Toll-like receptor-mediated cardiac injury during experimental sepsis

Lackner I, Weber B, Chakraborty S, Braumueller S, Huber-Lang M, Gebhard F, Kalbitz M (2020)


Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2020

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Book Volume: 2020

Article Number: 6051983

DOI: 10.1155/2020/6051983

Abstract

Sepsis is associated with global cardiac dysfunction and with high mortality rate. The development of septic cardiomyopathy is due to complex interactions of damage-associated molecular patters, cytokines, and complement activation products. The aim of this study was to define the effects of sepsis on cardiac structure, gap junction, and tight junction (TJ) proteins. Sepsis was induced by cecal ligation and puncture in male C57BL/6 mice. After a period of 24 h, the expression of cardiac structure, gap junction, and TJ proteins was determined. Murine HL-1 cells were stimulated with LPS, and mRNA expression of cardiac structure and gap junction proteins, intracellular reactive oxygen species, and troponin I release was analyzed. Furthermore, pyrogenic receptor subtype 7 (P2X7) expression and troponin I release of human cardiomyocytes (iPS) were determined after LPS exposure. In vivo, protein expression of connexin43 and α-actinin was decreased after the onset of polymicrobial sepsis, whereas in HL-1 cells, mRNA expression of connexin43, α-actinin, and desmin was increased in the presence of LPS. Expression of TJ proteins was not affected in vivo during sepsis. Although the presence of LPS and nigericin resulted in a significant troponin I release from HL-1 cells. Sepsis affected cardiac structure and gap junction proteins in mice, potentially contributing to compromised cardiac function.

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Lackner, I., Weber, B., Chakraborty, S., Braumueller, S., Huber-Lang, M., Gebhard, F., & Kalbitz, M. (2020). Toll-like receptor-mediated cardiac injury during experimental sepsis. Mediators of Inflammation, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/6051983

MLA:

Lackner, Ina, et al. "Toll-like receptor-mediated cardiac injury during experimental sepsis." Mediators of Inflammation 2020 (2020).

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