Thrombosis research
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Thrombosis research · Aug 1997
Bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein ameliorates hypercoagulability after hemorrhagic shock.
We recently showed that both plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) and tissue factor (TF) are induced after a massive hemorrhage. In this study, we determined if bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein (BPI) has any effects on the induction of these factors after hemorrhagic shock. Three days after cannulation, rats were bled and maintained at a mean blood pressure of 40 mmHg for 60 min, and then were resuscitated with the shed blood and an equal volume of saline over 60 min. ⋯ These changes were significantly smaller in the BPI group at 6 and 8 h. The increases in mRNA of TF, PAI-1, TNF alpha, and IL-6 were also attenuated by rBPI21 treatment. These results show that BPI ameliorates hypercoagulability after hemorrhagic shock and suggest that endotoxin plays a role in the pathogenesis of thrombogenic responses after hemorrhagic shock.