ABSTRACT
Objective To observe the levels of intercellar adhesion molecule-1(ICAM-1)of rat intestinal mucosa microvascular endothelial cells in sepsis rat,and to investigate the possible protective effect of adrenomedullin on the expression of intercellar adhesion molecule-1(ICAM-1)of rat intestinal mucosa microvascular endothelial cells,and to confirm whether adrenomedullin can decrease released inflammatory factors to slow down or inhibit the occurrence and development of sepsis.Methods The rat intestinal mucosa microvascular endothelial cells were isolated and cultured in vitro,and it was divided into sham operated(sham operated serum),sepsis serum(with addition of sepsis serum)and ADM serum(with 0.lng/kg adrenomedullin 6h after sepsis treatment)groups.The soluble ICAM-1(sICAM-1)content in RIMMVECs culture supernatant was measured by ELISA at the 24th hour after serum stimulation.Results The ICAM-1 content in the supernatant of sepsis group [(0.33 ±0.04)ng/L] was obviously higher than that in sham operated [(0.15 ± 0.02)ng/L] and ADM [(0.17 ± 0.04)ng/L] group(P ＜ 0.05),but ADM group was no significantly different compared with sham operated group(P ＞ 0.05).Conclusions ADM could decrease the expression of ICAM-I in RIMMVECs,and the low level of ICAM-1 could suppress its downstream inflammation factors and inhibit the occurrence and development of sepsis.