Endotoxin-induced acute lung injury requires interaction with the liver
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- 1 November 2005
- journal article
- Published by American Physiological Society in American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology
- Vol. 289 (5), L769-L776
- https://doi.org/10.1152/ajplung.00137.2005
Abstract
Clinical and laboratory data indicate that the liver plays an important role in the incidence, pathogenesis, and outcome of acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome. To distinguish direct effects of endotoxin on the lungs from liver-dependent effects during the early phase of the response to endotoxemia, we used an in situ perfused piglet preparation in which only the ventilated lung or both the lung and liver could be included in a blood perfused circuit. We monitored pulmonary vascular resistance, oxygenation, neutrophil count, lung edema as reflected by wet-dry weights of lung tissue, perfusate concentrations of TNF-α, IL-6, and 8-isoprostane (a marker of oxidative stress), and activation of the transcription factor (NF-κB) in lung tissue before and for 2 h after endotoxin. When only the lung was perfused, endotoxin caused pulmonary hypertension and neutropenia; but oxygenation was maintained; TNF-α, IL-6, and 8-isoprostane levels were minimally elevated; and there was no lung edema. When both the liver and lung were perfused, endotoxin caused marked hypoxemia, large increases in perfusate TNF-α, IL-6, and 8-isoprostane concentrations, and severe lung edema. NF-κB activation in the lung was greatest when the liver was in the perfusion circuit. We conclude that the direct effects of endotoxemia on the lungs include vasoconstriction and leukocyte sequestration, but not lung injury. Intense activation of the inflammatory response and oxidative injury that results in pulmonary edema and hypoxemia (acute lung injury) requires interaction of the lungs with the liver.Keywords
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