Low-dose hydralazine improves endotoxin-induced coagulopathy and multiple organ dysfunction via its anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidative/nitrosative properties
| Autor: | Hsieh Chou Huang, Chin-Chen Wu, Cheng Ming Tsao, Mei Hui Liao, Chih-Chin Shih, Tsan Seng Hsiao |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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0301 basic medicine
Blood Glucose Male Multiple Organ Failure Ischemia Anti-Inflammatory Agents Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II Aorta Thoracic Pharmacology Kidney Nitric Oxide Antioxidants Wnt-5a Protein Nitric oxide Sepsis 03 medical and health sciences chemistry.chemical_compound 0302 clinical medicine Superoxides medicine Coagulopathy Animals Rats Wistar Lung business.industry Organ dysfunction Hydralazine Blood Coagulation Disorders medicine.disease Endotoxins 030104 developmental biology chemistry Liver Heart failure Cytokines medicine.symptom business Reperfusion injury 030217 neurology & neurosurgery medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | European journal of pharmacology. 882 |
| ISSN: | 1879-0712 |
| Popis: | Coagulopathy is the major cause of organ injury as well as a strong predictor of mortality in septic patients. Systemic inflammatory response and redox imbalance are regarded as the major causes of sepsis-induced coagulopathy. There is growing evidence that a vasodilator hydralazine has beneficial effects on heart failure, hypertension, and ischemia/reperfusion injury via its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. However, the effects of hydralazine on sepsis have not been examined. Therefore, we evaluated the effects of low-dose hydralazine on coagulopathy and multiple organ dysfunction in septic rats induced by endotoxin. Sepsis-induced coagulopathy was established by intravenous injection of rats with lipopolysaccharide (LPS). The changes of blood pressure, heart rate, blood glucose, hemostatic variables, prothrombin time, organ function indices, interleukin-6 (IL-6) concentration, and nitric oxide (NO) level were assessed during the experimental period. In addition, the aortas, lungs, livers, and kidneys were dissected to analyze superoxide levels and protein expressions. LPS induced (i) coagulopathy, multiple organ dysfunction, and circulatory failure successfully, and (ii) excessive superoxide, NO, and IL-6 production, accompanied by the overexpression of iNOS and Wnt5a in animals. Treatment of LPS-induced septic rats with low-dose hydralazine not only improved coagulopathy but also ameliorated multiple organ dysfunction. These could be due to attenuation of the overproduction of superoxide, NO, and IL-6, which were attributed to reduction of the overexpression of iNOS and Wnt5a. Thus, these findings indicate that low-dose hydralazine could be a potential therapy for sepsis-induced coagulopathy and multiple organ dysfunction via its anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidative/nitrosative properties. |
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