TY - JOUR
T1 - Advanced age exacerbates the pulmonary inflammatory response after lipopolysaccharide exposure
AU - Gomez, Christian R.
AU - Hirano, Stefanie
AU - Cutro, Brent T.
AU - Birjandi, Shirin
AU - Baila, Horea
AU - Nomellini, Vanessa
AU - Kovacs, Elizabeth J.
PY - 2007/1
Y1 - 2007/1
N2 - OBJECTIVE: The aged population is at a higher risk of mortality as a result of complications of injury or infection, such as acute lung injury. The objective of this study was to analyze pulmonary inflammatory responses in young and aged mice after administration of lipopolysaccharide. DESIGN: Prospective, controlled laboratory study. SETTING: Animal resource facilities and research laboratory. SUBJECTS: Young (2-3 months old) and aged (18-20 months old) female BALB/c mice. INTERVENTIONS: Animals received intraperitoneal injection of lipopolysaccharide derived from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Control mice received saline alone. After 24 hrs, mice were killed. Pulmonary neutrophil infiltration was assessed histologically and by myeloperoxidase activity. Pulmonary levels of the CXC chemokines, monocyte inflammatory protein-2 and KC, and cytokines, tumor necrosis factor-α and interleukin-1β, were assessed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Lungs of aged mice given lipopolysaccharide showed a six-fold higher neutrophil infiltration and three-fold higher level of myeloperoxidase activity than lungs of young mice given lipopolysaccharide. Pulmonary levels of monocyte inflammatory protein-2 and KC were significantly higher in the lungs of aged mice given lipopolysaccharide, compared with younger mice. Levels of tumor necrosis factor-α and interleukin-1β in the lung were analyzed as well. After lipopolysaccharide treatment, there was no difference in the level of tumor necrosis factor-α in lungs of young and aged animals, but interleukin-1β was two-fold higher in the lungs of the aged group. These data suggest that at this time point, interleukin-1β may contribute to the higher production of CXC chemokines observed in lungs of aged mice vs. young mice receiving lipopolysaccharide. CONCLUSIONS: The hyperreactive systemic inflammatory response seen in aged individuals after lipopolysaccharide administration is accompanied by an exacerbated pulmonary inflammatory response, which may contribute to the higher mortality seen in the aged given an inflammatory insult.
AB - OBJECTIVE: The aged population is at a higher risk of mortality as a result of complications of injury or infection, such as acute lung injury. The objective of this study was to analyze pulmonary inflammatory responses in young and aged mice after administration of lipopolysaccharide. DESIGN: Prospective, controlled laboratory study. SETTING: Animal resource facilities and research laboratory. SUBJECTS: Young (2-3 months old) and aged (18-20 months old) female BALB/c mice. INTERVENTIONS: Animals received intraperitoneal injection of lipopolysaccharide derived from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Control mice received saline alone. After 24 hrs, mice were killed. Pulmonary neutrophil infiltration was assessed histologically and by myeloperoxidase activity. Pulmonary levels of the CXC chemokines, monocyte inflammatory protein-2 and KC, and cytokines, tumor necrosis factor-α and interleukin-1β, were assessed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Lungs of aged mice given lipopolysaccharide showed a six-fold higher neutrophil infiltration and three-fold higher level of myeloperoxidase activity than lungs of young mice given lipopolysaccharide. Pulmonary levels of monocyte inflammatory protein-2 and KC were significantly higher in the lungs of aged mice given lipopolysaccharide, compared with younger mice. Levels of tumor necrosis factor-α and interleukin-1β in the lung were analyzed as well. After lipopolysaccharide treatment, there was no difference in the level of tumor necrosis factor-α in lungs of young and aged animals, but interleukin-1β was two-fold higher in the lungs of the aged group. These data suggest that at this time point, interleukin-1β may contribute to the higher production of CXC chemokines observed in lungs of aged mice vs. young mice receiving lipopolysaccharide. CONCLUSIONS: The hyperreactive systemic inflammatory response seen in aged individuals after lipopolysaccharide administration is accompanied by an exacerbated pulmonary inflammatory response, which may contribute to the higher mortality seen in the aged given an inflammatory insult.
KW - Aging
KW - Inflammation
KW - Interleukin-1β
KW - KC
KW - Lipopolysaccharide
KW - Lung
KW - Monocyte inflammatory protein-2
KW - Tumor necrosis factor-α
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U2 - 10.1097/01.CCM.0000251639.05135.E0
DO - 10.1097/01.CCM.0000251639.05135.E0
M3 - Article
C2 - 17133178
AN - SCOPUS:33845920088
SN - 0090-3493
VL - 35
SP - 246
EP - 251
JO - Critical care medicine
JF - Critical care medicine
IS - 1
ER -