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Background: The sympathetic nervous system is considered to modulate the endotoxin-induced activation of immune cells. Here we investigate whether thoracic epidural anesthesia with its regional symapathetic blocking effect alters endotoxin-induced leukocyte-endothelium activation and interaction with subsequent endothelial injury. Methods: Sprague Dawley rats were anesthetized, cannulated and hemodynamically monitored. E. coli lipopolysaccharide (Serotype 0127: B8, 1.5 mg x kg(-1) x h(-1)) or isotonic saline (controls) was infused for 300 minutes. An epidural catheter was inserted for continuous application of lidocaine or normal saline in endotoxemic animals and saline in controls. After 300 minutes we measured catecholamine and cytokine plasma concentrations, adhesion molecule expression, leukocyte adhesion, and intestinal tissue edema. Results: In endotoxemic animals with epidural saline, LPS significantly increased the interleukin-1 beta plasma concentration (48%), the expression of endothelial adhesion molecules E-selectin (34%) and ICAM-1 (42%), and the number of adherent leukocytes (40%) with an increase in intestinal myeloperoxidase activity (26%) and tissue edema (75%) when compared to healthy controls. In endotoxemic animals with epidural infusion of lidocaine the values were similar to those in control animals, while epinephrine plasma concentration was 32% lower compared to endotoxemic animals with epidural saline. Conclusions: Thoracic epidural anesthesia attenuated the endotoxin-induced increase of IL-1 beta concentration, adhesion molecule expression and leukocyte-adhesion with subsequent endothelial injury. A potential mechanism is the reduction in the plasma concentration of epinephrine.
Diese mediävistische Promotion beinhaltet drei große Themenbereiche. Der erste besteht aus einer Edition der frühesten maßgeblichen Quellen zum Landgericht (Iudicium provinciale) des Hochstifts Würzburg: die abschriftlich vorhandenen Gemeinurteile aus der Frühzeit, das anschließende erste Originalprotokoll und der folgende, zweite Band der Gerichtsmitschriften. Insgesamt werden so ca. die ersten vierzig Jahre des 14. Jh. abgedeckt. Die zu den frühesten ihrer Art gehörenden Notizen liefern aufschlussreiche Informationen nicht nur über Rechtsorganisation und Prozessrecht des Spätmittelalters, sondern vertiefen auch die Möglichkeiten zur sozial- und landesgeschichtlichen Analyse. Dies wird im begleitenden Interpretationsteil angegangen und ein systematischer Querschnitt durch die wichtigsten Aspekte des Landgerichts geboten. Dabei können etliche der bisherigen Fehldeutungen durch die materialgestütze Auswertung korrigiert werden. Hinzu kommt ein methodischer Teil, der die Möglichkeiten statistischer Methoden und Analysen für die Geschichtswissenschaft überprüft. Zur besseren Bearbeitung immensen Materialfülle dieser Protokolle wurde der älteste Band zudem als Datenbank konzipiert.
Objective
Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) is the key endogenous inhibitor of fibrinolysis, and enhances clot formation after injury. In traumatic brain injury, dysregulation of fibrinolysis may lead to sustained microthrombosis and accelerated lesion expansion. In the present study, we hypothesized that PAI-1 mediates post-traumatic malfunction of coagulation, with inhibition or genetic depletion of PAI-1 attenuating clot formation and lesion expansion after brain trauma.
Methods
We evaluated PAI-1 as a possible new target in a mouse controlled cortical impact (CCI) model of traumatic brain injury. We performed the pharmacological inhibition of PAI-1 with PAI-039 and stimulation by tranexamic acid, and we confirmed our results in PAI-1–deficient animals.
Results
PAI-1 mRNA was time-dependently upregulated, with a 305-fold peak 12 hours after CCI, which effectively counteracted the 2- to 3-fold increase in cerebral tissue-type/urokinase plasminogen activator expression. PAI-039 reduced brain lesion volume by 26% at 24 hours and 43% at 5 days after insult. This treatment also attenuated neuronal apoptosis and improved neurofunctional outcome. Moreover, intravital microscopy demonstrated reduced post-traumatic thrombus formation in the pericontusional cortical microvasculature. In PAI-1–deficient mice, the therapeutic effect of PAI-039 was absent. These mice also displayed 13% reduced brain damage compared with wild type. In contrast, inhibition of fibrinolysis with tranexamic acid increased lesion volume by 25% compared with vehicle.
Interpretation
This study identifies impaired fibrinolysis as a critical process in post-traumatic secondary brain damage and suggests that PAI-1 may be a central endogenous inhibitor of the fibrinolytic pathway, promoting a procoagulatory state and clot formation in the cerebral microvasculature. Ann Neurol 2019;85:667–680