Normotensive sepsis is associated with increased lipid peroxidation products in skeletal muscle
- Victoria Hospital/UWO, London, Ontario (Canada)
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) have been implicated in the development of sepsis-induced multiple systems organ failure, possibly through biomembrane lipid perioxidation (BLP) which produces a loss of cell integrity and function. The authors examined the hypothesis that ROS activity contributes to non-pulmonary cell injury in hyperdynamic sepsis by measuring BLP products in skeletal muscle. The authors measured systemic flow (Q) by thermodilution and Q-gastrocnemius by the radioactive microsphere technique in 10 awake sheep, 48 hours following (i) the induction of hyperdynamic sepsis by cecal ligation and perforation or (ii) sham laparotomy. The animals were then anesthetized and biopsies from the gastrocnemius muscle were taken and flash frozen in liquid nitrogen for the determination of BLP products, which included conjugated dienes (CD), malondialdehyde (MDA), and acid-soluble sulfhydryls (SH). At the 48 hours study, Q was increased in the septic compared to the sham group while mean BP and Q-gastrocnemius were not different between the groups. Both CD and SH were significantly increased in the septic group. It was concluded that normotensive sepsis in this animal model produces evidence of increased ROS mediated BLP in non-pulmonary organs distant from the site of inflammation.
- OSTI ID:
- 6007088
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9104107-; CODEN: FAJOE
- Journal Information:
- FASEB Journal (Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology); (United States), Vol. 4:3; Conference: 75. annual meeting of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB), Atlanta, GA (United States), 21-25 Apr 1991; ISSN 0892-6638
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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