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Basic Research

Alterations in cerebral and cardiac mitochondrial function in a porcine model of acute carbon monoxide poisoning

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Pages 801-809 | Received 11 Nov 2020, Accepted 25 Dec 2020, Published online: 02 Feb 2021
 

Abstract

Objectives

The purpose of this study is the development of a porcine model of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning to investigate alterations in brain and heart mitochondrial function.

Design

Two group large animal model of CO poisoning.

Setting

Laboratory.

Subjects

Ten swine were divided into two groups: Control (n = 4) and CO (n = 6).

Interventions

Administration of a low dose of CO at 200 ppm to the CO group over 90 min followed by 30 min of re-oxygenation at room air. The Control group received room air for 120 min.

Measurements

Non-invasive optical monitoring was used to measure cerebral blood flow and oxygenation. Cerebral microdialysis was performed to obtain semi real time measurements of cerebral metabolic status. At the end of the exposure, both fresh brain (cortical and hippocampal tissue) and heart (apical tissue) were immediately harvested to measure mitochondrial respiration and reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation and blood was collected to assess plasma cytokine concentrations.

Main results

Animals in the CO group showed significantly decreased Complex IV-linked mitochondrial respiration in hippocampal and apical heart tissue but not cortical tissue. There also was a significant increase in mitochondrial ROS generation across all measured tissue types. The CO group showed a significantly higher cerebral lactate-to-pyruvate ratio. Both IL-8 and TNFα were significantly increased in the CO group compared with the Control group obtained from plasma. While not significant there was a trend to an increase in optically measured cerebral blood flow and hemoglobin concentration in the CO group.

Conclusions

Low-dose CO poisoning is associated with early mitochondrial disruption prior to an observable phenotype highlighting the important role of mitochondrial function in the pathology of CO poisoning. This may represent an important intervenable pathway for therapy and intervention.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Additional information

Funding

This research was supported by the National Institutes of Health-NIH. Grant numbers K08HL136858, R21ES031243, R03HL154232 (Jang) and R01HL141386 (Kilbaugh).

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