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Vallely MP, Bannon PG, Hughes CF, Kritharides L. Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecules and Cardiopulmonary Bypass. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/021849230100900429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Endothelial cell activation and the cell surface expression of adhesion molecules are considered to be crucial steps in the systemic inflammatory response to cardiopulmonary bypass. Endothelial cell adhesion molecules mediate the process of leukocyte adhesion to the endothelium and their subsequent transmigration and degranulation in the subendothelial tissues. The levels of soluble endothelial adhesion molecules in plasma have been used to draw conclusions regarding the cell surface expression of these molecules; the limitations of such studies are discussed. Inhibition of cell adhesion molecules may prevent the inflammatory condition caused by cardiopulmonary bypass and reperfusion injury. Further studies are needed to define the role of endothelial cell adhesion molecules in this inflammatory response.
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- Michael P Vallely
- Clinical Research Group The Heart Research Institute Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- The Baird Centre for Heart and Lung Research Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Cardiothoracic Surgical Units Royal Prince Alfred and Strathfield Private Hospitals Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- The Baird Centre for Heart and Lung Research Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Cardiothoracic Surgical Units Royal Prince Alfred and Strathfield Private Hospitals Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- The Baird Centre for Heart and Lung Research Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Cardiothoracic Surgical Units Royal Prince Alfred and Strathfield Private Hospitals Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Clinical Research Group The Heart Research Institute Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Department of Cardiology Concord Hospital Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Ding FB, Yan YM, Huang JB, Mei J, Zhu JQ, Liu H. The involvement of AQP1 in heart oedema induced by global myocardial ischemia. Cell Biochem Funct 2012; 31:60-4. [PMID: 22865611 DOI: 10.1002/cbf.2860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2011] [Revised: 05/28/2012] [Accepted: 07/05/2012] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Fang-Bao Ding
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Xinhua Hospital, School of Medicine; Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Shanghai; China
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Xinhua Hospital, School of Medicine; Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Shanghai; China
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Xinhua Hospital, School of Medicine; Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Shanghai; China
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Xinhua Hospital, School of Medicine; Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Shanghai; China
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Xinhua Hospital, School of Medicine; Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Shanghai; China
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Xinhua Hospital, School of Medicine; Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Shanghai; China
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Pediatric cardiopulmonary bypass and the inflammatory response: years of investigation, only incremental progress. Pediatr Crit Care Med 2011; 12:594-6. [PMID: 21897161 DOI: 10.1097/pcc.0b013e3181fe3b48] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Du GZ, Gao H, Liu J, Wu GS, He X, Zeng XG, Hu XY, Li XH. Isoflurane pre-treatment before cardiopulmonary bypass alleviates neutrophil accumulation in dog lungs. Cardiovasc J Afr 2010; 22:128-33. [PMID: 21107494 PMCID: PMC3721866 DOI: 10.5830/cvja-2010-055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2010] [Accepted: 07/01/2010] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE This study investigated the effect of isoflurane pretreatment on cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)-related lung injury. METHODS Twelve dogs were randomly divided into two groups of six each. In one group, 1.0 minimum alveolar concentration (MAC) of isoflurane was dministered for 30 min before CPB, while the control group received no anaesthetic. Both groups then underwent 100 min of mild hypothermic CPB with 60-min aortic cross clamping. Haemodynamic parameters, respiratory mechanics and alveolar arterial oxygen difference (AaDO₂) were measured during the experiment. One hundred and fifty minutes after CPB, lung tissue samples from the non-dependent and dependent portions of the left and right lungs were harvested for polymorphonulear leukocyte (PMNs) counts. RESULTS Following CPB, within the control group, pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) was significantly increased at 60, 120 and 180 min after declamping, AaDO₂ deteriorated at 180 min post-declamping, and dynamic lung compliance (DLC) was reduced dramatically after declamping. Isoflurane pretreatment before CPB significantly reduced PVR compared to the controls. AaDO₂ was impaired at 180 min after declamping and DLC was decreased after declamping within the isoflurane group. No differences in AaDO₂ and DLC were found between the isoflurane and control groups. At 180 min after declamping, the PMN count in both the non-dependent and dependent regions of the isoflurane pre-treated lungs was significantly lower than that of the controls. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that 30-min pre-treatment with 1.0 MAC isoflurane before CPB caused a reduction in PMN accumulation in the dog lungs, inhibition of increases in PVR, and it did not affect AaDO₂ in the early post-CPB stage.
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- Gui-Zhi Du
- Department of Anesthesiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan, China
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Wang LZ, Li ST, Wang YT, Wang ZP. Antioxidant attenuates acute lung injury after cardiopulmonary bypass in rats. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2007; 15:2-8. [PMID: 17244914 DOI: 10.1177/021849230701500102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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This study tested the effects of the antioxidant pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate on acute lung injury induced by cardiopulmonary bypass in rats. Adult rats were randomly divided into 3 groups of 7 each. The study group was pretreated with pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate before undergoing 60 min of normothermic partial cardiopulmonary bypass, a control group underwent cardiopulmonary bypass only, and a third group underwent a sham operation involving anesthesia and cannulation only. The respiratory index at 60 min after terminating bypass was significantly increased in the study group only. Neutrophil, malondialdehyde, interleukin-8, nuclear factor-kappaB, and protein levels in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from the cardiopulmonary bypass group were significantly higher than those in the other two groups, with marked inflammatory changes on lung histopathology. It was concluded that cardiopulmonary bypass can directly induce acute lung injury, and pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate attenuates this injury by inhibiting nuclear factor-kappaB activity.
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- Li-Zhong Wang
- Department of Anesthesiology, Jiaxing Women and Children's Health Hospital, 42 Jinjian Rd, Jiaxing 314000, Zhejiang Province, China.
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Saitoh M, Tsuchida M, Koike T, Satoh K, Haga M, Aoki T, Toyabe SI, Hayashi JI. Ultrafiltration attenuates cardiopulmonary bypass-induced acute lung injury in a canine model of single-lung transplantation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007; 132:1447-54. [PMID: 17140974 PMCID: PMC7127439 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.08.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2006] [Revised: 07/19/2006] [Accepted: 08/07/2006] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of cardiopulmonary bypass and ultrafiltration on graft function in a canine single-lung transplantation model. METHODS Fifteen left single-lung transplantations were done in weight-mismatched canine pairs. The animals were divided into 3 groups: group 1, in which transplantation was done without cardiopulmonary bypass; group 2, in which transplantation was done with cardiopulmonary bypass and in which the cardiopulmonary bypass flow was decreased slowly with controlled pulmonary artery pressure; and group 3, in which transplantation was done with cardiopulmonary bypass and ultrafiltration. Hemodynamic parameters and lung function were monitored for 6 hours after reperfusion. The grafts were harvested for histologic studies, myeloperoxidase assay, and real-time quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction of mRNA encoding interleukin 6. RESULTS The hemodynamic parameters were similar among the 3 groups. In group 1 PaO2 and alveolar to arterial gradient for O2 levels were excellent throughout the 6-hour observation period, but in group 2 they progressively deteriorated. However, ultrafiltration significantly (P = .02) improved the PaO2 level in group 3. On histology, interstitial edema and polynuclear cell infiltration were most marked in group 2 and significantly worse than in groups 1 and 3. Myeloperoxidase assay and real-time quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction showed increased myeloperoxidase activity and interleukin 6 gene expression in group 2 grafts compared with group 1 grafts. Myeloperoxidase activity and interleukin 6 gene expression were suppressed with ultrafiltration. CONCLUSIONS Cardiopulmonary bypass had negative effects on the graft, but ultrafiltration attenuated acute lung dysfunction by reducing the inflammatory response.
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- Masayuki Saitoh
- Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata City, Japan
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- Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata City, Japan
- Address for reprints: Masanori Tsuchida, MD, Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 1-757 Asahimachi-dori, Niigata City 951-8510, Japan.
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- Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata City, Japan
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- Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata City, Japan
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- Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata City, Japan
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- Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata City, Japan
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- Department of Medical Informatics, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata City, Japan
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- Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata City, Japan
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Modine T, Azzaoui R, Fayad G, Lacroix D, Bordet R, Warembourg H, Gourlay T. A recovery model of minimally invasive cardiopulmonary bypass in the rat. Perfusion 2006; 21:87-92. [PMID: 16615685 DOI: 10.1191/0267659106pf854oa] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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This study was undertaken to develop a rodent (rat) model of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) that has been designed to mimic functionally the minimally invasive clinical setting. The circuit is similar to the clinical model in terms of its construction, configuration, material surface area to blood volume ratio, and priming volume to blood ratio. The overall priming volume was 10 mL. Thirty-six male Sprague-Dawley rats (422 +/- 32 g) were anaesthetized while maintaining spontaneous ventilation. Anticoagulation was achieved with heparin (500 IU/kg). Blood arterial pressure was monitored continuously. Normal central temperature was maintained throughout. Intermittent arterial blood gas levels also were monitored. All animals were cannulated in preparation for CPB; however, CPB, utilizing a double roller pump and a flow rate of 100 mL/kg/minute for 60 min, was initiated in only 18 animals, the remaining 18 animals acting as non-CPB controls (Sham). The animals were haemodynamically stable. After the operative procedure, the animals were allowed to recover from the anaesthesia and, after transfer to a recovery facility, were monitored for a period of 1 week. There were no differences between the groups in terms of blood gas analysis and blood pressure data; all animals survived the procedure and had an uneventful follow-up. Differences were found between the CPB animals and the Sham group in terms of TNFalpha used as a marker of inflammatory processes. This trend tends to support this model as an analogue for the clinical scenario for future studies of CPB-related inflammation. Overall, the CPB procedure was easy to perform and was associated with excellent survival. This recovery model is an effective tool to perform pathophysiological studies associated with minimally invasive CPB.
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- T Modine
- Service de Chirurgie Cardiovasculaire, Hôpital Cardiologique, CHRU Lille, France
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Salamand A, Schwab AJ, Merhi Y, Perrault LP, Simard A, Dupuis J. Effect of sternotomy and extracorporeal circulation on pulmonary neutrophil kinetics in pigs. Basic Res Cardiol 2005; 101:133-9. [PMID: 16369728 DOI: 10.1007/s00395-005-0579-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2005] [Revised: 11/04/2005] [Accepted: 11/22/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Pulmonary margination of neutrophils may contribute to lung damage after extracorporeal circulation for cardiac surgery. We evaluated single-pass pulmonary neutrophil kinetics using the multiple indicator-dilution technique in control pigs (n = 10), after sternotomy alone (sterno, n = 10) or after 30 min of observation following a period of 90 min extracorporeal circulation (n = 7). Blood neutrophils increased in the control and sterno groups (p < 0.05) but remained unchanged in the extracorporeal circulation group. The transfer coefficient for neutrophil margination from the circulating to the lung-marginated pool (k(c-m)) and pulmonary neutrophil clearance (Cl(c-m)) were similar between the three groups. There was an inverse correlation between k(c-m) and the degree of lung tissue perfusion evaluated from the tracer-accessible extravascular lung water (r = -0.54, p < 0.01). There was no arterio-venous gradient of neutrophils in any of the groups, suggesting a dynamic equilibrium of the margination/demargination processes. We conclude that extracorporeal circulation does not significantly modify single pass pulmonary neutrophil kinetics 30 min after reperfusion. The rate of neutrophil margination to the tracer-accessible lung tissue suggests that lung tissue de-recruitment is associated with increased neutrophil margination.
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- Agnés Salamand
- Department of Cardiology, CHU of Timone Saint-Pierre St., 13385, Marseille, Cedex, France
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Dixon B, Santamaria J, Campbell D. Coagulation Activation and Organ Dysfunction Following Cardiac Surgery. Chest 2005; 128:229-36. [PMID: 16002940 DOI: 10.1378/chest.128.1.229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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STUDY OBJECTIVES Cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is associated with major inflammatory triggers that cause marked activation of the microcirculation. This inflammatory response is associated with significant organ dysfunction. How this response causes organ dysfunction is not well understood; consequently, few interventions exist to prevent or treat it. In other acute inflammatory conditions, such as sepsis, increased coagulation activation in the microcirculation may be a cause of organ injury. We documented the association between coagulation activation and organ dysfunction to investigate whether coagulation activation also plays a role in organ injury following cardiac surgery with CPB. DESIGN Prospective study of 30 patients undergoing cardiac surgery with CPB. Prothrombin fragment (PTF) 1 + 2 and plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI) activity were measured, and levels correlated with postoperative measures of organ function including the left-ventricular stroke work index, the Pao(2)/fraction of inspired oxygen (Fio(2)) ratio, and creatinine levels. RESULTS PTF levels increased eightfold (p < 0.05), and PAI activity increased threefold (p < 0.05) over the first 4 h after CPB. PTF levels were correlated with deteriorations in the left-ventricular stroke work index (p = 0.04), the Pao(2)/Fio(2) ratio (p = 0.02), and creatinine levels (p = 0.02). CONCLUSIONS Levels of coagulation activation are associated with markers of postoperative organ dysfunction. Additional studies are warranted to investigate whether strategies that limit coagulation activation are associated with reductions in postoperative organ dysfunction.
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- Barry Dixon
- Intensive Care, St. Vincent's Hospital, 41 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria 3065, Australia.
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Brix-Christensen V, Rheling M, Flø C, Ravn H, Hjortdal V, Marqversen J, Andersen N, Tønnesen E. Neutrophil and platelet dynamics at organ level after cardiopulmonary bypass: an in vivo study in neonatal pigs. APMIS 2004; 112:133-40. [PMID: 15056230 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2004.apm1120208.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The aim was to investigate if organ dysfunction is a consequence of cell accumulation in the tissue and whether this accumulation is caused by the cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) procedure. Twenty-six piglets were used in the sham group (sternotomy, n=12) or in the CPB group (sternotomy, CPB, n=14). Isotope-labeled autologous (99m)Tc-neutrophils (PMNs) and (111)In-platelets were infused and dynamically followed at organ level with a gamma camera before, during, and 4 h after termination of CPB. The CPB group showed a 49% increase in (99m) Tc-PMNs in the kidneys in the postoperative period compared to a decrease of 2% in the sham group. A less marked decrease was observed in the lungs and peripheral blood between the two groups. The increased radioactivity at organ level post-CPB could be due to changes in flow, extraction in the organ or accumulation of cells, especially in the kidneys and lungs, and might contribute to temporary organ dysfunction postoperatively.
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Zegdi R, Fabre O, Cambillau M, Fornès P, Tazi KA, Shen M, Hervé P, Carpentier A, Fabiani JN. Exhaled Nitric Oxide and Acute Lung Injury in a Rat Model of Extracorporeal Circulation. Shock 2003; 20:569-74. [PMID: 14625483 DOI: 10.1097/01.shk.0000094765.36694.92] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Exhaled nitric oxide (NO) concentration, a marker of pulmonary inflammation, has been shown to be elevated in various models of acute lung injury (ALI). This study was undertaken to evaluate the pulmonary NO production in a rat model of postextracorporeal circulation (ECC) ALI. Wistar rats underwent either a partial femorofemoral ECC in normothermia for 3 h (n = 10) or a sham procedure (n = 10). The extracorporeal circuit consisted of a roller pump and a membrane oxygenator. Exhaled NO concentration was monitored with a chemiluminescence analyzer. After sacrifice, lungs were harvested for microscopic studies and to analyze the inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) activity and expression (Western blot). ECC was responsible for an ALI characterized by a decreased arterial blood oxygen saturation (88.9% [51.7-94.2] vs. 93.7% [91.4-98.6] P = 0.005) and pulmonary histological changes (marked alveolar neutrophil infiltration; interstitial edema; intraalveolar hemorrhage). The lung injury score was significantly higher in the ECC group (n = 5; 3.0 [2-4]) in comparison to the sham group (n = 5; 1.0 [0-2]). Exhaled NO concentration remained stable throughout the experiment in all sham rats whereas it significantly increased in the ECC group from baseline (2 ppb [1-5]) until the end of experiment (33.5 ppb [1-47]). Lung iNOS activity and expression were also significantly increased in the ECC group. An increase in exhaled NO, however, did not correlate with the decrease in arterial oxygen pressure. ECC was responsible for an ALI in rats and for an elevated pulmonary NO production. Determination of the relationship between exhaled NO and the severity of the inflammatory process in ALI will require further studies.
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- Rachid Zegdi
- Laboratoire d'Etudes des Greffes et Prothèses Cardiaques, Hôspital Broussais, 75014 Paris, France.
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Golej J, Winter P, Schöffmann G, Kahlbacher H, Stoll E, Boigner H, Trittenwein G. Impact of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation modality on cytokine release during rescue from infant hypoxia. Shock 2003; 20:110-5. [PMID: 12865653 DOI: 10.1097/01.shk.0000075571.93053.2c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The treatment of acute respiratory failure in infants by means of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is thought to be associated with a treatment-related inflammatory reaction, which may deteriorate the underlying disease process. The aim of this study was to compare the venoarterial (VA) and venovenous (VV) modality of ECMO with regard to their pulmonary and serological cytokine release during rescue from acute hypoxia. The inflammatory response was measured in piglets undergoing hypoxic ventilation with a gas mixture of 92% N2 and 8% O2, which were then rescued through VA- (n = 5) or VV-ECMO (n = 5). The effect of cannulation and anesthesia on the inflammatory response was deducted from regularly ventilated control animals (n = 5). The concentrations of the proinflammatory interleukins (IL)-1beta and IL-8 increased in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of all groups over a study period of 5 h but were significantly higher (P < 0.05) during VA-ECMO treatment, whereas the anti-inflammatory IL-10 concentrations were significantly higher in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of VV-treated animals (P < 0.001). No statistical difference between groups was found in the serum concentrations of cytokines. We conclude that in this animal model rescue from hypoxia by means of the VA modality of ECMO leads to a more pronounced inflammatory reaction of the lung than when applying the VV modality.
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- Johann Golej
- Department of Neonatology and Pediatric Intensive Care, University Children's Hospital of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
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Sievers HH, Freund-Kaas C, Eleftheriadis S, Fischer T, Kuppe H, Kraatz EG, Bechtel JFM. Lung protection during total cardiopulmonary bypass by isolated lung perfusion: preliminary results of a novel perfusion strategy. Ann Thorac Surg 2002; 74:1167-72; discussion 1172. [PMID: 12400763 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(02)03853-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND The present pilot study was conducted to evaluate the effect of isolated short-term lung perfusion during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) on inflammatory response and oxygenation. METHODS A total of 24 patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery with routine CPB were prospectively assigned to three groups. Group I (n = 7), control subjects receiving neither lung perfusion nor ultrafiltration; group II (n = 9), patients undergoing lung perfusion; and group III (n = 8), patients undergoing lung perfusion plus ultrafiltration. Lung perfusion consisted of single-shot hypothermic pulmonary artery perfusion with oxygenated blood. Proteins indicative of leukocyte activation and lung injury were measured in plasma and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF). The alveolar-arterial oxygen gradient (A-aDO2) and the oxygenation index (PO2/FiO2) were also determined. RESULTS Oxygenation values were best preserved in group III, followed by group II. After CPB, elastase-alpha1-proteinase inhibitor complex had increased in plasma in all groups; in BALF it increased in groups I and II, but not in group III. Alpha2-macroglobulin increased significantly in BALF in group I but not in groups II and III. CONCLUSIONS These preliminary results provide some evidence that single-shot hypothermic lung perfusion with oxygenated blood at the beginning of CPB may have a protective effect on the lungs, especially when combined with ultrafiltration.
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- Hans-H Sievers
- Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Luebeck, Germany.
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OBJECTIVE To assess the physiologic response to, and acute survival of, cats undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and to evaluate the efficacy of a commercial human pediatric oxygenator system on cats weighing less than 6 kg. STUDY DESIGN Experimental study. ANIMALS Six intact male cats METHODS Cats were placed on cardiopulmonary bypass by cannulating the cranial and caudal vena cavae and the carotid artery. The pediatric CPB circuit was primed with 150 mL of a balanced crystalloid solution. Venous drainage was enhanced by a controlled, vacuum-assist system. A cross-clamp was placed on the ascending aorta and cardiac arrest was induced by antegrade infusion of a cold cardioplegia solution. After 45 minutes of arrest time, the cross-clamp was removed and the cats were weaned off bypass and decannulated. No blood products were administered. Heart rate, mean arterial pressure (MAP), central venous pressure, arterial blood gas, hematocrit (HCT), total plasma protein concentration (TP), serum electrolyte concentrations, and activated clotting time (ACT) were measured at baseline period (BL), during CPB, 60 minutes after CPB (CPB 60) and 90 minutes after CPB (CPB 90). A complete blood count (CBC), blood chemistry profile, and urinalysis were performed at BL, during CPB, and CPB 90. Cats were euthanatized after CPB 90. RESULTS Cardiopulmonary bypass resulted in a significant (P <.05) decrease in mean HCT (18.0%) and TP (2.3 gm/dL) at CPB 90 when compared to BL (30.5% and 6.0 gm/dL, respectively). The MAP at CPB 90 (54 mm Hg) was decreased from BL (94 mm Hg). The ACT increased from a mean of 124 seconds to > 400 seconds with heparinization and was reversed to 300 seconds with protamine. Mean platelet counts decreased from BL (369,000 /microL) to CPB 90 (94,500 /microL). Mean white blood cell counts decreased from 13,200 /microL at BL to 2,200 /microL at CPB 90. Upon reperfusion, 1 cat fibrillated but was successfully defibrillated. CONCLUSIONS Cardiopulmonary bypass was performed successfully in 6 cats weighing less than 6 kg. Acute survival to 90 minutes after CPB was achieved in all 6 cats CLINICAL RELEVANCE The ability to perform CPB in the cat may allow intracardiac repair of various heart defects in this species.
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- Jeff D Brourman
- Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Columbus, OH, USA
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Zegdi R, Fabre O, Cambillau M, Détruit H, Fornès P, Rajnoch C, Shen M, Hervé P, Carpentier A, Fabiani JN. Exhaled nitric oxide does not reflect the severity of acute lung injury: an experimental study in a rat model of extracorporeal circulation. Crit Care Med 2002; 30:2096-102. [PMID: 12352047 DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200209000-00024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE This study was undertaken to determine whether an increase in exhaled nitric oxide would reflect the severity of the acute lung injury caused by extracorporeal circulation. DESIGN Prospective, controlled animal laboratory investigation. SETTING University laboratory. SUBJECTS Male, anesthetized, paralyzed, and mechanically ventilated Wistar rats (n = 34). INTERVENTIONS Twenty-three Wistar rats underwent a partial (100 mL.kg(-1).min(-1)) femoro-femoral extracorporeal circulation in normothermia for 90 mins. Eleven time-matched rats formed the sham group. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Exhaled nitric oxide was monitored with a chemiluminescence analyzer. Acute lung injury was assessed by blood gas analysis and lung water content. Lung Evans blue dye content, lung myeloperoxidase, and heme oxygenase activities were determined. Compared with the sham rats, extracorporeal circulation was responsible for acute lung injury characterized by an increased lung water content (82.4 +/- 1.3% vs. 77.9 +/- 1.1%; p<.05), an increased Evans blue dye content (191.8 +/- 15.8 vs. 112.5 +/- 16.8 mg/g tissue wet weight; <.01), and an increased pulmonary heme oxygenase activity (332.9 +/- 107 vs. 113.7 +/- 46.5 pmol. hr(-1).mg of protein(-1); p<.05). Exhaled nitric oxide remained stable throughout the experiment in all sham rats. Among the 23 rats that underwent extracorporeal circulation, eight rats (35%) experienced an increase in exhaled nitric oxide concentration (16.9 +/- 12.7 ppb). There was no significant difference between rats that did or did not experience an increase in exhaled nitric oxide regarding each index of acute lung injury. CONCLUSIONS An increase in exhaled nitric oxide did not reflect the severity of the acute lung injury caused by extracorporeal circulation. Its significance remains to be determined.
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- Rachid Zegdi
- Laboratoire d'Etudes des Greffes et Prosthèses Cardiaques, Hôpital Broussais, Paris, France
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Glavind-Kristensen M, Brix-Christensen V, Toennesen E, Ravn HB, Forman A, Sorensen K, Hjortdal VE. Pulmonary endothelial dysfunction after cardiopulmonary bypass in neonatal pigs. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2002; 46:853-9. [PMID: 12139542 DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2002.460716.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND In neonatal pigs cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is associated with endothelial dysfunction in isolated large pulmonary arteries. It is, however, of great importance if this functional change extends to the small pulmonary resistance arteries, which are the key regulators of pulmonary flow and pressure. The aim of this study was to assess changes in pulmonary microvascular function after CPB using a clinically relevant pediatric procedure. METHODS From three groups of neonatal pigs (CPB-, sham- and control group) pulmonary resistance arteries and systemic resistance arteries (from skeletal muscle) were isolated and mounted as ring preparations in wire myographs. Vessel diameters were less than 500 microm. Concentration-response curves were constructed for norepinephrine (NA), vasopressin (Vp), and the thromboxane A2-analog U46619, while the endothelium-dependent and -independent vasodilator functions were assessed as responses to acetylcholine and nitric oxide (NO). RESULTS Maximum pulmonary vasodilator response to acetylcholine was attenuated after CPB compared with sham-operated and control animals (P=0.04). NO-induced relaxation, and contractile responses to NA, Vp, and U46619 were not influenced by CPB. In systemic arteries no changes in contractile or relaxant responses were seen after CPB. CONCLUSION CPB seems to induce pulmonary endothelial dysfunction in pulmonary but not peripheral resistance arteries in neonatal piglets.
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- M Glavind-Kristensen
- The Research Laboratory, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Skejby Hospital, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark.
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Postoperative lung injury is one of the most frequent complications of cardiac surgery that impacts significantly on health-care expenditures and largely has been believed to result from the use of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). However, recent comparative studies between conventional and off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting have indicated that CPB itself may not be the major contributor to the development of postoperative pulmonary dysfunction. In our study, we review the associated physiologic, biochemical, and histologic changes, with particular reference to the current understanding of underlying mechanisms. Intraoperative modifications aiming at limiting lung injury are discussed. The potential benefits of maintaining ventilation and pulmonary artery perfusion during CPB warrant further investigation.
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- Calvin S H Ng
- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, China
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Brix-Christensen V, Tønnesen E, Hjortdal VE, Chew M, Flø C, Marqversen J, Hansen JF, Andersen NT, Ravn HB. Neutrophils and platelets accumulate in the heart, lungs, and kidneys after cardiopulmonary bypass in neonatal pigs. Crit Care Med 2002; 30:670-6. [PMID: 11990932 DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200203000-00029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass elicits a systemic inflammatory response. An exaggerated response is associated with organ dysfunction and increased morbidity and mortality. DESIGN The aim of the present study was to investigate whether the cardiopulmonary bypass procedure in itself results in accumulation of isotope-labeled platelets, polymorphonuclear neutrophils, and fibrinogen at organ levels in neonatal pigs and to monitor changes in organ function. SETTING Pediatric cardiopulmonary bypass setup with 60 mins of aortic cross-clamp time and 120 mins of hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass time. SUBJECTS Thirty piglets were allocated to sternotomy alone (sham group, n = 15) or to sternotomy and cardiopulmonary bypass (n = 15). MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Isotope-labeled autologous polymorphonuclear neutrophils, platelets, and commercially available fibrinogen were infused, and the specific accumulation at organ level was measured in a gamma counter 4 hrs after termination of cardiopulmonary bypass. Concomitant changes in oxygenation index and cardiac output were registered. Animals exposed to cardiopulmonary bypass showed a significantly higher technetium-99m-polymorphonuclear neutrophil accumulation in the lungs and kidneys, whereas indium-111-platelets accumulated in the heart and kidneys compared with the sham group. There was a significantly larger increase in oxygenation index and significantly larger decrease in cardiac output between the pre- and postcardiopulmonary bypass period in the cardiopulmonary bypass group compared with the sham group. CONCLUSIONS The cardiopulmonary bypass procedure without cardiac surgery elicits organ dysfunction in terms of impaired respiratory and hemodynamic function. Platelets and polymorphonuclear neutrophils were entrapped in the heart, lungs, and kidneys of cardiopulmonary bypass animals, indicating that cell accumulation may contribute to the developing organ dysfunction.
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Landis RC, Asimakopoulos G, Poullis M, Haskard DO, Taylor KM. The antithrombotic and antiinflammatory mechanisms of action of aprotinin. Ann Thorac Surg 2001; 72:2169-75. [PMID: 11789829 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(01)02821-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Aprotinin (Trasylol) is generally regarded to be an effective hemostatic agent that prevents blood loss and preserves platelet function during cardiac surgery procedures requiring cardiopulmonary bypass (CBP). However, its clinical use has been limited by the concern that such a potent hemostatic agent might be prothrombotic, particularly in relation to coronary vein graft occlusion. In this review we present a mechanism of action that challenges such a viewpoint and explains how aprotinin can be simultaneously hemostatic and antithrombotic. Aprotinin achieves these two apparently disparate properties by selectively blocking the proteolytically activated thrombin receptor on platelets, the protease-activated receptor 1 (PAR1), while leaving other mechanisms of platelet aggregation unaffected. We also review recent research leading to the discovery of novel antiinflammatory targets for aprotinin. A better understanding of its mechanisms of action has led to the conclusion that aprotinin is a remarkable drug with the capacity to correct many of the imbalances that develop in the coagulation system and the inflammatory system after CPB. Nonetheless, it has been clinically underused for fear of causing thrombotic complications, a fear that in light of recent evidence may be unfounded.
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- R C Landis
- The British Heart Foundation Unit of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College School of Medicine, London, England.
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Cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is associated with the development of a systemic inflammatory response that can often lead to dysfunction of major organs. The systemic inflammation can be assessed intra- and postoperatively by measuring concentrations of inflammatory mediators in plasma and tissues. These concentrations, however, do not always correlate with the degree of observed organ dysfunction. Various strategies have been used to reduce inflammatory phenomena in patients undergoing CPB. Cardiac surgery without CPB has been performed increasingly with satisfactory results over the past few years. Attenuation of systemic inflammation and improved outcome in high risk patients are potential benefits of this technique. The emergence and expanding performance of cardiac surgical procedures without the use of CPB has given us an excellent tool to investigate the relative importance of CPB as a cause of systemic inflammation. Aprotinin is a protease inhibitor which is used in cardiac surgical patients for its haemostatic effects. Aprotinin has anti-inflammatory properties, the nature of which have not been completely clarified. This article presents a summary of the published literature investigating inflammatory response and organ dysfunction in patients who have cardiac surgery without CPB. It also presents an overview of recent data on the anti-inflammatory action mechanisms of aprotinin.
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- G Asimakopoulos
- Cardiothoracic Department, Imperial College School of Medicine at Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK.
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Brix-Christensen V. The systemic inflammatory response after cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass in children. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2001; 45:671-9. [PMID: 11421823 DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2001.045006671.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Paediatric cardiac surgery often requires cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) during the surgical intervention. CPB is known to elicit a systemic inflammatory response with activation of the complement and coagulation systems, stimulation of cytokine production, cellular entrapment in organs, neutrophil activation with degranulation, platelet activation, and endothelial dysfunction. These changes are associated with a risk of postoperative organ dysfunction and increased morbidity and mortality in the postoperative period. Clinical studies have concentrated on measurement of inflammatory markers and mediators in peripheral blood, where the systemic inflammatory response in the paediatric cardiac patient seems to be different from the adult case. Looking at the organ level, experimental studies have the advantage of providing information contributing to a better understanding of the pathological events that may lead to the deteriorated organ function. This review focuses on the systemic inflammatory response after cardiac surgery with CPB in children and experimental CPB models.
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- V Brix-Christensen
- Department of Anaesthesiology and Institute of Experimental Clinical Research, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark.
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Fabre O, Zegdi R, Vincentelli A, Cambillaud M, Prat A, Carpentier A, Fabiani JN. A recovery model of partial cardiopulmonary bypass in the rat. Perfusion 2001; 16:215-20. [PMID: 11419657 DOI: 10.1177/026765910101600307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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This study was undertaken to develop a recovery model of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) in rats. Twenty male Wistar rats (475-550 g) were anaesthetized, mechanically ventilated and the femoral vessels cannulated. The extracorporeal circulation circuit comprised a roller pump, a venous reservoir and a modified Capiox 308 paediatric membrane oxygenator. Priming consisted of 20 ml of fresh homologous blood and 15 ml of colloid. Anticoagulation was achieved with heparin (500 IU/kg). Blood gas analysis, blood pressure monitoring and survival studies were performed in CPB (n=10) and Sham (n=10) rats. Partial CPB was always easily established and was conducted at a flow rate of 100 ml/kg/min for 90 min Blood gas analysis and blood pressure data did not differ between the two groups. All CPB rats survived and the 3-week follow-up period remained uneventful. The rat model of CPB was easy to perform and was associated with excellent survival. This recovery model should allow us to study the pathophysiological processes underlying post-CPB multiple organ dysfunction.
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- O Fabre
- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Broussais Hospital, Paris, France.
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Kim WG, Lee BH, Seo JW. Light and electron microscopic analyses for ischaemia-reperfusion lung injury in an ovine cardiopulmonary bypass model. Perfusion 2001; 16:207-14. [PMID: 11419656 DOI: 10.1177/026765910101600306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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An experiment to study the role of contact-activation leukocyte sequestration in the formation of ischaemia-reperfusion injury (I-R injury) was carried out. The study was conducted using light and electron microscopic analyses in an ovine cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) model using a membrane oxygenator. Five adult sheep were used in the study. The CPB circuitry consisted of a roller pump and a membrane oxygenator. During CPB, flow rates ranged from 50 to 60 ml/kg/min with mild hypothermia. The CPB time was fixed at 120 min. Ten minutes after the start of CPB, total CPB was established. Thereafter, total CPB was performed for 100 min, followed by another 10 min of partial CPB. Lung biopsy specimens for light and electron microscopy were obtained from the upper lobe of the right lung before CPB, 109 min after the start of CPB (just before reperfusion) and 30 min after weaning (after reperfusion). A portion of the lung biopsy specimen was taken for a water content measurement at the same time intervals. For measuring the left and right atrial leukocyte counts, blood samples were taken before thoracotomy, 5 and 109 min after the start of CPB, and 30 and 120 min after weaning. C3a was measured before thoracotomy, 109 minafter the start of CPB, and 30 and 120 min after weaning. Plasma malondialdehyde (MDA) was checked before thoracotomy, 109 min after the start of CPB and 30 min after weaning. On both light and electron microscopic examination, mild to moderate acute lung change was observed after ischaemia-reperfusion. Interstitial oedema, leakage of erythrocytes into the alveolar space and endothelial cell swelling were the main findings. However, few neutrophils were seen. Water content of the lung showed a slight increase after the start of CPB, but there was no statistical significance. Neither significant differences in the transpulmonary gradients of leukocytes nor a significant complement activation, expressed by C3a levels, was observed. The MDA level did not display a significant change related to lung reperfusion despite an increase in MDA after the start of CPB. These findings indicate that I-R injury during CPB may not be from complement-activation leukocyte sequestration, but from another source of oxygen free radicals related to CPB.
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- W G Kim
- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine and Clinical Research Center, Seoul National University Hospital, Korea.
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Brix-Christensen V, Petersen TK, Ravn HB, Hjortdal VE, Andersen NT, Tønnesen E. Cardiopulmonary bypass elicits a pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokine response and impaired neutrophil chemotaxis in neonatal pigs. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2001; 45:407-13. [PMID: 11300377 DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2001.045004407.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) induces a systemic inflammatory response and organ dysfunction, especially in children. Plasma concentration of inflammatory markers are increased in response to the trauma of cardiac surgery and CPB. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether the CPB procedure in itself elicits increased levels of inflammatory markers in neonatal pigs. METHODS The inflammatory response was measured in piglets undergoing sternotomy alone (sham group, n=13) or sternotomy and CPB (n=14). Inflammatory mediators were measured at baseline and at fixed time-points during and after CPB. IL-8, IL-10 and TNF-alpha levels and C-reactive protein (CRP) concentrations were measured in plasma samples. Polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN) chemotaxis was measured ex vivo, and CD-18 expression using an immunofluorescence technique. RESULTS Immediately after the CPB procedure increased IL-8 levels were found in the CPB group, but not in sham operated animals (P=0.005). Simultaneously, a marked IL-10 response was measured in the CPB group. Concurrently, PMN chemotaxis decreased in CPB animals but not in the sham group (P=0.04). CD-18 expression and CRP levels were not significantly different between groups and TNF-alpha showed no changes in either group. The chemotactic response did not correlate with plasma IL-8 or IL-10, nor with CD-18 expression. CONCLUSION The CPB procedure elicited a systemic inflammatory response in terms of significantly elevated plasma levels of IL-8 and IL-10. Furthermore, a temporary and simultaneous decrease in PMN chemotaxis was observed immediately after CPB.
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- V Brix-Christensen
- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark.
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Williams EA, Welty SE, Geske RS, Hubble CL, Craig DM, Quick G, Meliones JN, Cheifetz IM. Liquid lung ventilation reduces neutrophil sequestration in a neonatal swine model of cardiopulmonary bypass. Crit Care Med 2001; 29:789-95. [PMID: 11373470 DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200104000-00021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Liquid lung ventilation has been demonstrated to improve cardiorespiratory function after cardiopulmonary bypass. We hypothesized that liquid lung ventilation (LLV) would decrease the pulmonary inflammatory response after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). DESIGN Prospective, randomized, experimental, controlled, nonblinded study. SETTING Animal research laboratory at a university setting. SUBJECTS A total of 24 neonatal piglets. INTERVENTIONS After intubation with a cuffed endotracheal tube, swine were conventionally ventilated. After surgical cannulation, each piglet was placed on conventional nonpulsatile CPB and cooled to 18 degrees C (64.4 degrees F). Subsequently, the animals were exposed to 90 mins of low-flow CPB (35 mL/kg/min). Animals were rewarmed to 37 degrees C (98.6 degrees F), removed from CPB, and ventilated for 90 min. Ten animals received conventional gas ventilation only (control), seven received initiation of LLV before CPB (prevention), and seven received initiation of LLV during the rewarming phase of CPB (treatment). After the animals were killed, the lungs were removed en bloc. The left lobe was dissected and formalin-fixed at 20 cm H2O overnight, followed by paraffin embedding. Sections were taken from the paraffin-embedded lungs. Neutrophil accumulation and lung injury were assessed by histochemical staining with leukocyte esterase and morphometrics, respectively. One hundred microscopic images were digitized from each tissue sample for lung morphometrics, and neutrophil counts were obtained from every fifth image. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Lung tissue sections showed a significantly lower number of neutrophils per alveolar area in the prevention and treatment groups than in the control group (control 681 +/- 65, prevention 380 +/- 49, treatment 412 +/- 101 neutrophils per alveolar area [cells/mm2]; p <.05 for both prevention and treatment compared with control). There were no differences in lung injury as assessed with morphometrics or hemodynamic measurements between any of the three groups. CONCLUSIONS The data suggest that LLV reduces the CPB-induced neutrophil sequestration in the pulmonary parenchyma independent of its effects on the circulatory physiology or evidence of early lung injury.
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- E A Williams
- Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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Tárnok A, Bocsi J, Rössler H, Schlykow V, Schneider P, Hambsch J. Low degree of activation of circulating neutrophils determined by flow cytometry during cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass. CYTOMETRY 2001; 46:41-9. [PMID: 11241506 DOI: 10.1002/1097-0320(20010215)46:1<41::aid-cyto1036>3.0.co;2-u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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BACKGROUND Enhanced expression of adhesion molecules LFA-1 (CD11a/CD18) and Mac-1 (CD11b/CD18) following cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is held responsible for postoperative complications. Surface expression of these molecules, intracellular pH (pH(i)), and oxidative burst capacity was analyzed to test for neutrophil activation during pediatric cardiac surgery. METHODS Blood samples were drawn from 36 patients (age: 3--16 years) 24 h preoperatively, after onset of anesthesia, after connection to CPB (CPB1, before and after passing CPB, n = 15), at reperfusion (CPB2), and up to 7 days postoperatively. Cells adhering to CPB filters were isolated (n = 11). Antigen expression, pH(i), and oxidative burst capacity on neutrophils was analyzed by flow cytometry. RESULTS During surgery, oxidative burst capacity was at low level with a mild increase only 1 day after surgery. pH(i) was decreased throughout the surgery. Surgery induced more than 36% decrease of LFA-1 and Mac-1 expression (P < 0.03). Up to postoperative day 7, no increase of antigen expression above baseline was found. Neutrophils isolated from filters of the CPB had increased LFA-1 and Mac-1 expression (all P < 0.05). Integrin expression on neutrophils passing the CPB at CPB1 was decreased (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION Reduced adhesion molecule expression on neutrophils may be due to selective filtration of highly adhesive cells. This, in combination with low-level oxidative burst capacity, induced by immunosuppressive cytokines (e.g., interleukin-10), reduced the neutrophil activity. Our data indicate that increased activity of circulating neutrophils cannot exclusively be held responsible for postoperative complications after surgery with CPB.
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- A Tárnok
- Pediatric Cardiology, Cardiac Center Leipzig, University of Leipzig, Germany.
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Arafa O, Fiane AE, Svennevig JL, Geiran OR. Mechanical circulatory support of heart transplant patients. Transplant Proc 2001; 33:1603-4. [PMID: 11267436 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(00)02609-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- O Arafa
- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The National Hospital, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Arafa OE, Geiran OR, Andersen K, Fosse E, Simonsen S, Svennevig JL. Intraaortic balloon pumping for predominantly right ventricular failure after heart transplantation. Ann Thorac Surg 2000; 70:1587-93. [PMID: 11093492 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(00)01864-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Right ventricular failure from elevated pulmonary vascular resistance in the recipient is a main cause of early mortality after heart transplantation. When pharmacologic treatment is insufficient, mechanical circulatory assistance has been used to support the failing right ventricle. Considering right and left ventricular interdependence, we investigated whether intraaortic balloon counterpulsation (IABP) might also alleviate predominantly right ventricular dysfunction after heart transplantation. METHODS Among 278 cardiac recipients, 12 adult patients underwent mechanical circulatory support for cardiac allograft dysfunction. Five patients were treated with percutaneous IABP for early postoperative low cardiac output syndrome characterized by predominantly right ventricular failure. Clinical data and hemodynamic variables were recorded before and during IABP treatment. RESULTS Cardiac index (CI) and mean arterial pressure (MAP) increased (CI 1.7 +/- 0.1 to 2.5 +/- 0.2, MAP 53 +/- 12 to 71 +/- 7, p < 0.05) within 1 hour after IABP, whereas central venous pressure (CVP) and pulmonary artery wedge pressure (PAWP) decreased (CVP 21.6 +/- 1.7 to 13.8 +/- 3.1, p < .05; PAWP 14.8 +/- 4.9 to 12.4 +/- 3.7, nonsignificant). Within the next 12 hours, CI and mixed venous oxygen saturation increased (p < 0.05) and pulmonary artery pressure decreased (p < 0.05). All 5 patients were weaned successfully and 4 are long-term survivors with adequate cardiac performance at 1 year follow-up. CONCLUSIONS Intraaortic balloon pumping is a minimally invasive circulatory assist device with proved efficiency in low cardiac output syndromes. This report shows that low output syndrome caused by predominantly right ventricular allograft failure may be an additional indication for IABP.
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- O E Arafa
- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway.
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Asimakopoulos G, Thompson R, Nourshargh S, Lidington EA, Mason JC, Ratnatunga CP, Haskard DO, Taylor KM, Landis RC. An anti-inflammatory property of aprotinin detected at the level of leukocyte extravasation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000; 120:361-9. [PMID: 10917955 DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2000.106323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Aprotinin is a serine protease inhibitor used extensively in cardiac operations to reduce postoperative bleeding. It has also been used in trials aimed at reducing the systemic inflammatory response to cardiopulmonary bypass. It remains unclear whether the anti-inflammatory action of aprotinin is related to its general ability to suppress leukocyte activation or whether aprotinin can exercise effects during the leukocyte-endothelial cell adhesion cascade. METHODS We used intravital microscopy to study the 3 main stages of the adhesion cascade (leukocyte rolling, firm adhesion, and extravasation) within the mesenteric microcirculation of rats. This in vivo technique allows leukocyte recruitment to be viewed directly through the transparent mesentery of anesthetized animals. RESULTS Aprotinin, given by continuous infusion at a clinically relevant dose, exerted no effect on the rolling or firm adhesion responses toward local chemoattractant N -formyl-methyl-leucyl-phenylalanine but significantly inhibited extravasation of leukocytes (73% at 40 minutes, P =.04) into surrounding tissues. In parallel in vitro experiments, aprotinin (used at 200, 800, and 1600 kIU/mL) dose dependently inhibited neutrophil transmigration through cultured endothelial cells in response to 3 different chemoattractants: N -formyl-methyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (P <.001 at 800 and 1600 kIU/mL), interleukin 8 (P <.05 at 200 kIU/mL and P <.001 at 800 and 1600 kIU/mL), and platelet-activating factor (P <.05 at 1600 kIU/mL). CONCLUSIONS Our studies have therefore revealed a novel anti-inflammatory mechanism of aprotinin operating at the level of leukocyte extravasation. These findings may be relevant in the prevention of systemic inflammation after cardiopulmonary bypass through the use of protease inhibitors.
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- G Asimakopoulos
- British Heart Foundation Cardiothoracic Unit and the Cardiovascular Medicine Unit at Hammersmith Hospital, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College School of Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Cox CS, Allen SJ, Sauer H, Frederick J. Effects of selectin-sialyl Lewis blockade on mesenteric microvascular permeability associated with cardiopulmonary bypass. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000; 119:1255-61. [PMID: 10838545 DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2000.105262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Cardiopulmonary bypass is associated with an inflammatory response that is associated with a neutrophil-mediated microvascular barrier injury. We studied the effects of blocking neutrophil-endothelial tethering on microvascular permeability and edema formation during cardiopulmonary bypass. Using a selectin antagonist that prevents interactions with their ligands, we hypothesized that there would be less neutrophil infiltration into the tissue and a reduction in microvascular permeability and edema formation. METHODS A canine mesenteric lymphatic fistula was created to measure Starling forces and to determine microvascular permeability. Normothermic, atrial-femoral cardiopulmonary bypass was initiated (70-90 mL. kg(-1). min(-1)). Intestinal tissue water was determined with microgravimetry. Ileal tissue myeloperoxidase was measured as an index of neutrophil tissue infiltration. One experimental group received the selectin antagonist TBC 1269 before the initiation of bypass, and the control group received saline solution. RESULTS There was a modest increase in microvascular permeability in both groups, as evidenced by significantly increased transvascular protein clearance and a trend toward a decrease in reflection coefficient. There were no differences in the experimental group compared with the control group. Ileal tissue myeloperoxidase levels were lower in the experimental group than in the control group. CONCLUSIONS The selectin antagonist TBC 1269 reduces neutrophil infiltration into the ileum without altering ileal microvascular permeability or edema associated with cardiopulmonary bypass.
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- C S Cox
- Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, and the Center for Lymphatic and Microvascular Studies at the University of Texas-Houston, Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA.
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Cox CS, Allen SJ, Butler D, Sauer H, Frederick J. Extracorporeal circulation exacerbates microvascular permeability after endotoxemia. J Surg Res 2000; 91:50-5. [PMID: 10816349 DOI: 10.1006/jsre.2000.5905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Extracorporeal life support without prior inflammatory stimuli results in a modest increase in microvascular permeability. Initiating ECLS after shock, sepsis, or hypoxia results in marked increases in interstitial fluid and total body water. We sought to determine whether an inflammatory stimulus prior to initiating ECLS increases microvascular permeability to protein. METHODS An anesthetized canine lymphatic fistula model was used to study Starling forces. LPS + ECLS received 1 mg/kg LPS 1 h prior to initiating ECLS, and the group ECLS received saline vehicle. To determine mesenteric microvascular permeability, mesenteric venous pressure was elevated to 32 +/- 1 mm Hg to reach a minimal lymph protein concentration (C(L)). With simultaneous measurement of plasma protein concentration (C(P)), the reflection coefficient, sigma, was calculated using the formula sigma = 1 - C(L)/C(P). Transvascular protein clearance and filtration coefficient (K(f)) were calculated from the measured Starling variables. After a steady state was achieved, normothermic right atrial-to-femoral artery ECLS was initiated and continued for 2 h and then discontinued. Measurements were continued for 30 min after ECLS was discontinued. Measurements were continued for 30 min after ECLS was discontinued. Within-group comparisons were made with ANOVA and Fisher's LSD, and between-group comparisons were made with Student's t tests where appropriate. RESULTS The reflection coefficient (sigma) decreased significantly from 0.77 +/- 0.02 to 0.53 +/- 0.07 with LPS + ECLS and was lower compared to ECLS alone (0.77 +/- 0.02 to 0.65 +/- 0.03). Transvascular protein clearance increased to a greater extent in LPS + ECLS from 266 +/- 46 to 819 +/- 125 microl/min compared to ECLS alone (284 +/- 49 to 819 +/- 125 microl/min) (P = 0. 06). K(f) increased in both groups after initiation of ECLS, but to a significantly greater extent in LPS + ECLS at 60 min (30.7 +/- 2.2 microl/min/mm Hg/g in ECLS and 50.0 +/- 8.9 microl/min/mm Hg/g in LPS + ECLS). Ileal tissue water increased in both groups, but there were no differences between groups. CONCLUSIONS Initiation of ECLS after exposure to LPS increases ileal microvascular permeability to protein and water to a greater extent than ECLS alone.
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- Department of Surgery, University of Texas-Houston, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Loer SA, Kalweit G, Tarnow J. Effects of ventilation and nonventilation on pulmonary venous blood gases and markers of lung hypoxia in humans undergoing total cardiopulmonary bypass. Crit Care Med 2000; 28:1336-40. [PMID: 10834675 DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200005000-00013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To assess the effects of lung oxygenation and ventilation vs. lung collapse on pulmonary markers of lung hypoxia. DESIGN A prospective, nonrandomized, nonblinded comparative study. SETTING University department of anesthesiology and cardiothoracic surgery. SUBJECTS Twelve adult patients undergoing coronary bypass grafting requiring total cardiopulmonary bypass. INTERVENTIONS Single lung ventilation during total cardiopulmonary bypass (tidal volume, 150 mL; respiratory rate, 6 breaths/min; inspiratory oxygen fraction, 0.5) while the contralateral lung was allowed to collapse completely without oxygenation. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS At the beginning and at the end of total cardiopulmonary bypass (duration, 59-65 mins), blood was aspirated from the right and left pulmonary veins and the radial artery for measurement of blood gases and concentrations of endothelin-1, big-endothelin, thromboxane B2, lactate, and lactate dehydrogenase. Nonventilation during total cardiopulmonary bypass compared with ventilation resulted in lower pulmonary venous P(O2) values (57+/-15 torr [7.6+/-2.0 kPa] vs. 103+/-23 torr [13.7+/-3.1 kPa]) and higher thromboxane B2 concentrations (488+/-95 pg/mL vs. 434+/-92 pg/mL). The concentrations of endothelin-1, big-endothelin, lactate, and lactate dehydrogenase in the pulmonary veins did not differ significantly between nonventilated and ventilated lungs. CONCLUSIONS Development of pulmonary tissue hypoxia during 1 hr of nonventilation and cardiopulmonary bypass with completely inhibited pulmonary arterial blood flow is unlikely, suggesting that enough oxygen is stored in or is provided to the collapsed lung. Thus, nonventilation during total cardiopulmonary bypass does not appear to contribute to postoperative respiratory dysfunction by causing pulmonary tissue hypoxia. These results, however, do not exclude that mechanical factors of ventilation might benefit the lung during cardiopulmonary bypass.
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- S A Loer
- Department of Anesthesiology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Lu H, Youker K, Ballantyne C, Entman M, Smith CW. Hydrogen peroxide induces LFA-1-dependent neutrophil adherence to cardiac myocytes. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2000; 278:H835-42. [PMID: 10710352 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.2000.278.3.h835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Adult cardiac myocytes express intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM)-1 in response to cytokine stimulation. This allows stable adhesion of chemotactically stimulated but not unstimulated neutrophils. In the current study, we demonstrated that brief exposure of ICAM-1-expressing cardiac myocytes to H(2)O(2) promoted transient adhesive interactions between myocytes and neutrophils without added chemotactic factors. This transient adhesion differed in two ways from the stable adhesion promoted by exogenous chemotactic factors. It occurred more rapidly, peaking within 15 min, and it was dependent on leukocyte function-associated antigen (LFA)-1 (CD11a/CD18) on the neutrophil interacting with ICAM-1 on the myocyte. In contrast, chemotactic factor-induced adhesion peaked at 60 min and was dependent on Mac-1 (CD11b/CD18). The transient adhesion could be completely inhibited by platelet-activating factor (PAF)-receptor antagonists WEB-2086 and SDZ-64-412. These results indicate that canine neutrophils may utilize both LFA-1 and Mac-1 to adhere to adult cardiac myocytes, with LFA-1 triggered by a PAF-like activity induced in myocytes by H(2)O(2).
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Tanita T, Song C, Kubo H, Hoshikawa Y, Ueda S, Fujimura S. Superoxide possibly produced in endothelial cells mediates the neutrophil-induced lung injury. Ann Thorac Surg 2000; 69:402-7; discussion 408. [PMID: 10735671 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(99)01326-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND The mechanism by which stimulated neutrophils (polymorphonuclear leukocytes [PMNs]) damage pulmonary vascular endothelium was investigated. METHODS The ability of unstimulated and mechanically stimulated PMNs to adhere to pulmonary endothelial cells and, thereby, alter pulmonary vascular permeability was tested. Each series was conducted on 6 rats. To stimulate PMNs, they were agitated gently in a glass vial for 10 seconds. RESULTS Perfusing lungs with the stimulated PMNs elicited a fivefold increase in permeability compared with lungs perfused with the unstimulated cells. This increase in permeability was blocked completely by preincubation of stimulated PMNs with CD18 monoclonal antibody. This increase in permeability was also blocked completely by superoxide dismutase (SOD) or the xanthine oxidase (XO) inhibitor allopurinol. Pulmonary vascular hemodynamics were unaffected by any treatment protocol. The accumulation of stimulated PMNs within the lungs was not inhibited by SOD but was partially blocked by allopurinol. CONCLUSIONS These findings suggest that stimulated PMN-induced increases in pulmonary vascular filtration resulted from endothelial cell injury caused by superoxide anion possibly generated by XO, exclusively present in the endothelial cells.
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- T Tanita
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
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Bittner HB, Chen EP, Biswas SS, Van Trigt P, Davis RD. Right ventricular dysfunction after cardiac transplantation: primarily related to status of donor heart. Ann Thorac Surg 1999; 68:1605-11. [PMID: 10585028 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(99)00987-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND It is unclear whether right ventricular dysfunction after transplantation is due to donor brain death-related myocardial injury or recipient pulmonary hypertension. METHODS A canine donor model of brain death and a monocrotaline pyrrole-induced chronic pulmonary hypertension recipient model were established, and used for 30 orthotopic bicaval cardiac transplantations divided into three groups: Controls (group A, normal donor/recipient), group B (brain-dead donors/normal recipient), and group C (normal donor/recipients with pulmonary hypertension). Right ventricular function was measured before transplant and brain death, 4 hours after brain death, and after transplant (1 hour off bypass) by load-independent means plotting stroke work versus end-diastolic volume during caval occlusion. Right ventricular total power and pulmonary vascular impedance were determined by Fourier analysis. RESULTS In comparison to the control group right ventricular preload-recruitable stroke work and total power decreased significantly after brain death and transplant in group B (from 22.7 x 10(3) erg (+/-1.2) at baseline to 15.6 x 10(3) (+/-0.9) after brain death and to 11.3 x 10(3) (+/-0.9) after transplant). In group C there was a significant increase in pulmonary artery pressure, impedance, right ventricular preload-recruitable stroke work, total power after transplant. CONCLUSIONS Normal donor hearts adapt acutely to the recipient's elevated pulmonary vascular resistance by increasing right ventricular power output and contractility. Brain death caused significant right ventricular dysfunction and power loss, which further deteriorated after graft preservation and transplantation. The effects of donor brain death on myocardial function contribute to right ventricular dysfunction after cardiac transplantation.
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- H B Bittner
- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
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Tanita T, Song C, Kubo H, Ono S, Sagawa M, Sato M, Matsumura Y, Kondo T, Fujimura S. Stimulated neutrophils evoke signal transduction to increase vascular permeability in rat lungs. TOHOKU J EXP MED 1999; 189:213-25. [PMID: 10674723 DOI: 10.1620/tjem.189.213] [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: 11/18/2022]
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The mechanisms by which stimulated neutrophils (PMNs) damage pulmonary vascular endothelium were investigated using twenty-four perfused lung preparations isolated from rats. We tested the ability of unstimulated and mechanically stimulated PMNs to adhere to pulmonary endothelial cells and, thereby, alter pulmonary vascular permeability (measured as the pulmonary filtration coefficient) and hemodynamics. To stimulate PMNs, they were gently agitated in a glass vial for 10 seconds. Perfusing lungs with the stimulated PMNs (stimulated group) elicited a 3-fold increase in the filtration coefficient as compared to lungs perfused with unstimulated cells (unstimulated group). This increase in filtration was completely blocked by preincubation of stimulated PMNs with CD18 monoclonal antibody (MoAb group). This increase in filtration coefficient was also completely blocked by GF109203X, a protein kinase C inhibitor (GF group). Pulmonary vascular resistance increased when the stimulated PMNs were injected to the isolated lungs. Although, preincubation of stimulated PMNs with CD18 MoAb successfully blocked and GF109203X partly blocked this increase in pulmonary vascular resistance. The accumulation of stimulated PMNs within the lungs, as assessed by myeloperoxidase (MPO) levels, was blocked by preincubation of stimulated PMNs with CD18 MoAb. However, GF109203X did not decrease MPO levels. These findings suggest that stimulated PMN-induced increases in pulmonary vascular filtration, resulted from endothelial cell injury caused by adhesion to the endothelial cells, evoke intracellular signaling within the endothelial cells.
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- T Tanita
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
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Ilton MK, Langton PE, Taylor ML, Misso NL, Newman M, Thompson PJ, Hung J. Differential expression of neutrophil adhesion molecules during coronary artery surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999; 118:930-7. [PMID: 10534700 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5223(99)70064-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Activation of neutrophil adhesion molecules and subsequent neutrophil adhesion to vascular endothelium are key events initiating inflammatory organ dysfunction after cardiopulmonary bypass and ischemic reperfusion. OBJECTIVES We sought to characterize neutrophil integrin CD11b and L-selectin activation associated with coronary artery bypass graft surgery and to determine whether neutrophil activation contributes to their sequestration on postbypass reperfusion. METHODS Twenty patients undergoing routine coronary artery bypass were studied. Heparinized whole blood was simultaneously sampled from a central venous line, aorta, coronary sinus, and right and left atrium before, during, and up to 20 minutes after cardiopulmonary bypass. Neutrophil counts were obtained, and neutrophil CD11b and L-selectin expression was determined by flow cytometric analysis in whole blood. RESULTS CD11b expression on circulating neutrophils increased during cardiopulmonary bypass, peaking at 145% of baseline level after release of the aortic clamp and then declined by 20 minutes after bypass (analysis of variance, P =.003). No change in neutrophil L-selectin expression was observed during cardiopulmonary bypass. Neutrophils responded to ex vivo stimulation by C5a and leukotriene B(4) during cardiopulmonary bypass but not at 24 hours after the operation. After reperfusion, neutrophil loss, but not local activation, was demonstrated in the coronary and pulmonary circulations. CONCLUSIONS Upregulated CD11b expression on neutrophils is likely to contribute to neutrophil sequestration in the heart and lungs after bypass, but neutrophil activation may be limited by their reduced responsiveness to agonist stimulation. CD11b represents a potential therapeutic target for diminishing inflammation after cardiac operations.
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- M K Ilton
- Department of Medicine, University of Western Australia, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Nedlands, Australia
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Nyhan D, Gaine S, Hales M, Zanaboni P, Simon BA, Berkowitz D, Flavahan N. Pulmonary vascular endothelial responses are differentially modulated after cardiopulmonary bypass. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 1999; 34:518-25. [PMID: 10511126 DOI: 10.1097/00005344-199910000-00007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The aim of this study was to characterize the mechanisms underlying pulmonary vascular dysfunction after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) by examining responses of isolated pulmonary arteries to selective endothelium-dependent and -independent activators in control and post-CPB dogs. Adult male mongrel dogs were placed on closed-chest, hypothermic CPB for 2.5 h, and then allowed to recover. Anatomically matched pulmonary arterial rings were isolated and suspended for isometric tension recording. Contractile responses to the alpha1-adrenergic agonist phenylephrine were similar in endothelium-containing arteries from control and CPB animals. Endothelium denudation increased contractions to phenylephrine to a similar extent in both groups. Endothelium-dependent relaxation to acetylcholine was decreased 4 days after CPB compared with controls. In contrast to acetylcholine, endothelium-dependent relaxation to bradykinin or to A23187 were not impaired 4 days after CPB. Inhibition of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) with L-NAME depressed the response to acetylcholine in control vessels, confirming that a component of the response to acetylcholine was nitric oxide (NO) dependent. At lower concentrations of acetylcholine, this component of the response was abolished after CPB. The residual relaxation evoked by acetylcholine in the presence of L-NAME also was impaired in CPB compared with control arteries. This suggests that the CPB-induced impairment of acetylcholine-evoked relaxation may not involve both an NO-mediated and an NO-independent component. L-NAME depressed the response to bradykinin to a similar degree in control and CPB arteries. Vascular smooth-muscle dilatation to the NO donor, SIN-1, or to the K+ATP-channel opener, cromakalim, were similar in endothelium-denuded arteries from CPB and control animals. These results suggest that CPB causes a selective impairment in endothelial dilator function without changing the vascular smooth-muscle response to vasodilator or vasoconstrictor stimuli.
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- Department of Anesthesiology/Critical Care Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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Tanita T, Song C, Kubo H, Hoshikawa Y, Chida M, Suzuki S, Ono S, Fujimura S. Superoxide anion mediates pulmonary vascular permeability caused by neutrophils in cardiopulmonary bypass. Surg Today 1999; 29:755-61. [PMID: 10483751 DOI: 10.1007/bf02482321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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During cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), neutrophils (PMNs) may be stimulated by shear stress which could contribute to the pulmonary injury that occurs after CPB. To elucidate whether mechanically stimulated PMNs increase pulmonary vascular permeability, measured as the pulmonary filtration coefficient (K) and pulmonary vascular resistance, and to elucidate whether superoxide anion mediates this increase, we assessed the effects of stimulated and unstimulated PMNs, and of superoxide dismutase (SOD) on K and resistance in isolated perfused lungs from Sprague-Dawley rats. PMNs were stimulated by gentle agitation in a glass vial for 10 s. Lungs perfused with the stimulated PMNs, being the stimulated group (n = 6), elicited a 5-fold increase in the filtration coefficient compared with lungs perfused with unstimulated cells, being the unstimulated group (n = 6). This increase in filtration was completely blocked by the preincubation of stimulated PMNs with CD18 monoclonal antibody, being the Ab group (n = 6), and also by superoxide dismutase, being the SOD group (n = 6). Pulmonary vascular resistance was not increased by stimulated PMNs, and the accumulation of stimulated PMNs was not blocked by SOD. These findings suggest that stimulated PMNs increase K and that superoxide anion may injure the pulmonary vascular endothelial cells.
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- T Tanita
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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Asimakopoulos G, Smith PL, Ratnatunga CP, Taylor KM. Lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome after cardiopulmonary bypass. Ann Thorac Surg 1999; 68:1107-15. [PMID: 10510030 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(99)00781-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 263] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Cardiopulmonary bypass is often followed by pulmonary dysfunction as assessed by measuring the alveolar-arterial oxygenation gradient, intrapulmonary shunt, degree of pulmonary edema, pulmonary compliance, and pulmonary vascular resistance. It is also regarded as a risk factor for development of acute respiratory distress syndrome. On the other hand, cardiopulmonary bypass is associated with a whole body inflammatory response, which involves activation of complement, leukocytes, and endothelial cells with secretion of cytokines, proteases, arachidonic acid metabolites, and oxygen free radicals. Leukocyte adhesion to microvascular endothelium, leukocyte extravasation, and tissue damage are the final steps. Although the inflammatory response to cardiopulmonary bypass often remains at subclinical levels, it can also lead to major organ dysfunction and multiple organ failure. This review article summarizes the recent literature on the molecular and cellular mechanisms involved in the phenomenon of pulmonary dysfunction after cardiopulmonary bypass. It also summarizes reports on the prevalence and mortality of acute respiratory distress syndrome after cardiac surgery.
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- G Asimakopoulos
- Cardiothoracic Unit, Imperial College School of Medicine at Hammersmith Hospital, London, England
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The purpose of inflammation is to combat various agents that may injure the tissues. Conditions such as CPB can often cause systemic inflammation and dysfunction of major organs. Pulmonary, renal, myocardial and intestinal function may suffer various degrees of impairment during and after cardiac surgery. Although changes in major organs usually remain clinically insignificant, severe organ failure is not uncommon. The process of systemic inflammation proceeds through activation of serum proteins, activation of leucocytes and endothelial cells, secretion of cytokines, leucocyte-endothelial cell interaction, leucocyte extravasation and tissue damage. Several anti-inflammatory strategies have already been used, some of which have given promising results pertaining to further reduction in the rate of the inflammation-related complications in cardiac surgical patients.
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- G Asimakopoulos
- Cardiothoracic Unit, Imperial College School of Medicine at Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK.
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Lodge AJ, Chai PJ, Daggett CW, Ungerleider RM, Jaggers J. Methylprednisolone reduces the inflammatory response to cardiopulmonary bypass in neonatal piglets: timing of dose is important. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999; 117:515-22. [PMID: 10047655 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5223(99)70331-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Cardiopulmonary bypass produces an inflammatory response that can cause significant postoperative pulmonary dysfunction and total body edema. This study evaluates the efficacy of preoperative methylprednisolone administration in limiting this injury in neonates and compares the effect of giving methylprednisolone 8 hours before an operation to the common practice of adding methylprednisolone to the cardiopulmonary bypass circuit prime. METHODS A control group of neonatal pigs (control; n = 6) received no preoperative medication. One experimental group (n = 6) received methylprednisolone sodium succinate (30 mg/kg) both 8 and 1.5 hours before the operation. A second experimental group received no preoperative treatment, but methylprednisolone (30 mg/kg) was added to the cardiopulmonary bypass circuit prime. All animals underwent cardiopulmonary bypass and 45 minutes of deep hypothermic circulatory arrest. Hemodynamic and pulmonary function data were acquired before cardiopulmonary bypass and at 30 and 60 minutes after bypass. RESULTS In the control group, pulmonary compliance, alveolar-arterial gradient, and pulmonary vascular resistance were significantly impaired after bypass (P <.01 for each by analysis of variance). In the group that received methylprednisolone, compliance (P =.02), alveolar-arterial gradient (P =.0003), pulmonary vascular resistance (P =.007), and extracellular fluid accumulation (P =.003) were significantly better after bypass when compared with the control group. Results for the group that received no preoperative treatment fell between the control group and the group that received methylprednisolone. CONCLUSIONS When given 8 hours and immediately before the operation, methylprednisolone improves pulmonary compliance after bypass, alveolar-arterial gradient, and pulmonary vascular resistance compared with no treatment. The addition of methylprednisolone to the cardiopulmonary bypass circuit prime is beneficial but inferior to preoperative administration.
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- A J Lodge
- Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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Serraf A, Sellak H, Hervé P, Bonnet N, Robotin M, Detruit H, Baudet B, Mazmanian GM, Planche C. Vascular endothelium viability and function after total cardiopulmonary bypass in neonatal piglets. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1999; 159:544-51. [PMID: 9927371 DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.159.2.9803024] [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: 11/16/2022] Open
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Endothelium dysfunction with severe pulmonary hypertension may occur after total cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) in infants as a result of a widespread inflammatory response. The aim of this study was to separate out the effects of lung ischemia-reperfusion from membrane oxygenator-induced activation of leukocytes on the function and viability of the pulmonary and systemic endothelia in neonatal piglets submitted to 90-min total CPB followed by 60-min reperfusion or in sham animals. Hemodynamics, gas exchange, endothelial-dependent relaxation in pulmonary and femoral arteries, and lung and skeletal muscle myeloperoxidase activity were assessed before, during, and after CPB, i.e., after reperfusion. Pulmonary and aortic endothelial cells and circulating leukocytes were harvested to assess reperfusion-induced changes in endothelial cells' viability and proliferation, and leukocyte-endothelial cell adhesion and cytotoxicity. Gas exchange worsened after reperfusion with pulmonary hypertension, increase in lung but not skeletal myeloperoxidase, and reduction of endothelial-dependent relaxation in pulmonary but not femoral arteries. After reperfusion, viabilities of pulmonary and aortic endothelial cells were reduced to 50%, endothelial cell growths were faster in pulmonary arteries than aorta, and leukocyte-pulmonary endothelial cell adhesion and cytotoxicity increased. These results suggest that in total CPB lung ischemia-reperfusion aggravates the inflammatory response and predisposes the lung endothelium to leukocyte-mediated injury.
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- Laboratory of Experimental Surgery, UPRES, Pulmonary Vascular Disease, Paris Sud University, Paris,
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Kuhnle GE, Reichenspurner H, Lange T, Wagner F, Groh J, Messmer K, Goetz AE. Microhemodynamics and leukocyte sequestration after pulmonary ischemia and reperfusion in rabbits. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998; 115:937-44. [PMID: 9576232 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5223(98)70377-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Investigation of leukocyte sequestration in alveolar capillaries and of microhemodynamic changes after pulmonary ischemia/reperfusion injury. METHODS The kinetics of leukocyte passage and the hemodynamics in pulmonary microcirculation were investigated in 16 rabbits by intravital microscopy. Mean red blood cell velocity and the number of sticking leukocytes were measured in pulmonary arterioles, venules, and capillaries after 1 hour of tourniquet ischemia and 10 minutes and 1 hour after reperfusion. RESULTS The decrease of red blood cell velocity after reperfusion was associated with a largely increased heterogeneity of blood flow. Immediately after the onset of blood flow, sequestered leukocytes were found in all microvascular segments. An increased number of leukocytes was present in arterioles, venules, and alveolar capillaries 10 minutes and 1 hour after reperfusion. Concomitantly, width of alveolar septa was increased while arterial oxygen tension was reduced, indicating the development of interstitial pulmonary edema. CONCLUSION Leukocytes are sequestered after pulmonary ischemia and reperfusion not only in alveolar capillaries but also in arterioles and venules, and they may contribute to the development of reperfusion edema.
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- G E Kuhnle
- Institute of Anesthesiology, University of Munich, Germany
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Dreyer WJ, Burns AR, Phillips SC, Lindsey ML, Jackson P, Kukielka GL. Intercellular adhesion molecule-1 regulation in the canine lung after cardiopulmonary bypass. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998; 115:689-98; discussion 698-9. [PMID: 9535458 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5223(98)70335-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVE(S) Neutrophil sequestration in the lung after cardiopulmonary bypass has been shown to be dependent on the adhesion molecule CD18. Thus we sought to determine whether endothelial expression of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (a ligand for CD18) in pulmonary capillaries mediates neutrophil adhesion in this setting. METHODS Seven adult mongrel dogs underwent 90 minutes of hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass with 60 minutes of cardioplegic arrest. After warming, dogs were reperfused for up to 9 hours and lung biopsy specimens were obtained. Lung tissue was examined by Northern and Western blot analysis and by immunohistologic methods. Three sham-operated dogs served as time-matched controls. RESULTS Northern blots demonstrated increased expression of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 messenger ribonucleic acid within 5 minutes of cessation of bypass (or approximately 30 minutes after aortic crossclamp release), which persisted at 9 hours of recovery and was not present in controls. Western blots showed intercellular adhesion molecule-1 protein expression before bypass but a measurable increase in intercellular adhesion molecule-1 protein in four of seven dogs in the bypass group by the ninth hour of recovery. Pulmonary neutrophil accumulation 9 hours after cardiopulmonary bypass was greater in those dogs with an increased intercellular adhesion molecule-1 protein expression. Immunoelectron microscopy demonstrated the pulmonary capillary endothelium capable of increased intercellular adhesion molecule-1 protein expression at the 9-hour time point. CONCLUSIONS Cardiopulmonary bypass resulted in intercellular adhesion molecule-1 induction in the canine lung during recovery. An increased expression of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 protein in the lung was associated with an increased accumulation of neutrophils in affected animals. Thus intercellular adhesion molecule-1 expression may serve as a mechanism that predisposes the lungs to inflammatory cell-mediated injury postoperatively.
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- W J Dreyer
- Lillie Frank Abercrombie Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex, USA
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Rimensberger PC, Fedorko L, Cutz E, Bohn DJ. Attenuation of ventilator-induced acute lung injury in an animal model by inhibition of neutrophil adhesion by leumedins (NPC 15669). Crit Care Med 1998; 26:548-55. [PMID: 9504585 DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199803000-00030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Beta2-integrin (CD11b/CD18) expression, an indicator of neutrophil activation, has been associated with the development of acute respiratory distress syndrome. Leumedins act directly on leukocytes to inhibit the up-regulated expression of beta2-integrins involved in leukocyte adhesion. We examined the effect of such a new anti-inflammatory agent, NPC 15669 (N-[9H-(2,7-dimethylfluorenyl-9-methoxy)-carbonyl]-L-leucine), on neutrophil-mediated acute lung injury in an animal model. DESIGN Prospective, randomized, blinded, controlled animal study. SETTING An animal laboratory in a university setting. SUBJECTS Adult New Zealand rabbits. INTERVENTIONS After repeated lung lavages with normal saline to induce acute lung injury, anesthetized rabbits were randomly assigned to one of two groups (n = 6 per group): a) treatment group (pretreated with NPC 15669 [10 mg/kg i.v. bolus] 30 mins before lavage, followed by a continuous infusion [5 mg/kg/hr] for the duration [4 hrs] of the experiment); or b) control group (pretreatment and continuous infusion with placebo). All animals were mechanically ventilated with identical pressure settings over 4 hrs and were killed at the end of the experiment. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS PaO2, PaCO2, and tidal volumes were repeatedly measured and airway pressure settings were noted every 30 mins. At the end of the experiment, lungs were taken out for measurements of the myeloperoxidase content, for conventional histology (hematoxylin and eosin staining), and for intracellular adhesion molecule-1 immunohistostaining. Pretreatment with NPC 15669 profoundly improved oxygenation from a PaO2 of 52 +/- 5 torr (6.9 +/- 0.7 kPa) to 250 +/- 161 torr (33.3 +/- 21.5 kPa) within 60 mins after lung lavage (p < .05). Oxygenation continued to improve throughout the study, reaching a maximal PaO2 value of 395 +/- 98 torr (52.7 +/- 13.1 kPa) at 4 hrs. In the control group, oxygenation remained poor throughout the observation period. PaO2 values differed significantly (51 +/- 20 torr [6.8 +/- 2.7 kPa] vs. 306 +/- 126 torr [40.8 +/- 16.8 kPa], p < .005) at 90 mins and at all subsequent measurements from those values in the NPC 15669 group. Dynamic lung compliance improved significantly 60 to 90 mins after repeated lung lavage. Histology demonstrated markedly less lung damage (hyaline membrane formation and leukocyte infiltration) in treated animals (p < .05) than in controls. CONCLUSIONS NPC 15669 seems to block inflammatory reactions by inhibiting the sequestration of neutrophils in acute, ventilator-associated lung injury. As a result, gas exchange and total lung compliance improve. Application of this and similar compounds affecting neutrophil adhesion warrants further investigation as a treatment modality for acute lung injury.
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- P C Rimensberger
- Department of Critical Care, The Hospital for Sick Children, and The University of Toronto, ON, Canada
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Serraf A, Robotin M, Bonnet N, Détruit H, Baudet B, Mazmanian MG, Hervé P, Planché C. Alteration of the neonatal pulmonary physiology after total cardiopulmonary bypass. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997; 114:1061-9. [PMID: 9434701 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5223(97)70020-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to analyze the mechanisms associated with lung injury after cardiopulmonary bypass and to propose strategies of prevention. METHODS Thirty-two neonatal piglets underwent 90 minutes of hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass without aortic cross-clamping. Five experimental groups were defined: group I had standard cardiopulmonary bypass (control), group II received continuous low-flow lung perfusion during cardiopulmonary bypass, group III treatment was similar to that of group I with maintenance of ventilation, group IV received pneumoplegia, and group V received nitric oxide ventilation (30 ppm) after cardiopulmonary bypass. Data drawn from hemodynamic and gas exchange values and muscular and pulmonary tissular levels of adenosine triphosphate (in micromoles per gram) and myeloperoxidase (in international units per 100 mg) were used for comparisons before and 30 and 60 minutes after cardiopulmonary bypass. Pulmonary and systemic vascular endothelial functions were assessed in vitro after cardiopulmonary bypass on isolated rings of pulmonary and iliac arteries. RESULTS Pulmonary vascular resistance index, cardiac index, and oxygen tension were better preserved in groups II, IV, and V. All groups disclosed a significant decrease in lung adenosine triphosphate levels and an increase in myeloperoxidase activity whereas these levels stayed within pre-cardiopulmonary bypass ranges in muscular beds. Endothelium-dependent relaxation was preserved in systemic arteries but was strongly affected in pulmonary arteries after cardiopulmonary bypass. None of the methods that aimed to protect the pulmonary vascular bed demonstrated any preservation of pulmonary endothelial function. CONCLUSION Cardiopulmonary bypass results in ischemia-reperfusion injury of the pulmonary vascular bed. Lung protection by continuous perfusion, pneumoplegia, or nitric oxide ventilation can prevent hemodynamic alterations after cardiopulmonary bypass but failed to prevent any of the biochemical disturbances.
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- A Serraf
- Laboratoire de Chirurgie Expérimentale, Hôpital Marie-Lannelongue, Le Plessis-Robinson, France
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Matuschak GM. Pulmonary dysfunction after surgery involving cardiopulmonary bypass: do we understand the mechanisms? Crit Care Med 1997; 25:1778-80. [PMID: 9366753 DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199711000-00008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Wan S, LeClerc JL, Vincent JL. Inflammatory response to cardiopulmonary bypass: mechanisms involved and possible therapeutic strategies. Chest 1997; 112:676-92. [PMID: 9315800 DOI: 10.1378/chest.112.3.676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 596] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Recent study of the inflammatory reactions occurring during and after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) has improved our understanding of the involvement of the inflammatory cascade in perioperative injury. However, the exact mechanisms of this complex response remain to be fully determined. METHODS Literature on the inflammatory response to CPB was reviewed to define current knowledge on the possible pathways and mediators involved, and to discuss recent developments of therapeutic interventions aimed at attenuating the inflammatory response to CPB. RESULTS CPB has been shown to induce complement activation, endotoxin release, leukocyte activation, the expression of adhesion molecules, and the release of many inflammatory mediators including oxygen-free radicals, arachidonic acid metabolites, cytokines, platelet-activating factor, nitric oxide, and endothelins. Therapies aimed at interfering with the inflammatory response include the administration of pharmacologic agents such as corticosteroids, aprotinin, and antioxidants, as well as modification of techniques and equipment by the use of heparin-coated CPB circuits, intraoperative leukocyte depletion, and ultrafiltration. CONCLUSIONS Improved understanding of the inflammatory reactions to CPB can lead to improved patient outcome by enabling the development of novel therapies aimed at limiting this response.
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- S Wan
- Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Erasme, Free University of Brussels, Belgium
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Hiyama A, Takeda J, Kotake Y, Morisaki H, Fukushima K. A human urinary protease inhibitor (ulinastatin) inhibits neutrophil extracellular release of elastase during cardiopulmonary bypass. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 1997; 11:580-4. [PMID: 9263089 DOI: 10.1016/s1053-0770(97)90008-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To determine the benefits of a human urinary protease inhibitor (ulinastatin) on postoperative pulmonary dysfunction associated with neutrophil activation during cardiopulmonary bypass. DESIGN A prospective, randomized, clinical study. SETTING The study was performed at Keio University Hospital, Tokyo. PARTICIPANTS Eighteen adult patients scheduled for primary cardiac surgery. INTERVENTIONS The patients were randomly assigned either to the control group (n = 8) or to the group (n = 10) receiving ulinastatin (600,000 U in total). MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Human neutrophil ability to release elastase in response to N-formyl-L-methionyl-L-leucyl-L-phenylalanine (fMLP) in vitro was measured before and after cardiopulmonary bypass, together with plasma levels of neutrophil elastase complex, interleukin-B, and C3a. Intrapulmonary shunt fraction was then calculated. Neutrophil elastase release in response to fMLP significantly increased in the control group, but remained unchanged in the ulinastatin group. In addition, ulinastatin minimized the increase of plasma neutrophil elastase, independently of the production of interleukin-B or C3a. Simultaneously, ulinastatin ameliorated the increase of intrapulmonary shunt, which was correlated with extracellular elastase release. CONCLUSIONS Ulinastatin attenuated the elevation of fMLP-induced elastase release, which was associated with the deterioration of gas exchange during cardiopulmonary bypass. The administration of this agent has a potential to lessen the risk of postperfusion lung injury.
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- A Hiyama
- Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
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