Kerri Lopez1,2, Andrew Suen1,3, Yang Yang1,4, Sheng Wang1, Brittney Williams1, Jing Zhu1, Jiang Hu1,5, Gary Fiskum1, Alan Cross6, Rosemary Kozar7, Catriona Miller8, Lin Zou1, Wei Chao1. 1. Translational Research Program, Department of Anesthesiology and Center for Shock, Trauma and Anesthesiology Research, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. 2. Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. 3. Department of Anesthesia, Pain Management and Perioperative Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada. 4. Department of Ultrasound Diagnosis, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China. 5. Department of Anesthesiology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China. 6. Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. 7. Program in Trauma and Center for Shock, Trauma and Anesthesiology Research, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. 8. Enroute Care Division, Department of Aeromedical Research, USAF School of Aerospace Medicine, Wright Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Aeromedical evacuation can expose traumatically injured patients to low pressure (hypobaria) and hypoxia. Here, we sought to assess the impact of hypobaria on inflammation, organ injury, and mortality in a mouse model of polytrauma. METHODS: Eight to 12-week-old male C57BL/6J mice were subjected to sham or polytrauma consisting of bowel ischemia by superior mesenteric artery occlusion, hindlimb muscle crush, and tibia fracture. Two hours after injury, animals were randomized to undergo either 6 h of hypobaria or sea-level, room air conditions. At 8 or 24 h after injury, transthoracic echocardiography was performed. Acute kidney injury (AKI) biomarkers were measured by qRT-PCR. Plasma cytokine and endothelial injury markers were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. RESULTS: Eight hours after traumatic injury, mice exhibited a marked increase in plasma IL-6 (57 pg/mL vs. 1,216 pg/mL), AKI with increased Ngal and Kim-1, and endothelial injury as evidenced by significantly increased plasma hyaluronic acid (96 ng/mL vs.199 ng/mL), thrombomodulin (23.2 ng/mL vs. 58.9 ng/mL), syndecan-1 (0.99 ng/mL vs. 4.34 ng/mL), and E-selectin (38.6 ng/mL vs. 62.7 ng/mL). The trauma mice also developed cardiac dysfunction with decreased cardiac output and stroke volume at 8 h postinjury. Hypobaric exposure after polytrauma led to decreased ejection fraction (81.0% vs. 74.2%, P < 0.01) and increased plasma hyaluronic acid (199 ng/mL vs. 260 ng/mL, P < 0.05), thrombomodulin (58.9 ng/mL vs. 75.4 ng/mL, P < 0.05), and syndecan-1 (4.34 ng/mL vs. 8.33 ng/mL, P < 0.001) at 8 h postinjury. CONCLUSIONS: Hypobaria exposure appeared to worsen cardiac dysfunction and endothelial injury following polytrauma and thus may represent a physiological "second hit" following traumatic injury.
BACKGROUND: Aeromedical evacuation can expose traumatically injured patients to low pressure (hypobaria) and hypoxia. Here, we sought to assess the impact of hypobaria on inflammation, organ injury, and mortality in a mouse model of polytrauma. METHODS: Eight to 12-week-old male C57BL/6J mice were subjected to sham or polytrauma consisting of bowel ischemia by superior mesenteric artery occlusion, hindlimb muscle crush, and tibia fracture. Two hours after injury, animals were randomized to undergo either 6 h of hypobaria or sea-level, room air conditions. At 8 or 24 h after injury, transthoracic echocardiography was performed. Acute kidney injury (AKI) biomarkers were measured by qRT-PCR. Plasma cytokine and endothelial injury markers were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. RESULTS: Eight hours after traumatic injury, mice exhibited a marked increase in plasma IL-6 (57 pg/mL vs. 1,216 pg/mL), AKI with increased Ngal and Kim-1, and endothelial injury as evidenced by significantly increased plasma hyaluronic acid (96 ng/mL vs.199 ng/mL), thrombomodulin (23.2 ng/mL vs. 58.9 ng/mL), syndecan-1 (0.99 ng/mL vs. 4.34 ng/mL), and E-selectin (38.6 ng/mL vs. 62.7 ng/mL). The trauma mice also developed cardiac dysfunction with decreased cardiac output and stroke volume at 8 h postinjury. Hypobaric exposure after polytrauma led to decreased ejection fraction (81.0% vs. 74.2%, P < 0.01) and increased plasma hyaluronic acid (199 ng/mL vs. 260 ng/mL, P < 0.05), thrombomodulin (58.9 ng/mL vs. 75.4 ng/mL, P < 0.05), and syndecan-1 (4.34 ng/mL vs. 8.33 ng/mL, P < 0.001) at 8 h postinjury. CONCLUSIONS: Hypobaria exposure appeared to worsen cardiac dysfunction and endothelial injury following polytrauma and thus may represent a physiological "second hit" following traumatic injury.
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