title: Effects of recombinant human endothelial-derived interleukin-8 on hemorrhagic shock in rats.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the effects of recombinant human endothelial-derived interleukin-8 (IL-8) on hemorrhagic shock.
  
  
  METHODS
  A profound hemorrhagic shock in rats was produced by exsanguination from femoral artery with mean arterial blood pressure (MABP) maintained at 5.32 kPa for 90 min. After transfusion, IL-8 250 micrograms.kg-1 was i.v. injected. Plasma endothelin-1 (ET-1) and 6 ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha (6-KPGF1 alpha) contents were determined with radioimmunoassay.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After i.v. IL-8, the MABP in IL-8 group was elevated obviously (P < 0.01), the rat survival 2 h after infusion was increased (P < 0.05). During profound shock the plasma ET-1 levels were higher (21 +/- 4 vs 8.2 +/- 1.8 ng.L-1, P < 0.01) and the plasma 6-KPGF1 alpha contents lower than those in normal rats (107 +/- 12 vs 157 +/- 11 ng.L-1, P < 0.01). IL-8 remarkably reduced the plasma ET-1 levels (10 +/- 4 ng.L-1, P < 0.01) and enhanced plasma 6-KPGF1 alpha contents (368 +/- 16 ng.L-1, P < 0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  IL-8 has beneficial antishock effects.
mesh_terms: D015121:6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha / Q000097:blood*; D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D019332:Endothelin-1 / Q000097:blood*; D016209:Interleukin-8 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D011897:Random Allocation; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D012771:Shock, Hemorrhagic / Q000097:blood*