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1 Centre de Recherche en Nutrition Humaine d'Auvergne and Unité de Nutrition et Métabolisme Protéique, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique Theix, 63 122 Saint Genès Champanelle, France; and 2 Nestlé Research Centre, 1000 Lausanne 26, Switzerland
The mechanisms leading to hypoalbuminemia in sepsis were explored by measuring plasma volume, albumin distribution, plasma albumin transcapillary escape rate (TER), and efflux (TER × albumin intravascular pool). These parameters were quantified in infected rats, injected intravenously with live Escherichia coli, and pair-fed and well-fed rats using an injection of 35S-albumin and measuring plasma and whole body albumin concentrations. Animals were studied on days 1, 6, and 10 after infection. In pair-fed rats, neither albumin distribution nor exchange rate between the intra- and extravascular compartments was modified. The increase of plasma volume after infection partly explained hypoalbuminemia. Infection resulted in a reduction of the total albumin pool of the body all along the experimental period, indicating a net loss of the protein. Albumin TER (%/day) was significantly increased 1 and 6 days after infection, but the absolute efflux was increased only on day 1. Normal values were observed on day 10. Therefore, an accelerated plasma efflux contributes to hypoalbuminemia only during the early period of sepsis. During this phase, the protein was retained in the extravascular space where it was probably catabolized. Later on, other factors are probably involved.
plasma albumin escape; albumin distribution; infection
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