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J Appl Physiol (February 21, 2003). doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00047.2002
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Submitted on January 17, 2002
Accepted on January 31, 2003

Mesenteric microvascular inflammatory responses to systemic hypoxia are mediated by PAF and LTB4

Alfred J Casillan1, Norberto C Gonzalez1, Jennifer S Johnson1, Dawn RS Steiner1, and John G Wood1*

1 Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Centerr, Kansas City, KS, USA

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jwood2{at}kumc.edu.

Systemic hypoxia produces a rapid microvascular inflammatory response characterized by increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels, leukocyte-endothelial adherence and emigration, and increased vascular permeability. The lipid inflammatory mediator leukotriene B4 (LTB4) is involved in the early hypoxia-induced responses (ROS generation and leukocyte adherence). Whether other lipid inflammatory mediators participate in this phenomenon is not known. The objective of these experiments was to study the role of platelet-activating factor (PAF) in the microvascular inflammatory response to hypoxia, and its potential interactions with LTB4 in this response. Intravital microscopy was used to examine mesenteric venules of anesthetized rats. We found that: WEB-2086, a PAF receptor antagonist, completely prevented the increase in ROS levels and leukocyte adherence during a brief reduction in inspired PO2 to anesthetized rats; administration of either WEB-2086 or the LTB4 antagonist LTB4-DMA attenuated leukocyte emigration and the increase in vascular permeability to the same extent during prolonged systemic hypoxia in conscious rats. Furthermore, no additive effect was observed in either response when both antagonists were administered simultaneously. This study demonstrates a role for PAF in the rapid microvascular inflammatory response to hypoxia, as well as contributions of PAF and LTB4 to the slowly developing responses observed during sustained hypoxia. The incomplete blockade of the hypoxia-induced increases in vascular permeability and leukocyte emigration by combined administration of both antagonists indicates that factors in addition to LTB4 and PAF participate in these phenomena.




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