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Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 279: G1274-G1281, 2000;
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Vol. 279, Issue 6, G1274-G1281, December 2000

Gut-derived norepinephrine plays a critical role in producing hepatocellular dysfunction during early sepsis

Shaolong Yang, Douglas J. Koo, Mian Zhou, Irshad H. Chaudry, and Ping Wang

Center for Surgical Research, Brown University School of Medicine and Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island 02903

Although plasma norepinephrine (NE) increases and hepatocellular function is depressed during early sepsis, it is unknown whether gut is a significant source of NE and, if so, whether gut-derived NE helps produce hepatocellular dysfunction. We subjected rats to sepsis by cecal ligation and puncture (CLP), and 2 h later (i.e., early sepsis) portal and systemic blood samples were collected and plasma levels of NE were assayed. Other rats were enterectomized before CLP. Hepatocellular function was assessed with an in vivo indocyanine green (ICG) clearance technique, systemic levels of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha , interleukin (IL)-1beta , and IL-6 were determined, and the effect of NE on hepatic ICG clearance capacity was assessed in an isolated, perfused liver preparation. Portal levels of NE were significantly higher than systemic levels at 2 h after CLP. Prior enterectomy reduced NE levels in septic animals. Thus gut appears to be the major source of NE release during sepsis. Enterectomy before sepsis also attenuated hepatocellular dysfunction and downregulated TNF-alpha , IL-1beta , and IL-6. Perfusion of the isolated livers with 20 nM NE (similar to that observed in sepsis) significantly reduced ICG clearance capacity. These results suggest that gut-derived NE plays a significant role in hepatocellular dysfunction and upregulating inflammatory cytokines. Modulation of NE release and/or hepatic responsiveness to NE should provide a novel approach for maintaining hepatocellular function in sepsis.

indocyanine green clearance; enterectomy; isolated, perfused rat liver; cecal ligation and puncture; inflammatory cytokines


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