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Lung Neutrophil Retention and Injury After Intestinal Ischemia/Reperfusion
Author(s) -
Xiao Feng,
Eppihimer Michael J.,
Young Jay A.,
Nguyen Khoa,
Carden Donna L.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
microcirculation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.793
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1549-8719
pISSN - 1073-9688
DOI - 10.3109/10739689709146800
Subject(s) - lung , medicine , ischemia , vascular permeability , reperfusion injury , superior mesenteric artery , endothelial stem cell , neutrophile , immunology , pathology , inflammation , chemistry , in vitro , biochemistry
Objective : To define the mechanisms responsible for the lung leukosequestration and injury elicited by intestinal ischemia/reperfusion (I/R). Methods : The effect of 120 minutes of superior mesenteric artery occlusion and 90 minutes of reperfusion on neutrophil deformability, lung neutrophil retention, and pulmonary microvascular permeability was determined. Results : Compared with control surgery, intestinal I/R resulted in a significant increase in neutrophil stiffness (mean yield pressure [P yieid ], 1–533 ± 0.075 and 2.302 ± 0.288 cm H 2 O, respectively) and lung neutrophil content (6.3 ± 1.4 and 31.5 ± 6.4 U/g wet weight, respectively). These changes were not affected by inhibition of neutrophil adherence before gut reperfusion. However, the increased lung microvascular permeability elicited by gut I/R (0.111 ± 0.020 [control surgery] and 0.255 ± 0.041 [I/R] mL/min/cm H 2 O/100 g lung tissue) was significantly attenuated by administration of antibodies directed against neutrophil or endothelial determinants of leukocyte adhesion. Conclusions : The results of this study suggest that intestinal I/R is a potent inflammatory stimulus that elicits an increase in neutrophil stiffness and lung neutrophil retention independent of neutrophil‐endothelial cell adhesion. In contrast, the increased lung microvascular permeability elicited by gut I/R is attenuated by strategies that interfere with neutrophil‐endothelial cell adhesion.