thromboplastin has been researched along with Reperfusion-Injury* in 37 studies
3 review(s) available for thromboplastin and Reperfusion-Injury
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Ischemia/reperfusion injury: effect of simultaneous inhibition of plasma cascade systems versus specific complement inhibition.
Ischemia/reperfusion injury (IRI) may occur from ischemia due to thrombotic occlusion, trauma or surgical interventions, including transplantation, with subsequent reestablishment of circulation. Time-dependent molecular and structural changes result from the deprivation of blood and oxygen in the affected tissue during ischemia. Upon restoration of blood flow a multifaceted network of plasma cascades is activated, including the complement-, coagulation-, kinin-, and fibrinolytic system, which plays a major role in the reperfusion-triggered inflammatory process. The plasma cascade systems are therefore promising therapeutic targets for attenuation of IRI. Earlier studies showed beneficial effects through inhibition of the complement system using specific complement inhibitors. However, pivotal roles in IRI are also attributed to other cascades. This raises the question, whether drugs, such as C1 esterase inhibitor, which regulate more than one cascade at a time, have a higher therapeutic potential. The present review discusses different therapeutic approaches ranging from specific complement inhibition to simultaneous inhibition of plasma cascade systems for reduction of IRI, gives an overview of the plasma cascade systems in IRI as well as highlights recent findings in this field. Topics: Animals; Antibodies, Monoclonal; Blood Coagulation; Clinical Trials as Topic; Complement Inactivator Proteins; Complement System Proteins; Endothelium, Vascular; Humans; Kinins; Reperfusion Injury; Thromboplastin; Treatment Outcome | 2014 |
Tissue factor in the myocardium: evidence of roles in haemostasis and inflammation.
The interaction between cell-surface tissue factor (TF) and the plasma coagulation factor VII (FVII) initiates the coagulation network that leads to the generation of thrombin and the formation of a fibrin clot. Thrombin also activates cellular protease activated receptors (PARs) through which it activates components of the inflammatory pathway. TF is expressed constitutively by cardiomyocytes and evidence from mice transgenic for a human TF mini-gene that express very low levels of human TF suggests that the TF-FVII interaction is critical for haemostasis within the heart. Pathological contact between TF and FVII may occur in the heart during ischaemia-reperfusion (I-R) injury and this may lead to activation of coagulation and thrombin generation. Evidence from animal models now suggests that thrombin is an important mediator of inflammation in I-R injury. The coagulation pathway therefore represents a novel therapeutic target for intervention in the prevention of I-R injury. Topics: Animals; Factor VII; Humans; Inflammation; Mice; Models, Biological; Myocardium; Myocytes, Cardiac; Reperfusion Injury; Thrombin; Thromboplastin; Transgenes | 2004 |
Ischemia/reperfusion injury in microvascular surgery.
Ischemia/reperfusion injury is often the final and irreversible factor causing flap failure in microvascular surgery for head and neck defects. This paper begins with a detailed review of flap physiology and ischemia/reperfusion injury at the cellular level. Subsequently, the pharmacotherapeutic agents used clinically and experimentally to avoid or reverse ischemia/reperfusion injury are discussed. The goal of this review is to provide a framework for understanding the expanding body of literature relevant to ischemia/reperfusion injury in microvascular surgery. Topics: Endothelium, Vascular; Free Radicals; Head; Humans; Inflammation Mediators; Microsurgery; Neck; Neutrophils; Reperfusion Injury; Surgical Flaps; Thromboplastin; Thrombosis; Vascular Surgical Procedures | 2000 |
34 other study(ies) available for thromboplastin and Reperfusion-Injury
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Role of coagulation in persistent renal ischemia following reperfusion in an animal model.
Ischemic acute kidney injury is common, deadly, and accelerates the progression of chronic kidney disease, yet has no specific therapy. After ischemia, reperfusion is patchy with early and persistent impairment in regional renal blood flow and cellular injury. We tested the hypothesis that intrarenal coagulation results in sustained renal ischemia following reperfusion, using a well-characterized model. Markedly decreased, but heterogeneous, microvascular plasma flow with microthrombi was found postischemia by intravital microscopy. Widespread tissue factor expression and fibrin deposition were also apparent. Clotting was accompanied by complement activation and inflammation. Treatment with exosomes derived from renal tubular cells or with the fibrinolytic urokinase, given 24 h postischemia when renal failure was established, significantly improved microvascular flow, coagulation, serum creatinine, and histological evidence of injury. These data support the hypothesis that intrarenal clotting occurs early and the resultant sustained ischemia is a critical determinant of renal failure following ischemia; they demonstrate that the coagulation abnormalities are amenable to therapy and that therapy results in improvement in both function and postischemic inflammation. Topics: Acute Kidney Injury; Animals; Creatinine; Disease Models, Animal; Fibrin; Inflammation; Ischemia; Kidney; Reperfusion; Reperfusion Injury; Thromboplastin; Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator | 2022 |
Significance of neutrophil microparticles in ischaemia-reperfusion: Pro-inflammatory effectors of endothelial senescence and vascular dysfunction.
Endothelial senescence is an emerging cause of vascular dysfunction. Because microparticles are effectors of endothelial inflammation and vascular injury after ischaemia-reperfusion, we examined leucocyte-derived microparticles of spleen origin as possible contributors. Microparticles were generated from primary rat splenocytes by either lipopolysaccharide or phorbol-myristate-acetate/calcium ionophore, under conditions mimicking innate and adaptive immune responses. Incubation of primary porcine coronary endothelial cells with either type of microparticles, but not with those from unstimulated splenocytes, leads to a similar threefold raise in senescence-associated β-galactosidase activity within 48 hours, indicating accelerated senescence, to endothelial oxidative stress, and a fivefold and threefold increase in p21 and p16 senescence markers after 24 hours. After 12-hour incubation, the endothelial-dependent relaxation of coronary artery rings was reduced by 50%, at distinct optimal microparticle concentration. In vitro, microparticles were pro-thrombotic by up-regulating the local angiotensin system, by prompting tissue factor activity and a secondary generation of pro-coagulant endothelial microparticles. They initiated an early pro-inflammatory response by inducing phosphorylation of NF-κB, MAP kinases and Akt after 1 hour, and up-regulated VCAM-1 and ICAM-1 at 24 hours. Accordingly, VCAM-1 and COX-2 were also up-regulated in the coronary artery endothelium and eNOS down-regulated. Lipopolysaccharide specifically favoured the shedding of neutrophil- and monocyte-derived microparticles. A 80% immuno-depletion of neutrophil microparticles reduced endothelial senescence by 55%, indicating a key role. Altogether, data suggest that microparticles from activated splenocytes prompt early pro-inflammatory, pro-coagulant and pro-senescent responses in endothelial cells through redox-sensitive pathways. The control of neutrophil shedding could preserve the endothelium at site of ischaemia-reperfusion-driven inflammation and delay its dysfunction. Topics: Angiotensins; Animals; Apoptosis; Blood Coagulation; Cell Lineage; Cell-Derived Microparticles; Cellular Senescence; Cyclooxygenase 2; Endothelial Cells; Endothelium, Vascular; Inflammation; Lipopolysaccharides; Male; MAP Kinase Signaling System; Monocytes; Neutrophils; NF-kappa B; Oxidative Stress; Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; Phosphorylation; Rats, Wistar; Reperfusion Injury; Spleen; Swine; Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; Thromboplastin; Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 | 2020 |
AMPK activation by ozone therapy inhibits tissue factor-triggered intestinal ischemia and ameliorates chemotherapeutic enteritis.
Chemotherapeutic enteritis is a major dose-limiting adverse reaction to chemotherapy, with few effective drugs in clinic. Intestinal ischemic injury plays prominent role in chemotherapeutic enteritis clinically. However, mechanism is not clear. In this article, irinotecan (CPT-11) was used to establish chemotherapeutic enteritis mice model. Western blotting, gelatin zymography, immunohistochemistry (IHC), Laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) were used to detect the pathogenesis of ischemia-hypoxia injury. CPT-11 increased levels of tissue factor (TF) both in the blood and in intestines, and decreased the intestinal blood flow in mice. Interestingly, the elevation of TF in the blood displayed "double-peak," which was consistent with the intestinal mucosal "double-strike" injury trend. Intestinal microthrombus and mixed thrombus formation were detectable in chemotherapeutic enteritis. Furthermore, ozone therapy relieved chemotherapeutic enteritis in mice. Ozone inhibited TF expression induced by CPT-11 via activating AMPK/SOCS3, and effectively ameliorated the intestinal mucosal injury in mice. Moreover, ozone autotransfusion therapy effectively attenuated chemotherapeutic enteritis and the blood hypercoagulability in patients. For the first time, we proposed that TF-induced thrombotic intestinal ischemic injury is a core trigger pathological mechanism of chemotherapeutic enteritis, and provided a new treatment strategy, ozone therapy, to suppress TF expression and treat chemotherapeutic enteritis. Topics: Aged; AMP-Activated Protein Kinases; Animals; Disease Models, Animal; Enteritis; Female; Humans; Intestinal Mucosa; Irinotecan; Male; Mice; Middle Aged; Ozone; Reperfusion Injury; Thromboplastin | 2020 |
Role of the plasma cascade systems in ischemia/reperfusion injury of bone.
Ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury has been extensively studied in organs such as heart, brain, liver, kidney, and lung. As a vascularized organ, bone is known to be susceptible to I/R injury too, but the respective mechanisms are not well understood to date. We therefore hypothesized that, similar to other organs, plasma cascade-induced inflammation also plays a role in bone I/R injury. Reperfusion injury in rat tibia was induced by unilateral clamping of the femoral artery and additional use of a tourniquet, while keeping the femoral vein patent to prevent venous congestion. Rats were subjected to 4h ischemia and 24h reperfusion. Deposition of complement fragment C3b/c and fibrin as well as expression of tissue factor (TF), tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1), and E-selectin was detected by immunohistochemistry. In plasma, the levels of high mobility group box1 (HMGB1) were measured by ELISA. The total level of complement in serum was assessed by the CH50 test. Our results show that deposition of C3b/c was significantly increased with respect to healthy controls in cortical bone as well as in marrow of reperfused limbs. C3b/c deposition was also increased in cortical bone, but not in bone marrow, of contralateral limbs. Deposition of fibrin, as well as expression of PAI-1, was significantly increased in bone after ischemia and reperfusion, whereas expression of tPA was reduced. These differences were most prominent in vessels of bone, both in marrow and cortical bone, and both in reperfused and contralateral limbs. However, PAI-1, was only increased in vessels of reperfused cortical bone and there were no significant changes in expression of E-selectin. With respect to solid bone tissue, a significant increase of C3b/c and fibrin deposition was shown in osteocytes, and for fibrin also in the bone matrix, in both contralateral and reperfused cortical bone compared with normal healthy controls. A slight expression of TF was visible in osteocytes of the normal healthy control group, while TF was not present in the experimental groups. Moreover, CH50 values in serum decreased over time and HMGB1 was significantly increased in plasma of animals at the end of reperfusion. We conclude that ischemia and reperfusion of bone leads to activation of the complement and coagulation systems and a downregulation of the fibrinolytic cascade. In the acute phase, a vascular inflammation induced by activation of the plasma cascade s Topics: Animals; Bone and Bones; Bone Matrix; Complement C3b; E-Selectin; Fibrin; Hindlimb; HMGB1 Protein; Male; Osteocytes; Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1; Rats, Wistar; Reperfusion Injury; Sheep; Thromboplastin; Tissue Plasminogen Activator | 2017 |
The protective effects of prostaglandin E1 on lung injury following renal ischemia-reperfusion in rats.
For the purposes of the present study, the protective effect of prostaglandin E1 (PGE1) on lung injury following renal ischemia-reperfusion (RIR) was investigated. Adult male rats were divided into four groups, namely, (I) control rats given physiological saline; (II) rats given PGE1 (20 μg/kg, intravenously); (III) rats subjected to RIR; and (IV) rats subjected to RIR given PGE1 30 min prior to ischemia and just before reperfusion. The right nephrectomy was performed in the RIR model. The left renal pedicle was occluded for 60 min to induce ischemia and then the left kidney was subjected to reperfusion for 60 min. The lungs of rats were used for microscopic and biochemical analyses. Although rats subjected to RIR did not exhibit heavy degenerative alterations in the lung structure, they possessed pulmonary interstitial edema. Lung glutathione levels and catalase, superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase, and tissue factor (TF) activities were decreased in rats subjected to RIR, while lung lipid peroxidation, myeloperoxidase (MPO), xanthine oxidase and serum lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) activities, and blood urea and serum creatinine levels were increased in these rats when compared with the control group. PGE1 treatments resulted in the regression of oxidative stress via induction of antioxidant system, the decreased MPO and LDH activities, the reduced urea and creatinine levels, and the induced TF activity in rats subjected to RIR, while edema still remained permanent. We conclude that PGE1 may be useful in preventing lung injury with the exception of edema that occurred as a result of RIR in rats. Topics: Acute Lung Injury; Alprostadil; Animals; Biomarkers; Glutathione; Immunohistochemistry; Infusions, Intravenous; Ischemia; Kidney; Lipid Peroxidation; Lung; Male; Nephrectomy; Oxidative Stress; Oxidoreductases; Protective Agents; Pulmonary Edema; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Reperfusion Injury; Thromboplastin | 2016 |
The effects of tacrolimus on the activity and expression of tissue factor in the rat ovary with ischemia-reperfusion induced injury.
In the present study, the effects of tacrolimus on the activity and expression of tissue factor (TF) were investigated in the ovarian ischemia-reperfusion induced injury in rats. Twenty-eight female rats (8-12 weeks, 300-350 g) were divided into four groups: control, ischemia-reperfusion (IR), tacrolimus treated before ischemia (TBI), and tacrolimus treated before reperfusion (TBR) groups (n=7/per group). TF activity was measured using Quick's method, whereas TF expression was examined immunohistochemically. TF activity was significantly higher in all treated groups compared with the control group. Strong ovarian TF expression was demonstrated in the IR and TBR groups. Moreover, tacrolimus decreased TF activity in the TBI group compared with the IR group. The decreased activity of TF in the ovarian IR model may prevent IR-related inflammation during transplant procedure. Topics: Animals; Female; Immunosuppressive Agents; Ovary; Rats; Reperfusion Injury; Tacrolimus; Thromboplastin | 2015 |
The reduction of Na/H exchanger-3 protein and transcript expression in acute ischemia-reperfusion injury is mediated by extractable tissue factor(s).
Ischemic renal injury is a formidable clinical problem, the pathophysiology of which is incompletely understood. As the Na/H exchanger-3 (NHE3) mediates the bulk of apical sodium transport and a significant fraction of oxygen consumption in the proximal tubule, we examined mechanisms by which ischemia-reperfusion affects the expression of NHE3. Ischemia-reperfusion dramatically decreased NHE3 protein and mRNA (immunohistochemistry, immunoblot, and RNA blot) in rat kidney cortex and medulla. The decrease in NHE3 protein was uniform throughout all tubules, including those appearing morphologically intact. In the kidney cortex, a decrease in NHE3 surface protein preceded that of NHE3 total protein and mRNA. Kidney homogenates from rats exposed to mild renal ischemia-reduced cell surface NHE3 protein expression in opossum kidney cells in vitro, whereas homogenates from animals with moderate-to-severe ischemia reduced both total NHE3 protein and mRNA. The decrease in total NHE3 protein was dependent on the proteasomal degradation associated with NHE3 ubiquitylation measured by coimmunoprecipitation. The transferable factor(s) from the ischemic homogenate that reduce NHE3 expression were found to be heat sensitive and to be associated with a lipid-enriched fraction, and did not include regulatory RNAs. Thus, transferable factor(s) mediate the ischemia-reperfusion injury-induced decrease in NHE3 of the kidney. Topics: Acute Disease; Animals; Cells, Cultured; Immunohistochemistry; Opossums; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Reperfusion Injury; RNA, Messenger; Sodium-Hydrogen Exchanger 3; Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangers; Thromboplastin | 2011 |
Stachydrine, a major constituent of the Chinese herb leonurus heterophyllus sweet, ameliorates human umbilical vein endothelial cells injury induced by anoxia-reoxygenation.
Stachydrine is a major constituent of Chinese herb leonurus heterophyllus sweet, which is used in clinics to promote blood circulation and dispel blood stasis. Our study aimed to investigate the role of stachydrine in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) injury induced by anoxia-reoxygenation. Cultured HUVECs were divided randomly into control group, anoxia-reoxygenation (A/R) group and 4 A/R+stachydrine groups. HUVECs in the control group were exposed to normoxia for 5 hours, while in all A/R groups, HUVECs underwent 3 hours anoxia followed by 2 hours reoxygenation, and HUVECs in the 4 A/R+stachydrine groups were treated with 10(-8) M, 10(-7) M, 10(-6) M and 10(-5) M (final concentration) of stachydrine respectively. After anoxia-reoxygenation, tissue factor (TF) was over-expressed, cell viability and the concentrations of SOD, GSH-PX and NO were declined, while LDH, MDA and ET-1 were over-produced (p < 0.05 to 0.001 vs. the control group). However, in stachydrine treated groups, TF expression was inhibited at both mRNA and protein levels, while the declined cell viability and SOD, GSH-PX, NO as well as the enhanced LDH, MDA and ET-1 levels occurred during anoxia-reoxygenation were ameliorated and reversed effectively (p < 0.05 to 0.01 versus A/R group). Consequently, our findings indicate that TF plays an important role in the development of anoxia-reoxygenation injury of HUVECs, stachydrine ameliorates HUVECs injury induced by anoxia-reoxygenation and its putative mechanisms are related to inhibition of TF expression. Topics: Cardiovascular Agents; Cell Culture Techniques; Cell Survival; Drugs, Chinese Herbal; Endothelial Cells; Endothelin-1; Glutathione Peroxidase; Humans; L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; Leonurus; Malondialdehyde; Nitric Oxide; Phytotherapy; Proline; Reperfusion Injury; RNA, Messenger; Superoxide Dismutase; Thromboplastin; Umbilical Veins | 2010 |
Platelet activation and increased tissue factor expression on monocytes in reperfusion injury following orthotopic liver transplantation.
Platelets have been implicated in the pathogenesis of liver damage after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). Early graft dysfunction is frequently caused by reperfusion injury subsequent to cold ischemia (IRI). Therefore, we investigated activation of the pivotal haemostatic cells, platelets and monocytes, from patients with elevated markers of IRI and from patients with uneventful course (control-group), respectively during the first week after OLT. Flow cytometry analysis of citrate anticoagulated blood samples revealed that platelets from IRI patients became significantly activated within 48 h after OLT in vivo, with increased surface presentation of P-selectin, CD40L, thrombospondin-1 and tissue-factor. Platelet activation in IRI patients on post-transplant day 2 was accompanied by significantly enhanced tissue-factor expression on peripheral blood monocytes, significant elevated levels of C-reactive protein and hepatocellular damage. Towards post-transplant day 4, levels of platelet-derived microparticles rose significantly in IRI patients if contrasted to control patients. Thus, activated cellular haemostasis is involved in the early inflammatory response of hepatocellular damage subsequent to reperfusion of the transplanted liver. Targeting distinct activation patterns of platelets and monocytes in an early phase of hepatic grafting may counteract the extent of IRI via inhibition of micro-thrombus formation and inflammation without exacerbating the existing bleeding risk. Topics: Adult; Blood Platelets; Case-Control Studies; Female; Humans; Inflammation; Liver; Liver Diseases; Liver Transplantation; Male; Middle Aged; Monocytes; Platelet Activation; Prospective Studies; Reperfusion Injury; Thromboplastin | 2010 |
Changes in tissue factor and the effects of tissue factor pathway inhibitor on transient focal cerebral ischemia in rats.
To determine the contribution of tissue factor (TF) to focal cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury, we investigated the changes in TF in rat brains with transient focal cerebral ischemia and also assessed the effect of TF pathway inhibitor (TFPI).. Spontaneous hypertensive rats were subjected to 90-min of middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) and then were reperfused for up to 24 h. Immediately after MCAO, recombinant human TFPI (rhTFPI) (50 or 20 microg/kg/min) was administered by means of a continuous intravenous injection for 4.5 h.. TF immunoreactivity decreased or scattered in the ischemic area after reperfusion, however, an increased TF expression was observed in the microvasculature with the surrounding brain parenchyma and it peaked at 3 to 6 h, which coincided with the start of fibrin formation. On the other hand, total TF protein in ischemic area continued to exist and did not remarkably change until 24 h after reperfusion. At 24 h after reperfusion, the total infarct volume in the group treated with 50 microg/kg/min rhTFPI was significantly smaller than that in the controls (saline). Western blotting and immunohistochemical studies showed that rhTFPI treatment resulted in a decrease of fibrin in the ischemic brains and microvasculature. TF-mediated microvascular thrombosis is thus considered to contribute to focal cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury. The continuous infusion of rhTFPI until a peak of TF-mediated microvascular thrombosis therefore attenuates the infarct volume by reducing fibrin deposition in the cerebral microcirculation. Topics: Animals; Brain; Fibrin; Immunohistochemistry; Ischemic Attack, Transient; Lipoproteins; Male; Models, Biological; Perfusion; Rats; Rats, Inbred SHR; Recombinant Proteins; Reperfusion Injury; Thromboplastin; Time Factors | 2008 |
Anti-human tissue factor antibody ameliorated intestinal ischemia reperfusion-induced acute lung injury in human tissue factor knock-in mice.
Interaction between the coagulation and inflammation systems plays an important role in the development of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Anti-coagulation is an attractive option for ARDS treatment, and this has promoted development of new antibodies. However, preclinical trials for these antibodies are often limited by the high cost and availability of non-human primates. In the present study, we developed a novel alternative method to test the role of a humanized anti-tissue factor mAb in acute lung injury with transgenic mice.. Human tissue factor knock-in (hTF-KI) transgenic mice and a novel humanized anti-human tissue factor mAb (anti-hTF mAb, CNTO859) were developed. The hTF-KI mice showed a normal and functional expression of hTF. The anti-hTF mAb specifically blocked the pro-coagulation activity of brain extracts from the hTF-KI mice and human, but not from wild type mice. An extrapulmonary ARDS model was used by intestinal ischemia-reperfusion. Significant lung tissue damage in hTF-KI mice was observed after 2 h reperfusion. Administration of CNTO859 (5 mg/kg, i.v.) attenuated the severity of lung tissue injury, decreased the total cell counts and protein concentration in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, and reduced Evans blue leakage. In addition, the treatment significantly reduced alveolar fibrin deposition, and decreased tissue factor and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 activity in the serum. This treatment also down-regulated cytokine expression and reduced cell death in the lung.. This novel anti-hTF antibody showed beneficial effects on intestinal ischemia-reperfusion induced acute lung injury, which merits further investigation for clinical usage. In addition, the use of knock-in transgenic mice to test the efficacy of antibodies against human-specific proteins is a novel strategy for preclinical studies. Topics: Animals; Antibodies, Monoclonal; Intestines; Lung; Mice; Mice, Transgenic; Reperfusion Injury; Respiratory Distress Syndrome; Thromboplastin | 2008 |
Tissue factor deficiency and PAR-1 deficiency are protective against renal ischemia reperfusion injury.
Ischemia/reperfusion (IR) injury is a leading cause of acute renal failure and an important contributor to allograft damage. Tissue factor (TF) is up-regulated during IR, and TF inhibition reduces renal injury. However, the underlying mechanisms by which TF contributes to injury have not been elucidated. We postulated that TF contributes to IR injury by production of coagulation proteases and subsequent signaling by protease activated receptor (PARs). We compared renal injury after 25 minutes of bilateral renal ischemia and varying periods of reperfusion in C57BL/6 mice, those expressing low levels of TF (low-TF), hirudin-treated C57BL/6, and mice lacking either PAR-1 or PAR-2. C57BL/6 mice developed severe renal failure and died within 48 hours of reperfusion. In contrast, low-TF, hirudin-treated C57BL/6, and PAR-1-/- mice were protected from renal failure and had reduced mortality, tubular injury, neutrophil accumulation, and lower levels of the chemokines KC and MIP-2. Importantly, PAR-1-/- mice had lower chemokine levels despite up-regulation of TF and fibrin deposition. In addition, treating PAR-1-/- mice with hirudin conferred no additional benefit. Somewhat surprisingly, PAR-2 deficiency did not protect from renal failure. These experiments indicate that increased TF activity after renal IR leads to increased CXC chemokine expression and subsequent neutrophil-mediated injury predominantly by thrombin-dependent PAR-1 signaling. Topics: Animals; Anticoagulants; Chemokines, CXC; Creatinine; Hirudins; Kidney; Male; Mice; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Mice, Knockout; Receptor, PAR-1; Receptor, PAR-2; Reperfusion Injury; RNA, Messenger; Signal Transduction; Thrombin; Thromboplastin | 2007 |
PECAM-1 modulates thrombin-induced tissue factor expression on endothelial cells.
Platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 (PECAM-1) (CD31) is known to inhibit platelet function and thrombus formation. The mechanisms involved in PECAM-1's roles as a modulator of hemostasis are still not completely understood. We examined the role of PECAM-1 as a regulator of tissue factor (TF) expression, a known important inducer of thrombosis. Wildtype and CD31KO mice underwent transient (30 min) renal ischemia followed by 24 h re-perfusion and their kidneys assessed for apoptosis, fibrin formation, and tissue factor expression. CD31KO mice exhibited increased tubular epithelial and endothelial apoptosis, increased fibrin deposition, and tissue factor expression. Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) transfected with antisense (AS) PECAM-1 oligonucleotides to downregulate PECAM-1 expression, exhibited greater induction of TF mRNA and protein expression as well as increased expression and nuclear localization of the transcription factor Egr-1 compared to scrambled AS PECAM-1 (Scr)-treated HUVEC following thrombin stimulation. TF induction was found to be mediated through thrombin receptor PAR-1 and the Galphai/o subunit of G-protein, confirmed by PAR-1 antagonist and pertussis toxin inhibition respectively. Thrombin-mediated TF induction was dependent on Rho Kinase activity, phosphorylation of p38(MAPK) and p85 & Akt dephosphorylation. The inverse correlation of PI3K-Akt phosphorylation with p38 (MAPK) phosphorylation was confirmed by pharmacological inhibition. These studies suggest that PECAM-1 is involved in regulating a signaling pathway, affecting PI3K and Akt activation, p38 (MAPK) phosphorylation, which in turn, affects Egr-1 expression and nuclear translocation, ultimately affecting TF expression. These findings provide new insights into the action of PECAM-1 as a modulator of thrombosis. Topics: Active Transport, Cell Nucleus; Animals; Apoptosis; Blood Coagulation; Cells, Cultured; Disease Models, Animal; Down-Regulation; Early Growth Response Protein 1; Endothelial Cells; Fibrin; Humans; Kidney; Male; MAP Kinase Signaling System; Mice; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Mice, Knockout; Oligodeoxyribonucleotides, Antisense; Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1; Receptor, PAR-1; Reperfusion Injury; RNA, Messenger; Thrombin; Thromboplastin; Thrombosis | 2007 |
Protease-activated receptor-1 contributes to cardiac remodeling and hypertrophy.
Protease-activated receptor-1 (PAR-1) is the high-affinity receptor for the coagulation protease thrombin. It is expressed by a variety of cell types in the heart, including cardiomyocytes and cardiac fibroblasts. We have shown that tissue factor (TF) and thrombin contribute to infarct size after cardiac ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury. Moreover, in vitro studies have shown that PAR-1 signaling induces hypertrophy of cardiomyocytes and proliferation of cardiac fibroblasts. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the role of PAR-1 in infarction, cardiac remodeling, and hypertrophy after I/R injury. In addition, we analyzed the effect of overexpression of PAR-1 on cardiomyocytes.. We found that PAR-1 deficiency reduced dilation of the left ventricle and reduced impairment of left ventricular function 2 weeks after I/R injury. Activation of ERK1/2 was increased in injured PAR-1(-/-) mice compared with wild-type mice; however, PAR-1 deficiency did not affect infarct size. Cardiomyocyte-specific overexpression of PAR-1 in mice induced eccentric hypertrophy (increased left ventricular dimension and normal left ventricular wall thickness) and dilated cardiomyopathy. Deletion of the TF gene in cardiomyocytes reduced the eccentric hypertrophy in mice overexpressing PAR-1.. Our results demonstrate that PAR-1 contributes to cardiac remodeling and hypertrophy. Moreover, overexpression of PAR-1 on cardiomyocytes induced eccentric hypertrophy. Inhibition of PAR-1 after myocardial infarction may represent a novel therapy to reduce hypertrophy and heart failure in humans. Topics: Animals; Cardiomegaly; Cardiomyopathy, Dilated; Echocardiography; Gene Expression; Male; Mice; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Mice, Mutant Strains; Myocardial Infarction; Myocytes, Cardiac; Phenotype; Receptor, PAR-1; Reperfusion Injury; Thromboplastin; Ventricular Myosins; Ventricular Remodeling | 2007 |
[Damage of the expression of NF-kappa B, myeloperoxidase and tissue factor in liver tissue and disorder of blood coagulation following liver ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats].
Topics: Animals; Blood Coagulation Tests; Liver; Male; NF-kappa B; Peroxidase; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Reperfusion Injury; RNA, Messenger; Thromboplastin | 2005 |
Peroxynitrite decreases rabbit tissue factor activity in vitro.
Tissue factor (TF) is a primary initiator of physiological coagulation in vivo. Peroxynitrite (OONO(-)), a molecule formed from nitric oxide (NO) and superoxide (O(2). (-)), decreases human TF activity in vitro. Coagulopathy has been associated with hepatoenteric ischemia-reperfusion known to involve formation of OONO(-). Further, circulating TF activity decreases in rabbits after hepatoenteric ischemia-reperfusion. We hypothesized that exposure of rabbit TF to OONO(-) would result in a decrease in activity. OONO(-) generation was performed with 3-morpholinosydnonimine (SIN-1), a molecule that produces both nitric oxide and superoxide. Rabbit brain TF was incubated at 37 degrees C for 90 min with 1) 0 mM SIN-1, 2) 5 mM SIN-1, 3) 5 mM SIN-1 and 2000 U/mL recombinant human superoxide dismutase (hSOD1), or 4) 2000 U/mL hSOD1 (n = 8 per condition). TF activity was assessed by addition of TF samples to human plasma and measuring clot formation kinetics with a thrombelastograph(R). TF exposure to SIN-1 resulted in a 48% decrease in activity that was significantly different from the other three conditions (P < 0.001). There were no significant differences between the other conditions. We conclude that rabbit TF is inhibited by OONO(-), and further investigation to determine the role of OONO(-) in coagulopathies associated with hepatoenteric ischemia-reperfusion is warranted.. Tissue factor (TF) initiates physiological coagulation in vivo. Hepatoenteric ischemia-reperfusion injury is associated with peroxynitrite (OONO(-)) formation, coagulopathy and decreased TF activity in rabbits. We determined that OONO(-) decreased rabbit TF activity in vitro via thrombelastography(R). Topics: Animals; Blood Coagulation; Brain Chemistry; Humans; In Vitro Techniques; Molsidomine; Nitric Oxide Donors; Peroxynitrous Acid; Rabbits; Reperfusion Injury; Superoxide Dismutase; Superoxides; Thrombelastography; Thromboplastin | 2004 |
Control of renal ischemic reperfusion injury by antisense oligodeoxynucleotide of tissue factor.
Topics: Animals; Antibodies, Monoclonal; Kidney; Male; Oligodeoxyribonucleotides, Antisense; Rats; Rats, Inbred Lew; Renal Circulation; Reperfusion; Reperfusion Injury; Thromboplastin | 2003 |
Tissue factor antisense oligonucleotides prevent renal ischemia-reperfusion injury.
Tissue factor (TF) expression is induced on macrophages and endothelial cells during the immune response. We designed an antisense (AS) phosphorothioate oligodeoxynucleotide (ODN) to specifically inhibit the expression of rat TF to study the effects of the AS ODN on renal ischemia-reperfusion injury in the rat.. AS-1 ODN for TF was delivered intravenously to inhibit the expression of TF in endothelial cells. After 8 hr, the right kidney was harvested and the left renal artery and vein were clamped. The kidney was reperfused after 90 min of ischemia, and rats were killed at 0, 1.5, 5, 12, and 24 hr after reperfusion. TF expression was analyzed by immunohistochemical staining using monoclonal antibody.. In the untreated ischemic group, 0 of 20 rats survived beyond day 3. However, treatment with AS-1/TF led to 12 of 20 rats surviving beyond day 4. TF was detected on distal tubular epithelial cells, endothelial cells, and blood vessels but not on necrotic and proximal tubular epithelial cells. The necrotic area extended and encompassed nearly all of the ischemic kidney within 12 hr after reperfusion. The necrotic area and the grade of TF staining were more significantly reduced in the AS-1/TF-treated group than in the control group. Furthermore, fluorescein isothiocyanate-labeled AS-1/TF was significantly intense in tubular epithelial cells 8 hr after intravenous administration.. The results indicate that AS-1/TF inhibited the ischemia-reperfusion injury of the kidney. Microcirculatory incompetence resulting from microthrombus may cause the formation and development of necrosis. Topics: 5' Untranslated Regions; Animals; Blood Urea Nitrogen; Immunohistochemistry; Kidney; Kidney Transplantation; Kidney Tubular Necrosis, Acute; Male; Microcirculation; Monocytes; Oligonucleotides, Antisense; Potassium; Rats; Rats, Inbred Lew; Reperfusion Injury; RNA, Messenger; Survival Rate; Thromboplastin | 2003 |
The role of tissue factor in renal ischemic reperfusion injury by antisense oligodeoxynucleotide.
Topics: Animals; Kidney; Male; Necrosis; Oligodeoxyribonucleotides, Antisense; Rats; Rats, Inbred Lew; Renal Circulation; Reperfusion Injury; Thionucleotides; Thromboplastin | 2002 |
Antisense oligonucleotide for tissue factor inhibits hepatic ischemic reperfusion injury.
Tissue factor (TF) is an initiation factor for blood coagulation and its expression is induced on endothelial cells during inflammatory or immune responses. We designed an antisense oligodeoxynucleotide (AS-1/TF) for rat TF and studied its effect on hepatic ischemic reperfusion injury. AS-1/TF was delivered intravenously to Lewis rats. After 10 h, hepatic artery and portal vein were partially clamped. Livers were reperfused after 180 min and harvested. TF expression was studied using immunohistochemical staining. One of 10 rats survived in a 5-day survival rate and TF was strongly stained on endothelial cells in non-treatment group. However, by treatment with AS-1/TF, six of seven survived and TF staining was significantly reduced. Furthermore, we observed that fluorescein-labeled AS-1/TF was absorbed into endothelial cells. These results suggest that AS-1/TF can strongly suppress the expression of TF and thereby inhibit ischemic reperfusion injury to the rat liver. Topics: Animals; Base Sequence; Gene Expression Regulation; Hepatic Artery; Injections, Intravenous; Liver; Liver Circulation; Male; Oligodeoxyribonucleotides, Antisense; Portal Vein; Rats; Rats, Inbred Lew; Reperfusion Injury; Survival Rate; Thromboplastin | 2002 |
The role of tissue factor in renal ischemic reperfusion injury of the rat.
Tissue factor (TF) is a membrane-bound glycoprotein that is the primary cellular initiator of the blood clotting cascade and its expression is induced on macrophages and endothelial cells during the inflammatory or immune response. Tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI) regulates the extrinsic pathway of blood coagulation through its ability to inhibit tissue factor activity. We studied the role of TF in the kidney following warm ischemic reperfusion and studied the effect of TFPI in vivo.. After laparotomy of Lewis rats, the right kidney was harvested and left renal artery and vein were clamped. The kidney was reperfused after 60, 120, and 180 min of ischemia. Rats were sacrificed at 0, 1.5, 5, 12, and 24 h after reperfusion with or without TFPI treatment, and the kidney was harvested. Blood samples were collected at 0, 5, 12, and 24 h after reperfusion from the abdominal aorta. Blood urea nitrogen and kalium were monitored. TF expression was also studied by immunohistochemical staining with a monoclonal antibody (HTF-K108).. Histologically, the necroses of the tubular epithelial cells were observed 1.5 h after reperfusion. Immunohistochemically, TF staining was positive on the glomerular endothelial cells and stimulated monocytes but negative on the tubular epithelial cells. The necrotic area extended and encompassed almost all of the ischemic kidney by 12 h after reperfusion. TF was stained on the glomerular base membrane, the glomerular endothelial cells, and the stimulated monocytes but was not evident on the necrotic tubular epithelial cells. Fibrinogen was also observed in the glomerular endothelial cells at 5-12 h after reperfusion, while it was slight in normal tissue. With TFPI treatment, the necrotic area was narrow and TF was slightly stained on the endothelial cells.. These results suggest that TF plays an important role in the development of renal injury after ischemia and reperfusion. The microcirculatory incompetence due to microthrombus might cause the formation and development of the necrosis. These results also suggest that TFPI plays a key role in modulating tissue factor-dependent blood coagulation, therefore TFPI is a strong medication for prevention of ischemic reperfusion injury. Topics: Animals; Antibodies, Monoclonal; Blood Urea Nitrogen; Fibrinogen; Fibrinolytic Agents; Hot Temperature; Immunohistochemistry; Kidney; Lipoproteins; Male; Potassium; Rats; Rats, Inbred Lew; Reperfusion Injury; Survival Rate; Thromboplastin | 2002 |
Prolonged cold preservation augments vascular injury independent of renal transplant immunogenicity and function.
While prolonged cold ischemia has detrimental effects on graft survival, the mechanisms remain unclear. We tested whether or not cold preservation enhances intragraft inflammatory responses and vascular injury.. Rat renal grafts were cold preserved in University of Wisconsin solution for 2, 4, 6, 12, 24, and 48 hours, and then transplanted into syngeneic recipients and harvested after 24 hours. Frozen sections were examined histologically and stained for vascular cellular adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1), platelet-endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 (PECAM-1), major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II, tissue factor, leukocyte function associated molecule-1 (LFA-1), very late antigen-4 (VLA-4), as well as for inflammatory cells.. Function did not differ between isografts preserved for shorter (2 to 6 hours) or longer times (12 to 24 hours). Neutrophil influx and that of LFA-1-positive cells showed similar increases in all groups. Compared with short preservation groups, the long preserved grafts had more VLA-4-positive ED-1+ monocytic infiltrates adjacent to vessels expressing VCAM-1 (P < or = 0.001). Increased preservation duration had no effect on infiltration with recipient ED-2+ macrophages, MHC class II-positive cells, or dendritic cells. Decreased color intensity and continuity of PECAM-1 staining indicated loss of endothelial integrity in grafts preserved for longer than six hours. Intensity in VCAM-1 staining increased progressively in grafts preserved for more than six hours and was localized predominantly on the endothelium of elastic vessels. Endothelial cells, vascular smooth muscle cells, and monocytes expressed increasingly more tissue factor in grafts preserved for more than six hours, revealing enhanced intragraft procoagulant capacity. Furthermore, grafts with preservation times of more than six hours developed more severe vascular endothelial injury and worse tubular necrosis scores (P < or = 0.001) compared with grafts with shorter preservation times.. Because of the prominent vascular injury, strategies for endothelial protection should be attempted in grafts with long preservation times in clinical renal transplantation. Topics: Animals; Cryopreservation; Endothelium, Vascular; Graft Survival; Histocompatibility Antigens Class II; Integrin alpha4beta1; Integrins; Kidney; Kidney Transplantation; Kidney Tubules; Lymphocyte Function-Associated Antigen-1; Male; Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1; Rats; Receptors, Lymphocyte Homing; Reperfusion Injury; Thromboplastin; Time Factors; Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 | 2001 |
Role of tissue factor-mediated coagulation in ischemia/ reperfusion-induced injury of Langendorf-perfused rabbit hearts.
Production of oxygen free radicals, and activation of neutrophils and plasma complement contribute to myocardial reperfusion injury, but the role of coagulation has not been assessed.. To characterize tissue-factor-mediated generation of thrombin and its association with tissue injury during reperfusion from normothermic ischemia of isolated, Langendorf-perfused rabbit hearts.. Activation of coagulation was assessed by addition of 12% rabbit plasma and human fibrinogen to Krebs-Henseleit-buffer perfusate with measurement of levels of human fibrinopeptide A (hFPA) in the heart effluent as an index of thrombin-mediated formation of fibrin.. Concentrations of hFPA in the effluent were minimal during non-ischemic perfusion (5 +/- 5 ng/ml, n=6) and during 50 min of ischemia (13 +/- 3 ng/ml, n=6), but increased markedly during the first 20 min of reperfusion (to 41 +/- 29 ng/ml, P=0.03 versus before reperfusion). Addition to the perfusate of 10 microg/ml recombinant human tissue-factor-pathway inhibitor, the physiologic inhibitor of tissue-factor-mediated coagulation, abolished increases in the level of hFPA after reperfusion. However, indexes of myocardial injury manifested during reperfusion, including decrease in recovery of left ventricular pressure developed, increase in left ventricular end-diastolic pressure, and increase in activity of creatine kinase in the heart effluent, were not improved by anticoagulation with recombinant human tissue-factor-pathway inhibitor.. Our results do not support the hypothesis that coagulation plays a major role in ischemia/reperfusion injury of Langendorf-perfused rabbit hearts. Topics: Animals; Blood Coagulation; Coronary Vessels; Creatine Kinase; Fibrinolytic Agents; Fibrinopeptide A; Heart; Humans; Lipoproteins; Peptide Fragments; Rabbits; Reperfusion Injury; Thrombin; Thromboplastin | 2000 |
Beneficial effect of FR167653 on cold ischemia/reperfusion injury in rat liver transplantation.
Proinflammatory cytokines such as interleukin 1-beta (IL-1beta) and tumor necrosis factor-a (TNF-alpha) play an important role in the development of hepatic ischemia/reperfusion injury. FR167653 has been characterized as a potent suppressant of IL-1beta and TNF-alpha production. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of FR167653 on cold ischemia/ reperfusion injury in rat liver transplantation.. Donor livers were preserved with cold University of Wisconsin solution for 48 hr and transplanted orthotopically. Immediately after reperfusion, FR167653 (1 mg/kg, FR-treated group) or normal saline solution (control group) was administered i.v.. The severity of liver injury was determined by hepatic enzyme levels as well as by histological findings. The accumulation of IL-1beta and TNF-alpha mRNA in the liver was analyzed by semi-quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. Tissue factor expression was subjected to immunohistochemical analysis.. In the FR-treated group, release of aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase after reperfusion was significantly lower (P<0.05 and P<0.02, respectively), and histological liver injury was less prominent, than in the control group. Accumulation of IL-1beta and TNF-alpha mRNA was suppressed in the FR-treated liver. Tissue factor expression on Kupffer cells and sinusoidal endothelial cells, marked in the control group, was almost absent in the FR-treated group. Seven-day survival in the FR-treated group (75%) was significantly better than that in the control group (12.5%) (P<0.01).. These results indicate that treatment with FR167653 ameliorates cold ischemia/reperfusion injury in liver transplantation. Topics: Animals; Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; Biopsy; Cold Temperature; Immunohistochemistry; Immunosuppressive Agents; Interleukin-1; Liver; Liver Transplantation; Male; Pyrazoles; Pyridines; Rats; Rats, Inbred BN; Reperfusion Injury; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; Survival Rate; Thromboplastin; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha | 2000 |
Role of tissue factor in ischemic reperfusion injury: iv). The effect of tissue factor pathway inhibitor on the survival rate in vivo.
Topics: Animals; Hepatic Artery; Humans; Ischemia; Liver; Liver Circulation; Male; Portal Vein; Rats; Rats, Inbred Lew; Recombinant Proteins; Reperfusion Injury; Survival Rate; Thromboplastin | 1998 |
Expression of tissue factor in hepatic ischemic-reperfusion injury of the rat.
Tissue factor (TF) is a membranous protein normally present on the surface of the fibroblasts and smooth muscle cells of vessels. TF is an initiation factor for blood coagulation, and its expression is induced on macrophages and endothelial cells during the inflammatory or immune response. We studied the significance of TF expression in warm ischemic-reperfusion injury of the liver using a rat model.. Following laparotomy of Lewis rats, the branches of the hepatic artery and portal vein leading to the median, left, and caudate lobes of the liver were clamped for 2 hr. The liver was reperfused after 120 min of ischemia. Rats were killed at 0, 1, 3, 5, 8, and 12 hr after reperfusion, and liver tissues were harvested. TF activity was measured by the chromophilic substrate S-2222. TF expression was studied by immunohistochemical staining with the monoclonal antibody HTF-K108.. TF activity in the blood showed a peak at 3 hr after reperfusion (8.9+/-0.5 U/L), then decreased and returned to the normal level by 12 hr (0.9+/-0.3 U/L). TF activity in ischemic liver tissue increased gradually over 12 hr after reperfusion (1223+/-275 U/g dry weight before ischemia and 2545+/-284 U/g weight at 12 hr after reperfusion). Histologically spotty necroses were observed in the liver tissue 5 hr after reperfusion. The necrotic area extended and encompassed almost all of the ischemic liver by 12 hr after reperfusion. Histochemically, TF staining was negative on the hepatocytes and slightly positive on sinusoid cells of the normal liver. On the other hand, TF was strongly stained, especially on the hypertrophic monocytic cells accumulating at the site of the necrosis, but staining was not evident on the necrotic hepatocytes. A slight degree of TF staining was observed on the alveolar epithelium of the lung, irrespective of liver ischemia and reperfusion.. These results demonstrate that TF plays an important role in the development of the hepatic ischemic-reperfusion injury, and the subsequent microcirculatory incompetence might cause the formation of microthrombus and the development of necrosis. Topics: Alanine Transaminase; Animals; Disease Models, Animal; Hyaluronic Acid; Immunohistochemistry; Ischemia; Liver; Lung; Male; Rats; Rats, Inbred Lew; Reperfusion Injury; Temperature; Thromboplastin; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha | 1998 |
Role of tissue factor in ischemic reperfusion injury: (I). Tissue factor levels of liver tissue and serum after hepatic injury in rats.
Topics: Alanine Transaminase; Animals; Antithrombin III; Hyaluronic Acid; Ischemia; Liver; Male; Peptide Hydrolases; Prothrombin Time; Rats; Rats, Inbred Lew; Reperfusion; Reperfusion Injury; Thromboplastin; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha | 1998 |
Role of tissue factor in ischemia-reperfusion injury: immunohistochemical assessment of tissue factor pathway inhibitor staining of the liver.
Topics: Animals; Fibrinolytic Agents; Gene Expression Regulation; Infusions, Intravenous; Lipoproteins; Liver; Male; Portal Vein; Rats; Rats, Inbred Lew; Recombinant Proteins; Reperfusion; Reperfusion Injury; Thromboplastin | 1998 |
Expression of tissue factor in renal ischemic-reperfusion injury of the rat.
Topics: Animals; Gene Expression; Ischemia; Kidney; Male; Rats; Rats, Inbred Lew; Renal Artery; Renal Veins; Reperfusion Injury; Thromboplastin | 1998 |
The role of tissue factor in ischemic reperfusion injury: (ii). The expression of tissue factor of the liver in hepatic injury.
Topics: Animals; Gene Expression; Immunohistochemistry; Ischemia; Liver; Male; Rats; Rats, Inbred Lew; Reperfusion Injury; Thromboplastin; Time Factors | 1998 |
Enhancement of tissue factor following ischemic-reperfusion injury in rats.
To evaluate the involvement of tissue factor (TF) in blood coagulation reflecting injury of the blood vessels induced by reperfusion following ischemic treatment in rat abdominal blood vessels in vivo, both TF expression and prothrombin time (PTT), which is used as a marker of coagulation, were measured after ischemic-reperfusion treatment. TF expression was significantly increased at 0 and 5 min after reperfusion following a 30 min period of vessel ligation, while the PTT was significantly shortened at 5 and 10 min. On the other hand, the change of TF expression and PTT were not detected in the animals ligated vessel for 15 min. These results suggest that TF plays an important role in the injury after reperfusion following ischemia. Topics: Abdomen; Animals; Male; Prothrombin Time; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Reperfusion Injury; Thromboplastin | 1998 |
[Expression of tissue factor in renal ischemic reperfusion injury].
Topics: Animals; Immunohistochemistry; Ischemia; Kidney; Rats; Reperfusion Injury; Thromboplastin | 1997 |
In situ ischemia and hypoxia enhance alveolar macrophage tissue factor expression.
Alveolar and interstitial fibrin deposition is a prominent pathologic feature in many acute lung injury syndromes. Previous studies have suggested that ischemic lung preservation has a stimulatory effect on donor alveolar macrophages (Mphis) during transplantation. An animal model of lung preservation was developed to examine the hypothesis that ischemia enhances Mphi procoagulant activity (PCA) as a potential mechanism contributing to lung reperfusion injury. Histologic examination of ischemic lungs reperfused ex vivo revealed evidence of alveolar fibrin deposition. Mphis lavaged from lungs stored for at least 8 h at 21 degrees C exhibited increased PCA. The use of factor-deficient human plasma characterized this Mphi procoagulant as tissue factor (TF). Since increased PCA correlated with decreased airspace pO2 at the end of preservation, the effect of various O2 concentrations on PCA induction in vivo and in vitro was examined. Lung inflation during ischemia with decreasing O2 concentrations confirmed that hypoxia was associated with a rise in Mphi PCA in situ. However, in vitro exposure of Mphis to hypoxia did not increase Mphi PCA, suggesting that hypoxia alone was not responsible for induction of this procoagulant effect. Northern blot analysis demonstrated an increase in TF mRNA levels from in situ but not in vitro Mphis, thereby confirming transcriptional TF induction in this group. In addition, enhanced PCA was observed when Mphis were suspended in the bronchoalveolar lavage supernatant from the ischemic lungs stored at 21 degrees C. This suggests that in situ lung ischemia and hypoxia may produce soluble factors that either directly or indirectly stimulate Mphi TF expression. These factors may contribute to Mphi-mediated ischemic lung injury. Topics: Animals; Blotting, Northern; Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid; Disease Models, Animal; Fibrin; Hypoxia; Ischemia; Macrophages, Alveolar; Male; Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; Pulmonary Alveoli; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Reperfusion Injury; RNA, Messenger; Thromboplastin; Tubulin | 1994 |
Tissue factor contributes to microvascular defects after focal cerebral ischemia.
Microvascular perfusion defects occur after occlusion and reperfusion of the middle cerebral artery in examples of focal cerebral ischemia. In addition to cellular (eg, polymorphonuclear leukocyte) contributors to the focal "no-reflow" phenomenon, activation of coagulation may also play a role. We have tested a potential role of tissue factor-mediated coagulation in the microvascular perfusion defects seen after focal cerebral ischemia-reperfusion in a baboon model of reversible middle cerebral artery occlusion with the murine anti-tissue factor monoclonal antibody TF9-6B4. Tissue factor is the principal resident procoagulant substance in cerebral tissues and has a distinct perivascular distribution.. Microvascular patency in the basal ganglia after 3-hour middle cerebral artery occlusion and 1-hour reperfusion was quantified by computerized video imaging of carbon-tracer perfused tissues. Animals were randomized to receive intravenous TF9-6B4 (10 mg/kg) 10 minutes before middle cerebral artery occlusion (n = 6) or no treatment (n = 6) in an open study.. In the control animals, a significant decrease in patency was confirmed in microvessels less than 30 microns in diameter. Infusion of TF9-6B4 before middle cerebral artery occlusion produced a stable maximal level of circulating antibody within 10 minutes, which lasted the duration of ischemia and reperfusion. An increase in reflow in microvessels of all size classes occurred after TF9-6B4 infusion, which was significant in those 7.5 to 30 microns (P = .038) and 30 to 50 microns (P = .013) in diameter.. These results indicate that tissue factor-mediated events may also contribute to no-reflow in noncapillary microvessels after focal cerebral ischemia. Topics: Animals; Antibodies, Monoclonal; Blood Coagulation Disorders; Brain Ischemia; Cerebral Arteries; Disease Models, Animal; Male; Microcirculation; Papio; Reperfusion Injury; Thromboplastin | 1993 |