Nilton Nascimento Santos-Junior1, Luís Henrique Angenendt Costa1, Carlos Henrique Rocha Catalão1, Alexandre Kanashiro2, Tarek Sharshar3, Maria José Alves Rocha4. 1. Department of Neurosciences and Behavioral Sciences, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil. 2. Department of Physiological Sciences, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil. 3. Institut Pasteur Human Histopathology and Animal Models Unit, Paris, France. 4. Department of Morphology, Physiology and Basic Pathology, School of Dentistry of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Avenida do Café s/n, CEP 14049-900, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil. mjrocha@forp.usp.br.
Abstract
BACKGROUND/ PURPOSE: Recent studies have reported that sepsis survivors show impaired central nervous system functions. The osmoregulation in this post-sepsis condition has not been well investigated. In the present study, we evaluated the secretion of neurohypophyseal hormones, arginine vasopressin (AVP) and oxytocin (OT), and water intake induced by osmotic challenge in survivor rats. METHODS: Wistar rats were submitted to sepsis by cecal ligation and puncture (CLP). Five days after CLP surgery, the survivor and naive animals were stimulated with an osmotic challenge consisting of hypertonic saline administration. Thirty minutes later, blood and brain were collected for determination of osmolality, nitrite, interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-6, AVP and OT levels and c-fos expression analysis of hypothalamic supraoptic nuclei (SON), respectively. In another set of sepsis survivor animals, water intake was measured for 240 min after the osmotic stimulus. RESULTS: High levels of nitrite and IL-1β, but not IL-6, were found in the plasma of sepsis survivors and this long-term systemic inflammation was not altered by the osmotic challenge. Moreover, the AVP and OT secretion (but not the osmolality) and c-fos expression in SON were significantly attenuated in CLP survivor animals. Additionally, there was no alteration in the water intake response induced by osmotic challenge in the sepsis survivor group. CONCLUSION: The results suggest that the inflammatory components mediated a persistent impairment in the component of the osmoregulatory reflex affecting the secretion of neurohypophyseal hormones in sepsis survivor animals.
BACKGROUND/ PURPOSE: Recent studies have reported that sepsis survivors show impaired central nervous system functions. The osmoregulation in this post-sepsis condition has not been well investigated. In the present study, we evaluated the secretion of neurohypophyseal hormones, arginine vasopressin (AVP) and oxytocin (OT), and water intake induced by osmotic challenge in survivor rats. METHODS:Wistar rats were submitted to sepsis by cecal ligation and puncture (CLP). Five days after CLP surgery, the survivor and naive animals were stimulated with an osmotic challenge consisting of hypertonic saline administration. Thirty minutes later, blood and brain were collected for determination of osmolality, nitrite, interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-6, AVP and OT levels and c-fos expression analysis of hypothalamic supraoptic nuclei (SON), respectively. In another set of sepsis survivor animals, water intake was measured for 240 min after the osmotic stimulus. RESULTS: High levels of nitrite and IL-1β, but not IL-6, were found in the plasma of sepsis survivors and this long-term systemic inflammation was not altered by the osmotic challenge. Moreover, the AVP and OT secretion (but not the osmolality) and c-fos expression in SON were significantly attenuated in CLP survivor animals. Additionally, there was no alteration in the water intake response induced by osmotic challenge in the sepsis survivor group. CONCLUSION: The results suggest that the inflammatory components mediated a persistent impairment in the component of the osmoregulatory reflex affecting the secretion of neurohypophyseal hormones in sepsis survivor animals.
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Cecal ligation and puncture; Cytokines; Hypertonic saline; Water intake; c-Fos
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