title: Effect of mild hypothermia on ischemia-induced release of endothelin-1 in dog brain.
abstract: Endothelin-1 (ET-1) plays an important role in the physiologic or pathophysiologic regulation of cerebral circulation. To evaluate the effect of mild hypothermia on the cerebral concentration of ET-1 and on the cerebral metabolism of oxygen after complete global cerebral ischemia, we occluded the ascending aorta and caval veins of 9 dogs for 15 min. A fiberoptic catheter was inserted into the sagittal sinus to monitor venous oxygen saturation (S(SO)2) continuously. Blood samples were collected 30 min before and 30 min, 1 h, 2 h, 4 h and 6 h after the ischemic insult. Concentrations of ET-1 were assayed in the blood of the sagittal sinus and abdominal aorta. Before, during and after the aortic occlusion, we compared findings in a normothermic control Group 1 (pulmonary artery temperature 38.5 degrees C) (n = 4) with those in the mildly hypothermic Group 2 (pulmonary artery temperature 34.0 degrees C) (n = 5) by surface cooling induced before and maintained during and after ischemia for 6 h. Following ischemia, the plasma concentration difference of ET-1 (sagittal sinus--arterial) was significantly decreased in Group 2 (P < 0.05). Differences in S(SO)2 between the two groups were not statistically significant. Mild hypothermia reduced the ET-1 release in the cerebral circulation but did not improve cerebral oxygen metabolism after complete cerebral ischemia. Findings indicated that the decrease in ET-1 induced by mild hypothermia contributes to the improvement of the cerebral microcirculation after ischemia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Traumatology and Critical Care Medicine, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Takasu
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yagi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Okada
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal; D001831:Body Temperature; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D003392:Cranial Sinuses; D004285:Dogs; D016232:Endothelins / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced; D008833:Microcirculation; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D011651:Pulmonary Artery
chemical_list: D016232:Endothelins; D010100:Oxygen