BACKGROUND: Acute lung injury is common during sepsis. Whereas gaseous exchange often can be supported adequately, death results frequently from cardio-circulatory depression, the mechanisms of which remain unclear. The aim of this study was to determine whether cardio-circulatory dysfunction during sepsis results from release of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) by the lung. METHODS: Polymicrobial sepsis was induced by cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) in adult Sprague-Dawley rats. Macrophage MIF was measured in the plasma sampled from the right ventricle (pre-lung) and left atrium (post-lung). RESULTS: The concentration of macrophage MIF in each of the post-lung samples was higher than in the corresponding pre-lung sample at 6 h (p = 0.015; paired t-test), 20 h (p = 0.008), and 30 h (p = 0.026) after the induction of sepsis. Next, rats that underwent CLP were treated with either saline (control) or our specific MIF inhibitor, (S, R )-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-4,5-dehydro-5-isoxazole acetic acid methyl ester (ISO-1). Echocardiography revealed that ISO-1 significantly improved the left ventricular end-diastolic volume index (p = 0.02), stroke volume index (p = 0.01), and cardiac index (p = 0.02) at 30 h after the induction of sepsis. CONCLUSIONS: The lung appears to release significant amounts of macrophage MIF into the systemic circulation during late sepsis. Inhibition of MIF in a clinically relevant time frame blocked polymicrobial peritonitis-induced cardio-circulatory dysfunction. Inhibition of MIF may be a useful strategy to prevent cardio-circulatory deterioration associated with late sepsis.
BACKGROUND: Acute lung injury is common during sepsis. Whereas gaseous exchange often can be supported adequately, death results frequently from cardio-circulatory depression, the mechanisms of which remain unclear. The aim of this study was to determine whether cardio-circulatory dysfunction during sepsis results from release of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) by the lung. METHODS: Polymicrobial sepsis was induced by cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) in adult Sprague-Dawley rats. Macrophage MIF was measured in the plasma sampled from the right ventricle (pre-lung) and left atrium (post-lung). RESULTS: The concentration of macrophage MIF in each of the post-lung samples was higher than in the corresponding pre-lung sample at 6 h (p = 0.015; paired t-test), 20 h (p = 0.008), and 30 h (p = 0.026) after the induction of sepsis. Next, rats that underwent CLP were treated with either saline (control) or our specific MIF inhibitor, (S, R )-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-4,5-dehydro-5-isoxazole acetic acid methyl ester (ISO-1). Echocardiography revealed that ISO-1 significantly improved the left ventricular end-diastolic volume index (p = 0.02), stroke volume index (p = 0.01), and cardiac index (p = 0.02) at 30 h after the induction of sepsis. CONCLUSIONS: The lung appears to release significant amounts of macrophage MIF into the systemic circulation during late sepsis. Inhibition of MIF in a clinically relevant time frame blocked polymicrobial peritonitis-induced cardio-circulatory dysfunction. Inhibition of MIF may be a useful strategy to prevent cardio-circulatory deterioration associated with late sepsis.
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