Ethic Committee of The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, No.[2021]810.
Informed consent statement: All study participants, or their legal guardian, provided informed written consent prior to study enrollment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: There is no conflict of interest.
STROBE statement: The authors have read the STROBE Statement—checklist of items, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the STROBE Statement—checklist of items.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
Corresponding author: Xu-Yu Zhang, MD, PhD, Department of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, No. 58 Zhongshan 2th Road, Guangzhou 510080, Guangdong Province, China. zhangxuy@mail.sysu.edu.cn
Received: July 29, 2025 Revised: September 2, 2025 Accepted: October 17, 2025 Published online: December 27, 2025 Processing time: 149 Days and 0.7 Hours
Abstract
BACKGROUND
The gut-vascular barrier (GVB) is critical for maintaining intestinal homeostasis, but its involvement in intestinal obstruction (IO) remains unclear.
AIM
To investigate GVB disruption in patients with IO and its association with perioperative infection, organ injury, and clinical prognosis.
METHODS
Intestinal tissues from surgical patients with IO (IO group) and without obstruction (control group) were analyzed for PV1, a biomarker of GVB disruption. In the IO group, PV1 expression correlated with clinical data. Patients were further stratified into PV1-high and PV1-low subgroups, and clinical parameters were compared.
RESULTS
PV1 expression was significantly elevated in the IO group. In the IO group, PV1 levels were positively correlated with perioperative infection markers, liver and kidney injury indices, and adverse prognostic indicators, including prolonged hospitalization, antibiotic use, fever duration, and postoperative complications. Several of these outcomes were significantly worse in the PV1-high subgroup than in the PV1-low subgroup, although severe postoperative complications and mortality did not differ.
CONCLUSION
Our findings demonstrate that IO induces GVB damage, and the extent of impairment is closely associated with infection, organ injury, and adverse clinical outcomes in surgical patients, suggesting a pathogenic role for GVB disruption in IO.
Core Tip: This study reveals that intestinal obstruction (IO) leads to gut-vascular barrier (GVB) damage, with PV1 expression positively correlating with infection, liver/kidney injury, and adverse outcomes. GVB impairment may contribute to IO pathogenesis, highlighting PV1 as a potential prognostic biomarker.
