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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 272: R1562-R1570, 1997;
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AJP - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, Vol 272, Issue 5 1562-R1570, Copyright © 1997 by American Physiological Society

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Role of endotoxin in the response to experimentally induced bacteremia in chronically prepared rats

D. E. Carlson, J. K. Babus, N. Nguyuza, H. Melhem-Stancofski and B. J. Eastridge
Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore 21201, USA.

Chronically prepared rats were injected intravenously with live Escherichia coli in doses from approximately 10(5) to approximately 10(9) colony-forming units (CFU). Significant dose-related increase in plasma adrenocorticotropin and corticosterone occurred after approximately 10(7) CFU. Fever occurred after approximately 10(7) CFU but not after approximately 10(9) CFU. These responses changed significantly but were not blocked completely when > 94% of the viable E. coli was removed from the inoculates. The remaining endotoxin activity in the inoculates resembled lipopolysaccharide (LPS) extracted from the same strain of E. coli on electrophoretic gels. Plasma endotoxin increased for > or = 240 min to 5.1 +/- 0.9 endotoxin units (EU)/ml after approximately 10(7) CFU and to 440 +/- 59 EU/ml after approximately 10(9) CFU. Endotoxin at approximately 10(9) CFU caused death within 24 h that was not predicted by the total activity of endotoxin that was injected. In contrast, extracted LPS with its strain and total activity matched to approximately 10(7) CFU mimicked the responses to this nonfatal dose. The total endotoxin activity of the injected bacteria appears to account for the effects of nonfatal doses of E. coli but not for the effects of fatal doses.


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