@article{SchickIsbaryStueberetal.2012, author = {Schick, Martin Alexander and Isbary, Jobst Tobias and Stueber, Tanja and Brugger, Juergen and Stumpner, Jan and Schlegel, Nicolas and Roewer, Norbert and Eichelbroenner, Otto and Wunder, Christian}, title = {Effects of crystalloids and colloids on liver and intestine microcirculation and function in cecal ligation and puncture induced septic rodents}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-78151}, year = {2012}, abstract = {Background: Septic acute liver and intestinal failure is associated with a high mortality. We therefore investigated the influence of volume resuscitation with different crystalloid or colloid solutions on liver and intestine injury and microcirculation in septic rodents. Methods: Sepsis was induced by cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) in 77 male rats. Animals were treated with different crystalloids (NaCl 0.9\% (NaCl), Ringer's acetate (RA)) or colloids (Gelafundin 4\% (Gel), 6\% HES 130/0.4 (HES)). After 24 h animals were re-anesthetized and intestinal (n = 6/group) and liver microcirculation (n = 6/group) were obtained using intravital microscopy, as well as macrohemodynamic parameters were measured. Blood assays and organs were harvested to determine organ function and injury. Results: HES improved liver microcirculation, cardiac index and DO2-I, but significantly increased IL-1β, IL-6 and TNF-α levels and resulted in a mortality rate of 33\%. Gel infused animals revealed significant reduction of liver and intestine microcirculation with severe side effects on coagulation (significantly increased PTT and INR, decreased haemoglobin and platelet count). Furthermore Gel showed severe hypoglycemia, acidosis and significantly increased ALT and IL-6 with a lethality of 29\%. RA exhibited no derangements in liver microcirculation when compared to sham and HES. RA showed no intestinal microcirculation disturbance compared to sham, but significantly improved the number of intestinal capillaries with flow compared to HES. All RA treated animals survided and showed no severe side effects on coagulation, liver, macrohemodynamic or metabolic state. Conclusions: Gelatine 4\% revealed devastated hepatic and intestinal microcirculation and severe side effects in CLP induced septic rats, whereas the balanced crystalloid solution showed stabilization of macro- and microhemodynamics with improved survival. HES improved liver microcirculation, but exhibited significantly increased pro-inflammatory cytokine levels. Crystalloid infusion revealed best results in mortality and microcirculation, when compared with colloid infusion.}, subject = {Medizin}, language = {en} } @article{KredelMuellenbachJohannesetal.2011, author = {Kredel, Markus and Muellenbach, Ralf and Johannes, Amelie and Brederlau, Joerg and Roewer, Norbert and Wunder, Christian}, title = {Hepatic effects of lung protective pressure controlled ventilation and a combination of high frequency oscillatory ventilation and extracorporeal lung assist in experimental lung injury}, doi = {10.12659/MSM.881974}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-70833}, year = {2011}, abstract = {Background: Ventilation with high positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) can lead to hepatic dysfunction. The aim of this study was to investigate the hepatic effects of strategies using high airway pressures either in pressure-controlled ventilation (PCV) or in high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) combined with an arteriovenous extracorporeal lung assist (ECLA). Material/Methods: Pietrain pigs underwent induction of lung injury by saline lavage. Ventilation was continued for 24 hours either as PCV with tidal volumes of 6 ml/kg and PEEP 3 cmH2O above the lower inflection point of the pressure-volume curve or as HFOV (≥12 Hz) with a mean tracheal airway pressure 3 cmH2O above the lower inflection point combined with arteriovenous ECLA (HFOV+ECLA). Fluids and norepinephrine stabilized the circulation. The indocyanine green plasma disappearance rate, serum bilirubin, aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, γ-glutamyltransferase, alkaline phosphatase, glutamate dehydrogenase, lactate dehydrogenase and creatine kinase were determined repeatedly. Finally, liver neutrophils were counted and liver cell apoptosis was assessed by terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase nick end labeling (TUNEL). Results: Aspartate aminotransferase increased in the PCV group about three-fold and in the HFOV+ECLA group five-fold (p\<0.001). Correspondingly, creatine kinase increased about two-fold and four-fold, respectively (p\<0.001). Lactate dehydrogenase was increased in the HFOV+ECLA group (p\<0.028). The number of neutrophils infiltrating the liver tissue and the apoptotic index were low. Conclusions: High airway pressure PCV and HFOV with ECLA in the treatment of lavage-induced lung injury in pigs did not cause liver dysfunction or damage. The detected elevation of enzymes might be of extrahepatic origin.}, language = {en} } @article{WollbornWunderStixetal.2015, author = {Wollborn, Jakob and Wunder, Christian and Stix, Jana and Neuhaus, Winfried and Bruno, Rapahel R. and Baar, Wolfgang and Flemming, Sven and Roewer, Norbert and Schlegel, Nicolas and Schick, Martin A.}, title = {Phosphodiesterase-4 inhibition with rolipram attenuates hepatocellular injury in hyperinflammation in vivo and in vitro without influencing inflammation and HO-1 expression}, series = {Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics}, volume = {6}, journal = {Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics}, number = {1}, doi = {10.4103/0976-500X.149138}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-149336}, pages = {13-23}, year = {2015}, abstract = {Objective: To investigate the impact of the phophodiesterase-4 inhibition (PD-4-I) with rolipram on hepatic integrity in lipopolysaccharide (LPS) induced hyperinflammation. Materials and Methods: Liver microcirculation in rats was obtained using intravital microscopy. Macrohemodynamic parameters, blood assays, and organs were harvested to determine organ function and injury. Hyperinflammation was induced by LPS and PD-4-I rolipram was administered intravenously one hour after LPS application. Cell viability of HepG2 cells was measured by EZ4U-kit based on the dye XTT. Experiments were carried out assessing the influence of different concentrations of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) and LPS with or without PD-4-I. Results: Untreated LPS-induced rats showed significantly decreased liver microcirculation and increased hepatic cell death, whereas LPS + PD-4-I treatment could improve hepatic volumetric flow and cell death to control level whithout influencing the inflammatory impact. In HepG2 cells TNF-α and LPS significantly reduced cell viability. Coincubation with PD-4-I increased HepG2 viability to control levels. The heme oxygenase 1 (HO-1) pathway did not induce the protective effect of PD-4-I. Conclusion: Intravenous PD-4-I treatment was effective in improving hepatic microcirculation and hepatic integrity, while it had a direct protective effect on HepG2 viability during inflammation.}, language = {en} }