Journal
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-HEART AND CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 290, Issue 4, Pages H1642-H1650Publisher
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00586.2005
Keywords
rat model; Langendorff perfusion; burn complicated by sepsis; cardiac myocytes; tumor necrosis factor-alpha; interleukin-1 beta; interleukin-6
Funding
- NIGMS NIH HHS [P50 GM021681-40A1, P50 GM021681, 5P50-GM-21681-39] Funding Source: Medline
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The present study examined the hypothesis that hypertonic saline dextran (HSD), given after an initial insult, attenuates exaggerated inflammation that occurs with a second insult. Adult rats (n = 15 per group) were divided into groups 1 (sham burn), 2 [40% total body surface area burn + 4 ml/kg isotonic saline (IS) + 4 ml(.)kg(-1.)% burn(-1) lactated Ringer solution (LR)], and 3( burn + 4 ml/kg HSD + LR), all studied 24 h after burns. Groups 4 (sham burn), 5 (burn + IS + LR), and 6 (burns + HSD + LR) received intratracheal (IT) vehicle 7 days after burns; groups 7 (burn + IS + LR) and 8 (burn + HSD + LR) received IT Streptococcus pneumoniae (4 x 106 colony-forming units) 7 days after burn. Groups 4-8 were studied 8 days after burn and 24 h after IT septic challenge. When compared with sham burn, contractile defects occurred 24 h after burn in IS-treated but not HSD-treated burns. Cardiac inflammatory responses (pg/ml TNF-alpha) were evident with IS (170 +/- 10) but not HSD (45 +/- 5) treatment vs. sham treatment (80 +/- 15). Pneumonia-related sepsis 8 days after IS-treated burns (group 7) exacerbated TNF-alpha responses/contractile dysfunction vs. IS-treated burns in the absence of sepsis (P < 0.05). Sepsis that occurred after HSD-treated burns (group 8) had less myocyte TNF-alpha secretion/better contractile function than IS-treated burns given septic challenge (group 7, P < 0.05). We conclude that an initial burn injury exacerbates myocardial inflammation/dysfunction occurring with a second insult; giving HSD after the initial insult attenuates myocardial inflammation/ dysfunction associated with a second hit, suggesting that HSD reduces postinjury risk for infectious complications.
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