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Simulated aeromedical evacuation exacerbates burn induced lung injury: targeting mitochondrial DNA for reversal
BACKGROUND: Aeromedical evacuation of patients with burn trauma is an important transport method in times of peace and war, during which patients are exposed to prolonged periods of hypobaric hypoxia; however, the effects of such exposure on burn injuries, particularly on burn-induced lung injuries,...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8117593/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33985568 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40779-021-00320-9 |
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author | Xiao, Meng-Jing Zou, Xiao-Fang Li, Bin Li, Bao-Long Wu, Shi-Jian Zhang, Bo |
author_facet | Xiao, Meng-Jing Zou, Xiao-Fang Li, Bin Li, Bao-Long Wu, Shi-Jian Zhang, Bo |
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description | BACKGROUND: Aeromedical evacuation of patients with burn trauma is an important transport method in times of peace and war, during which patients are exposed to prolonged periods of hypobaric hypoxia; however, the effects of such exposure on burn injuries, particularly on burn-induced lung injuries, are largely unexplored. This study aimed to determine the effects of hypobaric hypoxia on burn-induced lung injuries and to investigate the underlying mechanism using a rat burn model. METHODS: A total of 40 male Wistar rats were randomly divided into four groups (10 in each group): sham burn (SB) group, burn in normoxia condition (BN) group, burn in hypoxia condition (BH) group, and burn in hypoxia condition with treatment intervention (BHD) group. Rats with 30% total body surface area burns were exposed to hypobaric hypoxia (2000 m altitude simulation) or normoxia conditions for 4 h. Deoxyribonuclease I (DNase I) was administered systemically as a treatment intervention. Systemic inflammatory mediator and mitochondrial deoxyribonucleic acid (mtDNA) levels were determined. A histopathological evaluation was performed and the acute lung injury (ALI) score was determined. Malonaldehyde (MDA) content, myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity, and the nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptor family pyrin domain-containing 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome level were determined in lung tissues. Data among groups were compared using analysis of variance followed by Tukey’s test post hoc analysis. RESULTS: Burns resulted in a remarkably higher level of systemic inflammatory cytokines and mtDNA release, which was further heightened by hypobaric hypoxia exposure (P < 0.01). Moreover, hypobaric hypoxia exposure gave rise to increased NLRP3 inflammasome expression, MDA content, and MPO activity in the lung (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01). Burn-induced lung injuries were exacerbated, as shown by the histopathological evaluation and ALI score (P < 0.01). Administration of DNase I markedly reduced mtDNA release and systemic inflammatory cytokine production. Furthermore, the NLRP3 inflammasome level in lung tissues was decreased and burn-induced lung injury was ameliorated (P < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggested that simulated aeromedical evacuation further increased burn-induced mtDNA release and exacerbated burn-induced inflammation and lung injury. DNase I reduced the release of mtDNA, limited mtDNA-induced systemic inflammation, and ameliorated burn-induced ALI. The intervening mtDNA level is thus a potential target to protect from burn-induced lung injury during aeromedical conditions and provides safer air evacuations for severely burned patients. |
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spelling | pubmed-81175932021-05-13 Simulated aeromedical evacuation exacerbates burn induced lung injury: targeting mitochondrial DNA for reversal Xiao, Meng-Jing Zou, Xiao-Fang Li, Bin Li, Bao-Long Wu, Shi-Jian Zhang, Bo Mil Med Res Research BACKGROUND: Aeromedical evacuation of patients with burn trauma is an important transport method in times of peace and war, during which patients are exposed to prolonged periods of hypobaric hypoxia; however, the effects of such exposure on burn injuries, particularly on burn-induced lung injuries, are largely unexplored. This study aimed to determine the effects of hypobaric hypoxia on burn-induced lung injuries and to investigate the underlying mechanism using a rat burn model. METHODS: A total of 40 male Wistar rats were randomly divided into four groups (10 in each group): sham burn (SB) group, burn in normoxia condition (BN) group, burn in hypoxia condition (BH) group, and burn in hypoxia condition with treatment intervention (BHD) group. Rats with 30% total body surface area burns were exposed to hypobaric hypoxia (2000 m altitude simulation) or normoxia conditions for 4 h. Deoxyribonuclease I (DNase I) was administered systemically as a treatment intervention. Systemic inflammatory mediator and mitochondrial deoxyribonucleic acid (mtDNA) levels were determined. A histopathological evaluation was performed and the acute lung injury (ALI) score was determined. Malonaldehyde (MDA) content, myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity, and the nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptor family pyrin domain-containing 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome level were determined in lung tissues. Data among groups were compared using analysis of variance followed by Tukey’s test post hoc analysis. RESULTS: Burns resulted in a remarkably higher level of systemic inflammatory cytokines and mtDNA release, which was further heightened by hypobaric hypoxia exposure (P < 0.01). Moreover, hypobaric hypoxia exposure gave rise to increased NLRP3 inflammasome expression, MDA content, and MPO activity in the lung (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01). Burn-induced lung injuries were exacerbated, as shown by the histopathological evaluation and ALI score (P < 0.01). Administration of DNase I markedly reduced mtDNA release and systemic inflammatory cytokine production. Furthermore, the NLRP3 inflammasome level in lung tissues was decreased and burn-induced lung injury was ameliorated (P < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggested that simulated aeromedical evacuation further increased burn-induced mtDNA release and exacerbated burn-induced inflammation and lung injury. DNase I reduced the release of mtDNA, limited mtDNA-induced systemic inflammation, and ameliorated burn-induced ALI. The intervening mtDNA level is thus a potential target to protect from burn-induced lung injury during aeromedical conditions and provides safer air evacuations for severely burned patients. BioMed Central 2021-05-13 /pmc/articles/PMC8117593/ /pubmed/33985568 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40779-021-00320-9 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Xiao, Meng-Jing Zou, Xiao-Fang Li, Bin Li, Bao-Long Wu, Shi-Jian Zhang, Bo Simulated aeromedical evacuation exacerbates burn induced lung injury: targeting mitochondrial DNA for reversal |
title | Simulated aeromedical evacuation exacerbates burn induced lung injury: targeting mitochondrial DNA for reversal |
title_full | Simulated aeromedical evacuation exacerbates burn induced lung injury: targeting mitochondrial DNA for reversal |
title_fullStr | Simulated aeromedical evacuation exacerbates burn induced lung injury: targeting mitochondrial DNA for reversal |
title_full_unstemmed | Simulated aeromedical evacuation exacerbates burn induced lung injury: targeting mitochondrial DNA for reversal |
title_short | Simulated aeromedical evacuation exacerbates burn induced lung injury: targeting mitochondrial DNA for reversal |
title_sort | simulated aeromedical evacuation exacerbates burn induced lung injury: targeting mitochondrial dna for reversal |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8117593/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33985568 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40779-021-00320-9 |
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