Impact of nitric oxide synthase on myocardial dysfunction of sepsis

描述（由申请人提供）：脓毒性休克是一种复杂的综合征，由严重感染引起，通常由创伤和/或手术引起，身体对微生物侵袭的反应在美国每年夺去20多万人的生命。虽然一些感染性休克患者最终死于多系统器官衰竭，但许多患者死于难治性低血压和心血管衰竭。更好地了解导致心血管衰竭的复杂发病机制，以进一步改善感染性休克患者的护理。本研究旨在探讨一氧化氮（NO）和一氧化氮合酶3（NOS 3）在脓毒症相关心肌功能障碍中的作用。该补助金支持的研究将有四个目标：（1）表征NOS 3对密切模拟人腹膜炎的鼠脓毒症模型中心肌功能障碍和存活的影响，（2）阐明心脏NOS 3减弱脓毒症诱导的心肌氧化应激的机制，（3）检查脓毒症期间肌丝对钙敏感性改变的机制，以及（4）评估NOS 3对脓毒症诱导的钙处理蛋白改变和心肌细胞舒张的影响。拟议的研究将利用转基因小鼠和两种互补的脓毒症小鼠模型，脂多糖诱导的休克和腹膜炎诱导的弥漫性腹膜炎。将使用包括NO供体化合物和黄嘌呤氧化还原酶抑制剂在内的药理学试剂证实转基因小鼠中的发现。将在完整动物、分离的心肌细胞和去皮肌丝水平评估心肌功能。该提案旨在确定在脓毒症期间NOS 3对心脏氧化应激、心肌功能障碍和存活率的影响。通过了解心脏NOS 3在脓毒症中的作用，我们预计，拟议的研究将提供重要的信息，导致新的治疗策略的发展，以改善脓毒症心肌功能障碍的危重患者的护理。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Septic shock is a complex syndrome that results from serious infection often initiated by trauma and/or surgery and the body's response to microbiologic invation claims over 200,000 lives per year in the United States. While some patients with septic shock eventually succumb to multisystem organ failure, many die of refractory hypotension and cardiovascular collapse. A better understanding of the complex pathogenetic mechanisms leading to cardiovascular collapse is needed to further improve the care of patients with septic shock. The overall objective of the proposed research is to characterize the role of nitric oxide (NO) and NO synthase 3 (NOS3) in the myocardial dysfunction associated with sepsis. Studies supported by this grant will have four aims: (1) characterize the impact of NOS3 on myocardial dysfunction and survival in a murine sepsis model that closely mimics human peritonitis, (2) elucidate the mechanisms whereby cardiac NOS3 attenuates sepsis-induced myocardial oxidative stress, (3) examine the mechanisms responsible for the altered myofilament sensitivity to calcium during sepsis, and (4) assess the impact of NOS3 on sepsis- induced alteration of calcium handling protein and cardiomyocyte relaxation. Proposed studies will take advantage of genetically-modified mice and two complementary mouse models of sepsis, lipopolysaccharide-induced shock and surgically-induced diffuse peritonitis. Findings in genetically-modified mice will be confirmed using pharmacological agents including NO donor compound and xanthine oxidoreductase inhibitors. Myocardial function will be assessed at the levels of intact animal, isolated cardiomyocytes, and skinned-myofilaments. This proposal seeks to define largely unexplored impact of NOS3 on cardiac oxidative stress, myocardial dysfunction, and survival during sepsis. By understanding the role of cardiac NOS3 during sepsis, we anticipate that the proposed studies will provide important information leading to the development of new therapeutic strategies to improve the care of critically ill patients with myocardial dysfunction of sepsis.