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Biliverdin protects against polymicrobial sepsis by modulating inflammatory mediators.

Abstract
Highly inducible heme oxygenase (HO)-1 is protective against acute and chronic inflammation. HO-1 generates carbon monoxide (CO), ferrous iron, and biliverdin. The aim of this study was to investigate the protective effects of biliverdin against sepsis-induced inflammation and intestinal dysmotility. Cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) was performed on Sprague-Dawley rats under isoflurane anesthesia with and without intraperitoneal biliverdin injections, which were done before, at the time of CLP, and after CLP. In vivo gastrointestinal transit was carried out with fluorescein-labeled dextran. Jejunal circular muscle contractility was quantified in vitro using organ bath-generated bethanechol dose-response curves. Neutrophilic infiltration into the muscularis externa was quantified. The jejunal muscularis was studied for cytokine mRNA expressions [interleukin (IL)-6, monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP)-1, inducible nitric oxide synthase, cyclooxygenase-2, biliverdin, IL-10, and HO-1] using real-time RT-PCR. Biliverdin treatment prevented the sepsis-induced suppression of gastrointestinal muscle contractility in vivo and in vitro and significantly decreased neutrophilic infiltration into the jejunal muscularis. Inflammatory mRNA expressions for small bowel IL-6 and MCP-1 were significantly reduced after biliverdin treatment in CLP-induced septic animals compared with untreated septic animals. The anti-inflammatory mediator expression of small bowel IL-10 was significantly augmented after CLP at 3 h compared with untreated septic animals. These findings demonstrate that biliverdin attenuates sepsis-induced morbidity to the intestine by selectively modulating the inflammatory cascade and its subsequent sequelae on intestinal muscularis function.
AuthorsMarcus Overhaus, Beverley A Moore, Joel E Barbato, Florian F Behrendt, Julia G Doering, Anthony J Bauer
JournalAmerican journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology (Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol) Vol. 290 Issue 4 Pg. G695-703 (Apr 2006) ISSN: 0193-1857 [Print] United States
PMID16537973 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural)
Chemical References
  • Inflammation Mediators
  • Biliverdine
Topics
  • Animals
  • Biliverdine (administration & dosage)
  • Gastroenteritis (immunology, microbiology, prevention & control)
  • Gastrointestinal Motility (drug effects, immunology)
  • Ileus (immunology, microbiology, prevention & control)
  • Inflammation Mediators (immunology)
  • Injections, Intraperitoneal
  • Male
  • Mucous Membrane (immunology, microbiology)
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Sepsis (immunology, microbiology, prevention & control)
  • Treatment Outcome

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