Hyperventilation induces release of cytokines from perfused mouse lung.

Abstract

Artificial mechanical ventilation represents a major cause of iatrogenic lung damage in intensive care. It is largely unknown which mediators, if any, contribute to the onset of such complications. We investigated whether stress caused by artificial mechanical ventilation leads to induction, synthesis, and release of cytokines or eicosanoids from lung tissue. We used the isolated perfused and ventilated mouse lung where frequent perfusate sampling allows determination of mediator release into the perfusate. Hyperventilation was executed with either negative (NPV) or positive pressure ventilation (PPV) at a transpulmonary pressure that was increased 2.5-fold above normal. Both modes of hyperventilation resulted in an approximately 1.75-fold increased expression of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) mRNA, but not of cyclooxygenase-2 mRNA. After switching to hyperventilation, prostacyclin release into the perfusate increased almost instantaneously from 19 +/- 17 pg/min to 230 +/- 160 pg/min (PPV) or 115 +/- 87 pg/min (NPV). The enhancement in TNFalpha and IL-6 production developed more slowly. In control lungs after 150 min of perfusion and ventilation, TNFalpha and IL-6 production was 23 +/- 20 pg/min and 330 +/- 210 pg/min, respectively. In lungs hyperventilated for 150 min, TNFalpha and IL-6 production were increased to 287 +/- 180 pg/min and more than 1,000 pg/min, respectively. We conclude that artificial ventilation might cause pulmonary and systemic adverse reactions by inducing the release of mediators into the circulation.

• Authors: A N von Bethmann, F Brasch, R Nüsing, K Vogt, H D Volk, K M Müller, A Wendel, S Uhlig
• Journal: American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine (Am J Respir Crit Care Med) Vol. 157 Issue 1 Pg. 263-72 (Jan 1998) ISSN: 1073-449X [Print] United States
• PMID: 9445308 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Interleukin-6
• Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
• Epoprostenol

Topics

• Animals
• Disease Models, Animal
• Epoprostenol (analysis, metabolism)
• Female
• In Vitro Techniques
• Interleukin-6 (analysis, metabolism)
• Mice
• Mice, Inbred BALB C
• Positive-Pressure Respiration (adverse effects, methods)
• Respiratory Distress Syndrome (etiology, immunology)
• Time Factors
• Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha (analysis, metabolism)
• Ventilators, Negative-Pressure (adverse effects)