title: Suppression of elevated plasma interleukin-8 levels due to total ischemia and reperfusion of the small intestine by luminal perfusion with fetal bovine serum.
abstract: A previous study demonstrated that continuous enteric luminal perfusion of fetal bovine serum (FBS) protects the small intestine from total ischemia/reperfusion injury (IRI) and increases the intestinal mass. In this study, we further investigated the changes in plasma interleukin-8 (IL-8) level caused by total ischemia/reperfusion of the small intestine and the effect of FBS on plasma IL-8 levels. A 3-h total ischemia was induced in a 15-cm segment of terminal ileum and then reperfusion was instituted. Luminal perfusion of FBS was conducted via an osmotic minipump connected to the stomach through a fine polyethylene tube, starting 3 days prior to total ischemia. The rats were killed after 10 and 30 min and 1 and 3 h of total ischemia, and 1, 6, and 12 h or 1, 2, and 3 days after initiation of reperfusion. Plasma IL-8 was measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The results were compared among the FBS-treated and untreated groups. The plasma IL-8 level was elevated from 1 h of total ischemia to 6 h after initiation of reperfusion ( P< 0.05) with a peak of 641.5 +/- 36.9 pg/ml in the untreated group and 471.6 +/- 42.2 pg/ml in the treated group. Luminal perfusion of FBS significantly suppressed plasma IL-8 levels after 1 h of total ischemia and 1 h after initiation of reperfusion ( P< 0.05). The results suggest that FBS might play a role in the treatment of total IRI of the small intestine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7 Chung-Shan S. Rd., Taipei 100, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Wen-Tsung
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Hung
authors.forename: Shih-Ming
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Sheng-Hong
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Tseng
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D016209:Interleukin-8 / Q000097:blood*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000098:blood supply*; D007511:Ischemia / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011917:Rats, Inbred Lew; D015427:Reperfusion Injury / Q000097:blood / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D016209:Interleukin-8; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine