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Pentoxifylline (PTX) has been shown to combat effectively endotoxin induced symptoms of shock or inflammation by reducing both leukocyte activation and endogenous cytokine formation. With regard to blood perfusion, inflammation is defined as a local reaction to injury of the living microvasculature and its content. Leukocyte margination, rolling, adhesion, and emigration is mediated by adhesion molecules along the endothelium of postcapillary venules and is considered to be an important step in the inflammatory response. Changes in the vascular integrity can be estimated in terms of increased extravasation of macromolecules. Using intravital microscopy with the help of an analogous video image processing system we measured the effect of PTX on lipopolysaccharide (LPS, 15 mg/kg i.v.) induced leukocyte adhesion and extravasation of FITC-rat serum albumin (FITC-RSA) in rat mesenteric venules. The changes in vascular permeability correlates significantly (r=0.75) with a locally increased number of adherent leukocytes. PTX significantly inhibits both leukocyte adhesion and extravasation of FITC-RSA dose dependently. Our results indicate that PTX effectively preserves vascular integrity in the microcirculation by acting primarily on LPS-induced leukocyte adhesion.
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Seiffge, D., Bissinger, T., Kremer, E. et al. Inhibitory effects of pentoxifylline on LPS-induced leukocyte adhesion and macromolecular extravasation in the microcirculation. Inflamm Res 44, 281–286 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02032569
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