Circulating CXC-chemokine concentrations in a murine intestinal ischemia-reperfusion model

Abstract

Background: CXC-chemokines bearing the glutamic acid-leucine-arginine (ELR) motif (ELR+ CXC chemokines) are potent neutrophil chemoattractants and hence may play a role in mucosal injury seen with intestinal ischemia-reperfusion (I/R). Methods: Serum concentrations of ELR+ CXC chemokines (keratinocyte-derived chemokine(KC)/CXC ligand (CXCL) 1, macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP)-2/CXCL 2/3, lipopolysaccharide-induced CXC chemokine (LIX)/CXCL5, and lungkine/CXCL15) were measured in a murine intestinal I/R model. Fifteen 4-week-old wild-type mice were studied in three subgroups: sham, ischemia (superior mesenteric artery [SMA] clamping for 60 min) and ischemia-reperfusion (SMA clamping for 60 min followed by reperfusion for 90 min). Results: Concentrations of KC/CXCL1 and MIP-2/CXCL2/3 in sham-treated animals (145 ± 123 and 107 ± 55 pg/mL, respectively) and the ischemia subgroup (646 ± 413 and 226 ± 129 pg/mL) were similar, but concentrations were significantly higher with reperfusion (6398 ± 2297, p