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- Title
Rapamycin Improves Mortality Following Intestinal Ischemia-Reperfusion via the Inhibition of Remote Lung Inflammation in Mice.
- Authors
Iida, Takaya; Takagi, Tomohisa; Katada, Kazuhiro; Mizushima, Katsura; Fukuda, Wataru; Kamada, Kazuhiro; Uchiyama, Kazuhiko; Handa, Osamu; Ichikawa, Hiroshi; Naito, Yuji; Itoh, Yoshito
- Abstract
Background/Aims: Acute-phase intestinal ischemia-reperfusion (I-R) injury can result in multiple organ failure, which may sometimes be fatal. However, no reliable treatment for this clinical state is available. Rapamycin has been reported to protect heart, brain and kidney against I-R injury. The aim of this study was to examine whether rapamycin could protect mice against I-R-induced intestinal and remote organ injury. Methods: Ischemia was induced in the intestine of C57BL/6 mice by occluding the superior mesenteric artery for 1 h. Mice received rapamycin at a dose of 5 mg/kg or vehicle by the intraperitoneal injection 1 h before ischemia. The survival rate, inflammatory responses in the intestine and the lung, bacteria cultured from lung tissue and the phagocytic capacity of alveolar macrophages were examined. Results: Treatment with rapamycin improved survival rate after intestinal I-R. Histological and biochemical parameters of I-R-induced intestinal injury/inflammation were similar in both rapamycin-treated and untreated mice. However, signs of lung injury/inflammation were significantly attenuated in rapamycin-treated mice compared to control mice. The reduction of lung bacteria and the increase in phagocytic activity were accompanied in mice treated with rapamycin. Conclusion: Rapamycin improved mortality following intestinal I-R via the inhibition of remote lung inflammation in mice. © 2015 S. Karger AG, Basel
- Subjects
RAPAMYCIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE agents; MACROLIDE antibiotics; INTESTINAL ischemia; INTESTINAL diseases
- Publication
Digestion, 2015, Vol 92, Issue 4, p211
- ISSN
0012-2823
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000439300