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Ann Thorac Surg 2001;71:1596-1602
© 2001 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
a Department of Anatomy, Histology and Forensic Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
b Department of Biochemical Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
c Cardiac Surgery Unit, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy
d Biomedical Technology Unit, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy
Accepted for publication December 14, 2000.
Address reprint requests to Prof Zecchi-Orlandini, Dipartimento di Anatomia, Istologia, Medicina Legale, V. le Morgagni, 85, 50134 Florence, Italy
e-mail: orlandini{at}unifi.it
Background. Neutrophils are the predominant phagocytes in the early stages of myocardial ischemia-reperfusion response and are also implicated in the development of tissue damage. This study examined the role of recruited macrophages in the evolution of this tissue injury.
Methods. Farm pigs were subjected to 30 minutes of myocardial ischemia followed by 30 minutes of reperfusion. Biopsy samples were taken from the control, ischemic, and ischemic-reperfused left ventricle wall and processed for both morphologic and biochemical analyses. In situ production of tumor necrosis factor-
was evaluated by Western blot and immunofluorescence. A full hemodynamic evaluation was also performed.
Results. Myocardial ischemia and early reperfusion caused marked neutrophil and macrophage tissue accumulation and tumor necrosis factor- production by the injured tissue. Immunofluorescence studies allowed us to localize tumor necrosis factor- predominantly in tissue-infiltrating macrophages. No depression in the global myocardial contractile function was observed, either during ischemia or after reperfusion.
Conclusions. These data suggest that the newly recruited macrophages within the ischemic and early postischemic myocardium may play a role in promoting neutrophil tissue infiltration and subsequent neutrophil-induced tissue dysfunction by producing tumor necrosis factor-.
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