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| Author(s): |
Ricardo Costa Petroni
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Medicina (FM/SBD) |
| Defense date: | 2013-10-31 |
| Examining board members: |
Francisco Garcia Soriano;
Vitor Sérgio Kawabata;
Antonio Carlos Nogueira;
Iolanda de Fátima Lopes Calvo Tibério
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| Advisor: | Francisco Garcia Soriano |
| Abstract | |
Sepsis syndrome is caused by inappropriate immune activation due to bacteria and bacterial components released during infection. The respiratory failure is among the most frequent complication of severe sepsis, occurring in almost 80% of the cases. About 40% of septic patients develop acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) which is characterized mainly by the change of respiratory function, interstitial lung edema and fibronectin and collagen deposition in the lung. Fluid resuscitation is normally used in the management of patients with severe sepsis and septic shock. Hypertonic saline solution (HS, NaCl 7,5%) has shown to modulates immune function and decrease pulmonary injury triggered by endotoxemic shock. Our objective was to investigate the effects of early and later HS treatment on the mechanism involved in pulmonary injury, in an experimental model of endotoxemic shock. Wistar rats received lipopolysaccharide - LPS (10mg/kg i.p.) and volume i.v. after 15 minutes (early) or 1,5 hours (later). The animals were assigned in four groups (n=10): control group (not subjected to LPS); LPS group (injected with LPS 10mg/kg i.p); HS group (treated with hypertonic saline, 4 mL/Kg i.v. after LPS) and NS group (treated with normal saline, 34 mL/kg i.v. after LPS). We evaluated mortality and at 24h after treatment, pulmonary edema and mechanics, type I and type III collagen expression, metalloproteinase 9 expression and activity, focal adhesion kinase (FAK) and nitric oxide (NO) synthesis were measured. In the early treatment NS increased pulmonary resistance and elastance, compared to other groups. HS inhibited collagen expression compared to LPS and NS groups and prevented pulmonary injury by decreasing MMP-9 activity in tissue. Expression of FAK was decreased in HS groups compared to LPS and NS groups. NO expression was decreased in HS group, compared to LPS and NS groups. The later treatment with HS did not showed improvement of previous parameters increasing mortality and pulmonary injury. We concluded that HS treatment of endotoxemic shock at the earliest possible time point maximizes its efficacy in preventing pulmonary injury probably acting on nitric oxide-induced FAK activation pathway, which could modulate the collagen deposition in pulmonary tissue, and consequently decrease the progression of pulmonary fibrosis. Later treatment with HS decreased beneficial effects of hypertonic saline observed in early infusion, showed the importance of timing in the result of fluid therapy (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 09/07478-8 - Role of hipertonic saline (NaCl 7,5%) in lung remodeling in experimental endotoxemia |
| Grantee: | Ricardo Costa Petroni |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate (Direct) |