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Activated protein C restores kidney function in endotoxin-induced acute renal failure in the rat
Critical Care volume 13, Article number: P356 (2009)
Introduction
Activated protein C (APC) has been shown to have beneficial effects on the inflammatory process and coagulation during sepsis. Inflammation and coagulopathy impair the microvasculature and therefore disturb oxygen transport to the tissue. The hypothesis of our study was that APC treatment improves renal microvascular oxygenation and kidney function in endotoxin-induced acute renal failure in the rat.
Methods
In 18 anesthetized and ventilated (FiO2 0.4) male Wistar rats, the arterial blood pressure and renal blood flow were recorded. The renal microvascular PO2 was continuously measured by phosphorescence lifetime technique. All animals received a lipopolysaccharide (LPS) bolus (10 mg/kg) to induce endotoxemic shock. All rats received fluid resuscitation (hydroxyethyl starch 130 kDa) 1 hour after LPS application. In one group of animals, APC (drotrecogin alpha, Xigris®; Lilly) was continuously infused in a concentration of 10 μg/kg/hour. Another group received a continuous infusion of 100 μg/kg/hour APC.
Results
Data are presented in Figure 1.
Conclusion
APC at a concentration of 100 μg/kg/hour significantly restored kidney function compared with standard fluid resuscitation during endotoxemia. This application best improved the mean arterial pressure. APC had no beneficial effects, however, on the average renal microvascular PO2.
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Almac, E., Johannes, T., Mik, E. et al. Activated protein C restores kidney function in endotoxin-induced acute renal failure in the rat. Crit Care 13 (Suppl 1), P356 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1186/cc7520
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