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Resolvin D2 restores neutrophil directionality and improves survival after burns
Author(s) -
Kurihara Tomohiro,
Jones Caroline N.,
Yu YongMing,
Fischman Alan J.,
Watada Susumu,
Tompkins Ronald G.,
Fagan Shawn P.,
Irimia Daniel
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fj.12-219519
Subject(s) - medicine , directionality , immunology , in vivo , biology , microbiology and biotechnology
Following severe burns and trauma injuries, the changes of neutrophil migratory phenotype are a double‐edged sword. Activated neutrophils migrate into injured tissues and help contain microbial infections, but they can also enter normal tissues and damage vital organs. Depleting the neutrophils from circulation protects vital organs against neutrophil‐induced damage but leaves the body exposed to infectious complications. Here we show that restoring normal neutrophil migratory phenotype in rats with burn injuries correlates with improved survival in a classical double‐injury model of sequential burn and septic insults. We uncovered that the directionality of neutrophils from burned rats can be restored both in vitro by 1 nM resolvin D2 (RvD2) and in vivo by RvD2 for 7 d, 25 ng/kg body mass (8–10 ng/rat). Restoring neutrophil directionality dramatically increases survival after a second septic insult at d 9 postburn. Survival of RvD2‐treated animals increases from 0 to 100% after lipopolysaccharide injection and is extended by 1 wk after cecal ligation. Survival does not significantly increase when the restoration of neutrophil directionality is incomplete, following shorter regimens of RvD2. We conclude that restoring neutrophil directionality using RvD2 could have prophylactic value and delay lethal complications after burn injuries.—Kurihara T., Jones, C. N., Yu, Y.‐M., Fischman, A. J., Watada, S., Tompkins, R. G., Fagan, S. P., Irimia, D. Resolvin D2 restores neutrophil directionality and improves survival after burns. FASEB J. 27, 2270–2281 (2013). www.fasebj.org