Organ-Specific Protection Against Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Vascular Leak Is Dependent on the Endothelial Protein C Receptor
Organ-Specific Protection Against Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Vascular Leak Is Dependent on the Endothelial Protein C Receptor
Objective— To study the role of the endothelial protein C receptor (EPCR) in the modulation of susceptibility to inflammation-induced vascular leak in vivo. Approach and Results— Genetically modified mice with low, <10% EPCR expression (EPCR low ) and control mice were challenged with lipopolysaccharides in a mouse model of endotoxemia. Infrared fluorescence and quantification of albumin-bound Evans Blue in tissues and intravascular plasma volumes were used to assess plasma extravasation. Pair-wise analysis of EPCR low and control mice matched for sex, age, and weight allowed determination of EPCR-dependent vascular leak. Kidney, lung, and brain were the organs with highest discriminative increased Evans Blue accumulation in EPCR low versus control mice in response to lipopolysaccharides. Histology of kidney and lung confirmed the EPCR-specific pathology. In addition to severe kidney injury in response to lipopolysaccharides, EPCR low and anti-EPCR–treated wild-type mice suffered from enhanced albuminuria and profound renal hemorrhage versus controls. Intravascular volume loss at the same extent of weight loss in EPCR low mice compared with control mice provided proof that plasma leak was the predominant cause of Evans Blue tissue accumulation. Conclusions— This study demonstrates an important protective role for EPCR in vivo against vascular leakage during inflammation and suggests that EPCR-dependent vascular protection is organ-specific.
- University of California, San Diego United States
- Scripps Research Institute United States
Inflammation, Lipopolysaccharides, Male, Brain, Endothelial Protein C Receptor, Hemorrhage, Lung Injury, Kidney, Endotoxemia, Capillary Permeability, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Disease Models, Animal, Mice, Albuminuria, Animals, Female, Endothelium, Vascular, Lung, Evans Blue, Glycoproteins
Inflammation, Lipopolysaccharides, Male, Brain, Endothelial Protein C Receptor, Hemorrhage, Lung Injury, Kidney, Endotoxemia, Capillary Permeability, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Disease Models, Animal, Mice, Albuminuria, Animals, Female, Endothelium, Vascular, Lung, Evans Blue, Glycoproteins
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