title: Salutary effects of androstenediol on cardiac function and splanchnic perfusion after trauma-hemorrhage.
abstract: Recent studies have shown that dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) administration after trauma-hemorrhage (T-H) improves cardiovascular function and decreases cytokine production in male animals. Although androstenediol, one of the metabolites of DHEA, is reported to have estrogen-like activity, it remains unknown whether androstenediol per se has any salutary effects on cytokines and cardiovascular function after T-H. To examine this effect, male Sprague-Dawley rats underwent laparotomy and were bled to and maintained at a mean arterial blood pressure of 35-40 mmHg for approximately 90 min. The animals were resuscitated with four times the volume of maximal bleedout volume in the form of Ringer lactate. Androstenediol (1 mg/kg body wt i.v.) or vehicle was administered at the end of resuscitation. Twenty-four hours after resuscitation, cardiac function and organ blood flow were measured by using (85)Sr-microspheres. Circulating levels of nitrate/nitrite and IL-6 were also determined. Cardiovascular function and organ blood flow were significantly depressed after T-H. However, these parameters were restored by androstenediol treatment. The elevated plasma IL-6 levels after T-H were also lowered by androstenediol treatment. In contrast, plasma levels of nitrate/nitrite were the highest in the androstenediol-treated T-H animals. Because androstenediol administration after T-H decreases cytokine production and improves cardiovascular function, this agent appears to be a novel and useful adjunct for restoring the depressed cardiovascular function and for cytokine production in males after adverse circulatory conditions.
authors.affiliation: Center for Surgical Research and Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294-0019, USA.
authors.forename: Tomoharu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Mashkoor A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Choudhry
authors.forename: Laszlo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Szalay
authors.forename: Loring W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Rue
authors.forename: Kirby I
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Bland
authors.forename: Irshad H
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Chaudry
mesh_terms: D045930:Anabolic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015114:Androstenediol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D002302:Cardiac Output / Q000187:drug effects*; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000097:blood; D007813:Laparotomy; D008297:Male; D009566:Nitrates / Q000097:blood; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000378:metabolism; D009573:Nitrites / Q000097:blood; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012771:Shock, Hemorrhagic / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013152:Splanchnic Circulation / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D045930:Anabolic Agents; D015850:Interleukin-6; D009566:Nitrates; D009573:Nitrites; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D015114:Androstenediol; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase