[Suppression of neutrophil immune function in rabbit models of hemorrhagic shock complicated by intra-abdominal hypertension].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the effects of hemorrhagic shock and intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH) on inflammatory responses of peripheral circulating neutrophils such as intracellular cytokine production, phagocytic capacity and expression of nuclear factor (NF)- kappaB.


METHODS
Twenty-four rabbits were divided equally into 4 groups including a hemorrhagic shock (HS) group complicated by abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) (Group A), a HS group (Group B), a ACS group (Group C) and a normal control group (Group D). Intracellular interleukin (IL)-8 production in the peripheral neutrophils were measured in the rabbits by flow cytometry, phagocytic function of the neutrophils evaluated by a chemiluminescence method and the NF-kappaB expression detected by immunocytochemistry before, immediately and 4 h after the traumatization.


RESULTS
Four hours after the trauma, decreased intracellular IL-8 production and impaired phagocytic function of the peripheral neutrophils were observed in Group A along with suppressed NF-kappaB expression. But in Group B and Group C, the intracellular IL-8 production, phagocytic function and expression of NF-kappaB returned to the normal levels 4 hours after the trauma following the early-stage changes. In Group D, no significant changes occurred during the observation.


CONCLUSIONS
Responsiveness and function of the neutrophils to the stimuli by endotoxin are suppressed by the sequential second-hit of IAH after hemorrhagic shock, which may contribute to the occurrence of sepsis in ACS.
Lü
Qi
Q
Department of Orthopaedics, Fuzhou General Hospital of Nanjing Command, Fuzhou 350000 China. androluqi@hotmail.com
Zhuang
Yan-feng
YF
Wang
Wan-ming
WM
Cheng
Xue-ming
XM
Xu
Hao
H
Sakamoto
Yoshimasa
Y
Takahara
Sayoko
S
Nishida
Masamichi
M
Kobayashi
Kunio
K
D000005:Abdomen; D000818:Animals; D003161:Compartment Syndromes / Q000276:immunology*; D006973:Hypertension / Q000276:immunology; D016209:Interleukin-8 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008297:Male; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000378:metabolism; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000276:immunology*; D011817:Rabbits; D012771:Shock, Hemorrhagic / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology*
D016209:Interleukin-8; D016328:NF-kappa B