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Spectroscopy detects skeletal muscle microvascular dysfunction during onset of sepsis in a rat fecal peritonitis model. Sci Rep 2022; 12:6339. [PMID: 35428849 PMCID: PMC9012880 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-10208-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2021] [Accepted: 03/15/2022] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Sepsis is a dysregulated host inflammatory response to infection potentially leading to life-threatening organ dysfunction. The objectives of this study were to determine whether early microvascular dysfunction (MVD) in skeletal muscle can be detected as dynamic changes in microvascular hemoglobin (MVHb) levels using spectroscopy and whether MVD precedes organ histopathology in septic peritonitis. Skeletal muscle of male Sprague-Dawley rats was prepared for intravital microscopy. After intraperitoneal injection of fecal slurry or saline, microscopy and spectroscopy recordings were taken for 6 h. Capillary red blood cell (RBC) dynamics and SO2 were quantified from digitized microscopy frames and MVHb levels were derived from spectroscopy data. Capillary RBC dynamics were significantly decreased by 4 h after peritoneal infection and preceded macrohemodynamic changes. At the same time, low-frequency oscillations in MVHb levels exhibited a significant increase in Power in parts of the muscle and resembled oscillations in RBC dynamics and SO2. After completion of microscopy, tissues were collected. Histopathological alterations were not observed in livers, kidneys, brains, or muscles 6 h after induction of peritonitis. The findings of this study show that, in our rat model of sepsis, MVD occurs before detectable organ histopathology and includes ~ 30-s oscillations in MVHb. Our work highlights MVHb oscillations as one of the indicators of MVD onset and provides a foundation for the use of non-invasive spectroscopy to continuously monitor MVD in septic patients.
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Baudry N, Starck J, Aussel C, Lund K, Aletti M, Duranteau J, Banzet S, Lataillade JJ, Vicaut E, Peltzer J. Effect of Preconditioned Mesenchymal Stromal Cells on Early Microvascular Disturbance in a Mouse Sepsis Model. Stem Cells Dev 2019; 28:1595-1606. [DOI: 10.1089/scd.2019.0134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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- Nathalie Baudry
- Laboratoire d'Etude de la Microcirculation, Université Paris VII Lariboisière St-Louis, UMR 942, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire d'Etude de la Microcirculation, Université Paris VII Lariboisière St-Louis, UMR 942, Paris, France
- Service de Réanimation Pédiatrique, Hôpital Necker Enfants-Malades, Assistance Publique, Hôpitaux de Paris, Faculté de Médecine, Université Paris–Descartes, Paris, France
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- Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées (IRBA), Unité Mixte INSERM U1197/Ministère des Armées, Clamart, France
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- Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées (IRBA), Unité Mixte INSERM U1197/Ministère des Armées, Clamart, France
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- Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées (IRBA), Unité Mixte INSERM U1197/Ministère des Armées, Clamart, France
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- Service d'Anesthésie-Réanimation Chirurgicale, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Université Paris-Sud, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées (IRBA), Unité Mixte INSERM U1197/Ministère des Armées, Clamart, France
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- Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées (IRBA), Unité Mixte INSERM U1197/Ministère des Armées, Clamart, France
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- Laboratoire d'Etude de la Microcirculation, Université Paris VII Lariboisière St-Louis, UMR 942, Paris, France
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- Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées (IRBA), Unité Mixte INSERM U1197/Ministère des Armées, Clamart, France
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The Effect of Sepsis on the Erythrocyte. Int J Mol Sci 2017; 18:ijms18091932. [PMID: 28885563 PMCID: PMC5618581 DOI: 10.3390/ijms18091932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2017] [Revised: 08/31/2017] [Accepted: 09/04/2017] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Sepsis induces a wide range of effects on the red blood cell (RBC). Some of the effects including altered metabolism and decreased 2,3-bisphosphoglycerate are preventable with appropriate treatment, whereas others, including decreased erythrocyte deformability and redistribution of membrane phospholipids, appear to be permanent, and factors in RBC clearance. Here, we review the effects of sepsis on the erythrocyte, including changes in RBC volume, metabolism and hemoglobin's affinity for oxygen, morphology, RBC deformability (an early indicator of sepsis), antioxidant status, intracellular Ca2+ homeostasis, membrane proteins, membrane phospholipid redistribution, clearance and RBC O₂-dependent adenosine triphosphate efflux (an RBC hypoxia signaling mechanism involved in microvascular autoregulation). We also consider the causes of these effects by host mediated oxidant stress and bacterial virulence factors. Additionally, we consider the altered erythrocyte microenvironment due to sepsis induced microvascular dysregulation and speculate on the possible effects of RBC autoxidation. In future, a better understanding of the mechanisms involved in sepsis induced erythrocyte pathophysiology and clearance may guide improved sepsis treatments. Evidence that small molecule antioxidants protect the erythrocyte from loss of deformability, and more importantly improve septic patient outcome suggest further research in this area is warranted. While not generally considered a critical factor in sepsis, erythrocytes (and especially a smaller subpopulation) appear to be highly susceptible to sepsis induced injury, provide an early warning signal of sepsis and are a factor in the microvascular dysfunction that has been associated with organ dysfunction.
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Pène F, Ait-Oufella H, Taccone FS, Monneret G, Sharshar T, Tamion F, Mira JP. Insights and limits of translational research in critical care medicine. Ann Intensive Care 2015; 5:8. [PMID: 25977834 PMCID: PMC4420765 DOI: 10.1186/s13613-015-0050-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2014] [Accepted: 04/20/2015] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Experimental research has always been the cornerstone of pathophysiological and therapeutic advances in critical care medicine, where clinical observations and basic research mutually fed each other in a so-called translational approach. The objective of this review is to address the different aspects of translational research in the field of critical care medicine. We herein highlighted some demonstrative examples including the animal-to-human approach to study host-pathogen interactions, the human-to-animal approach for sepsis-induced immunosuppression, the still restrictive human approach to study critical illness-related neuromyopathy, and the technological developments to assess the microcirculatory changes in critically ill patients. These examples not only emphasize how translational research resulted in major improvements in the comprehension of the pathophysiology of severe clinical conditions and offered promising perspectives in critical care medicine but also point out the obstacles to translate such achievements into clinical practice.
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- Frédéric Pène
- Service de Réanimation Médicale, Hôpital Cochin, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 27 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Jacques, 75014 Paris, France ; Faculté de Médecine, Université Paris Descartes, 12 Rue de l'Ecole de Médecine, 75006 Paris, France
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- Service de Réanimation Médicale, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 184 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, 75012 Paris, France ; Faculté de Médecine, Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, 27 Rue Chaligny, 75571 Paris, France
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- Département de Soins Intensifs, Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Route de Lennik 808, 1070 Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratoire d'Immunologie Cellulaire, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 5 Place d'Arsonval, 69003 Lyon, France ; Institut des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, Université Lyon I, 8 Avenue Rockefeller, 69373 Lyon, France
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- Service de Réanimation, Hôpital Raymond Poincaré, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 104 Boulevard Raymond Poincaré, 92380 Garches, France ; Université de Versailles-Saint Quentin en Yvelines, 55 Avenue de Paris, 78000 Versailles, France
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- Service de Réanimation Médicale, Hôpital Charles Nicolle, CHU Rouen, 1 Rue de Germont, 76000 Rouen, France ; Faculté de Médecine, Institut de Recherche et Innovation Biomédicale (IRIB), 22 Boulevard Gambetta, 76000 Rouen, France
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- Service de Réanimation Médicale, Hôpital Cochin, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 27 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Jacques, 75014 Paris, France ; Faculté de Médecine, Université Paris Descartes, 12 Rue de l'Ecole de Médecine, 75006 Paris, France
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Establishment of Rat Model of Central Venous Catheter (CVC): Associated Infection and Evaluation of the Virulence of Bacterial Biofilms. Cell Biochem Biophys 2014; 70:429-35. [DOI: 10.1007/s12013-014-9934-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Ploppa A, Kampmann M, Johannes T, Haeberle HA, Nohé B. Effects of different leukocyte subpopulations and flow conditions on leukocyte accumulation during reperfusion. J Vasc Res 2012; 49:169-80. [PMID: 22398918 DOI: 10.1159/000335147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2011] [Accepted: 11/11/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND/AIMS The study examined the interdependent effects of shear stress and different leukocyte subpopulations on endothelial cell activation and cell interactions during low flow and reperfusion. METHODS Human umbilical venous endothelial cells were perfused with either neutrophils or monocytes at different shear stress (2-0.25 dyn/cm(2)) and adhesion was quantified by microscopy. Effects of adherent neutrophils and monocytes on endothelial cell adhesion molecule expression were analyzed by flow cytometry after 4-hour static coincubation. After coincubation, the cocultures were reperfused with labeled neutrophils at 2 dyn/cm(2) and their adhesion was quantified selectively. For the control, endothelium monocultures with and without lipopolysaccharide activation were used. RESULTS At 2 dyn/cm(2), adhesion did not exceed baseline levels on nonactivated endothelium. Decreasing shear stress to 0.25 dyn/cm(2) largely increased the adhesion of both leukocyte subpopulations, similar to the effect of lipopolysaccharide at 2 dyn/cm(2). However, only adherent monocytes increased adhesion molecule expression, whereas neutrophils had no effect. As a functional consequence, adherent monocytes largely increased neutrophil adhesion during reperfusion, whereas adherent neutrophils did not. CONCLUSION Compromised shear stress is an autonomous trigger of leukocyte adhesion even in the absence of additional activators. Exceeding this immediate effect, adherent monocytes induce further endothelial activation and enhance further neutrophil adhesion during reperfusion.
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- Annette Ploppa
- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital, Eberhard-Karls University, Tübingen, Germany
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Endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene polymorphism (G894T) and diabetes mellitus (type II) among South Indians. OXIDATIVE MEDICINE AND CELLULAR LONGEVITY 2011; 2011:462607. [PMID: 22110783 PMCID: PMC3216347 DOI: 10.1155/2011/462607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2011] [Revised: 08/16/2011] [Accepted: 08/27/2011] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The objective of the study is to find out whether the endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) G894T single-nucleotide polymorphism is associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus in South Indian (Tamil) population. A total number of 260 subjects comprising 100 type 2 diabetic mellitus patients and 160 healthy individuals with no documented history of diabetes were included for the study. DNA was isolated, and eNOS G894T genotyping was performed using the polymerase chain reaction followed by restriction enzyme analysis using Ban II. The genotype distribution in patients and controls were compatible with the Hardy-Weinberg expectations (P > 0.05). Odds ratio indicates that the occurrence of mutant genotype (GT/TT) was 7.2 times (95% CI = 4.09–12.71) more frequent in the cases than in controls. Thus, the present study demonstrates that there is an association of endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene (G894T) polymorphism with diabetes mellitus among South Indians.
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Vachharajani V, Russell JM, Scott KL, Conrad S, Stokes KY, Tallam L, Hall J, Granger DN. Obesity Exacerbates Sepsis-Induced Inflammation and Microvascular Dysfunction in Mouse Brain. Microcirculation 2010; 12:183-94. [PMID: 15828130 DOI: 10.1080/10739680590904982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Obese patients with sepsis have higher morbidity and mortality than lean counterparts, but the mechanisms involved are unknown. The authors examined the inflammatory and thrombogenic responses of the cerebral microvasculature to sepsis induced by cecal ligation and perforation in obese and lean wild-type mice. METHODS Leukocyte and platelet adhesion in cerebral microvasculature and behavioral responses were measured in wild-type and obese mice 4 h postperforation. P-selectin expression in different vascular beds was assessed 6 h postperforation. The effects of immunoblockade of P-selectin, ICAM-1, and CD18 on leukocyte and platelet recruitment were evaluated in obese septic animals. RESULTS Cerebral venules of obese and wild-type mice assumed a proinflammatory and prothrombogenic phenotype 4 h post-perforation, with greatly exaggerated responses in obese mice compared to the lean counterparts. These enhanced responses were attenuated by blocking P-selectin, CD18, or ICAM-1. Obese mice also exhibited a more profound behavioral deficit after sepsis, which appears to be unrelated to the recruitment of leukocytes and platelets. Cecal ligation and perforation-induced P-selectin expression was greater in obese mice compared with lean counterparts. CONCLUSIONS These findings suggest that the increased morbidity to sepsis in obesity may result from exaggerated microvascular inflammatory and thrombogenic responses that include the activation of endothelial cells with subsequent expression of adhesion molecules, such as P-selectin.
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- Vidula Vachharajani
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport 71130-3932, USA
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Erythropoietin enhances oxygenation in critically perfused tissue through modulation of nitric oxide synthase. Shock 2009; 31:599-606. [PMID: 18838945 DOI: 10.1097/shk.0b013e31818b9cc4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of human recombinant erythropoietin (EPO) on the microcirculation and oxygenation of critically ischemic tissue and to elucidate the role of endothelial NO synthase in EPO-mediated tissue protection. Island flaps were dissected from the back skin of anesthetized male Syrian golden hamsters including a critically ischemic, hypoxic area that was perfused via a collateralized vasculature. Before ischemia, animals received an injection of epoetin beta at a dose of 5,000 U/kg body weight with (n = 7) or without (n = 7) blocking NO synthase by 30 mg/kg body weight L-NAME (Nomega-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester hydrochloride). Saline-treated animals served as control (n = 7). Ischemic tissue damage was characterized by severe hypoperfusion and inflammation, hypoxia, and accumulation of apoptotic cell nuclei after 5 h of collateralization. Erythropoietin pretreatment increased arteriolar and venular blood flow by 33% and 37%, respectively (P < 0.05), and attenuated leukocytic inflammation by approximately 75% (P < 0.05). Furthermore, partial tissue oxygen tension in the ischemic tissue increased from 8.2 to 15.8 mmHg (P < 0.05), which was paralleled by a 21% increased density of patent capillaries (P < 0.05) and a 50% reduced apoptotic cell count (P < 0.05). The improved microcirculation and oxygenation were associated with a 2.2-fold (P < 0.05) increase of endothelial NO synthase protein expression. Of interest, L-NAME completely abolished all the beneficial effects of EPO pretreatment. Our study demonstrates that, in critically ischemic and hypoxic collateralized tissue, EPO pretreatment improves tissue perfusion and oxygenation in vivo. This effect may be attributed to NO-dependent vasodilative effects and anti-inflammatory actions on the altered vascular endothelium.
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Ferri LE, Chia S, Benay C, Giannias B, Christou NV. L-selectin shedding in sepsis limits leukocyte mediated microvascular injury at remote sites. Surgery 2009; 145:384-91. [PMID: 19303986 DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2008.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2008] [Accepted: 12/15/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Increased soluble L-selectin levels have been shown to attenuate local inflammation-mediated microvascular leakage, and failure to generate high levels has been associated with increased risk of acute respiratory distress syndrome in septic patients. We hypothesized that failure to shed L-selectin in systemic inflammation would result in increased local inflammation-induced leukocyte adherence and microvascular leakage. METHODS Using intraperitoneal lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or control bicarbonate buffered saline (BBS) and intrascrotal TNFalpha or BBS, mice were randomized to systemic inflammation (LPSip + BBSis), local inflammation (BBSip + TNFis), both (LPSip + TNFis), or control (BBSip+BBSis). Furthermore, mice received intraperitoneal L-selectin Sheddase inhibitor (Ro31-9790) or control vector. With intravital microscopy on cremaster muscle, we measured leukocyte-endothelial cell interactions and microvascular leakage (permeability index). Surface L-selectin was measured by flow cytometry (MCF). RESULTS Without Ro31-9790, systemic inflammation attenuated increases induced by local inflammation in leukocyte adherence and vascular leakage. Ro31-9790 significantly increased adherence and leakage in systemic and systemic + local inflammation. L-selectin was shed progressively by increasing degrees of inflammation. Ro31-9790 limited this shedding of L-selectin. CONCLUSION In systemic inflammation, L-selectin shedding is required to limit local inflammation-mediated leukocyte adherence and microvascular leakage. Failure to shed L-selectin may increase leukocyte-mediated end-organ injury in septic patients.
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Mostefai HA, Meziani F, Mastronardi ML, Agouni A, Heymes C, Sargentini C, Asfar P, Martinez MC, Andriantsitohaina R. Circulating Microparticles from Patients with Septic Shock Exert Protective Role in Vascular Function. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2008; 178:1148-55. [DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200712-1835oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Septic impairment of capillary blood flow requires nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase but not nitric oxide synthase and is rapidly reversed by ascorbate through an endothelial nitric oxide synthase-dependent mechanism. Crit Care Med 2008; 36:2355-62. [PMID: 18596627 DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0b013e31818024f6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To determine the roles of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase in the impairment of capillary blood flow in sepsis and in the reversal of this impairment by ascorbate. DESIGN Prospective, controlled laboratory study. SETTING Animal laboratory in research institute. SUBJECTS Adult male wild type (WT), neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS)-/-, inducible NOS (iNOS)-/-, endothelial NOS (eNOS)-/-, and gp91phox-/- mice. INTERVENTIONS Sepsis was induced by feces injection into peritoneum (FIP). A bolus of ascorbate or NADPH oxidase inhibitor apocynin was injected intravenously at 6 hrs post-FIP. Alternatively, NOS cofactor (6R)-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-L-biopterin (BH4) or nitric oxide donor S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine was superfused on the surface of the extensor digitorum longus muscle. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Capillary blood flow impairment and NOS activity in the extensor digitorum longus muscle were measured by intravital microscopy and by enzymatic assay, respectively. Sepsis at 6 hrs impaired flow in WT mice. Apocynin, and knockout of gp91phox but not of any NOS isoforms, rescued this impairment. Constitutive NOS activity was unaffected by sepsis, but it was abolished by nNOS knockout (iNOS activity was negligible in all mice). Ascorbate rapidly (10 mins) rescued impaired flow in WT, nNOS-/-, iNOS-/- but not eNOS-/- mice. Ascorbate also improved survival of WT mice after FIP. BH4 and SNAP rescued flow in WT mice, while BH4 failed to rescue it in eNOS-/- mice. CONCLUSION Capillary blood flow impairment in septic skeletal muscle requires NADPH oxidase but not NOS, and it is rapidly reversed by ascorbate and BH4 through an eNOS-dependent mechanism.
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Lehmann C, Scheibe R, Schade M, Meissner K, Gründling M, Usichenko T, Wendt M, Hung O, Whynot S, Murphy M, Pavlovic D. Effects of activated protein C on the mesenteric microcirculation and cytokine release during experimental endotoxemia. Can J Anaesth 2008; 55:155-62. [DOI: 10.1007/bf03016089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Nakagawa NK, Jukemura J, Aikawa P, Nogueira RA, Poli-de-Figueiredo LF, Sannomiya P. In vivo observation of mesenteric leukocyte-endothelial interactions after cecal ligation/puncture and surgical sepsis source control. Clinics (Sao Paulo) 2007; 62:321-6. [PMID: 17589674 DOI: 10.1590/s1807-59322007000300018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2006] [Accepted: 12/20/2006] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) has been used as a useful model for the induction of polymicrobial sepsis. Necrotic tissue resection and peritoneal lavage (REL) are the surgical procedures for controlling perforated appendicitis. The aim of this study was to evaluate leukocyte-endothelial interactions in the rat mesentery in vivo after CLP and REL. METHODS Thirty-seven male Wistar rats (250-300 g) underwent laparotomy and were randomly assigned to the following groups: 1) SHAM; 2) CLP: animals submitted to CLP, 3) CLP+REL: animals submitted to CLP and REL. Mesenteric leukocyte-endothelial interactions were studied by intravital microscopy assessed once in each animal (3-5 postcapillary venules, 15-25 microm diameter) 24 hours after intervention. Follow-up was performed in all animals; this included analysis of glycemia, lactate, hematocrit, white blood cell count as well as a functional score that was the sum of scoring on the following parameters: alertness, mobility, piloerection, diarrhea, encrusted eyes, and dirty nose and tail. RESULTS None of the animals showed significant changes in body weight (265 +/- 20 g) or in hematocrit levels (46% +/- 2%) during the experimental protocol. Compared to SHAM animals, CLP animals showed an increased number of rolling (2x), adherent, and migrating leukocytes (7x) in the mesenteric microcirculation, an increase in blood glucose (136 +/- 8 mg/dL), lactate (3.58 +/- 0.94 mmol/L), white cell count (23,570 +/- 4,991 cells/mm(3)) and functional alterations (score 11 +/- 1), characterized by impaired alertness and mobility, and presence of piloerection, diarrhea, encrusted eyes, and dirty nose and tail. The REL procedure normalized the number of rolling, adherent, and migrated leukocytes in the mesentery; glycemia; lactate; and white blood cell count. The REL procedure also improved the functional score (7 +/- 1). CONCLUSION Local and systemic inflammation was induced by CLP, while REL completely overcame the inflammatory process.
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- Naomi K Nakagawa
- Research Division, Heart Institute, InCor, University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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Lehmann C, Meissner K, Knöck A, Diedrich S, Pavlovic D, Gründling M, Usichenko T, Wendt M, Birnbaum J. Activated protein C improves intestinal microcirculation in experimental endotoxaemia in the rat. CRITICAL CARE : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CRITICAL CARE FORUM 2007; 10:R157. [PMID: 17101035 PMCID: PMC1794461 DOI: 10.1186/cc5093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2006] [Revised: 09/21/2006] [Accepted: 11/13/2006] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Introduction Successful treatment of severe sepsis and septic shock remains a major challenge in critical care medicine. The recently introduced recombinant human activated protein C (APC) remarkably improved the outcome of septic patients. The influence of APC on intestinal circulation is still poorly understood. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the effects of APC on intestinal microcirculation during experimental endotoxaemia in rats by using intravital microscopy. Methods A total of 44 male Lewis rats were randomly assigned to receive intravenous injections of 15 mg/kg lipopolysaccharide alone (LPS) (n = 11) or LPS followed by subsequent injection of 2 mg/kg recombinant human APC (LPS + APC) (n = 11), whereas control animals received either APC (n = 11) or saline (n = 11). Animals underwent observations of functional capillary density and leucocyte adherence on venular endothelium in the microcirculation of the intestinal wall by means of intravital fluorescence microscopy. Indicators of macrocirculation as well as plasma levels of tumour necrosis factor-α, interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-6, and IL-10 were measured. Results Although APC administration of both LPS-treated and control rats did not change macrocirculation or release of inflammatory cytokines, it increased mucosal and muscular functional capillary density (p < 0.001 and p < 0.05, respectively) and reduced the number of firmly adhering leucocytes in intestinal submucosal V1 and V3 venules (p < 0.01) in LPS + APC-treated compared with LPS-treated animals, which did not receive APC. No remarkable differences that could be attributed to APC treatment were observed between the two control groups. Conclusion APC administration during experimental endotoxaemia improved intestinal microcirculation by protecting functional capillary density as a measure of microvascular perfusion and exerted anti-inflammatory effects by reducing leucocyte adherence to the endothelium in submucosal venules. Therefore, beneficial effects of APC in septic patients might be due, in part, to improved intestinal microcirculation.
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- Christian Lehmann
- Klinik und Poliklinik für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin, Ernst Moritz Arndt University, Fr.-Loeffler-Str. 23a, D-17475 Greifswald, Germany
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- Washington University Medical Center, Department of Anesthesiology, 660 S. Euclid Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Klinik und Poliklinik für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin, Ernst Moritz Arndt University, Fr.-Loeffler-Str. 23a, D-17475 Greifswald, Germany
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- Klinik und Poliklinik für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin, Ernst Moritz Arndt University, Fr.-Loeffler-Str. 23a, D-17475 Greifswald, Germany
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- Klinik und Poliklinik für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin, Ernst Moritz Arndt University, Fr.-Loeffler-Str. 23a, D-17475 Greifswald, Germany
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- Klinik und Poliklinik für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin, Ernst Moritz Arndt University, Fr.-Loeffler-Str. 23a, D-17475 Greifswald, Germany
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- Klinik und Poliklinik für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin, Ernst Moritz Arndt University, Fr.-Loeffler-Str. 23a, D-17475 Greifswald, Germany
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- Klinik und Poliklinik für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin, Ernst Moritz Arndt University, Fr.-Loeffler-Str. 23a, D-17475 Greifswald, Germany
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- Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Kliniken für Anästhesiologie und operative Intensivmedizin, Campus Charité Mitte, Charitéplatz 1, D-10117 Berlin, Germany
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Tyml K, Li F, Wilson JX. Delayed ascorbate bolus protects against maldistribution of microvascular blood flow in septic rat skeletal muscle. Crit Care Med 2005; 33:1823-8. [PMID: 16096461 DOI: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000172548.34622.de] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Although early administration of ascorbate has been shown to protect against the microvascular dysfunction in sepsis, it is not clear if a delayed introduction of ascorbate also yields beneficial effects. The main objective was to determine the therapeutic window for treatment of an animal model of sepsis with bolus injection of ascorbate. We also determined if sepsis per se affects urinary excretion of ascorbate. DESIGN Prospective, controlled laboratory study. SETTING Animal laboratory in a university-affiliated research institute. SUBJECTS Male Sprague-Dawley rats, 300-400 g of body weight. INTERVENTIONS Rats were made septic by cecal ligation and perforation (CLP) and volume resuscitated by continuous saline infusion. Ascorbate bolus (7.6 mg/100 g of body weight) or saline vehicle was injected intravenously at 1, 6, or 24 hrs after CLP. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS At 24 hrs post-CLP, sepsis caused antidiuresis and decreased plasma ascorbate concentration, but it did not affect urinary excretion of ascorbate in rats that received only saline. Sepsis also caused maldistribution of capillary blood flow in skeletal muscle. This maldistribution of flow was prevented by ascorbate injected at 6 hrs post-CLP. At 48 hrs post-CLP, in addition to the flow maldistribution, sepsis caused systemic arterial hypotension and fever that were prevented by both immediate (1 hr post-CLP) and delayed injections of ascorbate (24 hrs post-CLP). CONCLUSION Despite volume resuscitation, the present model of sepsis resulted in maldistribution of capillary blood flow within 24 hrs and hypotension within 48 hrs. Our finding that intravenous bolus of ascorbate can protect against these deficits even if delayed 6-24 hrs after the septic insult shows, for the first time, that ascorbate can reverse microcirculatory dysfunction after the onset of sepsis.
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- Karel Tyml
- Centre for Critical Illness Research, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
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Ellis CG, Jagger J, Sharpe M. The microcirculation as a functional system. CRITICAL CARE : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CRITICAL CARE FORUM 2005; 9 Suppl 4:S3-8. [PMID: 16168072 PMCID: PMC3226163 DOI: 10.1186/cc3751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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This review examines experimental evidence that the microvascular dysfunction that occurs early in sepsis is the critical first stage in tissue hypoxia and organ failure. A functional microvasculature maintains tissue oxygenation despite limitations on oxygen delivery from blood to tissue imposed by diffusion; the density of perfused (functional) capillaries is high enough to ensure appropriate diffusion distances, and arterioles regulate the distribution of oxygen within the organ precisely to where it is needed. Key components of this regulatory system are the endothelium, which communicates and integrates signals along the microvascular network, and the erythrocytes, which directly monitor and regulate oxygen delivery. During hypovolemic shock, a functional microvasculature responds to diminish the impact of a decrease in oxygen supply on tissue perfusion. However, within hours of the onset of sepsis, a dysfunctional microcirculation is, due to a loss of functional capillary density and impaired regulation of oxygen delivery, unable to maintain capillary oxygen saturation levels and prevent the rapid onset of tissue hypoxia despite adequate oxygen supply to the organ. The mechanism(s) responsible for this dysfunctional microvasculature must be understood in order to develop appropriate management strategies for sepsis.
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- Christopher G Ellis
- Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
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Nohé B, Johannes T, Schmidt V, Schroeder TH, Kiefer RT, Unertl K, Dieterich HJ. Einfluss verminderter Scherkräfte auf Entzündungsreaktionen in vitro. Anaesthesist 2005; 54:773-80. [PMID: 15870990 DOI: 10.1007/s00101-005-0852-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND During malperfusion and inflammation leukocyte adhesion is common. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of reduced shear stress on leukocyte-endothelial interactions and subsequent inflammatory reactions such as up-regulation of tissue factor. METHODS Isolated neutrophils and monocytes were co-incubated with human umbilical venous endothelium at 0-3 dynes/cm(2) in a flow chamber. Adhesion and tissue factor expression on adherent leukocytes were examined at various flow conditions. RESULTS At 2-3 dynes/cm(2) adhesion occurred only on TNFalpha-activated endothelium. Below 1 dyne/cm(2) similarly increased adhesion was also observed on non-activated endothelium. As was observed for leukocyte adhesion, these shear stress-dependent cell interactions also resulted in an up-regulation of tissue factor on adherent monocytes from non-activated co-cultures. CONCLUSION Apart from additional activators of inflammation, reduced shear forces may directly contribute to inflammation.
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- B Nohé
- Abteilung für Anaesthesiologie und Intensivmedizin, Universitätsklinikum, Tübingen.
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Goldman D, Bateman RM, Ellis CG. Effect of sepsis on skeletal muscle oxygen consumption and tissue oxygenation: interpreting capillary oxygen transport data using a mathematical model. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2004; 287:H2535-44. [PMID: 15319199 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00889.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Inherent in the inflammatory response to sepsis is abnormal microvascular perfusion. Maldistribution of capillary red blood cell (RBC) flow in rat skeletal muscle has been characterized by increased 1) stopped-flow capillaries, 2) capillary oxygen extraction, and 3) ratio of fast-flow to normal-flow capillaries. On the basis of experimental data for functional capillary density (FCD), RBC velocity, and hemoglobin O2 saturation during sepsis, a mathematical model was used to calculate tissue O2 consumption (V̇o2), tissue Po2 (Pt) profiles, and O2 delivery by fast-flow capillaries, which could not be measured experimentally. The model describes coupled capillary and tissue O2 transport using realistic blood and tissue biophysics and three-dimensional arrays of heterogeneously spaced capillaries and was solved numerically using a previously validated scheme. While total blood flow was maintained, capillary flow distribution was varied from 60/30/10% (normal/fast/stopped) in control to 33/33/33% (normal/fast/stopped) in average sepsis (AS) and 25/25/50% (normal/fast/stopped) in extreme sepsis (ES). Simulations found approximately two- and fourfold increases in tissue V̇o2 in AS and ES, respectively. Average (minimum) Pt decreased from 43 ( 40 ) mmHg in control to 34 ( 27 ) and 26 ( 15 ) mmHg in AS and ES, respectively, and clustering fast-flow capillaries (increased flow heterogeneity) reduced minimum Pt to 14.5 mmHg. Thus, although fast capillaries prevented tissue dysoxia, they did not prevent increased hypoxia as the degree of microvascular injury increased. The model predicts that decreased FCD, increased fast flow, and increased V̇o2 in sepsis expose skeletal muscle to significant regions of hypoxia, which could affect local cellular and organ function.
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- Daniel Goldman
- Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Univ. Heights, Newark, NJ 07102, USA.
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Ferri LE, Pascual J, Seely AJE, Giannias B, Christou NV. Intra-abdominal sepsis attenuates local inflammation-mediated increases in microvascular permeability at remote sites in mice in vivo. Surgery 2004; 135:187-95. [PMID: 14739854 DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2003.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Given that leukocyte delivery to remote sites is diminished in states of systemic inflammation, such as sepsis, and activated leukocytes may be responsible for endothelial injury leading to vascular leakage, we hypothesized that intra-abdominal sepsis would diminish microvascular leakage at remote sites by altering leukocyte-endothelial interactions. METHODS Using a murine intravital microscopy model, we examined leukocyte-endothelial interactions and vascular leakage at a peripheral site in the presence of local and/or systemic inflammation. Forty mice were randomized to 1 of 4 study groups: local infection (orchitis), systemic infection (intra-abdominal sepsis by cecal ligation and puncture), local and systemic infection, and control. Postcapillary venules of the cremaster muscle were examined by bright light and fluorescence intravital microscopy. Microvascular leakage was determined after intravenous administration of fluorescent albumin. RESULTS Systemic infection attenuated the increases in both leukocyte adherence and local infection-induced microvascular permeability. Neutrophil cell-surface expression of L-selectin, as determined by flow cytometry, diminished with both local and systemic infection, whereas expression of CD11b increased with systemic, but not local, infection. CONCLUSIONS These data suggest that systemic (intra-abdominal) sepsis diminishes local inflammation-mediated vascular leakage by attenuating leukocyte adherence.
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- Lorenzo E Ferri
- Department of Surgery, McGill University Health Center, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Bateman RM, Sharpe MD, Ellis CG. Bench-to-bedside review: microvascular dysfunction in sepsis--hemodynamics, oxygen transport, and nitric oxide. Crit Care 2003; 7:359-73. [PMID: 12974969 PMCID: PMC270719 DOI: 10.1186/cc2353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 211] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The microcirculation is a complex and integrated system that supplies and distributes oxygen throughout the tissues. The red blood cell (RBC) facilitates convective oxygen transport via co-operative binding with hemoglobin. In the microcirculation oxygen diffuses from the RBC into neighboring tissues, where it is consumed by mitochondria. Evidence suggests that the RBC acts as deliverer of oxygen and 'sensor' of local oxygen gradients. Within vascular beds RBCs are distributed actively by arteriolar tone and passively by rheologic factors, including vessel geometry and RBC deformability. Microvascular oxygen transport is determined by microvascular geometry, hemodynamics, and RBC hemoglobin oxygen saturation. Sepsis causes abnormal microvascular oxygen transport as significant numbers of capillaries stop flowing and the microcirculation fails to compensate for decreased functional capillary density. The resulting maldistribution of RBC flow results in a mismatch of oxygen delivery with oxygen demand that affects both critical oxygen delivery and oxygen extraction ratio. Nitric oxide (NO) maintains microvascular homeostasis by regulating arteriolar tone, RBC deformability, leukocyte and platelet adhesion to endothelial cells, and blood volume. NO also regulates mitochondrial respiration. During sepsis, NO over-production mediates systemic hypotension and microvascular reactivity, and is seemingly protective of microvascular blood flow.
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- Ryon M Bateman
- Vascular Biology Program, Lawson Health Research Institute, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
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Leukocytes that infiltrate cystic fibrosis (CF) sputum as a result of infection have long been known to liberate large amounts of DNA, which increases sputum viscosity and promotes the cycle of chronic lung infection and inflammation that ultimately leads to respiratory failure and death. It was only recently recognized that this vicious cycle begins in infancy, and that architectural damage to CF lungs is detectable even in children with normal pulmonary function tests. Dornase alfa cleaves DNA and improves sputum viscosity in CF. Although its efficacy in reducing the risk of acute infectious exacerbations and improving pulmonary function has been recognized for a decade, there is growing interest in its potential for long-term benefit in young patients with mild lung function abnormalities. The Pulmozyme Early Intervention Trial (PEIT) study demonstrated that dornase alfa reduces the risk of pulmonary exacerbations requiring i.v. antibiotic treatment by 34% and improves forced expiratory flow at 25-75% of forced vital capacity (FEF(25-75)), mid-expiratory flow at 50% of forced vital capacity (MEF), and forced expired volume in 1 sec (FEV(1)) over a 2-year period in CF patients with almost normal lung function. A post hoc subgroup analysis suggests that the magnitude of pulmonary function test (PFT) changes may vary, depending on the initial degree of lung function impairment, but that the reduction in exacerbations appears to be a consistent benefit. These results support the current view that CF patients benefit from intervention early in the course of their lung disease.
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- Philip J Robinson
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Australia
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Ferri LE, Pascual J, Seely AJE, Chaudhury P, Christou NV. Soluble L-selectin attenuates tumor necrosis factor-alpha-mediated leukocyte adherence and vascular permeability: a protective role for elevated soluble L-selectin in sepsis. Crit Care Med 2002; 30:1842-7. [PMID: 12163803 DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200208000-00028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE We have previously demonstrated that leukocyte delivery to remote sites is decreased in sepsis and that increased concentrations of soluble L-selectin are, in part, responsible for this finding. Given that leukocytes have been implicated in the pathogenesis of vascular leakage, we hypothesized that the elevated soluble L-selectin concentrations in sepsis may translate into decreased inflammation-mediated leukocyte-endothelial cell interactions and vascular leakage at these sites. DESIGN Prospective, controlled animal study. SETTING Surgical research laboratory in a university hospital. SUBJECTS Swiss white male mice weighing 25-35 g. INTERVENTIONS Mice were randomized to one of three study groups: intracremaster tumor necrosis factor-alpha with subsequent intravenous bicarbonate buffered solution; intracremaster tumor necrosis factor-alpha with intravenous soluble L-selectin (10 microg/mL); and intracremaster bicarbonate buffered solution with intravenous bicarbonate buffered solution. The cremaster muscle was prepared for both light and fluorescence intravital microscopy 2 hrs after intracremaster injection, and fluorescein isothiocyanate-labeled albumin was injected intravenously. Leukocyte-endothelial interactions (rolling flux, rolling velocity, and adherence) were counted off-line. Postcapillary venule leakage was determined by the permeability index (perivenular/intravenular fluorescence) after intravenous injection of fluorescent albumin. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Soluble L-selectin significantly attenuated tumor necrosis factor-alpha-mediated increases in leukocyte adherence and vascular leakage. Leukocyte rolling velocity was restored to baseline with soluble L-selectin; however, rolling flux was not altered. Blood pressure, shear rate, and leukocyte counts did not differ between groups. CONCLUSIONS Soluble L-selectin decreases local inflammation-mediated leukocyte adherence and vascular leakage in vivo. The increased concentrations of soluble L-selectin in sepsis may represent a protective mechanism by which the host attempts to diminish the deleterious systemic effects of activated leukocytes during sepsis.
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- Lorenzo E Ferri
- Department of Surgery and Microbiology, McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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De Backer D, Creteur J, Preiser JC, Dubois MJ, Vincent JL. Microvascular blood flow is altered in patients with sepsis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2002; 166:98-104. [PMID: 12091178 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200109-016oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 936] [Impact Index Per Article: 42.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Microvascular blood flow alterations are frequent in animal models of sepsis and may impair tissue oxygenation. We hypothesized that alterations of the microcirculation are present in patients with sepsis. We used an orthogonal polarization spectral imaging technique to investigate the sublingual microcirculation in 10 healthy volunteers, 16 patients before cardiac surgery, 10 acutely ill patients without sepsis (intensive care unit control subjects), and 50 patients with severe sepsis. The effects of topical application of acetylcholine (10(-2) M) were tested in 11 patients with sepsis. In each subject, five to seven sublingual areas were recorded and analyzed semiquantitatively. Data were analyzed with nonparametric tests and are presented as medians (25th-75th percentiles). No significant difference in microvascular blood flow was observed between healthy volunteers and patients before cardiac surgery or intensive care unit control subjects. The density of all vessels was significantly reduced in patients with severe sepsis (4.5 [4.2-5.2] versus 5.4 [5.4-6.3]/mm in volunteers, p < 0.01). The proportion of perfused small (< 20 microm) vessels was reduced in patients with sepsis (48 [33-61] versus 90 [89-92]% in volunteers, p < 0.001). These alterations were more severe in nonsurvivors. The topical application of acetylcholine totally reversed these alterations. In conclusion, microvascular blood flow alterations are frequent in patients with sepsis and are more severe in patients with a worse outcome.
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- Daniel De Backer
- Department of Intensive Care, Erasme University Hospital, Free University of Brussels, Belgium.
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Pettilä V, Pentti J, Pettilä M, Takkunen O, Jousela I. Predictive value of antithrombin III and serum C-reactive protein concentration in critically ill patients with suspected sepsis. Crit Care Med 2002; 30:271-5. [PMID: 11889291 DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200202000-00001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate at admission the performance of serum antithrombin III, serum C-reactive protein, white blood cell and platelet counts, and thromboplastin time values in prediction of hospital mortality rates in critically ill patients with suspected sepsis. DESIGN Prospective, cohort study. SETTING University hospital medical-surgical intensive care unit. PATIENTS One hundred eight consecutive critically ill patients with suspected sepsis. INTERVENTIONS None. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS The outcome measure was hospital mortality rate. Hospital survivors (n = 66) and nonsurvivors (n = 42) differed statistically significantly in admission antithrombin III activity (percentage of normal): survivors' median 66% (interquartile range, 48% to 82%) vs. nonsurvivors' median 46% (37% to 65%, p =.0002 by Mann-Whitney test). Analysis revealed similarly statistically significant differences between survivors and nonsurvivors in admission platelet count, admission thromboplastin time, day 1 Logistic Organ Dysfunction score, and Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation III score, but not in serum C-reactive protein concentrations or in white blood cells. However, the areas under the receiver operating curves (AUC) showed significantly worse discriminative power for admission antithrombin III concentration (AUC, 0.71; SE, 0.05), platelet count (AUC, 0.67; SE, 0.05), thromboplastin time (AUC, 0.65; SE, 0.05), C-reactive protein concentration (AUC, 0.60; SE, 0.05), and white blood cell count (AUC, 0.53; SE, 0.06) than did the day 1 Logistic Organ Dysfunction score (AUC, 0.82; SE, 0.04) and the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation III score (AUC, 0.84; SE, 0.04). Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that only the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation III score was independently associated with hospital mortality rate. CONCLUSIONS Admission antithrombin III concentrations, but not C-reactive protein concentrations, differ significantly between hospital survivors and nonsurvivors among critically ill patients with septic infection. However, in prediction of hospital mortality rate, the discriminative power of admission antithrombin III concentration is poor, as judged by analysis of areas under the receiver operating curves, and is not independently associated with hospital mortality rate.
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- Ville Pettilä
- Intensive Care Unit, Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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Bateman RM, Jagger JE, Sharpe MD, Ellsworth ML, Mehta S, Ellis CG. Erythrocyte deformability is a nitric oxide-mediated factor in decreased capillary density during sepsis. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001; 280:H2848-56. [PMID: 11356644 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.2001.280.6.h2848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Erythrocyte deformability has been recognized as a determinant of microvascular perfusion. Because nitric oxide (NO) is implicated in the modulation of red blood cell (RBC) deformability and NO levels increase during sepsis, we tested the hypothesis that a NO-mediated decrease in RBC deformability contributes to decreased functional capillary density (CD) in remote organs. With the use of a peritonitis model of sepsis in the rat [cecal ligation and perforation (CLP)] and aminoguanidine (AG) to prevent increases in NO, we measured CD in skeletal muscle (intravital microscopy), mean erythrocyte membrane deformability (; micropipette aspiration), systemic NO production [plasma nitrite/nitrate (NO(x)) chemiluminescence], and NO accumulation in RBC [NO bound to hemoglobin (HbNO) detected by electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy]. In untreated CLP animals relative to sham, NO(x) increased 254% (P < 0.05), stopped flow capillaries increased 149% (P < 0.05), and decreased 12.7% (P < 0.05), with a subpopulation (5%) of RBC with deformabilities below the normal range. AG prevented increases in NO(x), accumulation of HbNO, and decreases in both and functional CD. We found no evidence of leukocyte plugging postcapillary venules. Our findings suggest that decreased functional CD during sepsis resulted from a NO-mediated decrease in erythrocyte deformability.
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- R M Bateman
- Departments of Medical Biophysics, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B8, Canada
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De Backer D, Dubois MJ. Assessment of the microcirculatory flow in patients in the intensive care unit. Curr Opin Crit Care 2001; 7:200-3. [PMID: 11436528 DOI: 10.1097/00075198-200106000-00010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Various techniques have been used at bedside to assess the microcirculation of critically ill patients, including nailfold videomicroscopy, laser doppler techniques, and orthogonal polarization spectral imaging. Nailfold videomicroscopy was introduced first, but its value may be limited by the extreme sensitivity of nailfold microcirculation to external temperature or vasoconstrictive agents. Laser Doppler techniques can measure gastric or jejunal mucosal blood flow as well as skin and muscle blood flow, but do not take into account blood flow heterogeneity, a major parameter of microcirculation. The recent introduction of orthogonal polarization spectral imaging techniques allows direct visualization of microcirculation in critically ill patients, opening a new area for the investigation of the pathophysiologic processes involved in the hemodynamic alterations of shock states.
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- D De Backer
- Department of Intensive Care, Erasme University Hospital, Free University of Brussels, Route de Lennik, 808 B-1070 Brussels, Belgium.
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Armour J, Tyml K, Lidington D, Wilson JX. Ascorbate prevents microvascular dysfunction in the skeletal muscle of the septic rat. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2001; 90:795-803. [PMID: 11181585 DOI: 10.1152/jappl.2001.90.3.795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Septic patients have low plasma ascorbate concentrations and compromised microvascular perfusion. The purpose of the present experiments was to determine whether ascorbate improves capillary function in volume-resuscitated sepsis. Cecal ligation and perforation (CLP) was performed on male Sprague-Dawley rats. The concentration of ascorbate in plasma and urine, mean arterial blood pressure, and density of continuously perfused capillaries in the extensor digitorum longus muscle were measured 24 h after surgery. CLP caused a 50% decrease (from 56 +/- 4 to 29 +/- 2 microM) in plasma ascorbate concentration, 1,000% increase (from 46 +/- 13 to 450 +/- 93 microM) in urine ascorbate concentration, 20% decrease (from 115 +/- 2 to 91 +/- 2 mmHg) in mean arterial pressure, and 30% decrease (from 24 +/- 1 to 17 +/- 1 capillaries/mm) in the density of perfused capillaries, compared with time-matched controls. A bolus of intravenous ascorbate (7.6 mg/100 g body wt) administered immediately after the CLP procedure increased plasma ascorbate concentration and restored both blood pressure and density of perfused capillaries to control levels. In vitro experiments showed that ascorbate (100 microM) inhibited replication of bacteria and prevented hydrogen peroxide injury to cultured microvascular endothelial cells. These results indicate that ascorbate is lost in the urine during sepsis and that a bolus of ascorbate can prevent microvascular dysfunction in the skeletal muscle of septic animals. Our study supports the view that ascorbate may be beneficial for patients with septic syndrome.
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- J Armour
- Department of Physiology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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Ferri LE, Swartz D, Christou NV. Soluble L-selectin at levels present in septic patients diminishes leukocyte-endothelial cell interactions in mice in vivo: a mechanism for decreased leukocyte delivery to remote sites in sepsis. Crit Care Med 2001; 29:117-22. [PMID: 11176170 DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200101000-00024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Recent in vivo studies of both septic humans and animals demonstrate that leukocyte delivery is attenuated to sites remote from the primary infection. The mechanisms for this are not entirely clear. L-selectin is integral to rolling, the first step in leukocyte recruitment to an inflammatory site. L-selectin is shed from leukocytes in sepsis, resulting in increased levels of soluble L-selectin in plasma (2.33 microg/mL). This study investigates the effects of soluble L-selectin at levels found in sepsis on leukocyte trafficking in vivo. DESIGN Prospective, controlled trial. SETTING Surgical research laboratory in a university hospital. SUBJECTS Swiss white male mice of 25-35 g. INTERVENTIONS Mice were randomized to one of three study groups: soluble L-selectin 2.33, soluble L-selectin 8.0, or albumin. Intravital microscopy was performed on postcapillary venules of 20-40 microm in diameter in the cremaster muscle of mice. Leukocyte-endothelial cell interactions (rolling, adherence, and rolling velocity) were measured pre- and post- (1, 15, 30, and 45 mins) intravenous infusion of human recombinant soluble L-selectin (2.33 and 8.0 microg/mL) or human albumin (8.0 microg/mL). MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS The intravenous administration of soluble L-selectin to a systemic concentration of 2.33 microg/mL diminished rolling significantly. Soluble L-selectin at 8.0 microg/mL decreased rolling and increased rolling velocity to a greater degree. Injection of albumin did not alter leukocyte-endothelial cell interactions at any time point. No difference between groups in blood pressure, shear rate, or leukocyte counts was detected. CONCLUSIONS Soluble L-selectin diminishes leukocyte rolling at levels present in sepsis (2.33 microg/mL). This effect is dose dependent, and could not be explained by differences in blood pressure, shear rate, or leukocyte counts. These findings identify increased soluble L-selectin levels as one of the mechanisms for decreased leukocyte delivery and exudation to remote sites in septic patients.
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- L E Ferri
- Department of Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Sundrani R, Easington CR, Mattoo A, Parrillo JE, Hollenberg SM. Nitric oxide synthase inhibition increases venular leukocyte rolling and adhesion in septic rats. Crit Care Med 2000; 28:2898-903. [PMID: 10966268 DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200008000-00035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Excess production of nitric oxide (NO) has been implicated in hypotension and blood flow abnormalities in sepsis, but NO is also an important inhibitor of leukocyte rolling and adhesion. Leukocyte adhesion is increased in sepsis despite elevated NO production. We hypothesized that inhibition of NO synthase (NOS) could increase leukocyte adhesion in sepsis. DESIGN Prospective animal study. SETTING Experimental animal laboratory. SUBJECTS Twenty-five male rats, anesthetized with ketamine and acepromazine. INTERVENTIONS Topical superfusion of the nonselective NOS inhibitor N(G)-monomethyl-L-arginine (NMA) on skeletal muscle postcapillary venules. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Rats made septic by cecal ligation and puncture were compared with controls that underwent sham ligation. Leukocyte rolling and adhesion were measured in cremasteric postcapillary venules of septic and control rats using in vivo videomicroscopy. The effects of NOS inhibition on leukocyte rolling and adhesion were also measured. After a stable baseline was reached, 1 microM of the nonselective NOS inhibitor NMA was suffused topically followed by physiologic buffer. The effects of L-arginine on leukocyte rolling and adhesion were also measured, both before and after suffusion of NMA. Leukocyte rolling and adhesion was increased in septic rats as compared with controls (control 5.5+/-0.9 rolling cells/min, 1.0+/-0.3 adherent cells/min; septic 13.7+/-2.0 rolling cells/min, 3.1+/-0.6 adherent cells/min; p < .001), and NOS inhibition further increased leukocyte rolling and adhesion in both septic and control rats (control 14.0+/-1.7 rolling cells/min, 2.8+/-0.5 adherent cells/min; septic 25+/-2.1 rolling cells/min, 5.4+/-0.5 adherent cells/min; both p < .001 vs. baseline). Prior suffusion of excess L-arginine prevented the increase in leukocyte adhesion with NMA in septic rats (2.6+/-0.4 adherent cells/min vs. 3.0+/-0.6 adherent cells/min; n = 3; p > .05). When administered after NMA, excess L-arginine partially reversed leukocyte adhesion in septic rats (5.4+/-0.7 adherent cells/min, with NMA vs. 4.3+/-0.7 adherent cells/min, after L-arginine; n = 5; p < .05). Venular shear did not differ between septic and control rats (600+/-109 (sec(-1)) vs. 620+/-37 (sec(-1)); p > .05). CONCLUSIONS Although NOS inhibition may ameliorate hypotension in sepsis, such therapy may be deleterious by increasing leukocyte adhesion.
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Affiliation(s)
- R Sundrani
- Section of Critical Care, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA
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