Changes in reticuloendothelial function in dogs with endotoxin-induced shock.
A shock model was experimentally produced by intravenous injection of a lethal dose (3 mg/kg) of endotoxin under general anesthesia induced by pentobarbital sodium using 7 beagles. The effect of this endotoxic shock on the reticuloendothelial function was investigated. The blood endotoxin concentration peaked immediately after administration and decreased subsequently. However, the value still remained on an increased level (1,051 pg/ml) even at 360 min after endotoxin treatment. The lipid emulsion test as an index of reticuloendothelial phagocytotic activity and the arterial ketone body ratio as an index of the energy charge in the liver decreased after endotoxin treatment and failed to recover during the experiment. Fibronectin, one of opsonic proteins, tended to decrease after injection of the endotoxin and was significantly (p < 0.01) low at 180 and 360 min compared with the value before injection of the endotoxin. These results suggested the depression of the reticuloendothelial function during endotoxin-induced shock.
Division of Veterinary Surgery, Nippon Veterinary and Animal Science University, Tokyo, Japan.
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Okano
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Tagawa
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Hara
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Ejima
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Motoyoshi
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Urakawa
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Furukawa
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Onda
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Ogawa
D000818:Animals; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000097:blood; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D002302:Cardiac Output / Q000187:drug effects; D004285:Dogs; D004731:Endotoxins / Q000633:toxicity; D004926:Escherichia coli; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects*; D007657:Ketone Bodies / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D012157:Mononuclear Phagocyte System / Q000187:drug effects / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010587:Phagocytosis / Q000187:drug effects; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000097:blood / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013318:Stroke Volume / Q000187:drug effects; D013997:Time Factors; D014655:Vascular Resistance / Q000187:drug effects
D004731:Endotoxins; D007657:Ketone Bodies; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases