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Protective role of synthetic sialylated oligosaccharide in sepsis-induced acute lung injury.

Abstract
Proper engagement of leukocyte and endothelial cell selectins with their counterreceptors is an initial step in neutrophil trafficking to sites of inflammation. Certain fucosylated carbohydrate determinants such as sialyl Lewis-x are proposed to act as these counterreceptors. We studied the effects of a synthetic sialyl Lewis-x analog, CY-1503, on the course of hemodynamic derangements and acute lung injury during experimental gram-negative sepsis. Anesthetized ventilated swine were made septic with an infusion of live Pseudomonas aeruginosa. A treatment group received an initial bolus of CY-1503 (60 mg/kg) before sepsis, followed by continuous infusion of CY-1503 (15 mg.kg-1.h-1). Treatment with CY-1503 did not prevent the development of pulmonary hypertension, systemic hypotension, decline in cardiac output, or severe neutropenia. However, CY-1503 significantly attenuated lung injury, demonstrated by decreased bronchoalveolar lavage protein content and neutrophil influx, lowered lung myeloperoxidase activity, and improved arterial oxygenation. Neutrophils from septic and CY-1503 animals showed significant activation, reflected by upregulated CD18 expression and priming for oxidant burst compared with control animals. This study suggests blockade of selectin interactions as a potential therapeutic intervention in sepsis-induced lung injury.
AuthorsP C Ridings, S Holloway, G L Bloomfield, M L Phillips, B J Fisher, C R Blocher, H J Sugerman, A A Fowler 3rd
JournalJournal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) (J Appl Physiol (1985)) Vol. 82 Issue 2 Pg. 644-51 (Feb 1997) ISSN: 8750-7587 [Print] United States
PMID9049748 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.)
Chemical References
  • Oligosaccharides
Topics
  • Animals
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Lung (drug effects)
  • Lung Injury
  • Oligosaccharides (pharmacology)
  • Sepsis (drug therapy)
  • Swine
  • Time Factors

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