• Woon Yong Kwon, Gil Joon Suh, You Hwan Jo, Joong Eui Rhee, and Kwang Pil Rim.
• Department of Emergency Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Gyeonggi, Republic of Korea.
• Resuscitation. 2013 Jan 1;84(1):121-7.

Aim Of The StudyN-acetylcysteine (NAC) has been investigated to attenuate organ injury in various experimental and clinical studies. However, results in hemorrhagic shock (HS) were controversial. We determined the effects of continuous administration of NAC on acute lung injury (ALI) and acute kidney injury (AKI) in HS model.MethodsTwenty male Sprague-Dawley rats were used. Pressure controlled HS model defined by mean arterial pressure (MAP) 40±2 mmHg for 90 min followed by resuscitation and observation was used. Rats (n=10 per group) were randomized into 2 groups with NAC or dextrose. Intravenous NAC was given continuously from 15 min after induction of HS to the end of observation period (2 h). We measured serum IL-6, nitrite/nitrate concentration. NF-κB p65 DNA binding activity, expressions of cytoplasmic phosphorylated IκB-α (p-IκB-α) and IκB-α, malondialdehyde (MDA) and histopathological injury scores in lung and kidney were also evaluated.ResultsMAP did not show any difference during the study period. NAC decreased histopathologic scores in both lung and kidney. Lung and kidney MDA levels were significantly lower in the NAC group compared to control group. Serum nitrite/nitrate and IL-6 were also significantly lower in the NAC group. The levels of lung cytoplasmic p-IκB-α expression was mitigated by NAC, and NF-κB p65 DNA binding activity was also significantly decreased in the NAC group.ConclusionsContinuous infusion of NAC attenuated inflammatory response and acute lung and kidney injury after hemorrhagic shock in rats.Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

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