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dc.contributor.authorLangbakk, Bodil
dc.contributor.authorWærhaug, Kristine
dc.contributor.authorKuklin, Vladimir N.
dc.contributor.authorKirov, Mikhail Y.
dc.contributor.authorSovershaev, Mikhail
dc.contributor.authorIngebretsen, Ole C.
dc.contributor.authorYtrehus, Kirsti
dc.contributor.authorBjertnæs, Lars J.
dc.date.accessioned2009-10-12T09:44:16Z
dc.date.available2009-10-12T09:44:16Z
dc.date.issued2008-08-15
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: Acute lung injury often complicates severe sepsis. In Gram-negative sepsis, bacterial endotoxin activates both coagulation and inflammation. Enhanced lung vascular pressures and permeability, increased extravascular lung water content and deteriorated gas exchange characterize ovine endotoxin-induced lung injury, a frequently used model of acute lung injury. Recombinant human activated protein C (rhAPC), with its anticoagulant, anti-inflammatory, fibrinolytic and antiapoptotic effects, reportedly reduces the respiratordependent days and the mortality of patients with severe sepsis. We speculate whether rhAPC antagonizes endotoxin-induced lung injury in sheep. <br> Methods: Two groups of sheep were exposed to Escherichia coli endotoxin (lipopolysaccharide) 15 ng/kg/minute intravenously from 0 to 24 hours; one group received only lipopolysaccharide throughout (n = 8), and the other group received lipopolysaccharide in combination with rhAPC 24 μg/ kg/hour from 4 to 24 hours (n = 9). In addition, one group received rhAPC as above as the only intervention (n = 4), and four sham-operated sheep were used for determination of the α and ε isoforms of protein kinase C in pulmonary tissue. Data were assessed by one-way analysis of variance for repeated measurements. Biochemical data were analyzed using Student's t test, or using the Mann–Whitney U test when appropriate. <br> Results: Infusion of endotoxin caused lung injury, manifested by increments in pulmonary artery pressure, in pulmonary microocclusion pressure, in pulmonary vascular downstream resistance, in pulmonary vascular permeability index, in extravascular lung water index and in deterioration of oxygenation that were all attenuated by infusion of rhAPC. Endotoxemia led to changes in inflammation and coagulation, including pulmonary neutrophil accumulation paralleled by increased TNFα and decreased protein C and fibrinogen in animal plasma, which all improved following infusion of rhAPC. Moreover, rhAPC prevented the translocation of protein kinase C α and ε isoforms from the cytosolic fraction of lung tissue extracts. <br> Conclusion: In awake sheep, rhAPC alleviates endotoxininduced lung injury – as characterized by improvements of oxygenation, coagulation and inflammation, as well as by reversal of pulmonary hemodynamic and volumetric changes.en
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dc.identifier.citationCritical Care 2008, 12:R104en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/2172
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:no-uit_munin_1924
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisherBioMed Centralen
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dc.subjectVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Clinical medical disciplines: 750::Lung diseases: 777en
dc.titleRecombinant human activated protein C attenuates endotoxin-induced lung injury in awake sheepen
dc.typeJournal articleen
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dc.typePeer revieweden


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