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We investigated the functional changes in the mitochondrial respiratory chain at the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM), the medullary origin of sympathetic vasomotor tone, in an experimental model of endotoxemia that mimics systemic inflammatory response syndrome. In Sprague-Dawley rats maintained under propofol anesthesia, intravenous administration ofEscherichia coli lipopolysaccharide (LPS; 30 mg/kg) induced a reduction (Phase I), followed by an augmentation (Phase II) and a secondary decrease (Phase III) in the power density of vasomotor components (0–0.8 Hz) in systemic arterial pressure signals. LPS also elicited progressive hypotension, and death ensued within 4 h. Enzyme assay revealed significant depression of the activity of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide cytochromec reductase (Complexes I + III) and cytochromec oxidase (Complex IV) in the RVLM during all three phases of endotoxemia. On the other hand, the activity of succinate cytochromec reductase (Complexes II + III) remained unaltered. We conclude that selective dysfunction of respiratory enzyme Complexes I and IV in the mitochondrial respiratory chain at the RVLM, whose neuronal activity is intimately related to the death process, is closely associated with fatal endotoxemia in the rat.
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Chuang, YC., Tsai, JL., Chang, A.Y.W. et al. Dysfunction of the mitochondrial respiratory chain in the rostral ventrolateral medulla during experimental endotoxemia in the rat. J Biomed Sci 9, 542–548 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02254981
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