N-acetylcysteine attenuates endotoxin-induced leukocyte-endothelial cell adhesion and macromolecular leakage in vivo

Critical Care Medicine
H SchmidtE Martin

Abstract

To determine the influence of N-acetylcysteine on endotoxin-induced leukocyte-endothelial cell adhesion, vascular leakage, and venular microhemodynamics. Randomized, blinded, controlled trial. Experimental laboratory. Thirty male Wistar rats. After pretreatment with N-acetylcysteine (150 mg/kg; n = 40; group A) or 0.9% saline solution (n = 10; group B) animals were given an intravenous infusion of endotoxin (Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide 026:B6; 2 mg/kg/hr) over 120 mins. Animals in the control group (n = 10; group C) received a volume-equivalent infusion of 0.9% saline solution. Leukocyte adherence, red cell velocity (VRBC), vessel diameters, venular wall shear rate, and macromolecular leakage were determined in mesenteric postcapillary venules using in vivo videomicroscopy at baseline and at 30, 50, 90, and 120 mins after the start of the endotoxin challenge. Endotoxin exposure induced a marked increase in adherent leukocytes (group B: baseline, 391 +/- 24 cells/mm2; 120 mins, 1268 +/- 131 cells/mm2; p < .01). N-acetylcysteine pretreatment attenuated the adherence of leukocytes during endotoxemia (baseline, 366 +/- 28 cells/mm2; 120 mins, 636 +/- 49 cells/mm2; p < .01 vs. baseline; p < .01 vs. group B). Leukocyte adhere...Continue Reading

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