Mild hypothermia prevents brain edema and attenuates up-regulation of the astrocytic benzodiazepine receptor in experimental acute liver failure

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作者
Bélanger, M [1 ]
Desjardins, P [1 ]
Chatauret, N [1 ]
Rose, C [1 ]
Butterworth, RF [1 ]
机构
[1] CHUM, Hop St Luc, Neurosci Res Unit, Montreal, PQ H2X 3J4, Canada
基金
加拿大健康研究院;
关键词
peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptor; astrocyte; acute liver failure; hepatic encephalopathy; brain edema; pregnenolone;
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10.1016/j.jhep.2004.12.029
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R57 [消化系及腹部疾病];
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Background/Aims: Mild hypothermia has proven useful in the clinical management of patients with acute liver failure. Acute liver failure in experimental animals results in alterations in the expression of genes coding for astrocytic proteins including the "peripheral-type" (astrocytic) benzodiazepine receptor (PTBR), a mitochondrial complex associated with neurosteroid synthesis. To gain further insight into the mechanisms whereby hypothermia attenuates the neurological complications of acute liver failure, we investigated PTBR expression in the brains of hepatic devascularized rats under normothermic (37 degrees C) and hypothermic (35 degrees C) conditions. Methods: PTBR mRNA was measured using semi-quantitative RT-PCR in cerebral cortical extracts and densities of PTBR sites were measured by quantitative receptor autoradiagraphy. Brain pregnenolone content was measured by radioimmunoassay. Results: At coma stages of encephalopathy, animals with acute liver failure manifested a significant increase of PTBR mRNA levels. Brain pregnenolone content and [H-3]PK 11195 binding site densities were concomitantly increased. Mild hypothermia prevented brain edema and significantly attenuated the increased receptor expression and pregnenolone content. Conclusions: These findings suggest that an attenuation of PTBR up-regulation resulting in the prevention of increased brain neurosteroid content represents one of the mechanisms by which mild hypothermia exerts its protective effects in ALF. (c) 2005 European Association for the Study of the Liver. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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