1. A rat model of multicompartmental traumatic injury and hemorrhagic shock induces bone marrow dysfunction and profound anemia.
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Kelly LS, Munley JA, Pons EE, Kannan KB, Whitley EM, Bible LE, Efron PA, and Mohr AM
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- Animals, Male, Rats, Bone Marrow pathology, Toll-Like Receptor 4 metabolism, Lung Injury etiology, Lung Injury pathology, Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor blood, Hemoglobins, Shock, Hemorrhagic complications, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Disease Models, Animal, Anemia etiology, Anemia pathology, Multiple Trauma complications, Multiple Trauma pathology
- Abstract
Background: Severe trauma is associated with systemic inflammation and organ dysfunction. Preclinical rodent trauma models are the mainstay of postinjury research but have been criticized for not fully replicating severe human trauma. The aim of this study was to create a rat model of multicompartmental injury which recreates profound traumatic injury., Methods: Male Sprague-Dawley rats were subjected to unilateral lung contusion and hemorrhagic shock (LCHS), multicompartmental polytrauma (PT) (unilateral lung contusion, hemorrhagic shock, cecectomy, bifemoral pseudofracture), or naïve controls. Weight, plasma toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), hemoglobin, spleen to body weight ratio, bone marrow (BM) erythroid progenitor (CFU-GEMM, BFU-E, and CFU-E) growth, plasma granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) and right lung histologic injury were assessed on day 7, with significance defined as p values <0.05 (*)., Results: Polytrauma resulted in markedly more profound inhibition of weight gain compared to LCHS (p = 0.0002) along with elevated plasma TLR4 (p < 0.0001), lower hemoglobin (p < 0.0001), and enlarged spleen to body weight ratios (p = 0.004). Both LCHS and PT demonstrated suppression of CFU-E and BFU-E growth compared to naïve (p < 0.03, p < 0.01). Plasma G-CSF was elevated in PT compared to both naïve and LCHS (p < 0.0001, p = 0.02). LCHS and PT demonstrated significant histologic right lung injury with poor alveolar wall integrity and interstitial edema., Conclusions: Multicompartmental injury as described here establishes a reproducible model of multicompartmental injury with worsened anemia, splenic tissue enlargement, weight loss, and increased inflammatory activity compared to a less severe model. This may serve as a more effective model to recreate profound traumatic injury to replicate the human inflammatory response postinjury., (© 2024 The Author(s). Animal Models and Experimental Medicine published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of The Chinese Association for Laboratory Animal Sciences.)
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- 2024
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