• Int. Immunopharmacol. · Apr 2019

    Exogenous ghrelin ameliorates acute lung injury by modulating the nuclear factor κB inhibitor kinase/nuclear factor κB inhibitor/nuclear factor κB pathway after hemorrhagic shock.

    • Li-Na Zhang, Wei-Dong Gong, Juan Luo, Yong-Jing Yu, Si-Hua Qi, and Zi-Yong Yue.
    • Department of Anesthesiology, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, 37 Yiyuan Street, Nangang District, Harbin 150001, China.
    • Int. Immunopharmacol. 2019 Apr 1; 69: 95-102.

    AbstractPrevious studies have shown that ghrelin, a peptide produced in the stomach, attenuates acute lung injury (ALI) in various animal models, and that some of these effects are associated with inhibition of the nuclear factor κB signaling pathway. This study investigated whether ghrelin exerts beneficial effects on hemorrhagic shock (HS)-induced ALI by modulating nuclear factor κB inhibitor kinase/nuclear factor κB inhibitor/nuclear factor κB (IKK/IκBα/NF-κB) pathway activity. HS was induced in male SD rats by withdrawing blood to a mean arterial pressure (MAP) of 40 mm Hg for 1 h; rats then received ghrelin (10 nmol/kg) or vehicle intravenously and were resuscitated with the shed blood and an equal volume of Ringer lactate solution followed by observation for 2 h. After resuscitation, samples were collected and analyzed for lung histopathology, wet to dry weight ratio (W/D), bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) protein, neutrophil infiltration, plasma inflammatory cytokines (TNF-α and IL-6), and cytoplasmic phosphorylated IKKβ, IκBα, phosphorylated IκBα and nuclear NF-κB expression. Compared to those in the two sham groups, lung injury, W/D, BALF protein, neutrophil infiltration, plasma TNF-α and IL-6 levels, and IKK/IκBα/NF-κB pathway activation were significantly increased in HS rats. After ghrelin administration, all parameters analyzed were decreased compared to those without ghrelin in HS rats. Moreover, ghrelin alleviated the decreased MAP after resuscitation compared to that in HS rats. Exogenous ghrelin attenuates the inflammatory response and acute lung injury after HS. These beneficial effects appear to be mediated through inhibition of IKK/IκBα/NF-κB signaling.Copyright © 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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