Published online before print May 1, 2008, doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.107.161737
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Integrative Physiology/Experimental Medicine |
Recombinant Activated Protein C Attenuates Endothelial Injury and Inhibits Procoagulant Microparticles Release in Baboon Heatstroke
From the Department of Comparative Medicine (A.B., M.D., A.K.), King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Université Louis Pasteur, Faculté de Médecine (C.K., F.Z.), Institut d'Hématologie et d'Immunologie, Strasbourg, France; Biostatistics, Epidemiology, & Scientific Computing (A.E.), King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; INSERM U770 and Université Paris-Sud, Faculté de Médecine, Hôpital de Bicêtre (J.-M.F.), le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France; and AP-HP, Hôpital Louis Mourier, Colombes and INSERM U698 (D.d.P.), Faculté Xavier Bichat, Paris, France.
Correspondence to Abderrezak Bouchama, MD, Department of Comparative Medicine (MBC03), King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, P.O. Box 3354, Riyadh 11211, Saudi Arabia. E-mail abouchama{at}kfshrc.edu.sa
Abstract
Objectives— We tested the hypothesis that the antithrombotic and cytoprotective effects of recombinant human activated protein C (rhAPC) protect baboons against the lethal effects of heatstroke.
Methods and Results— Fourteen anesthetized baboons assigned randomly to rhAPC (n=7) or control group (n=7) were heat-stressed in a prewarmed incubator at 44 to 47°C until systolic blood pressure fell below 90 mm Hg, which signaled severe heatstroke. rhAPC was administered intravenously (24 µg/kg/h) for 12 hours at onset of heatstroke. Heat stress induced coagulation and fibrinolysis activation as evidenced by a significant increase from baseline levels in plasma levels of thrombin-antithrombin (TAT) complexes, tissue plasminogen activator, and D-dimer. Heat stress elicited cell activation/injury as assessed by the release of interleukin (IL)-6, soluble thrombomodulin, and procoagulant microparticles (MPs). rhAPC did not significantly reduce heatstroke-induced thrombin generation, and D-dimer and had no effect on fibrinolytic activity. In contrast, rhAPC infusion attenuated significantly the plasma rise of IL-6 and inhibited the release of soluble thrombomodulin and MPs as compared with control group. No difference in survival was observed between rhAPC-treated and control group.
Conclusions— rhAPC given to heatstroke baboons provided cytoprotection, but had no effect on heatstroke-induced coagulation activation and fibrin formation. Inhibition of MPs by rhAPC suggested a novel mechanism of action for this protein.
Key Words: APC • heatstroke • hyperthermia • inflammation • procoagulant microparticles • primates
Heatstroke is a life-threatening condition characterized by a rapid rise in core temperature above 40°C and neurological disturbances, such as delirium, convulsions or coma, following exposure to a high ambient temperature.1 Despite cooling and optimal supportive care, heatstroke can progress to multiple organ injury/dysfunction (MOSD) and death.2,3
The host inflammatory and hemostatic responses to severe heat stress are closely associated with MOSD and death.1,4–8 Endothelial injury and widespread microthrombi with hemorrhage and necrosis in most organs of the body are characteristic features in heatstroke victims at necropsy.5,6 Increased circulating proinflammatory cytokines was documented in human and experimental heatstroke, and their levels correlated with outcome.1,4,9 In laboratory rats, administration of IL-1 receptor antagonist at onset of heatstroke prevents severe arterial hypotension and improves survival.4 These observations suggest that endothelial cell injury, disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), and excessive inflammation are major pathological mechanisms in heatstroke.
Human activated protein C (APC) is an important natural anticoagulant protein with a number of beneficial cellular effects mediated either directly or through its interaction with endothelial protein C receptor and protease–activated receptor-1.10–13 These cytoprotective effects include antiinflammatory and antiapoptotic actions and endothelial barrier function protection.13 In a randomized clinical trial of patients with severe sepsis, rhAPC significantly decreased mortality.11 Recent observations suggest that therapeutic intervention with rhAPC can also alter the clinical course of heatstroke and improve survival.14,15 In humans, rhAPC given to sporadic cases of severe heatstroke resulted in resolution of MOSD and improved survival without bleeding complications.14 In a rat heatstroke model, administration of rhAPC attenuated the inflammatory response, normalized the coagulopathy, and thereby improved survival.15 However, this evidence remains insufficient to justify its use in human victims of heatstroke particularly as, because of interspecies differences, extrapolation of data from small laboratory animals cannot predict reliably the human responses.
We have recently developed a nonhuman primate model of heatstroke that mimics human heatstroke with the intent to assess novel therapy.9 The findings from nonhuman primates, more closely related to humans than small laboratory animals, may have direct applicability in humans and therefore form the basis for clinical trial. Using this model, we tested the hypothesis that administration of rhAPC may attenuate the DIC and excessive inflammation, to minimize MOSD and improve survival. Microparticles (MPs), soluble thrombomodulin (sTM), and interleukin-6 (IL-6) were used to assess cellular activation/injury, including endothelial cells and inflammation, respectively.
MPs are plasma membrane-derived vesicles shed by most of the cell types of the vascular compartment, including endothelial cells on procoagulant, inflammatory, and apoptotic cellular activation.16–20 Hence, MPs reflect cell injury/death in vivo as demonstrated in many conditions, particularly those associated with vascular endothelium injury such as acute myocardial infarction, eclampsia, and diabetes.16,17 Thrombomodulin is a membrane-bound glycoprotein expressed at the surface of endothelial cells and also exists in soluble form in the plasma.21 Increased sTM may reflect increased membrane thrombomodulin expression or increased proteolytic cleavage and subsequent release into the circulation. Accordingly, an increased sTM level is considered as a marker of endothelial cell activation/injury in various disorders associated with inflammation and vascular damage in human and experimental primate models.21,22
Methods
Baboons
The study protocol was approved by the KFSHRC Basic Research Committee and the Animal Care and Use Committee. The animals were handled in accordance with the American Physiological Society Guiding Principles in the Care and Use of Animals. Moreover, the number of animals was kept to the strict minimum necessary to test our hypothesis while addressing animal welfare.10
On the day of the experiment, juvenile baboons (Papio hamadryas) weighing 4 to 6 kg were anesthetized, and arterial and venous catheters were inserted as described previously.9 Rectal temperature was measured with a rectal thermistor probe calibrated from 0 to 70°C. Vital signs were monitored continuously and recorded every 15 minutes for a period of 24 hour using a bedside monitor (Hewlett Packard).
Experimental Protocol
Induction of Severe Heatstroke
The animals were assigned randomly to treatment with rhAPC (n=7) or control (n=7) group and subjected to environmental heat stress in a prewarmed neonatal incubator maintained at 44 to 47°C until systolic blood pressure fell to <90 mm Hg, which was taken as the onset of systemic signs of severe heatstroke.
Cooling and Resuscitation
The animals were then removed from the incubator and allowed to cool passively at an ambient temperature of 26 to 29°C. A 10-mL bolus of normal saline was given as needed to maintain a mean arterial pressure >60 mm Hg. Baboons surviving for 7 days were considered permanent survivors.
rhAPC Treatment and Investigations
The treatment group received rhAPC (Drotrecogin alfa activated, Eli-Lilly) at a dose of 24 µg/kg/h intravenously at a constant rate for 12 hour, starting at onset of heatstroke. The dose of rhAPC was based on a dose-response relationship established in humans.23 The control group received a vehicle consisting of normal saline and 0.1% human albumin for 12 hour.
Collection of Blood Samples
Blood samples were collected in EDTA and citrate-treated tubes at baseline (B), and at the onset of heatstroke (T +0 hour), T +1, T +2, T +3, T +18, and T +45 hours.
Arterial blood gases (corrected for core temperature), complete blood count, liver, renal, cardiac, and coagulation profiles were determined immediately using automated devices. Plasma was obtained by centrifugation at 3500g (20 minutes at 15°C) as well as by a 2-step centrifugation procedure (1500g for 10 minutes, then 12 000g for 2 minutes) to make platelet-poor plasma. Aliquots were stored at –80°C until assayed.
Coagulation and Fibrinolysis Assays
Prothrombin time (PT), activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT), and fibrinogen assays were performed by standard methods using automated coagulation analyzer (BCS, Dade-Behring). D-dimer was quantitated using a latex-enhanced, immunoturbidimetric test (D-dimer PLUS, Dade-Behring). Functional activity of 
2 antiplasmin (2 AP), plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI), and antithrombin (AT) were measured in plasma using Berichrom reagents (Dade-Behring) on an automated BCS analyzer (BCS, Dade-Behring). Plasma antigen levels of protein C, free protein S, and tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) were measured using Asserachrom ELISA kits (Diagnostica Stago), and thrombin-antithrombin complexes were assayed using Enzygnost TAT micro (Behring).
Inflammation and Endothelial Cell Activation Markers
Plasma IL-6 and sTM were assayed using ELISA kits (Quantikine, R&D Systems and Diagnostica Stago, respectively) according to the manufacturers’ instructions.
MPs Measurement and Quantification of TF Activity on TF-Bound MPs
MPs were isolated from platelet-poor plasma and captured by immobilized annexin V as previously described.24 The procoagulant phospholipid content (phosphatidylserine [PS]) was determined by a prothrombinase assay using factor Xa (50 pM), factor Va (360 pM), prothrombin (1.3 µmol/L), and 2.3 mmol/L CaCl2 for 15 minutes at 37°C. The reaction was stopped by an excess of EDTA, and linear absorbance changes were recorded at 405 nm after addition of Chromozym TH (Roche Diagnostics) and converted to thrombin concentration by using a reference curve constructed with liposome of known PS concentrations. The amount of MPs was expressed as nanomolar phosphatidylserine equivalent (nM PS eq).
Tissue Factor (TF) activit on MPs was measured after capture of the latter onto immobilized HTF1 monoclonal antibody against TF (a kind gift from Dr S.D. Carson, Omaha, Nebr) using the TF activity assay. TF was quantified through its ability to promote the activation of factor X (150 nmol/L) by FVIIa (5 nmol/L) in the presence of 5 mmol/L CaCl2 using the chromogenic substrate of FXa. The linear absorbance changes were converted to concentrations of FXa generated in this assay by reference to a standard curve.
Thermal Calculations and Statistical Analysis
Heat stress was quantified as described previously9 (please see supplemental materials, available online at http://atvb.ahajournals. org). All quantitative data are presented as median and interquartile ranges (IQR 25 to 75th percentile) unless stated otherwise, and their comparisons were performed using Kruskal-Wallis test. Comparisons between groups during the course of the observation period were performed using repeated measurements analysis of variance. Differences were considered significant at P<0.05. Pearson correlation coefficients were used to determine the degree of the linear relationship between the continuous variables. Kaplan–Meier plot and log-rank-test were used for survival analysis.
Results
Development of Heatstroke
The animals in both groups were subjected to comparable heat stress indicated by maximal core temperature, time spent above 40.4°C and heat load (supplemental Table I). All animals responded with hyperthermia, tachycardia, and hypotension (Figure 1). There were no significant differences between rhAPC-treated and control animals over time in temperature, heart rate, and arterial blood pressure. There was also no significant difference between the 2 groups in amount of fluid given as a bolus to maintain MAP >60 mm Hg, urine output, and arterial oxygen concentration suggesting that rhAPC administration did not affect vascular permeability (Table). Infusion of rhAPC did not result in any bleeding complications, although intracerebral bleeding, a common site of rhAPC adverse effect, could not be ruled out in animals that succumbed while still under the influence of anesthesia.
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Effects of rhAPC on Coagulation and Fibrinolysis
As compared with baseline, heatstroke elicited DIC assessed by plasma markers namely significantly prolonged PT, aPTT, elevated D-dimer, and decreased platelet count (Table). The infusion of rhAPC was associated with a slightly prolonged aPTT and lower circulating D-dimer levels as compared with control group; this was not statistically significant.
Coagulation
Heatstroke-enhanced thrombin generation as evidenced by 4- and 6-fold increase from baseline levels in plasma TAT levels in rhAPC-treated animals and control baboons, respectively (P<0.01 for both groups; Figure 2A). There were slightly less TAT complexes in rhAPC-treated animals than in the control group, but these differences were not statistically significant.
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An early and sustained decrease from baseline levels of protein C, free protein S and AT was noted in both groups (Figure 2A). rhAPC-treatment attenuated the decrease from baseline levels of Protein C (P<0.01), whereas the decrease in control group was not significant (P>0.05).
Fibrinolysis
rhAPC infusion did not alter heatstroke-induced fibrinolysis assessed by tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA), PAI, and 2-antiplasmin (Figure 2B). Heatstroke enhanced t-PA concentration by 8- to 9-fold from baseline values (P<0.01 for both groups). The acceleration of t-PA generation was accompanied by decrease in circulating 2-antiplasmin, a physiological inhibitor of the active fibrinolytic enzyme plasmin. There was significant inverse correlation between the time course of 2-antiplasmin and t-PA (r=–0.565, P=0.002) suggesting that generated t-PA induced the formation of plasmin. A rise in PAI activity was noted in both groups at T +3 hours and was sustained until T +18 hours with identical kinetics but lower magnitude in control group; this was not statistically significant (Figure 2B).
Effects of rhAPC on Cell Activation/Injury
rhAPC infusion attenuated significantly heatstroke-induced inflammation, cell activation/injury including endothelial cells as assessed by IL-6, MPs, and sTM release, respectively (Figure 3). Heatstroke elicited systemic inflammation as evidenced by an early and sustained increase of circulating IL-6 in both groups (Figure 3). The magnitude of IL-6 increase was lower in rhAPC-treated animals as compared with control animals, reaching statistical difference at T +18 hours: 45 (44 to 174) and 277 (234 to 440) pg/mL, respectively; P=0.04).
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rhAPC infusion significantly attenuated heatstroke-induced endothelial cell activation/injury as assessed by sTM compared with control group (P=0.02, ANOVA-repeated measures).
Circulating MPs were detected at baseline in both groups (Figure 3). The plasma concentration increased markedly by approximately 5- to 6-fold at T +1 hour, to reach a peak at T +3 hours before returning to baseline at T +45 hours in control animals. Infusion of rhAPC limited significantly the release of MPs into the circulation as compared with control group (P=0.04, ANOVA-repeated measures). There was a significant correlation between circulating MPs and sTM levels in control and treated groups (r=0.815, P<0.0001 and r=0.646, P<0.0001, respectively).
TF activity expressed on MPs was detectable at baseline in all baboons, and increased markedly in both groups after heat stress by approximately 3- to 4-fold (from baseline levels, P<0.05). rhAPC-treated baboons displayed high levels of TF-containing MPs up to T +3 hours returning to baseline levels at T +18 hours except in a single animal. This baboon exhibited a striking increase in TF-MP concentrations (6- to 15-fold) from the onset of heatstroke that was sustained up to T +18 hours (Figure 3).
Effects of rhAPC on Organ Injury/Dysfunction and Outcome
Heatstroke induced multiple organ system injury/dysfunction in kidneys, liver, heart, and skeletal muscles (Table). No significant difference was noted in the magnitude of increase in any of the biochemical markers of organ injury/dysfunction in rhAPC-treated or control animals. Three animals in the control and 2 in the treatment group survived (intent-to-treat analysis; P>0.05; Figure 4). The median time of survival from onset of heatstroke to death was similar in both groups 2.95 (1.25 to 3.8) and 4.65 (2.92 to 14.9) h, respectively, P=0.33.
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Early death, between 33 minutes and 4 hours attributable to refractory shock, was noted in 4 treated and 3 control animals, respectively. One baboon in each group died of multiple organ failure at 25 hours (control) and 90 hours (rhAPC-treated).
Discussion
The findings in the present study confirmed previous observations that heatstroke elicits systemic inflammation, activation, of coagulation and fibrinolysis, and endothelial cell injury.7–9,25 They also showed for the first time that heatstroke induced a concomitant and parallel increase of circulating MPs, unique markers of in vivo cell activation/injury on procoagulant, inflammatory or apoptotic stimulation.16,17 In addition, they provide evidence that a proportion of these MPs bear functionally active TF, suggesting that they may have contributed to the excessive coagulation activation of heatstroke.
Our results also demonstrated that administration of rhAPC intravenously for 12 hours to baboons with severe heatstroke, starting at the onset of heatstroke, was associated with marked reduction in circulating MPs together with sTM and attenuation in plasma rise of IL-6, during the infusion period compared with control animals. This suggested that rhAPC minimized cell activation/injury, particularly of the endothelium and lessened, albeit moderately, the host inflammatory response to heat stress. In contrast, rhAPC did not reduce heatstroke-induced tissue factor activity, thrombin generation, and fibrin formation. Finally, the present study revealed also that treatment of heatstroke with rhAPC did not improve survival.
Previous studies have reported that rhAPC reduces mortality in patients with high risk of death attributable to sepsis, although this benefit was subsequently challenged, particularly because the protective mechanisms were unclear.11,13,26,27 Consistent with its anticoagulant and antithrombotic effects, rhAPC infusion in humans with sepsis led to a decrease in TAT complexes, concomitant with a more rapid normalization of protein C levels, resulting in a decline in fibrin formation as assessed by circulating D-dimer concentration.11,12 The results of the present investigation show that rhAPC exerted neither comparable inhibitory effect on coagulation activation and fibrin formation in baboons with heatstroke, nor improved survival.
One likely reason for the lack of demonstrable antithrombotic effect and clinical benefit may have been that the dose of rhAPC (24 µg/kg/h) in continuous intravenous infusion without loading dose, as derived from human sepsis studies, was not suitable in the setting of severe heatstroke.11,23 Human heatstroke is a medical emergency with rapid (hours) progression to MOSD and death.1,28,29 During heat waves, 40% to 60% of patients with heatstroke are hospitalized or found dead within 1 day of reported onset of illness.28,29 Moreover, when patients are hospitalized and receive optimal care, the mortality from heatstroke can exceed 60%.2,3 Although, in the present study, all the conditions for optimal treatment of heatstroke (immediate withdrawal from the environmental heat, cooling, and prompt fluid resuscitation) were met, the high mortality was not ameliorated. This reinforces the notion that the current therapeutic approach is inadequate for improved outcome in human heatstroke. Further, the rapid evolution to death (less than 4 hours in 4 rhAPC-treated baboons), suggested that a loading dose or higher infusion rate of rhAPC might have been more effective.23 This therapeutic approach is supported by studies both in baboons lethally challenged with Escherichia coli and rodent model of heatstroke, which showed that a large bolus or higher infusion rate (10- to 160-fold that used in this experiment), were required for demonstrable survival benefit.10 However, such an approach could be associated with an increase in hemorrhagic complications and would require careful evaluation.
Another possibility is that our sample size was too small to detect a survival benefit, as similar dosage used in human sepsis study required 1690 patients to detect a 10% difference in survival. However, this is unlikely as previous study using nonhuman primates demonstrated a striking improvement in outcome in a smaller number of animals than in the present investigation.10 Nonetheless, despite that no survival benefit was observed in our study, the fact that rhAPC treatment afforded cytoprotection supports our hypothesis and warrants further study using a higher rhAPC dosage.
Recent human and experimental studies provided evidence for additional beneficial cellular effects of rhAPC distinct from its antithrombotic activity, namely via modulation of gene expression for inflammation and apoptotic pathways and protection of microvasculature barrier function.13 In the present study, we demonstrated that administration of rhAPC unequivocally minimize cellular activation/injury in baboons with severe heatstroke as measured by 3 markers: MPs, sTM, and IL-6. Moreover, the strong correlation between circulating MPs and sTM suggests that this cytoprotective effect might have included the endothelial cells.
Emerging evidence suggests that circulating MPs are not only procoagulant but may act as true long-range signals for inflammation or apoptosis on cells different from their cell of origin.16,17 MPs can carry membrane antigens and cytoplasmic contents from their cell of origin including TF, adhesion molecules, and apoptotic ligands.16–19 Accordingly, MPs can initiate or perpetuate coagulation, inflammation, and apoptosis and thereby contribute to many disease processes. Therefore lowering the MP levels or modulating their characteristics has become an important therapeutic goal.16,17,20
The role of MPs in the pathophysiology of heatstroke and the clinical benefit of their modulation by rhAPC are yet to be elucidated. Nonetheless, in the present study, a large amount of procoagulant MPs, as measured by prothombinase assay, is released in the circulation, which in addition express functionally active TF. Intravital microscopy in living mice demonstrated that TF associated MPs contributed to fibrin formation during thrombus propagation and growth.30 Also, MPs shed under pathological conditions were shown to induce endothelial injury/dysfunction.16,17 Consequently, one can postulate that MPs triggered or amplified the coagulation activation and contributed to the endothelial injury/dysfunction observed in heatstroke baboons. The present observation that rhAPC was associated with decreased total MPs and their procoagulant potential together with marked reduction of sTM raises the possibility of a novel mechanism of action of this protein through modulation of membrane-shed MPs that deserves further studies. These investigations should include the phenotyping of MPs aimed at identifying their main cellular origin(s), provided relevant cross-reactive antibodies are available. Recent in vitro data demonstrating that addition of rhAPC to monocyte or endothelial cells stimulated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) enhances significantly the release of MPs bearing functional EPCR support this hypothesis.31
In conclusion, our findings show that rhAPC given to baboons suffering severe heatstroke provides cytoprotection, although without conferring survival benefit. Additional animal studies using an rhAPC dose regimen suitable for the explosive course of severe heatstroke, namely bolus or early higher dose, are warranted, and this may result in improved clinical outcome providing that such an approach would not result in higher rate of hemorrhagic complications.
Acknowledgments
The veterinary expertise with animal experimentation provided by Drs Raafat El-Sayed and Falah Al Mohanna are gratefully appreciated.
Sources of Funding
This work was supported primarily by King Faisal Specialist Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Grant 2020 017; additional support was provided by an investigator-initiated trial grant from Eli Lilly, Indianapolis, Ind.
Disclosures
None.
Footnotes
Original received January 4, 2008; final version accepted April 21, 2008.
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