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Tetsuaki Hashiguchi,
Yasuyuki Kakihana,
Sumikazu Isowaki,
Tamotsu Kuniyoshi,
Tatsuya Kaminosono,
Etsuro Nagata,
Kazumi Tobo,
Masamichi Tahara,
Naoko Okayama,
Yuki Arakawa,
Yoshie Kakihara, Tsuyoshi Goromaru,
Nobuo Nakanishi,
Hiroe Nakazawa,
Yuichi Kanmura
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ABSTRACT: Using a lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-treated porcine model, we examined: (1) whether nitric oxide (NO), anandamide, and tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) increased or not in early endotoxic shock; and (2) the location of the major site of production of these molecules, by comparing their concentrations in arteries and the portal and hepatic veins.
Ten pigs received an infusion of LPS at 1.7 microg x kg(-1)x h(-1) via the portal vein for 240 min. Consecutive changes in systemic hemodynamics, hepatosplanchnic circulation, and oxygen delivery were measured. Furthermore, the variable changes in the concentrations of nitrite and nitrate (NOx), anandamide, and BH4 were measured. To access the effects of surgery, anesthesia, and fluid management on BH4, an experiment without LPS infusion was performed in two other animals.
Mean arterial pressure and cardiac index started to decrease at 60 min after LPS infusion. However, systemic vascular resistance remained unchanged. Total hepatic blood flow and hepatic oxygen delivery also decreased significantly. NOx and anandamide did not change during LPS infusion. BH4 values did not change without LPS infusion. However, BH4 values increased significantly in the arterial, portal, and hepatic circulation during LPS infusion, especially in the hepatic vein (from 136.8 +/- 27.5 to 281.3 +/- 123.2 mol/ml; P < 0.01).
Our data suggest that the BH4 values were significantly increased in several organs, especially in the liver during endotoxic shock. Impaired cardiac output and decreased blood pressure appeared in the early phase of porcine endotoxemia. Longer-term observation of these parameters after LPS treatment should be performed as the next step in future studies.
Journal of Anesthesia 01/2008; 22(3):213-20. · 0.83 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: [Structure: see text] We synthesized oligodeoxynucleotide (ODN, 3), which contains 4'-o-nitrobenzyloxythymidine (4) as a caged precursor of C4'-oxidized abasic site (1). Photoirradiation of 3 at 365 nm followed by amine treatment under neutral conditions afforded the lactam (2) efficiently. Duplexed ODN 3 was converted to 1 faster and more efficiently than single stranded 3, whereas amine treatment of 1 formed from single stranded 3 resulted in slightly faster lactam formation than with the duplex.
Organic Letters 08/2006; 8(15):3183-6. · 5.86 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: We studied photochemical generation of oligodeoxynucleotide (ODN) containing C4'-oxidized abasic site (1) from its caged precursor 3. Photoirradiation of 3 at 365 nm followed by amine treatment under neutral conditions afforded the lactam (2) efficiently. Duplexed ODN 3 was converted to 1 faster and more efficiently than single stranded 3, whereas amine treatment of 1 formed from single stranded 3 resulted in slightly faster lactam formation than with duplex.
Nucleic Acids Symposium Series 02/2006;
