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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-1-27
pubmed:abstractText
Adult, male, Sprague-Dawley rats were anesthetized, intubated, and mechanically ventilated with 1.5-2.0% isoflurane in oxygen (30%) and air. Rats were prepared for fluid percussion traumatic brain injury (TBI), laser Doppler flowmetry, and measurement of brain tissue nitric oxide (NO) levels using an ISO-NO electrode system. After preparation, isoflurane was reduced to 1.5%, and the rats were randomly assigned to receive sham (n = 6), moderate (1.9 atm, n = 6), or severe (2.8 atm, n = 6) parasagittal fluid percussion TBI. CBF and brain tissue NO levels were measured for 4 h, and then isoflurane levels were increased to 4.0% and the rats were decapitated and the brains were removed. Total RNA was isolated from rat brains and cytokine expression was determined. Laser Doppler flow velocity remained constant in the sham-injured rats but decreased significantly in rats subjected to moderate (p < 0.05) or severe (p < 0.05) TBI. Brain tissue NO levels remained constant in the sham-injured rats but decreased significantly (p < 0.01) after moderate TBI. Severe TBI produced slight, insignificant reductions in NO levels. Cytokine expression was very low in the shaminjured rats. TBI-induced expression of mRNAs for interleukin-1 alpha (IL-1alpha), IL-1beta, IL-6, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFa). IL-1alpha and IL-1beta mRNA expression increased significantly (p < 0.05 vs. sham-injury) after severe TBI and IL-6 and TNFa mRNA expression increased significant (p < 0.05 vs. sham-injury) after both moderate and severe TBI. Other cytokine mRNA expression was unchanged after TBI.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0897-7151
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1431-42
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
The effects of traumatic brain injury on cerebral blood flow and brain tissue nitric oxide levels and cytokine expression.
pubmed:affiliation
Charles R. Allen Research Laboratories, Department of Anesthesiology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555-0830, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.