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Fein AM, Calalang-Colucci MG. Acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome in sepsis and septic shock. Crit Care Clin 2000; 16:289-317. [PMID: 10768083 DOI: 10.1016/s0749-0704(05)70111-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Sepsis remains the leading cause of ARDS, and ARDS is still an often fatal condition. With our expanding knowledge of the pathobiologic mechanisms and the relationship between these two entities, early recognition, treatment, and prevention of sepsis may prevent or hasten recovery from ARDS. Understanding the biologic markers involved in the complex inflammatory response of sepsis and acute lung injury offers the possibility of future investigations to target treatment based on these mediators.
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- Department of Medicine, State University of New York, Stony Brook School of Medicine, USA
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Smith RM, Giannoudis PV, Bellamy MC, Perry SL, Dickson RA, Guillou PJ. Interleukin-10 release and monocyte human leukocyte antigen-DR expression during femoral nailing. Clin Orthop Relat Res 2000:233-40. [PMID: 10810482 DOI: 10.1097/00003086-200004000-00028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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This study determined the effect of femoral nailing on the expression of monocyte Class II antigens and interleukin-10 release and sought to differentiate any differences in the release of these elements of immune reactivity in patients undergoing reamed and unreamed nailing. Thirty-two patients presenting with an acute femoral fracture were studied. In 15 patients, the femoral fracture was stabilized with a reamed technique and in 17 patients with an unreamed technique. Venous blood samples were taken at presentation, at anesthetic induction, immediately after nail insertion, and subsequently at 1, 4, and 24 hours and at 3, 5, and 7 days after surgery. Serum interleukin-10 was measured by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and monocyte human leukocyte antigen-DR expression was quantified by flow cytometry. Serum interleukin-10 release and human leukocyte antigen-DR expression on monocytes showed a clear response to the nailing procedure. The group of patients undergoing a reamed femoral nailing procedure showed significantly higher interleukin-10 release and a significant depression in the expression of human leukocyte antigen-DR on monocytes compared with those whose nail had been inserted unreamed. One patient in the reamed femoral nailing group died of adult respiratory distress syndrome 3 days after injury. Reamed intramedullary nailing appears to be associated with greater impairment of immune reactivity than is the unreamed nailing technique.
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- R M Smith
- Department of Trauma, St James's University Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Bienvenu J, Monneret G, Fabien N, Revillard JP. The clinical usefulness of the measurement of cytokines. Clin Chem Lab Med 2000; 38:267-85. [PMID: 10928646 DOI: 10.1515/cclm.2000.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The utilization of accurate and sensitive methods for the measurement of cytokines in body fluids is prerequisite for the proper use of these mediators in clinical practice. Many factors contribute to the complexity of cytokine quantitation. Bioassays historically preceded immunoassays, which are now very popular, but there is a need for standardization. Nevertheless, due to the local effects of cytokines, the study of their blood levels is of limited value for an understanding of the pathophysiology of these mediators. This explains the development of alternative approaches to assess the ability of cells to produce cytokines. These include the Enzyme-Linked Immuno Spot Assay (ELISPOT), the measurement of cell-associated cytokines by flow cytometry, and the study of cytokine secretion by isolated peripheral blood mononuclear cells or by whole blood test. All these techniques, associated with a local detection of cytokines by immunohistochemistry or in situ hybridization and reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction, appear to be complementary tools for a better understanding of the biology of cytokines. Selected examples of possible clinical applications related to infectious diseases, cancer, autoimmune diseases, allergy, transplantation and preclinical evaluation of drugs and biotechnology products are given.
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- J Bienvenu
- Service d'Immunologie, Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud, Pierre-Bénite, France.
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Small amounts of plasma-free DNA have been observed both in healthy individuals and in patients with various diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, viral hepatitis, and cancer. This communication demonstrates that septic patients also release DNA in plasma. After DNA extraction from plasma, exon 1 of the K-ras gene was amplified by PCR and products were analyzed by dot-blot hybridization. Plasmas from polytraumatic patients and control healthy individuals were used for comparisons with septic patients. Our results show that septic patients present DNA in their plasma. As far as we know, this is the first evidence of circulating DNA in septic patients.
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- G A Martins
- Laboratório de Controle da Expressão Gênica, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Background: At present, it is unclear whether in experimental endotoxemia, the pro-inflammatory response observed in healthy volunteers is followed by an anti-inflammatory response, as observed in patients with sepsis. We studied the evolution of a number of inflammatory parameters during a prolonged period (24 h) after infusion of endotoxin in healthy subjects. Methods: Six healthy male subjects received an infusion of endotoxin (4 ng/kg body weight). Blood was drawn before, and at various intervals up to and including 24 h after, endotoxin infusion. Circulating cytokine levels, leukocyte activation surface markers, plasma lactoferrin, and neopterin levels were measured, and clinical signs and symptoms were noted during a 24-h period. Monocyte and neutrophil activation after endotoxin infusion is investigated in relation to the inflammatory response. The extent of neutrophil and monocyte activation was correlated to clinical markers and blood levels of inflammatory mediators and cytokines. Results: Tumor necrosis factor-alpha appeared 30 min after infusion in the circulation, peaking (5665+/-1910 pg/ml) at 2 h. Interleukin-10 appeared 60 min after infusion, peaking (427+/-348 pg/ml) at 3 h. The expression of leukocyte activation markers increased significantly after infusion. Expression of HLA-DR on monocytes decreased significantly after 3 h (P=0.03). There was a correlation between the TNF-alpha:IL-10 ratio and the CD11b:HLA-DR ratio (P=0.03). Conclusions: During experimental human endotoxemia, an initial pro-inflammatory response is successfully compensated by an anti-inflammatory response, leading to homeostasis. This is in contrast to what happens in septic patients with compensatory anti-inflammatory response syndrome. The inflammatory balance, expressed as the cytokine pro:anti-inflammatory ratio, is reflected at a cellular level.
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Volk T, Hensel M, Schuster H, Kox WJ. Secretion of MCP-1 and IL-6 by cytokine stimulated production of reactive oxygen species in endothelial cells. Mol Cell Biochem 2000; 206:105-12. [PMID: 10839200 DOI: 10.1023/a:1007059616914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Endothelial cells are known to produce reactive oxygen species by several mechanisms. Functional consequences of increased production of reactive oxygen species were investigated in vitro after stimulation with several proinflammatory cytokines. Time dependent increases in DCF-fluorescence as a measure of reactive oxygen load were quantified in single cells after incubation with TNF-alpha, IL-1 and IFN-gamma. The increased DCF-fluorescence was inhibited by cell permeant antioxidative substances Tiron and Tempol. NMMA, an inhibitor of nitric oxide synthase reduced endothelial DCF-fluorescence only marginally, indicating a minor participation of nitric oxide production in this detection system. Cytokine induced endothelial DCF-fluorescence increased in the presence of NADH, whereas coincubation with NADPH or xanthine was without effect. Flavoenzyme inhibitor diphenyliodonium abolished stimulated DCF-fluorescence. Cytokine induced release of MCP-1 and IL-6 by endothelial cells was completely inhibited in the presence of Tiron and Tempol, whereas NMMA was less effective. Collectively these data indicate that cytokine stimulated endothelial cells increase their reactive oxygen species production probably via NADH oxidase and this production may critically be involved in the secretion of MCP-1 and IL-6.
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- T Volk
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Therapie, University Hospital Charité, Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany
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Papathanassoglou ED, Moynihan JA, Ackerman MH. Does programmed cell death (apoptosis) play a role in the development of multiple organ dysfunction in critically ill patients? a review and a theoretical framework. Crit Care Med 2000; 28:537-49. [PMID: 10708197 DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200002000-00042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To critically review the current understanding of the pathophysiologic events leading to the development of secondary multiple organ dysfunction (MODS) in critical illness and to examine the role of apoptosis (programmed cell death) as a mechanism involved in the progression of MODS. DATA SOURCES Research and review articles published since 1982 on the pathophysiology of MODS, particularly the role of cytokines, reactive oxygen species, heat shock proteins, and apoptosis. Research and review articles on the physiology of apoptosis. Articles include human/animal and in vitro/in vivo studies. DATA EXTRACTION The most prevalent mediating factors of MODS were examined for their potential to induce apoptosis, as reported in the literature. The combination of several of the above factors was also examined in terms of apoptosis-triggering potential. DATA SYNTHESIS Specific pathophysiologic conditions related to the onset of MODS have been shown to affect apoptotic rates in organ tissue cells and their respective endothelial cells in animal and in vitro models. These conditions include the following: a) increased release of inflammation-related cytokines; b) increased production of oxygen free radicals associated with ischemia/reperfusion injury and states of low tissue perfusion; c) expression and release of heat shock proteins from tissue cells and the liver; d) elevated glucocorticoid concentrations after adrenal cortex activation; and e) release of bacterial products into the systemic circulation. CONCLUSION The most important MODS-related pathophysiologic conditions known to date have been shown to affect programmed cell death rates in almost all cell types. Organ-specific cell death involving both parenchymal and microvasculature endothelial cells is conceivably underlying organ dysfunction. The hypothesis that increased apoptotic rates are involved in organ dysfunction may provide a unifying theory for the pathophysiology of MODS.
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- E D Papathanassoglou
- Division of Endocrinology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
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García de lorenzo y mateos A, López martínez J, Ssánchez castilla M. Respuesta inflamatoria sistémica: fisiopatología y mediadores. Med Intensiva 2000. [DOI: 10.1016/s0210-5691(00)79622-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Terregino CA, Lopez BL, Karras DJ, Killian AJ, Arnold GK. Endogenous mediators in emergency department patients with presumed sepsis: are levels associated with progression to severe sepsis and death? Ann Emerg Med 2000; 35:26-34. [PMID: 10613937 DOI: 10.1016/s0196-0644(00)70101-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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STUDY OBJECTIVE We sought to determine whether levels of the endogenous mediators tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, interleukin (IL) 6, and nitric oxide (NO) measured in patients with presumed sepsis (systemic inflammatory response syndrome [SIRS] and infection) are different than levels in patients with presumed noninfectious SIRS, whether levels are associated with septic complications, and whether there are potential relationships between mediators. METHODS A prospective, observational tricenter study of a convenience sample of adults presenting to the emergency department meeting Bone's criteria for SIRS (any combination of fever or hypothermia, tachycardia, tachypnea, or WBC count aberration) was performed. Mediator levels were determined and associated with deterioration to severe sepsis (hypotension, hypoperfusion, or organ dysfunction) and death in subjects admitted to the hospital with presumed sepsis. RESULTS One hundred eighty subjects with SIRS were enrolled and classified into 3 groups: group 1 (SIRS, presumed infection, admitted; n=108), group 2 (SIRS, presumed infection, discharged; n=27), and group 3 (SIRS, presumed noninfectious, admitted; n=45). Group 1 TNF-alpha and IL-6 levels were significantly higher than those found in the other groups. NO levels for groups 1 and 2 were significantly lower than those for group 3. TNF-alpha and IL-6 levels were higher in the group 1 subjects who had bacteremia or progressed to severe sepsis or death. NO levels were not associated with these outcomes. CONCLUSION ED patients admitted with presumed sepsis have elevated cytokine levels compared with patients with sepsis who are discharged and with those patients with presumed noninfectious SIRS. An association appears to exist between cytokines and subsequent septic complications in these patients. The importance of these measures as clinical predictors for the presence of infection and subsequent septic complications needs to be evaluated.
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- C A Terregino
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center, UMDNJ/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Camden, NJ 08103, USA.
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Lind L, Carlstedt F, Rastad J, Stiernström H, Stridsberg M, Ljunggren O, Wide L, Larsson A, Hellman P, Ljunghall S. Hypocalcemia and parathyroid hormone secretion in critically ill patients. Crit Care Med 2000; 28:93-9. [PMID: 10667505 DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200001000-00015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate possible causes of hypocalcemia and to assess parathyroid hormone (PTH) secretion in intensive care unit (ICU) patients. DESIGN Combined cross-sectional and prospective study. SETTING ICU in a university hospital. PATIENTS Thirteen patients with sepsis and 13 patients who underwent major surgery. INTERVENTIONS None. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Calcium metabolic indices were investigated during the first 24 hrs in the ICU and after 2 days. Eight of the surgical patients and five of the septic patients were subjected to a citrate/calcium infusion on day 1 in the ICU, to study the dynamics of PTH secretion. The blood ionized calcium (Ca2+) concentration was generally low in the septic patients (mean +/- SD, 1.03+/-0.08 mmol/L; reference value, 1.10-1.30) and increased, but not normalized, after 2 days. Hypocalcemia was only occasionally seen in the surgical patients. In the septic patients, urinary excretion of calcium was low; and, in both patient groups, elevated concentrations of two markers of bone resorption, deoxypyridinoline and ICTP (serum carboxy-terminal cross-linked telopeptide of type I collagen), were found. In cases of sepsis, the concentrations of proinflammatory cytokines were high (394+/-536 pg/mL for tumor necrosis factor-alpha and 5676+/-5190 pg/mL for interleukin-6, both normally <10-20). The Ca2+ concentration was inversely related to tumor necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin-6 (r2 = .35-.42; p<.01), as well as to procalcitonin (r2 = .71; p<.01). Despite normocalcemia in the surgical patients, serum PTH concentrations were elevated in both patient groups (97 and 109 ng/L) (reference value, <55 ng/L), both on day 1 and day 3 in the ICU. The citrate/calcium infusion revealed an increased secretory response of PTH to lowered Ca2+ concentrations in both groups of patients (p<.05), when compared with matched healthy controls. CONCLUSION Hypocalcemia was common in septic ICU patients and was not the result of an increased urinary excretion of calcium or of an attenuated bone resorption, but seemed related to the inflammatory response. An increased PTH secretion was found in both patient groups.
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- L Lind
- Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Uppsala, Sweden
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Torre D, Tambini R, Aristodemo S, Gavazzeni G, Goglio A, Cantamessa C, Pugliese A, Biondi G. Anti-inflammatory response of IL-4, IL-10 and TGF-beta in patients with systemic inflammatory response syndrome. Mediators Inflamm 2000; 9:193-5. [PMID: 11132778 PMCID: PMC1781763 DOI: 10.1080/09629350020002912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) is an inflammatory process seen in association with a large number of clinical infective and non-infective conditions. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of anti-inflammatory cytokines such as interleukin-4 (IL-4), interleukin-10 (IL-10), and transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta). Serum levels of IL-4, IL-10 and TGF-beta were determined in 45 patients with SIRS: 38 patients had SIRS of infectious origin, whereas seven patients had non-infectious SIRS. Twenty healthy subjects were used as controls. Serum levels of IL-4, IL-10 and TGF-beta were determined by an immunoenzyme assay. A significant increase of IL-4 was observed in these patients at the time of diagnosis and 5 days later. In contrast, serum levels of IL-10 were not increased at the time of diagnosis, but a slight decrease was noted after 5 days. Serum levels of TGF-beta were not increased at time of diagnosis, and a slight increase was observed after 5 days. Serum levels of IL-4 were significantly higher in patients with infectious SIRS at the time of diagnosis, whereas no significant difference between infectious and non-infectious SIRS was noted for serum levels of IL-10 and TGF-beta at the time of diagnosis and 5 days later. During SIRS, serum levels of IL-4 were significantly increased with a significant correlation between IL-4 and mortality, and only levels of IL-4 were significantly increased in the SIRS caused by infectious stimuli.
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- D Torre
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Regional Hospital, Varese, Italy.
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Joly LM, Monchi M, Cariou A, Chiche JD, Bellenfant F, Brunet F, Dhainaut JF. Effects of dobutamine on gastric mucosal perfusion and hepatic metabolism in patients with septic shock. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1999; 160:1983-6. [PMID: 10588617 DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.160.6.9708113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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We prospectively evaluated the effects of dobutamine on gastric mucosal perfusion and hepatocytic clearance in patients with septic shock. After resuscitation with volume expansion and norepinephrine (12 patients) as needed, 14 hemodynamically stable patients (median age: 60 yr, median SAPS II score: 47) were given an infusion of 7.5 microg/kg/min dobutamine for 1 h. Gastric mucosal perfusion and hepatocytic clearance were assessed with tonometry and indocyanine green (ICG) elimination, respectively. All measurements were made before dobutamine infusion, after 1 h of dobutamine infusion, and 1 h after the infusion ended. Cardiac output (thermodilution technique) increased with dobutamine from a baseline median level of 4.0 L/min/m(2) (range: 1.7 to 7.4 L/min/m(2)) to 5.0 L/min/m(2) (range: 3.5 to 8.9 L/min/m(2)) (p = 0.004) and returned to baseline levels after dobutamine infusion ended. The gastric-arterial PCO(2) difference decreased from a baseline median level of 13 mm Hg (range: 5 to 54 mm Hg) to 7 mm Hg (range: 5 to 48 mm Hg) (p = 0.005). ICG elimination was low in all patients at baseline (median plasma disappearance rate: 12.2%; range: 7.6 to 16.2%) and did not change significantly during or after dobutamine infusion. In summary, dobutamine increases gastric mucosal perfusion but does not alter hepatocytic clearance in patients with septic shock. The absence of a beneficial effect of dobutamine on hepatocytic clearance may be related to profound alterations in hepatocellular metabolism during septic shock.
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- L M Joly
- Medical Intensive Care Unit, Cochin Port Royal University Hospital, Paris, France
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Simovic MO, Bonham MJ, Abu-Zidan FM, Windsor JA. Anti-inflammatory cytokine response and clinical outcome in acute pancreatitis. Crit Care Med 1999; 27:2662-5. [PMID: 10628606 DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199912000-00009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that elevated interleukin (IL)-10 plasma concentration relative to IL-6 and IL-8 in patients with acute pancreatitis is associated with improved clinical outcome. DESIGN Case series. SETTING University hospital surgical and intensive care unit. PATIENTS Patients with mild (n = 18) and severe (n = 14) acute pancreatitis were recruited within 12 hrs of admission and studied for 5 days. INTERVENTIONS None. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS The plasma concentration of IL-10 was significantly elevated in patients with severe pancreatitis during the 5 days and especially so in those who died compared with survivors on day 5 (p <.03). The ratio of IL-10/IL-6 was decreased in patients with severe pancreatitis on day 5 (p < .01). There was a significant decrease in the ratio of IL-10/IL-8, but not of IL-10/IL-6, during the first 5 days (p < .014). CONCLUSIONS The findings are consistent with the hypothesis that an increase in plasma IL-10 relative to IL-6 or IL-8 is associated with improved clinical outcome.
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- M O Simovic
- Pancreatitis Research Group, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, University of Auckland, New Zealand
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Immunonutrition generally refers to the effect of the provision of specific nutrients on the immune system. These nutrients typically have immunoenhancing properties, and recent advances in nutrition support involve studies designed to exploit the desirable biological properties of these nutrients. The term immunonutrition strictly implies that we are focusing on the effect of certain nutrients on aspects of the immune system. However, in reality immunonutrition also refers to studies that not only examine the function of lymphocytes and leucocytes, but which also study the influence of key nutrients on the acute-phase response, the inflammatory response and on gastrointestinal structure and function. The interest, therefore, is on the impact of immunonutrition on all aspects of host defence mechanisms in response to a catabolic stress. Major surgery evokes an acute-phase response, a transient immunosuppression and alterations in gastrointestinal function. Normal function is usually restored after a few days; however, in a subgroup of patients homeostasis may be lost and development of the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) ensues. Results of recent clinical trials suggest that provision of immunomodulatory nutrients, including glutamine, arginine, n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and dietary nucleotides, may promote restoration of normal tissue function post-operatively and prevent the occurrence of SIRS.
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- L O'Flaherty
- Department of Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Republic of Ireland.
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Kowatari K, Suzuki K, Kudo S, Yamada M, Liu Q, Danjo K, Umeda T, Nakaji S, Sugawara K. Applicability of chemiluminescence to assess the degree of operative stress in patients undergoing spinal surgery. LUMINESCENCE 1999; 14:331-4. [PMID: 10602303 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1522-7243(199911/12)14:6<331::aid-bio556>3.0.co;2-e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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This study examined the applicability of luminol-dependent chemiluminescence (CL) response of neutrophils to assess the degree of stress of spinal surgery by measuring the capacity of circulating neutrophils to produce reactive oxygen species and the levels of serum cytokines: interleukin(IL)-1beta, IL-6, IL-8, tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha and granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF). Ten male patients underwent spinal surgery. Peripheral blood samples, collected before and after the operation and the next morning, were used for measuring the CL response of neutrophils stimulated with opsonized zymosan and measuring the levels of serum cytokines. The operative stress induced leukocytosis, particularly granulocytosis, and increased serum IL-6 and G-CSF significantly. However, there was no significant change in the luminol-dependent CL response of neutrophils or the levels of serum IL-1beta, IL-8 and TNF-alpha throughout the experimental period. These results suggest that, at least in the early postoperative period, operative stress does not prime the circulating neutrophils, and thus the CL response of neutrophils is not appropriate to assess the degree of stress of spinal surgery.
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- K Kowatari
- Department of Hygiene, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, 5 Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki, Aomori 036-8562, Japan.
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Sun Z, Wang X, Lasson A, Börjesson A, Leveau P, Haraldsen P, Andersson R. Roles of platelet-activating factor, interleukin-1beta and interleukin-6 in intestinal barrier dysfunction induced by mesenteric arterial ischemia and reperfusion. J Surg Res 1999; 87:90-100. [PMID: 10527709 DOI: 10.1006/jsre.1999.5746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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BACKGROUND Platelet-activating factor (PAF), cytokines, proteases, and other factors are probably involved in the development of gut barrier dysfunction following intestinal ischemia and reperfusion (I/R), although the act underlying pathophysiological mechanisms has not yet been fully clarified. The aim of the present study was to clarify the relationship of intestinal barrier integrity to systemic levels of interleukin-1beta, interleukin-6, and protease inhibitor levels and local leukocyte accumulation in a rat model of intestinal ischemia for 40 min followed by 3 or 12 h reperfusion, with or without treatment with a PAF inhibitor. METHODS Myeloperoxidase (MPO) content in the small intestinal mucosa, serum levels of interleukin-1beta and -6, and plasma protease inhibitors, and intestinal endothelial and epithelial permeability were assessed, with or without treatment with the PAF antagonist lexipafant. RESULTS Intestinal I/R resulted in intestinal barrier dysfunction with pronounced plasma leakage to the intestinal lumen, the leakage being aggravated following a longer reperfusion period. Proteolytic plasma activity was evident by low levels of the plasma protease inhibitors measured. MPO content increased significantly after I/R, as did serum levels of interleukin-1beta and -6, without difference between the two periods of reperfusion. Treatment with the PAF inhibitor lexipafant partly, though not fully, restored the changes caused by I/R. CONCLUSION PAF seems to be involved in the release of cytokines, such as interleukin-1 and -6, consumption of protease inhibitors, and impaired intestinal barrier integrity seen following intestinal I/R. Treatment with a PAF antagonist was effective in restoring the changes caused by intestinal I/R, though not reaching complete normal levels.
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- Z Sun
- Department of Surgery, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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Aosasa S, Mochizuki H, Yamamoto T, Ono S, Ichikura T. A clinical study of the effectiveness of oral glutamine supplementation during total parenteral nutrition: influence on mesenteric mononuclear cells. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 1999; 23:S41-4. [PMID: 10483893 DOI: 10.1177/014860719902300511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Bacterial translocation (BT) is a well-known insult during total parenteral nutrition (TPN) and a high incidence of morbidity has been reported in septic patients receiving TPN. Inflammatory cytokines were shown to play an important role in the pathogenesis of critical complications following sepsis. Previous studies have indicated that supplementation of TPN with glutamine is effective in preventing BT in animals, but its effectiveness in humans is unclear. The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of oral glutamine supplementation to patients receiving TPN in suppressing cytokine production of mesenteric blood mononuclear cells (M-MNC). Fifteen colorectal cancer patients were divided into 3 groups according to preoperative nutrition management. (1) TPN group: TPN with conventional glutamine-free amino acid solution. (2) Gln group: TPN with oral glutamine supplementation of 30 g/d. (3) CONTROL GROUP: oral intake of normal food. M-MNC were obtained immediately after laparotomy and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and interleukin-10 (IL-10) production of M-MNC was evaluated with or without lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulation. TNF-alpha and IL-10 production by LPS-stimulated M-MNC was increased in the TPN group and suppressed in the Gln group. In conclusion, oral glutamine supplementation to patients with TPN was shown to be effective for the prevention of M-MNC activation to avoid excessive production of cytokines.
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- S Aosasa
- Department of Surgery I, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa Saitama, Japan
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Czermak BJ, Sarma V, Pierson CL, Warner RL, Huber-Lang M, Bless NM, Schmal H, Friedl HP, Ward PA. Protective effects of C5a blockade in sepsis. Nat Med 1999; 5:788-92. [PMID: 10395324 DOI: 10.1038/10512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 330] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Sepsis in humans is a difficult condition to treat and is often associated with a high mortality rate. In this study, we induced sepsis in rats using cecal ligation and puncture (CLP). In rats depleted of the complement factor C3, CLP led to very short survival times (about 4 days). Of the rats that underwent CLP ('CLP rats') that were C3-intact and treated with preimmune IgG, most (92%) were dead by 7 days. Blood neutrophils from these rats contained on their surfaces the powerful complement activation product C5a. This group had high levels of bacteremia, and their blood neutrophils when stimulated in vitro had greatly reduced production of H2O2, which is known to be essential for the bactericidal function of neutrophils. In contrast, when companion CLP rats were treated with IgG antibody against C5a, survival rates were significantly improved, levels of bacteremia were considerably reduced, and the H2O2 response of blood neutrophils was preserved. Bacterial colony-forming units in spleen and liver were very high in CLP rats treated with preimmune IgG and very low in CLP rats treated with IgG antibody against C5a, similar to values obtained in rats that underwent 'sham' operations (without CLP). These data indicate that sepsis causes an excessive production of C5a, which compromises the bactericidal function of neutrophils. Thus, C5a may be a useful target for the treatment of sepsis.
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- B J Czermak
- Department of Trauma Surgery, University of Freiburg Medical School, Freiburg/Breisgau, Germany
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Poeze M, Ramsay G, Greve JW, Singer M. Prediction of postoperative cardiac surgical morbidity and organ failure within 4 hours of intensive care unit admission using esophageal Doppler ultrasonography. Crit Care Med 1999; 27:1288-94. [PMID: 10446822 DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199907000-00013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To compare esophageal Doppler ultrasonography with standard hemodynamic variables used in postoperative care for the prediction of postoperative complications after cardiac surgery. DESIGN Prospective, observational pilot study. SETTING University hospital, multidisciplinary intensive care unit PATIENTS Postoperative cardiac surgical patients. INTERVENTIONS Standard postoperative management as guided by routinely measured hemodynamic variables. MEASUREMENTS An esophageal Doppler ultrasound probe was inserted for measurement of stroke volume (SV), cardiac output (CO), and other flow-related variables. Both these and routine hemodynamic variables (mean arterial pressure, central venous pressure, heart rate, arterial base deficit, urine output, core-toe temperature difference) were recorded at half-hourly intervals for the first 4 postoperative hrs. The incidence of systemic inflammatory response syndrome at 24 hrs, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II, and multiple organ failure scores, postoperative complications, and length of ICU and hospital stays were recorded. MAIN RESULTS Twenty consecutively admitted patients were studied: eight after emergency bypass grafting and 12 after elective bypass grafts and/or valve replacement. Of the nine patients who developed postoperative complications, two died. At admission, significant differences were seen between patients with a complicated and those with an uncomplicated surgical procedure for SV, heart rate, and standard base excess, but not for cardiac output. By using receiver operator characteristic curves, SV was the best marker for predicting postoperative complications during the initial postoperative period. CONCLUSIONS A low SV and a high heart rate, both at ICU admission and during the subsequent 4 hrs, were the best prognostic factors for development of complications after cardiac surgery. Cardiac output values were not useful. This pilot study suggests that the minimally invasive technique of esophageal Doppler ultrasonography may be a useful tool to assist early prognostication.
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- M Poeze
- Department of Surgery, University Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Williams MA, Rhoades CJ, Newland AC, Kelsey SM. The potential for monocyte-mediated immunotherapy during infection and malignancy--Part II: in vivo activation by exogenous cytokines and clinical applications. Leuk Lymphoma 1999; 34:207-30. [PMID: 10439359 DOI: 10.3109/10428199909050947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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The monocyte system exhibits a range of immunological mechanisms that may be harnessed for therapeutic effect against infection and malignancy. The advent of novel therapies aimed at treating infection and malignancy is complemented by a resurgence of clinical interest in immunotherapeutic programmes to treat diseases by modification or direct augmentation of host immunity. Cytokines such as granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and IFN-gamma modulate the function of monocytes and have been used to experimentally probe the immunotherapeutic potential of monocytes against micro-organisms and malignancy. However, monocytes rarely act alone but communicate with other leukocytes involved in cell-mediated immunity. In particular monocytes cooperate with the T-helper (Th1 and Th2) sub-populations of peripheral lymphocytes. Moreover, sub-populations of monocytes, as identified by the co-expression of membrane-associated CD14 and CD16, have been shown to exist. At the preclinical level, this provides a unique opportunity to explore the effect of immunotherapeutic strategies on the function of monocyte sub-populations against infectious or malignant challenge and may allow immunotherapeutic strategies to be targeted towards specific monocyte sub-populations. Preclinical and clinical studies in human subjects suggest that GM-CSF and other cytokines such as IFN-gamma are the most promising biological response modifiers for augmenting monocyte-mediated immunity. In this review, the immunotherapeutic potential of the monocyte system will be discussed in the context of combating microbial and malignant disease.
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- M A Williams
- Departement of Haematology, St. Bartholomew's and the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, UK
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The response against tissue injury and infection begins with the early activation of molecular and cellular elements of the inflammatory and immune response. Severe tissue injury, necrosis, and infection induce imbalanced inflammation associated with leukocyte over-stimulation and excessive or dysregulated release of cellular mediators. Clinical and experimental studies have shown that these mediators are directly related to progressive post-injury complications. Persistent increased levels of pro-inflammatory mediators produce tissue injury. Excessive production and activity of anti-inflammatory mediators cause anergy and/or immune dysfunction with increased susceptibility to infection. Leukocyte activation is assessed by cell surface phenotype expression, cellular mediators determination, or by measuring functional responses using isolated cells. Potential routine clinical uses are: evaluation of severity and prognosis in critically ill patients, immunomonitoring of sepsis, and detection of tissue injury, necrosis, and infection. In practice, the determination of cellular activation markers is restricted by a limited number of automated methods and by the cost of reagents. The availability of flow cytometry and immunoassay automated systems can contribute to a wider use in practice. Here we review the immunopathophysiology of polymorphonuclear neutrophil, monocyte, macrophage, and lymphocyte activation in response to tissue injury and infection. In addition, laboratory methods for their determination, and clinical applications in practice, are discussed.
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- J A Viedma Contreras
- Clinical Chemistry Department, Hospital General y Universitario de Elche, Spain. j-viedma.000@recol-es
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Kristof AS, Magder S. Low systemic vascular resistance state in patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass. Crit Care Med 1999; 27:1121-7. [PMID: 10397216 DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199906000-00033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [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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OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence, hemodynamic characteristics, and risk factors for the low systemic vascular resistance (SVR) state in patients who have undergone cardiopulmonary bypass. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING The intensive care unit of a tertiary care hospital. PATIENTS Seventy-nine consecutive patients who underwent coronary artery bypass graft, mitral valve, or aortic valve procedures. INTERVENTIONS None. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Low SVR was defined as an indexed systemic vascular resistance (SVRi) of <1800 dyne x sec/cm5 x m2 at two consecutive times postoperatively. SVRi, cardiac index, mean arterial pressure, temperature, and central venous pressure were recorded before bypass and at 0, 1, 2, 4, 8, and 16 hrs after bypass. We recorded age, gender, urgency of operation, use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and calcium channel blockers, ejection fraction, pump time, cross-clamp time, use of antifibrinolytics, type of oxygenator, amrinone use, postoperative biochemical and hematologic values, medication use, fluid balance, intensive care unit admission duration, and hospital admission duration. We assessed the role of diabetes mellitus, current smoking, and systemic hypertension. The incidence of the low-SVR state was 35 of 79 patients during a 3-month period (44%). At 8 hrs postoperatively, the SVRi in low-SVR and non-low-SVR patients was 1594+/-50 (SEM) and 2103+/-56 (SEM) dyne x sec/cm5 x m2, respectively (p < .001). In low-SVR patients, there was an initial and sustained increase in cardiac index and central venous pressure that preceded the decrease in mean arterial pressure. The decrease in mean arterial pressure was maximal at 8 hrs postoperatively. Patients with low SVR were more likely to have longer cross-clamp times, to be male, and to have lower postoperative platelet counts (p < .05 for all). Low-SVR patients were less likely to require dobutamine in the first 4 hrs postoperatively. CONCLUSIONS Low SVR, a probable manifestation of systemic inflammatory response syndrome, is common in patients after cardiopulmonary bypass. These patients may respond better to a vasopressor to restore vascular tone than to volume loading to further increase cardiac index.
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- A S Kristof
- Department of Medicine, McGill University, Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Leukocyte adhesion to endothelium is essential for the development of an appropriate immune-inflammatory response. The vital importance of leukocyte-endothelial adhesive interactions in host defense and homeostasis is illustrated by the clinical manifestations of patients with congenital defects of leukocyte adhesion functions. However, under some circumstances leukocyte adhesion to endothelium may instead lead to vascular and tissue damage. In recent years, there has been remarkable progress in the understanding of the molecular basis of leukocyte adhesion to endothelium, and this knowledge has led to a new approach to immunomodulation in human disease, ie 'antiadhesion' therapy. This review focuses on cell adhesion molecules mediating adhesion of circulating phagocytes to vascular endothelium, on congenital defects of phagocyte adhesion in man, and on the current status of antiadhesion therapy directed towards phagocyte and endothelial adhesion molecules. We will also consider markers of phagocyte activation, which may provide a means to identify those patients who would benefit most from antiadhesion therapy.
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- H Repo
- Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland.
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Giannoudis PV, Smith RM, Windsor AC, Bellamy MC, Guillou PJ. Monocyte human leukocyte antigen-DR expression correlates with intrapulmonary shunting after major trauma. Am J Surg 1999; 177:454-9. [PMID: 10414692 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9610(99)00099-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Severe injury is often complicated by the development of sepsis and the adult respiratory distress syndrome. Since the outcome from severe injury also correlates with changes in monocyte human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DR expression in such patients, the present study aimed to determine whether or not there was a relationship between monocyte HLA-DR expression and indicators of early pulmonary dysfunction. METHODS Monocyte HLA-DR expression and serum interleukin (IL)-6 were measured on admission and then again on days 1, 3, 5, and 7 after major injury in 29 patients admitted for the management of trauma with an injury severity score of 9 or more. Noninvasive intrapulmonary shunt measurement was also performed in all these patients within 6 hours of emergency surgery in all patients. RESULTS Monocyte HLA-DR followed the characteristic suppression followed by recovery in those who followed an uncomplicated course but progressively declined in those who suffered septic complications. The degree of intrapulmonary shunting observed 6 hours after injury in the patients who developed sepsis was significantly higher than that in the uncomplicated group. Peak monocyte HLA-DR expression during the recovery phase correlated inversely with the degree of intrapulmonary shunting. CONCLUSIONS The degree of intrapulmonary shunting observed following severe trauma correlates with the failure of circulating monocytes to re-express HLA-DR antigen, and this may provide some insights into the early events that result in the adult respiratory distress syndrome after major injury.
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- P V Giannoudis
- Academic Unit of Orthopedics and Trauma, St. James's University Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Williams MA, Newland AC, Kelsey SM. The potential for monocyte-mediated immunotherapy during infection and malignancy. Part I: apoptosis induction and cytotoxic mechanisms. Leuk Lymphoma 1999; 34:1-23. [PMID: 10350328 DOI: 10.3109/10428199909083376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The mononuclear phagocyte system consists of peripheral blood monocytes and tissue macrophages that collectively play a major role in host immunity. Far from existing solely as phagocytic scavengers of cell debris and foreign matter, monocytes are highly active and responsive to inflammatory and immunological signals that activate their microbicidal and tumoricidal functions. Cytokines that are secreted as an integral component of the innate immune response such as granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and -IFN may directly activate the functions of the monocyte system. A key mediator of the effector functions of monocytes is tumour necrosis factor (TNF) which transduces its signals upon binding to specific transmembrane receptors. TNF is highly cytotoxic to micro-organisms and susceptible malignant cells and in most cases delivers its cytotoxic signal to tumour cells by highly regulated mechanisms of programmed cell death or apoptosis. We believe that the numerous functions of the monocyte system may be harnessed for therapeutic gain both in the context of microbiological infection and malignant disease. In this review, the mechanisms by which secreted and monocyte cell-membrane-associated TNF induce apoptosis will be discussed. In addition, the cell-associated and secretory immunological mechanisms employed by monocytes in host defence will be discussed in the context of the their ability to combat infection and neoplasia.
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- M A Williams
- Department of Haematology, St. Bartholomew's and the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary and Westfield College, the University of London, Whitechapel, UK.
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In sepsis and septic shock, inflammatory mediators result in the production of increased concentrations of nitric oxide (NO) from the enzymatic breakdown of the amino acid L-arginine. The increased amounts of NO are responsible for changes in vasomotor tone, decreased vasopressor responsiveness, and decreased myocardial function, characteristic of septic insult. Therapeutic strategies designed to reduce the concentration of NO by inhibiting the action of the nitric oxide synthase enzyme, or by scavenging the excess NO, offer the potential to treat directly the vasomotor abnormalities and myocardial depression seen in sepsis and other inflammatory states. This article reviews the biology of NO in sepsis and discusses strategies for neutralization of the increased NO production, in the setting of severe sepsis and septic shock.
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- S Symeonides
- Section of Critical Care Medicine, Rush Medical College and, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Ogura H, Tanaka H, Koh T, Hashiguchi N, Kuwagata Y, Hosotsubo H, Shimazu T, Sugimoto H. Priming, second-hit priming, and apoptosis in leukocytes from trauma patients. THE JOURNAL OF TRAUMA 1999; 46:774-81; discussion 781-3. [PMID: 10338393 DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199905000-00004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNL) play important roles in both host defenses and systemic inflammatory responses after insults. The objectives of this study are to examine the serial changes in PMNL priming and apoptosis in severely injured patients and to evaluate the impact of second hits on primed PMNL function and systemic vascular endothelial damage. METHODS Twenty-four severely injured patients (mean Injury Severity Score, 31.1 +/- 9.7) were included. Infections were seen as second hits after trauma in seven patients. Oxidative activity, phagocytosis, and apoptosis of PMNL from serial blood samples were measured by flow cytometry. Oxidative activity with no stimulus and with formylmethionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (FMLP) were analyzed as the priming index and FMLP response, respectively. Interleukin (IL)-6, IL-10, PMNL elastase, and thrombomodulin concentrations in blood were also measured before and after the second hit. RESULTS The PMNL priming index was elevated from days 2 to 13, especially days 2 to 5 after injury. FMLP response was enhanced from days 2 to 21 after injury. Apoptosis of PMNL was inhibited for as long as 3 weeks after injury. Infections as second hits after trauma enhanced both the priming index and the FMLP response within 24 hours after diagnosis of infection and increased serum IL-6 concentrations. However, serum thrombomodulin levels were not affected by second hits. All patients with second hits survived. CONCLUSION Severe trauma stimulated acute-phase priming in PMNL and inhibited apoptosis. Infections after trauma induced second-hit priming in PMNL, but the unchanged serum levels of thrombomodulin suggest that priming per se may not cause systemic vascular endothelial damage.
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- Department of Traumatology, Osaka University Medical School, Suita City, Japan
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Dahl B, Schiødt FV, Nielsen M, Kiaer T, Williams JG, Ott P. Admission level of Gc-globulin predicts outcome after multiple trauma. Injury 1999; 30:275-81. [PMID: 10476297 DOI: 10.1016/s0020-1383(99)00080-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Actin is the dominating protein in mammalian cells. Release of excessive amounts of actin into the circulation may result in a condition resembling multiple organ failure. The purpose of this study was to determine if admission levels of Gc-globulin can predict survival after multiple trauma. Also, we wanted to compare the predictive ability of Gc-globulin with that of the TRISS-Like scoring system. METHODS Fifty-seven patients with a median ISS 18 (16-75) were included. All patients had a blood sample taken median 42 min after the injury (19-110 min). Serum Gc-globulin was measured by rocket immunoelectrophoresis. RESULTS On admission, all patients had significantly reduced levels of Gc-globulin compared with normal controls. Gc-globulin was significantly higher in the group of survivors (n = 41), compared with non-survivors (n = 16). Median 237 mg/l vs. 188 mg/l (P < 0.01). The predictive ability of Gc-globulin regarding death was similar to that of TRISS-Like with positive predictive values of 69%, a negative predictive value of 84%, a sensitivity of 56% and a specificity of 90%. CONCLUSIONS The predictive value of Gc-globulin regarding survival was similar to that of an established scoring system. Gc-globulin, alone or in combination with other parameters, may serve as a routine tool for early identification of patients at risk after severe injury, increasing the possibility of early intervention.
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- B Dahl
- Department of General Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas 75235-9031, USA
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Steczko J, Ash SR, Blake DE, Carr DJ, Bosley RH. Cytokines and endotoxin removal by sorbents and its application in push-pull sorbent-based pheresis: the BioLogic-DTPF System. Artif Organs 1999; 23:310-8. [PMID: 10226695 DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1594.1999.06232.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The BioLogic-DTPF System (DTPF) combines the Biologic-DT hemodiabsorption system (DT) in series with the Biologic PF push-pull pheresis system (PF) in which PF membranes separate plasma for direct contact between plasma proteins and the sorbents. Preliminary studies conducted in bovine serum albumin (BSA) solution and in bovine plasma allowed charcoal and silica to be evaluated as adsorbents for the PF module. Equilibrium binding experiments in BSA showed a high capacity of cytokine (IL-1 beta, TNF alpha) binding by powdered charcoal, 70-90 ng/g. Kinetic binding studies in bovine plasma revealed relatively quick adsorption of IL-1 beta and IL-6 by charcoal with the capacity range of 1.2-2.0 ng/g for tested cytokines (IL-1 beta and TNF alpha). Further laboratory studies with plasma have shown that powdered silica has an even greater binding capacity, up to 13 ng/g for TNF alpha depending upon particle size, and more rapid binding for all tested cytokines than powdered charcoal. Cholestyramine is a more efficient sorbent for removal of endotoxin than either charcoal or silica. In vitro tests using whole blood have demonstrated that the DTPF, with powdered charcoal as the sorbent, clears cytokines (TNF alpha, IL-1 beta, and IL-6) at 12.6-23.4 ml/min, bilirubin at 17.8-34.7 ml/min, and creatinine at 53.6-82.6 ml/min. The removal of some cytokines during the first clinical trial is also discussed.
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- HemoCleanse, Inc., West Lafayette, IN 47906, USA.
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- Medical Spectrum Twente Hospital Group, Enschede, The Netherlands
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- C Gabay
- Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, USA.
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Kimura Y, Yaegashi Y, Sato N. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha production after esophageal cancer surgery: differences in the response to lipopolysaccharide stimulation among whole blood, pleural effusion cells, and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid cells. Surg Today 1999; 29:10-5. [PMID: 9934825 DOI: 10.1007/bf02482963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The body's defense mechanism in response to stress may appear to be the sum of activation and suppression. We investigated chronological changes in tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) production by local effusion cells and whole blood of esophageal cancer patients who had undergone radical resection. Whole blood, pleural effusion cells, and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) cells were obtained from the 20 patients. Whole blood was stimulated with Escherichia coli (1 microg/ml), Staphylococcus aureus (10 microg/ml), and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) (1 microg/ml), and pleural effusion cells and BALF cells were stimulated with LPS; 24-H incubation and TNF-alpha concentration in supernate was measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Within 3 h after starting the operation, TNF-alpha production in whole blood was significantly (P < 0.05) decreased compared with preoperative value by each stimulation, and this suppression persisted up to day 3. These reductions in postoperative TNF-alpha production correlated with intraoperative hemorrhage. On the other hand, the LPS-induced release of TNF-alpha into pleural effusion cells and BALF cells were markedly increased during the study period. These results indicate that large quantities of cytokines are produced by a second attack, such as infection, in areas where immunocytes accumulate. We believe that the body reacts to surgical stress in a variety of ways. Circulating blood and immunocytes that accumulate in damaged organs are thought to react very differently to stress.
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- Y Kimura
- Department of Surgery 1, Iwate Medical University, School of Medicine, Morioka, Japan
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Pugin J, Verghese G, Widmer MC, Matthay MA. The alveolar space is the site of intense inflammatory and profibrotic reactions in the early phase of acute respiratory distress syndrome. Crit Care Med 1999; 27:304-12. [PMID: 10075054 DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199902000-00036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 340] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To determine the concentrations of proinflammatory mediators, collagenases, and procollagen type III peptides in undiluted pulmonary edema fluids and in plasma obtained in patients with early acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and in control patients with hydrostatic lung edema; and to assess the relationship between these inflammatory and profibrotic markers. DESIGN A prospective, clinical study with measurements of inflammatory markers in pulmonary edema fluids and in paired plasma samples. SETTING A medical intensive care unit. PATIENTS Patients intubated with lung permeability (n = 23) and hydrostatic (n = 8) pulmonary edema were prospectively enrolled in the study. The severity of the disease at the time of intubation was assessed, using the Simplified Acute Physiological Score (SAPS) II and the Lung Injury Score (LIS). INTERVENTIONS Plasma and undiluted edema fluids were obtained at the time of intubation with pulmonary edema requiring mechanical ventilation; and in some patients, a second edema fluid sample was collected a few hours later. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Proinflammatory activity, dependent on the presence of bioactive proinflammatory cytokines, interleukin (IL)-8, and neutrophil matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 were significantly increased in ARDS fluids compared with plasma or control fluids from patients with congestive heart failure. In contrast, MMP-2, originating from lung cells other than phagocytes, was slightly increased in ARDS edema fluids compared with plasma, but similar to levels found in hydrostatic edema fluids. Proinflammatory activity was undetectable in plasma from ARDS patients. Levels of procollagen peptide III, a marker of collagen synthesis, were increased in permeability edema fluids compared with hydrostatic edema fluids or plasma, confirming that alveolar collagen synthesis begins very early and in parallel with acute inflammation in ARDS. Control patients with hydrostatic edema had similar SAPS II and LIS scores compared with ARDS patients. CONCLUSIONS These results strongly support the conclusion that during the early phase of ARDS, the lung is the site of an intense inflammatory process with sequential activation of cytokines, chemokines, and secretion of proteases, as well as concomitant collagen synthesis. The inflammation is mostly limited to the lung, with low levels of inflammatory mediators in the systemic circulation. Unlike clinical scoring systems (SAPS II and LIS), inflammatory markers differentiate patients with permeability and hydrostatic pulmonary edema.
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- J Pugin
- Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland.
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Pararajasingam R, Nicholson ML, Bell PR, Sayers RD. Non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema in vascular surgery. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 1999; 17:93-105. [PMID: 10063402 DOI: 10.1053/ejvs.1998.0750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema, an early manifestation of the adult respiratory disease syndrome, is a serious complication following major vascular surgery. Hypovolaemia, ischaemia-reperfusion injury, massive blood transfusion, transient sepsis and transient endotoxaemia are insults responsible for initiating the process in vascular surgical patients. Free radicals, cytokines and humoral factors released secondary to the above insults activate neutrophils and facilitate their interaction with the endothelium. Activated neutrophils marginate through the endothelium where they are responsible for tissue injury by the release of free-radicals and proteases. The lungs are a large reservoir of neutrophils and bear a significant part of the injury. Conventional therapy includes treating the underlying condition and providing respiratory support. A better understanding of the pathophysiology of this process has led to new experimental treatment options. Novel therapeutic interventions have included the use of compounds to scavenge free radicals, anti-cytokine antibodies, extracorporeal lung support, nitric oxide and artificial surfactant therapy. The multifactorial nature of this process makes it unlikely that a single "magic bullet" will solve this problem. It is more likely that a combination of preventative, prophylactic and therapeutic modalities may reduce the mortality of this condition.
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- R Pararajasingam
- University Department of Surgery, Leicester General Hospital NHS Trust, U.K
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Ryabchikova EI, Kolesnikova LV, Netesov SV. Animal pathology of filoviral infections. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 1999; 235:145-73. [PMID: 9893383 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-59949-1_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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- E I Ryabchikova
- State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology Vector, Research Institute of Molecular Biology, Koltsovo, Novosibirsk Region, Russia
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Ono S, Aosasa S, Mochizuki H. Effects of a protease inhibitor on reduction of surgical stress in esophagectomy. Am J Surg 1999; 177:78-82. [PMID: 10037314 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9610(98)00300-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy of gabexate mesilate (GM) in reducing surgical stress after esophagectomy. METHODS In a prospective, randomized, clinical study, 11 patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus were randomly assigned to two groups: 5 patients were continuously administered gabexate mesilate 1.5 mg/kg per hour from the beginning of anesthesia until the third postoperative day (preop GM group); and 6 patients were administered gabexate mesilate 1.5 mg/kg per hour continuously from the end of surgery and for the same postoperative period (postop GM group). Blood samples were taken from all patients before surgery, immediately after it, and 3 days after surgery. Serum interleukin-6 (IL-6) level, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) production, and Mac-1 antigen expression of peripheral blood monocytes were measured. Clinical courses of patients in the two groups were compared. RESULTS Time courses of serum IL-6 levels in the preop GM group were significantly lower than those in the postop GM group. Ex vivo TNF-alpha production by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulated monocyte was much higher than that by monocyte without LPS stimulation. Gabexate mesilate showed a little inhibition of TNF-alpha production by monocyte without LPS stimulation. On the other hand, gabexate mesilate significantly inhibited TNF-alpha production by LPS stimulated monocyte. Mac-1 antigen expression by monocyte immediately after operation in the preop GM group was significantly lower than that in the postop GM group. Duration of systemic inflammatory response syndrome was significantly shorter in the preop GM group than in the postop GM group. CONCLUSIONS Reduction of systemic inflammatory response syndrome duration after esophagectomy by the continuous administration of gabexate mesilate started before operation may be through the suppression of TNF-alpha production capacity and Mac-1 expression on monocytes immediately after operation, and to suppression of increase in serum IL-6 level.
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- S Ono
- First Department of Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
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Steinwald PM, Whang KT, Becker KL, Snider RH, Nylen ES, White JC. Elevated calcitonin precursor levels are related to mortality in an animal model of sepsis. Crit Care 1999; 3:11-16. [PMID: 11056717 PMCID: PMC29007 DOI: 10.1186/cc300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/1997] [Revised: 02/03/1998] [Accepted: 04/24/1998] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND: Increased serum levels of procalcitonin (ProCT) and its component peptides have been reported in humans with sepsis. Using a hamster model of bacterial peritonitis, we investigated whether serum ProCT levels are elevated and correlate with mortality and hypocalcemia. RESULTS: Incremental increases in doses of bacteria resulted in proportional increases in 72h mortality rates (0, 20, 70, and 100%) as well as increases in serum total immunoreactive calcitonin (iCT) levels at 12 h (250, 380, 1960, and 4020 pg/ml, respectively, vs control levels of 21 pg/ml). Gel filtration studies revealed that ProCT was the predominant (> 90%) molecular form of serum iCT secreted. In the metabolic experiments, total iCT peaked at 12 h concurrent with the maximal decrease in serum calcium. CONCLUSIONS: In this animal model, hyper-procalcitoninemia was an early systemic marker of sepsis which correlated closely with mortality and had an inverse correlation with serum calcium levels.
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- Paul M Steinwald
- Department of Surgery, Veterans Affairs Medical Center and George
Washington University Medical Center, 2150 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington,
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- Department of Surgery, Veterans Affairs Medical Center and
Georgetown University Medical Center, 3800 Reservoir Road, NW, Washington, DC,
USA
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- Section of Endocrinology, Veterans Affairs Medical Center and
George Washington University Medical Center, 50 Irving Street NW, Washington,
DC 20422, USA
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- Section of Endocrinology, Veterans Affairs Medical Center and
George Washington University Medical Center, 50 Irving Street NW, Washington,
DC 20422, USA
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- Section of Endocrinology, Veterans Affairs Medical Center and
George Washington University Medical Center, 50 Irving Street NW, Washington,
DC 20422, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Veterans Affairs Medical Center and George
Washington University Medical Center, 2150 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20037, USA
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Möller AD, Grände PO. Low-dose prostacyclin is superior to terbutaline and aminophylline in reducing capillary permeability in cat skeletal muscle in vivo. Crit Care Med 1999; 27:130-6. [PMID: 9934906 DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199901000-00040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To analyze and compare the capillary permeability-reducing effects of prostacyclin, terbutaline, and aminophylline. DESIGN A prospective, experimental study. SETTING A university laboratory. SUBJECTS Fourteen adult, anesthetized cats. INTERVENTIONS The study was performed on an autoperfused calf muscle preparation enclosed in a plethysmograph, with continuous recordings of tissue volume, arterial and venous blood pressures, and blood flow. The capillary filtration coefficient was used as a measure of capillary hydraulic permeability, and measured at different doses of intravenous infusions of prostacyclin, terbutaline, and aminophylline. These analyses were made from normal and from raised permeability levels, the latter by prior and simultaneous infusion of tumor necrosis factor-a (TNF-a) or histamine. All three of the drugs analyzed were given at low doses, without vasodilator effect, and at doses with a clear vasodilator effect. MAIN RESULTS Prostacyclin infusion reduced capillary permeability to a value of about 25% below the initial control value, and this level was reached both from normal and increased permeability levels. The maximal reduction level was obtained at a low nonvasodilator dose of 2 ng/kg/min. Terbutaline and aminophylline had no significant effect on capillary filtration coefficient when tested from the initial control permeability level. From a TNF-alpha-raised permeability level (about 50% above control) and from a histamine-raised permeability level (about 60% above control), both drugs induced small reductions in the capillary filtration coefficient. CONCLUSION Low-dose prostacyclin effectively reduces hydraulic capillary permeability in cat skeletal muscle and is superior to terbutaline and aminophylline.
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- A D Möller
- Department of Physiology, University of Lund and University Hospital of Lund, Sweden
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Schuh JC, Morrissey PJ. Development of a recombinant growth factor and fusion protein: lessons from GM-CSF. Toxicol Pathol 1999; 27:72-7. [PMID: 10367677 DOI: 10.1177/019262339902700114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Several colony stimulating factors (CSFs) and cytokines have been successfully used to mobilize hematopoietic cells during myeloablative therapy, bone marrow failure, and transplantation and to provide supportive treatment during sepsis. The use of yeast-derived recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage CSF (rhuGM-CSF) and its interleukin-3 fusion protein, PIXY321, provides an example of issues associated with development programs for recombinant hematopoietic growth factors. Species specificity of rhuGM-CSF, different bioactivity of homologous molecules in mice, and production in laboratory animals of antibodies to human proteins limit preclinical evaluation of such molecules. In clinical trials, rhuGM-CSF was efficacious and well tolerated. The derivation of the recombinant molecule, optimal dosing, scheduling, and confounding effects of concurrent disease and treatments are factors that influence efficacy, adverse responses, and immunogenicity reported in patients treated with CSFs. In comparisons of yeast-derived with Escherichia coli-derived rhuGM-CS, the reduced severity and frequency of all adverse events, preponderance of low-grade adverse events, and similarity of positive clinical response versus adverse events reported for granulocyte CSF support safety and efficacy of yeast-derived rhuGM-CSE Enhanced pharmacoeconomic evaluations are beginning to limit and redirect clinical applications in this class of biological agents.
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- J C Schuh
- Department of Molecular Immunology, Immunex Corporation, Seattle, Washington 98101, USA.
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Meki AR, Mohey El-Dean ZM. Serum interleukin-1beta, interleukin-6, nitric oxide and alpha1-antitrypsin in scorpion envenomed children. Toxicon 1998; 36:1851-9. [PMID: 9839669 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-0101(98)00106-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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During the present study, thirty-eight children in Upper Egypt (less than 12years old) were admitted to Pediatric Intensive Care Unit for scorpion envenomation. They were compared with thirteen apparently healthy children of matching age as controls. The victims and controls were subjected to complete clinical examination and full blood count. The evaluations of the serum levels of interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta), interleukin-6 (IL-6), nitric oxide (NO) and alpha1-antitrypsin (alpha1-AT) were performed once for the controls and twice for the victims, the first sample on admission and the 2nd sample after 24 h. All victims showed significantly higher mean values of IL-1beta IL-6, NO, alpha1-AT and leucocytic count both on admission and on follow up when compared with controls. Manifestations of mild envenomation were detected among 28.9% of the victims, while 71.1% of the victims manifested severe scorpion envenomation. The severely envenomated children showed significantly higher mean values of IL-1beta, IL-6, NO, alpha1-AT and leucocytic count both on admission and on follow up when compared with mild cases. The case fatality rate in the current study was 7.8%. The non-surviving victims showed significantly higher mean values of IL-1beta, IL-6 and leucocytic count both on admission and on follow up in comparison to the survivors. Furthermore, those fatal cases showed a non-significant decline in the studied biochemical indices on follow up after 24 h, while the survivors showed a significant decline in the serum levels of IL-6, IL-1beta, NO and alpha1-AT after 24h of post arrival to the hospital. In conclusion, these data revealed that cytokines are involved in the pathogenesis of scorpion envenomation and correlated with the severity of envenomation. This may provide a rationale for anticytokine treatment.
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- A R Meki
- Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Egypt
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Hassan E. The Management of Septic Shock. J Pharm Pract 1998. [DOI: 10.1177/089719009801100607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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- Erkan Hassan
- University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, 100 Penn Street, Suite 205-C, Baltimore, MD 21201
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Forceville X, Vitoux D, Gauzit R, Combes A, Lahilaire P, Chappuis P. Selenium, systemic immune response syndrome, sepsis, and outcome in critically ill patients. Crit Care Med 1998; 26:1536-44. [PMID: 9751590 DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199809000-00021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 254] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To confirm early, marked decrease in plasma selenium concentrations in patients admitted to a surgical and medical intensive care unit (ICU), and to study this decrease according to the presence or absence of systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), sepsis, or direct ischemia-reperfusion. DESIGN Prospective, observational study. SETTINGS Collaboration between the adult ICU of a 1,100-bed general hospital and a biochemical research laboratory of a university medical center. PATIENTS One hundred thirty-four consecutive surgical and medical ICU patients. INTERVENTIONS None. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS In the first 31 patients, plasma and urine selenium concentrations were measured by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry on admission and once weekly during their ICU stay. These values were compared first with severity scores, criteria for SIRS, sepsis, and organ system failure taken on admission, and then with nosocomial infection, organ system failure during ICU stay, and hospital mortality. An early, low mean plasma selenium concentration was observed in these patients compared with selenium laboratory reference values. Plasma selenium, measured on ICU admission, inversely correlated with Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II or Simplified Acute Physiology II scores. Patients with SIRS had lower selenium concentrations than those without SIRS. Mean urine selenium losses were normal in the first 31 patients. Plasma selenium concentration was low in all patients with severe sepsis and septic shock (range 0.20 to 0.72 micromol/L) and in those patients with ischemia-reperfusion from aortic cross-clamping (range 0.34 to 0.68 micromol/L). Despite recommended specific selenium supplementation, plasma selenium concentrations remained low for >2 wks in patients with SIRS. However, there was a slight increase in plasma selenium concentrations in surviving SIRS patients, whereas plasma selenium concentrations decreased in nonsurviving patients. The frequency of ventilator-associated pneumonia, organ system failure, and mortality was three times higher in patients with low plasma selenium concentration at the time of admission (selenium < or =0.70 micromol/L) than for the other patients. CONCLUSIONS In severely ill ICU patients with SIRS, we observed an early 40% decrease in plasma selenium concentrations, reaching values observed in deleterious nutritional selenium deficiency. This prolonged decrease in selenium concentrations could explain the three-fold increase in morbidity and mortality rates in these patients compared with other ICU patients. The efficacy of selenium treatment in SIRS patients with a high gravity index score or hypoperfusion needs further investigation.
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- X Forceville
- Department of Medical and Surgical Intensive Care, Centre Hospitalier de Meaux, France
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Hensler T, Heidecke CD, Hecker H, Heeg K, Bartels H, Zantl N, Wagner H, Siewert JR, Holzmann B. Increased Susceptibility to Postoperative Sepsis in Patients with Impaired Monocyte IL-12 Production. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1998. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.161.5.2655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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IL-12 is a potent immunoregulatory cytokine that is essential for the development of protective immunity, as demonstrated by numerous animal models of infection. Here, we provide evidence for a critical role of IL-12 in human sepsis. The results of a prospective study of 184 patients undergoing major elective surgery of the upper and lower gastrointestinal tract revealed that, in contrast to patients showing uneventful recovery, monocyte IL-12 production was severely and selectively impaired in patients developing postoperative sepsis. Moreover, the extent of monocyte IL-12 suppression correlated with the severity of postoperative sepsis. Monocyte IL-12 secretion was suppressed before surgery and remained low until the onset of sepsis. Therefore, the suppression of IL-12 secretion preceded the onset of postoperative sepsis but did not occur as a consequence of major surgery. In contrast, IL-1β production was only reduced during the late postoperative course in patients developing postoperative sepsis, and TNF-α release was even increased at different time intervals before the onset of sepsis. Thus, reduced IL-12 release does not reflect a general defect in monocyte cytokine production. Consequently, these results establish a critical role for IL-12 in early resistance to postoperative infection and may allow for the development of novel therapeutic strategies designed to stimulate host defense mechanisms and to reduce the incidence and severity of septic complications.
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- *Department of Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, and
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- †Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology, and Hygiene, Technische Universität, Munich, Germany
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- *Department of Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, and
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- †Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology, and Hygiene, Technische Universität, Munich, Germany
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DeMeester SL, Qiu Y, Buchman TG, Hotchkiss RS, Dunnigan K, Karl IE, Cobb JP. Nitric oxide inhibits stress-induced endothelial cell apoptosis. Crit Care Med 1998; 26:1500-9. [PMID: 9751585 DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199809000-00016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To determine a mechanism by which nitric oxide alters induction of stress-induced endothelial cell apoptosis in vitro. Apoptosis is a form of cellular suicide that has been implicated in the pathogenesis of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. DESIGN Prospective, controlled trial. SETTING Research laboratory of a large, academic medical center. SUBJECTS Cultured primary porcine aortic endothelial cells. INTERVENTIONS Cells were treated with a range of doses of agents that either spontaneously generate nitric oxide (S-nitroso-N-acetyl-D,L-penicillamine [SNAP] or (Z)-1-[2-(2-aminoethyl)-N-(2-ammonioethyl)amino]diazen-1- ium-1,2-diolate [DETA-NO]) or block nitric oxide production (Nomega-methyl-L-arginine [L-NMA]). The ability of these agents to alter the rate of cell death by apoptosis (induced by the sequence stimuli lipopolysaccharide [LPS] followed by sodium arsenite) was measured. Mechanistic studies included examining the ability of: a) nitric oxide "donors" to alter nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappaB) DNA binding activity and the level of IkappaBalpha accumulation; and b) a stable cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) analog (8-bromo-cGMP) to mimic the effect of nitric oxide donors. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS The sequence LPS/sodium arsenite increased the rate of endothelial cell apoptosis (47.4%, p< .05 vs. control), as measured by fluorescent-activated cell scanning using annexin V/propidium iodide staining. DETA-NO generated nitric oxide (as indicated by an increase in the concentration of the stable end-products of nitric oxide metabolism) and decreased the rate of endothelial cell apoptosis (20.6% at a dose of 2 mM, p=.0001 vs. control). DETA-NO also decreased NF-kappaB DNA binding activity and the apparent accumulation of its endogenous inhibitor, IkappaBalpha. The 8-bromo-cGMP did not mimic the effects of nitric oxide donors (DETA-NO) on apoptosis. CONCLUSIONS These data suggest that exogenous nitric oxide can block stress-induced endothelial cell apoptosis in vitro. The mechanistic studies are consistent with our hypothesis that inhibitors of NF-kappaB DNA binding activity are associated with protection against apoptosis-inducing stimuli. The results do not support a role for cGMP in mediating the protective effect of DETA-NO in our model.
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- S L DeMeester
- Department of Surgery, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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