Abstract:Abstract: 【Objective】 To explore the effectiveness of elastin-like polypeptides as an ESD submucosal injection solution. 【Methods】 In vivo study, 54 healthy male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly allocated into there parts (n=18). The first part by submucosal injection of different drugs were randomly divide into three groups (n=6). elastin-like polypeptides (ELP), sodium hyaluronate (SH), nomal saline (NS) 0.2 mL were injected after exposure to the posterior wall of the stomach. Then, to observe and record the increase of mucosal thickness and changes at 0, 5, 10, 30 and 60 minutes. The second part, observe histological appearance of submucosal elevation of each submucosal injection solution at 30 min (n=6). The last part was also randomly divide into three groups (n=6). Remove the lifting mucosal using a surgical blade after injection of above solutions and measure the amount of bleeding from the lesion. 【Results】 The submucosal elevation height using ELP injection was significantly thicker than either SH or NS (P<0.05), whereas SH was thicker than NS. It did not find significant inflammation and damage necrosis of the tissue from the ELP submucosal injection compared with SH and NS. The amount of bleeding was (854.±98.9) mg, (726.3±104.8) mg and (1144.0±112.4) mg for ELP, SH and NS. The group with administration of ELP and SH showed significantly lower values compared with NS (P<0.05). 【Conclusion】 Using ELP as a submucosal injection solution in endoscopic resection could significantly delay dispersion and enable the formation and maintenance of sufficient muscal lesion lifting in this preliminary study. Therefore, ELP might be a promising agent for submucosal injection for ESD, warranting further research and investigation of this innovative technique.