Small and large animal models have established the foundation for understanding the physiologic, cellular, immunologic, and molecular responses to hemorrhagic shock and for the development of interventions designed to improve the clinical outcome of trauma patients.

Much of what we know in regards to the pathophysiological mechanisms and the maladaptive immune response has come from basic science research using various animal models. These traumatic events induce abnormal local and systemic inflammatory responses triggered by the innate immune response involving the production and release of excessive pro-inflammatory mediators. The pathophysiology behind MOF is related to hemorrhagic shock with ischemia reperfusion injury and massive tissue injury. Likewise, acute kidney injury (AKI) has been found to occur in over 30% of critically ill trauma patients, with 10% of those requiring renal replacement therapy, and has been identified as an independent predictor of mortality. With an incidence of over 10%, acute lung injury leading to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) has been associated with longer hospital stays, more days of mechanical ventilation, increased complications, and a three-fold increase in mortality compared to trauma patients without ARDS. The lungs and the kidneys are two critical organs implicated in MOF and represent a major source of the associated morbidity and mortality after trauma.

Multi-organ failure (MOF) in patients following complex trauma remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. With this model, we anticipate studying systemic inflammation and testing innovative therapeutic options. We created a clinically relevant large animal multi-trauma model using laparoscopy that resulted in a significant systemic inflammatory response and MOF. Concordantly, amplified accumulation of MPO leukocytes and significant pulmonary inflammation and pneumocyte apoptosis (TUNEL) was confirmed using qRT-PCR. Excessive pulmonary inflammation was evidenced by alveolar edema, congestion, and wall thickening (H&E staining).

Significant increases in systemic levels of IL-10, IL-1ra, IL-6, G-CSF, and MCP-1 occurred (11-2986-fold) by 240 minutes. Clinical evidence of end-organ damage was reflected by a significant elevation in creatinine (1.1 ± 0.03 vs. Mean percent hepatectomy was 64.4 ± 5.6 percent blood loss was 69.0 ± 12.1. Twenty-one animals underwent the protocol. Lung tissue inflammation/apoptosis was confirmed by mRNA quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR), H&E, myeloperoxidase (MPO) and TUNEL staining was performed comparing age-matched uninjured controls to experimental animals. Blood counts, chemistries, and cytokines/chemokines were measured throughout the study. Treatment consisted of a pre-hospital phase followed by a hospital phase after 120 minutes. MethodsĪdult male Mauritan Cynomolgus Macaques underwent laparoscopy to create a cecal perforation and non-anatomic liver resection along with a full-thickness flank soft tissue injury. We characterized the inflammatory response in a non-human primate soft tissue injury and closed abdomen hemorrhage and sepsis model developed to assess realistic injury patterns and induce MOF. Optimized salt-stress tolerance.Multi-organ failure (MOF) following trauma remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality related to a poorly understood abnormal inflammatory response. Thus, Ca 2+-mediated translation of Na + stress intensity into SOS1 Na +/H + antiporter activity facilitates fine tuning of the sodium extrusion capacity for Tolerance, the CBL8-SOS2/CIPK24-SOS1 module becomes additionally activated only in Although the SOS3/CBL4-SOS2/CIPK24-SOS1 axis confers basal salt This is mediated by a Ca 2+-sensor-switch mechanism, in which the sensors SOS3/CBL4 and CBL8 are activated byĭistinct Ca 2+-signal amplitudes. We also delineate a Ca 2+-sensing mechanism that measures the stress intensity in order to mount appropriate The amplitude of this primary calcium signal and the speed of the resulting Ca 2+ wave dose-dependently increase with rising Na + concentrations, thus providing quantitative information about the stress intensityĮncountered. Here, we report that Na + stress triggers primary calcium signals specifically in a cell group within the rootĭifferentiation zone, thus forming a “sodium-sensing niche” in Arabidopsis. Excessive Na + in soils inhibits plant growth.

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