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Postnatal d 7 (p7) or p12 mice had their right carotid artery (CA) and jugular vein (JV) ligated to mimic veno-arterial (VA) access for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). At p9–11 (early) or p19–21 (late) mice were exposed to hyperthermia or normothermia followed by assessment of neuropathological injury score. In separate cohorts of mice, cerebral and peripheral blood flow (CBF, PBF) and cerebral ATP content was measured. Hyperthermia resulted in ischemic brain injury in 57% and 77% of mice subjected to early or late hyperthermia, respectively. Isolated CA+JV ligation induced minimal injury (score 0.47 ± 0.34) in 2/8 mice from the late normothermia group. No cerebral injury was detected in mice subjected to early normothermia. In 3/19 shams (2/10 early, 1/9 late) hyperthermia induced a subtle (score, 0.6 ± 0.27) injury in the ipsilateral to the site of surgery cortex. CBF and PBF increased in response to hyperthermia in all mice. The rise in CBF was significantly attenuated in the “ligated” versus intact hemisphere, which was associated with a profound depletion of ATP content. Systemic hyperthermia induces ischemic brain injury in mice with ligated CA+JV. We speculate that hyperthermia/fever can be a potential risk factor for brain injury in infants treated with VA ECMO.
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Abbreviations
- CA+JV:
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carotid artery and jugular vein
- CBF:
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cerebral blood flow
- PBF:
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peripheral blood flow
- p7:
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postnatal d 7
- +t:
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hyperthermia
- –t:
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normothermia
- VA ECMO:
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veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- VV ECMO:
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veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
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Slinko, S., Caspersen, C., Ratner, V. et al. Systemic Hyperthermia Induces Ischemic Brain Injury in Neonatal Mice With Ligated Carotid Artery and Jugular Vein. Pediatr Res 62, 65–70 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1203/PDR.0b013e3180676cad
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