Project description:In the present study we seek to identify changes in lung gene expression under mechanical ventilation in uninjured as well as acutely and chronically injured lungs. A standard volume-controlled lung-protective ventilatory protocol is compared to a concept of mechanical ventilation using variable tidal volumes.
Project description:To investigate the effect of mechanical ventilation and mechanical ventilationon with PEEP application on diaphragmatic dysfunction, we established a model of mechanical ventilation on New Zealand rabbit, in which rabbits in the experimental group were ventilated with/without PEEP application for 48 hours continuously
Project description:Children have a lower incidence and mortality from acute lung injury than adults, and infections are the most common event associated with acute lung injury (ALI). To study the effects of age on susceptibility to ALI, we investigated the responses to microbial products combined with mechanical ventilation in juvenile (21 day) and adult (16 week-old) mice. We hypothesized that the increased incidence and severity of lung injury associated with increasing age is due in large part to acquired changes in the way in which inflammatory responses are activated in the lungs in response to microbial products and mechanical ventilation. Juvenile (21 day) and adult (16 week) C57BL/6 mice were treated with an aerosol of E. coli 0111:B4 lipopolysaccharide (LPS) (20 mL of 0.1 mg/mL) for 30 minutes in a sealed aerosol chamber, immediately followed by mechanical ventilation (LPS+MV) using tidal volume = 15 mL/kg, rate = 80 breaths/min, FiO2 = 30% and positive end expiratory pressure = 2 cm H2O for the duration of the study period time = 2 hours. Comparison groups included mice treated with LPS or mechanical ventilation (MV) alone, and untreated age-matched controls. There were N = 4 animals per group except the juvenile mice treated with MV alone and LPS+MV where there were N = 3. Each sample was an individual animal, therefore there were 30 samples. Mice treated with LPS alone were placed into a sealed aerosol chamber as stated above, and then allowed to breath spontaneously with free access to food and water for the duration of the study period time = 2 hours. Mice treated with MV alone were treated with the mechanical ventilation protocol stated above for the duration of the study period time = 2 hours. At the end of the study period, the mice were euthanized, and the lungs were immediately removed and placed into RNAlater (Ambion, Austin, TX) for at least 24 hr prior to isolation of total lung mRNA.
Project description:The goal of this study was to evaluate the impact of mechanical ventilation on immune and mitochondrial dysfunctions, in the setting of pneumococcal pneumonia in rabbits. Then, in a randomized trial, we assessed the effect of human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), either alone, or in association with an atibiotic treatment (Ceftaroline) in the setting of pneumococcal pneumonia submitted to adverse mechanical ventilation. Pulmonary gene expression was analysed in an attempt to elucidate the effects of MSCs.
Project description:We analyzed mRNA profiles in tracheal aspirates from 53 newborns receiving invasive mechanical ventilation. Twenty-six infants were extremely preterm diagnosed with BPD and twenty-seven were term babies receiving invasive mechanical ventilation for elective procedure. Specific mRNA signatures in TAs may serve as potential biomarkers for extreme prematurity and BPD pathogenesis.
Project description:Alveolar epithelial type II (AEII) cells are the first line host in response to mechanical ventilation. We tested the hypothesis that the modulation of microRNA on AEII cells in response to mechanical stretch may participate in the ventilator-induced lung injury. This experiment is designed to screen miRNAs that are deregulated during mechanical stretch of AEII cells.
Project description:To study the effects of previous exposure to mechanical ventilation may modify the development of Ventilator-induced lung injury, preconditioning was induced by low-pressure ventilation for 90 minutes. After 1 week, intact (sham) and preconditioned mice were sacrificed, the lungs extracted and gene expression measured in order to identify differences responsible for the observed tolerance to ventilator-induced lung injury observed in preconditioned animals. 6 samples were analyzed, from 3 intact (sham) and 3 preconditioned CD1 mice.
Project description:To study the effects of previous exposure to mechanical ventilation may modify the development of Ventilator-induced lung injury, preconditioning was induced by low-pressure ventilation for 90 minutes. After 1 week, intact (sham) and preconditioned mice were sacrificed, the lungs extracted and gene expression measured in order to identify differences responsible for the observed tolerance to ventilator-induced lung injury observed in preconditioned animals.
Project description:Children have a lower incidence and mortality from acute lung injury than adults, and infections are the most common event associated with acute lung injury (ALI). To study the effects of age on susceptibility to ALI, we investigated the responses to microbial products combined with mechanical ventilation in juvenile (21 day) and adult (16 week-old) mice. We hypothesized that the increased incidence and severity of lung injury associated with increasing age is due in large part to acquired changes in the way in which inflammatory responses are activated in the lungs in response to microbial products and mechanical ventilation.
