LIVER-LUNG INTERACTIONS DURING ESCHERICHIA-COLI ENDOTOXEMIA - TNF-ALPHA-LEUKOTRIENE AXIS
LIVER-LUNG INTERACTIONS DURING ESCHERICHIA-COLI ENDOTOXEMIA - TNF-ALPHA-LEUKOTRIENE AXIS
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DOI:
10.1164/ajrccm.149.1.8111596
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发表时间:
1994-01-01
影响因子:
24.7
通讯作者:
LECHNER, AJ
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作者:
MATUSCHAK, GM;MATTINGLY, ME;LECHNER, AJ
The liver modulates host responses to endotoxemia by production and clearance of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha) and eicosanoid lipoxygenation products. Reductions in liver blood flow (QL) are common during endotoxemia, but it is unknown whether the kinetics of TNF-alpha and leukotrienes (LTs) are thereby altered to amplify lung inflammation. To test this hypothesis, reductions in QL were modeled by an end-to-side portacaval shunt (PCS) in Sprague-Daw(ey rats. Conscious animals received 2.5 mg/kg of intravenous E. coli lipopolysaccharide (LPS) serotype 055:B5 (PCS + LPS; n = 17) or saline (n = 5). Responses were compared with those in sham-operated rats(sham + LPS; n = 13) and NSS-challenged control rats (n = 5). Cardiopulmonary changes, serum TNF-alpha, and formed elements were determined at t = 0, 1.5, 3.5, and 24 h, when organ wet/dry ratios (W/D) were measured with TNF-alpha, LTB(4), and polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN) in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF). In PCS + LPS rats, mortality was 59% and serum TNF-alpha peaked at 1.5 h (2,784 +/- 658 U/ml, mean +/- SEM) coincident with the onset of hypotension. Despite equivalent endotoxemia and liver- and lung-associated TNF-alpha in sham + LPS rats at 1.5 h, peak serum TNF-alpha was 38% less and mortality was 15% (p < 0.05). Cardiac, hepatic, and cecal W/D were likewise increased in PCS + LPS versus sham + LPS rats, as were BALF PMNs (p < 0.05). In parallel studies, the disappearance kinetics of infused rTNF-alpha were not altered in nonendotoxemic PCS animals, implicating enhanced lung uptake of LPS and systemic export of TNF-alpha in PCS + LPS rats. Lipoxygenase inhibition with diethylcarbamazine (DEC) after endotoxemia or MK-886 given before and after LPS challenge lowered peak serum TNF-alpha by 72%(768 +/- 204 U/ml) and 91% (247 +/- 74 U/ml), respectively. Moreover, DEC prevented changes in blood pressure, cecal W/D, and mortality while reducing BALF LTB(4) and PMNs (p < 0.005). Thus, selective reductions in QL early during endotoxemia functionally link the liver and lungs via a cross-modulating TNF-c alpha:LT axis of inflammation.