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Braz. j. med. biol. res ; 42(12): 1150-1155, Dec. 2009. ilus, tab
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-532295

ABSTRACT

Acute renal failure (ARF) is a frequent complication of Gram-negative sepsis, with a high risk of mortality. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced ARF is associated with hemodynamic changes that are strongly influenced by the overproduction of nitric oxide (NO) through the cytokine-mediated up-regulation of inducible NO synthase. LPS-induced reductions in systemic vascular resistance paradoxically culminate in renal vasoconstriction. Collagen XVIII is an important component of the extracellular matrix expressed in basement membranes. Its degradation by matrix metalloproteases, cathepsins and elastases results in the formation of endostatin, claimed to have antiangiogenic activity and to be a prominent vasorelaxing agent. We evaluated the expression of endostatin/collagen XVIII in an endotoxemic ARF model. ARF was induced in C57BL/6 mice by intraperitoneal injection of LPS (10 mg/kg) followed by sacrifice 4 and 12 h later. Kidney tissue was the source of RNA and protein and the subject of histological analysis. As early as 4 h after LPS administration, blood urea, creatinine and NO levels were significantly increased compared to control. Endostatin/collagen XVIII mRNA levels were 0.71 times lower than sham-inoculated mice 4 h after LPS inoculation, returning to normal levels 12 h after LPS inoculation. Immunohistological examination revealed that acute injury caused by LPS leads to an increase of endostatin basement membrane staining in association with the decrease of CD31 endothelial basement membrane staining. These results indicate that in the early phase of endotoxemic ARF the endostatin levels were not regulated by gene expression, but by the metabolism of collagen XVIII.


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Animals , Mice , Acute Kidney Injury , Collagen Type XVIII/metabolism , Endostatins/metabolism , Endotoxemia/metabolism , Gene Expression , Blotting, Western , Collagen Type XVIII/genetics , Creatinine/blood , Endostatins/genetics , Immunohistochemistry , Lipopolysaccharides , Nitric Oxide/blood , Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction , RNA, Messenger , Urea/blood
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Rev. bras. cir. cardiovasc ; 1(2): 1-8, dez. 1986. tab, ilus
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-52741

ABSTRACT

No período de fevereiro de 1979 a março de 1986 foram submetidos a cerclagem do TP 40 pacientes portadores de cardiopatias congênitas com hiperfluxo pulmonar, insuficiência cardíaca e hipodesenvolvimento ponderal. Vinte e três pacientes eram do sexo masculino e 17 do feminino com idade média de 6 meses (20 dias a 17 meses). Foram as seguintes as malformaçöes: CIV (22 casos), AVC total (6), DSVD (2), TA (2), TGVB (3), AT (2), VU (1) e cardiopatia complexa (2 casos). A cerclagem foi relizada com controle de pressäo do TP de tal forma a reduzí-la de 50% nos acianóticos e de 40% nos cianóticos. Dois pacientes (5%) faleceram no pós-operatório imediato, sendo um em bloqueo A-V total (AVC, 1, 7 kg, 20 dias de idade) e outro em septicemia, 20 dias após a cirurgia (CIV). Um óbito tardio ocorreu por broncopneumonia. Os demais pacientes evoluíram satisfatoriamente, com resoluçäo da ICC e ganho de peso em média 400g por mês (peso pré: média 4 kg, peso pós: média 7,5 kg). Treze pacientes foram reestudados hemodinamicamente, em média 21 meses após a cerclagem. A relaçäo FP/FS reduziu de 2,7 para 0,92, ao mesmo tempo em que houve diminuiçäo também na relaçäo PSAP/PSAo de 0,73 para 0,28. Nestes pacientes houve uma melhora clínica observada pela diminuiçäo do déficit ponderal de 38 por cento, para 20 por cento. Treze pacientes, foram submetidos a correçäo total em média 21 meses após a cerclagem, com dois óbitos hospitalares, sendo um imediato e outro por intoxicaçäo digitálica, 1 mês após a cirurgia. Analisando-se, separadamente, os 6 casos de AVCT, em todos predominava o shunt e näo o refluxo valvar. Houve um óbito imediato e 5 pacientes foram reestudados hemodinamicamente. Observou-se reduçäo importante nas pressöes pulmonares e no fluxo arterial pulmonar. Estes pacientes foram reoperados para correçäo total, com boa evoluçäo


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Infant, Newborn , Infant , Humans , Male , Female , Heart Defects, Congenital/surgery , Pulmonary Artery/surgery , Postoperative Period
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