TY - JOUR
T1 - The effects of systemic hypothermia on a murine model of thoracic aortic ischemia reperfusion
AU - Kang, Jeanwan
AU - Albadawi, Hassan
AU - Casey, Patrick J.
AU - Abbruzzese, Thomas A.
AU - Patel, Virendra I.
AU - Yoo, Hyung Jin
AU - Cambria, Richard P.
AU - Watkins, Michael T.
PY - 2010/8
Y1 - 2010/8
N2 - Introduction: Hypothermia is widely used to mediate ischemia-reperfusion injury associated with repair of the thoracoabdominal aorta. Experiments were designed in a murine model of thoracic aortic ischemia-reperfusion (TAR) to evaluate the effect of moderate systemic hypothermia on neurologic function, spinal cord morphology, and indices of inflammation in critical organs. Methods: C57BL/6 mice were subjected to TAR under hypothermic (34°C) or normothermic (38°C) conditions, followed by 24 or 48 hours of normothermic reperfusion. Neurologic functions were assessed during reperfusion. Spinal cords were examined at 24 and 48 hours after reperfusion, and the degree of injury qualified by counting the number of viable motor neurons within the anterior horns. Keratinocyte chemokine, interleukin-6, and myeloperoxidase levels were measured from lung, liver, and kidney at 24 and 48 hours. Results: Normothermic TAR resulted in a dense neurologic deficit in all mice throughout the reperfusion period. Mice subjected to TAR under hypothermic conditions had transient, mild neurologic deficit during the initial periods of reperfusion. Between 24 and 48 hours, delayed paralysis developed in half of these mice, whereas the other half remained neurologically intact. Spinal cord histology showed a graded degree of injury that correlated with neurologic function. There was no correlation between markers of inflammation in various organs and neurologic outcomes following TAR. Conclusion: Systemic moderate hypothermia was protective against immediate paralysis after TAR in all cases and was associated with delayed paralysis in 50% of mice. This study suggests that delayed-onset paralysis may be the result of a local insult, rather than a systemic inflammatory event, precipitating spinal cord injury.
AB - Introduction: Hypothermia is widely used to mediate ischemia-reperfusion injury associated with repair of the thoracoabdominal aorta. Experiments were designed in a murine model of thoracic aortic ischemia-reperfusion (TAR) to evaluate the effect of moderate systemic hypothermia on neurologic function, spinal cord morphology, and indices of inflammation in critical organs. Methods: C57BL/6 mice were subjected to TAR under hypothermic (34°C) or normothermic (38°C) conditions, followed by 24 or 48 hours of normothermic reperfusion. Neurologic functions were assessed during reperfusion. Spinal cords were examined at 24 and 48 hours after reperfusion, and the degree of injury qualified by counting the number of viable motor neurons within the anterior horns. Keratinocyte chemokine, interleukin-6, and myeloperoxidase levels were measured from lung, liver, and kidney at 24 and 48 hours. Results: Normothermic TAR resulted in a dense neurologic deficit in all mice throughout the reperfusion period. Mice subjected to TAR under hypothermic conditions had transient, mild neurologic deficit during the initial periods of reperfusion. Between 24 and 48 hours, delayed paralysis developed in half of these mice, whereas the other half remained neurologically intact. Spinal cord histology showed a graded degree of injury that correlated with neurologic function. There was no correlation between markers of inflammation in various organs and neurologic outcomes following TAR. Conclusion: Systemic moderate hypothermia was protective against immediate paralysis after TAR in all cases and was associated with delayed paralysis in 50% of mice. This study suggests that delayed-onset paralysis may be the result of a local insult, rather than a systemic inflammatory event, precipitating spinal cord injury.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jvs.2010.03.021
DO - 10.1016/j.jvs.2010.03.021
M3 - Article
C2 - 20541344
AN - SCOPUS:77955514232
SN - 0741-5214
VL - 52
SP - 435
EP - 443
JO - Journal of vascular surgery
JF - Journal of vascular surgery
IS - 2
ER -