Protection against lethal intra-abdominal sepsis by 1-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-3-ethylurea.

Abstract

Sodium hyaluronate-carboxymethylcellulose (HA/CMC) formulations are gels that effectively reduce postoperative adhesions in both animals and humans, when placed in the peritoneal or pelvic cavities concomitant with surgical manipulation. However, it has been suggested that the use of these products may increase the risk of peritoneal infection after contamination with intestinal contents during surgery. Using the rat intra-abdominal sepsis model, we found that administration of HA/CMC gels before bacterial challenge did not increase mortality but did significantly protect rats against lethal infection. This effect was dose and time dependent. Protection was conferred not by the HA/CMC gels themselves but by 1-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-3-ethylurea (EDU), a small molecule released from the gel complex under physiologic conditions. Our results suggest that the protective effect exhibited by EDU is related to down-regulation of T cell-dependent responses and suppression of the proinflammatory-cytokine cascade associated with mortality during the early phase of disease.

• Authors: Begoña Ruiz-Perez, Ronald L Cisneros, Tetsuya Matsumoto, Robert J Miller, George Vasios, Pericles Calias, Andrew B Onderdonk
• Journal: The Journal of infectious diseases (J Infect Dis) Vol. 188 Issue 3 Pg. 378-87 (Aug 01 2003) ISSN: 0022-1899 [Print] United States
• PMID: 12870119 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• 1-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-3-ethylurea
• Adjuvants, Immunologic
• Cytokines
• Gels
• Urea
• Hyaluronic Acid
• Carboxymethylcellulose Sodium

Topics

• Abdominal Abscess (prevention & control)
• Adjuvants, Immunologic (pharmacology)
• Animals
• Carboxymethylcellulose Sodium (chemistry)
• Cytokines (analysis, biosynthesis)
• Disease Models, Animal
• Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
• Escherichia coli Infections (prevention & control)
• Gels (chemistry, pharmacology)
• Hyaluronic Acid (chemistry)
• Male
• Rats
• Rats, Wistar
• Sepsis (prevention & control)
• Spleen (immunology)
• T-Lymphocytes (drug effects, immunology)
• Time Factors
• Urea (administration & dosage, analogs & derivatives, pharmacology)