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Inflammatory Activity in Atelectatic and Normally Aerated Regions During Early Acute Lung Injury
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Inflammatory Activity in Atelectatic and Normally Aerated Regions During Early Acute Lung Injury

Takuga Hinoshita, Gabriel Motta Ribeiro, Tilo Winkler, Nicolas de Prost, Mauro R. Tucci, Eduardo Leite Vieira Costa, Tyler J. Wellman, Soshi Hashimoto, Congli Zeng, Alysson R. Carvalho, …
Academic radiology, Vol.27(12), pp.1679-1690
12/01/2020
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2019.12.022
PMID: 32173290
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/7486228View
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Rationale and Objectives: Pulmonary atelectasis presumably promotes and facilitates lung injury. However, data are limited on its direct and remote relation to inflammation. We aimed to assess regional 2-deoxy-2-[F-18]-fluoro-D-glucose (F-18-FDG) kinetics representative of inflammation in atelectatic and normally aerated regions in models of early lung injury. Materials and Methods: We studied supine sheep in four groups: Permissive Atelectasis (n = 6)-16 hours protective tidal volume (VT) and zero positive end-expiratory pressure; Mild (n = 5) and Moderate Endotoxemia (n = 6)- 20-24 hours protective ventilation and intravenous lipopolysaccharide (Mild = 2.5 and Moderate = 10.0 ng/kg/min), and Surfactant Depletion (n = 6)-saline lung lavage and 4 hours high V-T. Measurements performed immediately after anesthesia induction served as controls (n = 8). Atelectasis was defined as regions of gas fraction <0.1 in transmission or computed tomography scans. F-18-FDG kinetics measured with positron emission tomography were analyzed with a three-compartment model. Results: F-18-FDG net uptake rate in atelectatic tissue was larger during Moderate Endotoxemia (0.0092 +/- 0.0019/min) than controls (0.0051 +/- 0.0014/min, p = 0.01). F-18-FDG phosphorylation rate in atelectatic tissue was larger in both endotoxemia groups (0.0287 +/- 0.0075/min) than controls (0.0198 +/- 0.0039/min, p = 0.05) while the F-18-FDG volume of distribution was not significantly different among groups. Additionally, normally aerated regions showed larger F-18-FDG uptake during Permissive Atelectasis (0.0031 +/- 0.0005/min, p < 0.01), Mild 0.0028 +/- 0.0006/min, p = 0.04), and Moderate Endotoxemia (0.0039 +/- 0.0005/min, p < 0.01) than controls (0.0020 +/- 0.0003/min). Conclusion: Atelectatic regions present increased metabolic activation during moderate endotoxemia mostly due to increased F-18-FDG phosphorylation, indicative of increased cellular metabolic activation. Increased F-18-FDG uptake in normally aerated regions during permissive atelectasis suggests an injurious remote effect of atelectasis even with protective tidal volumes.
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