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BIOLOGY OF THE NEONATE
Volume 79, Issue 1, Pages 61-66Publisher
KARGER
DOI: 10.1159/000047067
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unbound free fatty acids; lung; cytokines; neonate; tumor necrosis factor-alpha; interleukin-6; interleukin-1 beta
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Cellular injury during tissue hypoxia is due, in part, to reactive intermediates released by activated leukocytes. We found that the inflammatory mediators tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, IL-6, and IL-1 beta are elevated in situ in lung macrophages on day 14 following exposure of rats to intermittent or chronic hypoxia from birth. Because inflammatory mediators can increase lipolysis in adipocytes, we also measured serum unbound free fatty acids (FFA(u)) - the biologically active compartment of FFA - in rat pups exposed to intermittent or chronic hypoxia. FFA(u) values were markedly elevated during the first 2 days of life in all rats, displaying an approximately 3-fold decrease from day 2 to day 3. Exposure to chronic hypoxia significantly increased FFA, levels measured on day 13. Since elevated serum FFA(u) are known to suppress leukocyte activation, we speculate that increased FFA(u) levels represent a mechanism for attenuating inflammation and tissue injury following sublethal hypoxia in the perinatal period, either physiologically in the immediate newborn period, or as a late response to ongoing hypoxic insult. Copyright (C) 2001 S. Karger AG, Basel.
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