Ali Haydar Turhan1, Aytuğ Atıcı2, Serra Sürmeli3. 1. Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, School of Medicine, University of Başkent, Istanbul, Turkey. Scientific, intellectual, conception and design of the study; acquisition of data, analysis and interpretation of data; technical procedures; statistics analysis; manuscript preparation and writing. 2. Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, School of Medicine, University of Mersin, Turkey. Scientific and intellectual content of the study, manuscript preparation. 3. MD, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, School of Medicine, University of Mersin, Turkey. Acquisition, analysis and interpretation of data; technical procedures.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To evaluate the effects of hypothermia treatment on meconium-induced inflammation. METHODS: Fifteen rats were instilled with human meconium (MEC, 1.5 mL/kg, 65 mg/mL) intratracheally and ventilated for 3 hours. Eight rats that were ventilated and not instilled with meconium served as a sham group. In MEC-hypothermia group, the body temperature was lowered to 33±0.5°C. Analysis of the blood gases, interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-6, IL-8, and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid samples, and histological analyses of the lungs were performed. RESULTS: The BAL fluid TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-6 and IL-8 concentrations were significantly higher in the MEC-hypothermia group than in the MEC-normothermia (p < 0.001, p < 0.001, p = 0.001, p < 0.001, respectively) and sham-controlled groups (p < 0.001, p < 0.001, p < 0.001, p < 0.001, respectively). CONCLUSION: Meconium-induced inflammatory cytokine production is affected by the body temperature control.
PURPOSE: To evaluate the effects of hypothermia treatment on meconium-induced inflammation. METHODS: Fifteen rats were instilled with human meconium (MEC, 1.5 mL/kg, 65 mg/mL) intratracheally and ventilated for 3 hours. Eight rats that were ventilated and not instilled with meconium served as a sham group. In MEC-hypothermia group, the body temperature was lowered to 33±0.5°C. Analysis of the blood gases, interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-6, IL-8, and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid samples, and histological analyses of the lungs were performed. RESULTS: The BAL fluid TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-6 and IL-8 concentrations were significantly higher in the MEC-hypothermia group than in the MEC-normothermia (p < 0.001, p < 0.001, p = 0.001, p < 0.001, respectively) and sham-controlled groups (p < 0.001, p < 0.001, p < 0.001, p < 0.001, respectively). CONCLUSION: Meconium-induced inflammatory cytokine production is affected by the body temperature control.