Journal article
Synergistic protection in lung ischemia-reperfusion injury with calcineurin and thrombin inhibition
The Annals of thoracic surgery, Vol.89(6), pp.1766-1771
06/2010
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.02.068
PMCID: PMC3052279
PMID: 20494024
Abstract
Ischemia-reperfusion injury impairs lung transplant outcomes. The transcription factors, activator protein-1, and nuclear factor kappa B, are activated early in reperfusion and drive the development of injury. Thrombin inhibition with hirudin, and calcineurin inhibition with tacrolimus have independently been shown to ameliorate lung ischemia-reperfusion injury by reducing activator protein-1 and nuclear factor kappa B activation, respectively. However, high doses were required to achieve protection using individual agents, raising concerns about potential toxicities. We sought to determine if low-dose combination therapy reduced injury through synergistic inhibition of pretranscriptional signaling events.
Rats were pretreated with either intravenous hirudin or tacrolimus at low doses or high doses, or both at low doses, prior to undergoing left lung ischemia and reperfusion. Lungs were assessed for markers of lung injury, including bronchoalveolar lavage cytokine-chemokine content and transcription factor transactivation of activator protein-1 and nuclear factor kappa B.
High-dose monotherapy with hirudin or tacrolimus reduced lung injury and transactivation of activator protein-1 and nuclear factor kappa B activation, respectively, whereas low-dose monotherapy with either agent did not alter transcription factor activation or lung injury compared with positive controls. Low-dose combination therapy was more protective than high-dose monotherapy with either drug, and correlated with a reduction in activation of both transcription factors and their associated cytokines.
The significant decrease in lung injury severity and transcription factor activation with combined pathway inhibition suggests pretranscriptional signaling redundancy between the calcineurin and thrombin dependent pathways in lung reperfusion injury.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Synergistic protection in lung ischemia-reperfusion injury with calcineurin and thrombin inhibition
- Creators
- Anton S McCourtie - Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, USAHeather E MerryPatrick S WolfElizabeth FitzSullivanJohn C KeechAlexander S FarivarMichael S Mulligan
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Annals of thoracic surgery, Vol.89(6), pp.1766-1771
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.02.068
- PMID
- 20494024
- PMCID
- PMC3052279
- NLM abbreviation
- Ann Thorac Surg
- ISSN
- 0003-4975
- eISSN
- 1552-6259
- Publisher
- Netherlands
- Grant note
- R01 HL093097-03 / NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007828-12 / NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007828 / NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL093097 / NHLBI NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/2010
- Academic Unit
- Surgery; Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Record Identifier
- 9984051991102771
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