Role of sensory neuron in reduction of endotoxin-induced hypotension in rats
Role of sensory neuron in reduction of endotoxin-induced hypotension in rats
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DOI:
10.1097/01.ccm.0000159721.72629.49
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发表时间:
2005-04-01
影响因子:
8.8
通讯作者:
Harada, N
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作者:
Okajima, K;Isobe, H;Harada, N
Objective: We attempted to determine whether activation of the sensory neuron contributes to reduction of endotoxin-induced hypotension by inhibiting tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha production via calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) release in rats.Design: Prospective, randomized, controlled study.Selling: Research laboratory at a university medical center.Subjects: Wistar rats weighing 220-280 g.Interventions: Mean arterial blood pressure was measured in rats administered endotoxin intravenously. Animals were pretreated with capsazepine (a vanilloid receptor antagonist), CGRP(8-37) (a CGRP receptor antagonist), and indomethacin before endotoxin administration. Levels of CGRP, 6-keto-prostaglandin F-1 alpha, TNF-alpha, and cytokine-induced neutrophil chemoattractant (CINC) were measured by enzyme immunoassay methods. The concentration of NO2-/NO3- was measured using the Griess reagent. Tissue levels of messenger RNA of the inducible form of nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and TNF-alpha were determined by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction.Measurements and Main Results: Both lung levels of CGRP and plasma levels of 6-keto-prostaglandin F-1 alpha were increased after intravenous administration of endotoxin (5 mg/kg), peaking at 90 mins after endotoxin administration. Increases in plasma levels of 6-keto-prostaglandin F-1 alpha at 90 mins after endotoxin administration (766 +/- 134 pg/mL) were inhibited by pretreatment with capsazepine (373 +/- 44 pg/mL, p < .05), CGRP(8-37) (406 +/- 64 pg/mL, p < .05), and indomethacin (154 40 pg/mL, p < .05). Although none of the pretreatments affected a series of endotoxin-induced responses, including increases in lung tissue levels of TNF-alpha, CINC, and NOS and the resultant hypotension in animals given 5 mg/kg endotoxin, such pretreatments enhanced these pathologic responses in animals given a smaller dose of endotoxin (11 mg/kg) to the same extent as those induced by 5 mg/kg of endotoxin, suggesting that shock responses induced by 5 mg/kg endotoxin are maximum responses and activation of sensory neurons in endotoxin-treated rats is essentially a reparative response.Conclusion. Activation of sensory neurons might contribute to reduction of endotoxin-induced hypotension by releasing CGRP, which is capable of promoting endothelial production of prostacyclin.