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ArticleHeliyon2022

Lytic cocktail: An effective method to alleviate severe burn induced hyper-metabolism through regulating white adipose tissue browning.

Meng Zhang, Peilang Yang, Tianyi Yu, Martin C Harmsen, Min Gao, Dan Liu, Yan Shi, Yan Liu, Xiong Zhang

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Article in Heliyon, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06126991 (Organ Protective Effect of Histamine H1 Receptor Antagonist In Patients With Severe Burns), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers.

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NCT06126991 phase1 / phase2unknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2024, after this paper: background citation

Organ Protective Effect of Histamine H1 Receptor Antagonist In Patients With Severe Burns: A Clinical Study

TypeinterventionalSponsorRuijin HospitalRan2024 to 2025Enrolled32ConditionsBurnsArmsCetirizine, Midazolam and Fentanyl
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3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Meng ZhangDepartment of Burn, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 200025, China.
Peilang YangDepartment of Burn, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 200025, China.
Tianyi YuDepartment of Burn, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 200025, China.
Martin C HarmsenUniversity of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Pathology and Medical Biology, Hanzeplein 1 (EA11), 9713GZ Groningen, the Netherlands.
Min GaoDepartment of Burn, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 200025, China.
Dan LiuDepartment of Burn, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 200025, China.
Yan ShiDepartment of Burn, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 200025, China.
Yan LiuDepartment of Burn, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 200025, China.
Xiong ZhangDepartment of Burn, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 200025, China.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University · CNUniversity Medical Center Groningen · NL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Browning of white adipose tissue is associated with elevated resting metabolic rates and is considered to be one of the indispensable causes of hypermetabolism in burn patients. Hypermetabolism means increased resting energy expenditure, raised body temperature and acute-phase proteins. Persistently elevated levels of circulating stress hormones have been reported to induce browning of subcutaneous white adipose tissue. The lytic cocktail is a combination of medicines pethidine, chlorpromazine, and promethazine that has been used clinically in sedation for the management of patients. As reported this sedative treatment can reduce the expression of catecholamines in major burn rats. Thus, in this paper we focused on the effects of lytic cocktail in the regulation of white adipose tissue browning and hypermetabolism and we further investigated the underlying mechanism. Methods: A 30% total body surface area (TBSA) Ⅲ degree scald rat model was used for this study. The rats were randomly divided into a sham scald group, a scalding with immediate resuscitation group, and a group of scalding with immediate resuscitation and lytic cocktail treatment. The levels of norepinephrine and epinephrine in plasma were dynamically detected. Changes of the rat body weight and food intake were recorded and compared as indexes of metabolism responses after post-scalding. For the study of white adipose tissue browning, inguinal adipose tissue was used. Metabolic changes, while indicatives of white fat browning were measured by PET/CT. The expression of white adipose browning related proteins and the changes of mitochondria number were used to assess browning of inguinal adipose. Results: The level of plasma catecholamines norepinephrine and epinephrine in the lytic cocktail-treated group was significantly lower than the other two groups. Morphology and PET/CT showed that the inguinal white adipose browning was inhibited in the lytic cocktail treated group, whereas scalding with immediate resuscitation group showed browning of white adipose. The number of mitochondria, the expressions of white adipose browning related proteins in the lytic cocktail group were also significantly lower than that of the group of scalding with immediate resuscitation. Conclusion: By reducing expression of heat-related proteins, the application of lytic cocktail medicines inhibits the white adipose tissue browning, which suppresses hypermetabolism in scalded rats. The mechanism might be related to decreased expression levels of stress hormones induced by lytic cocktail. This research suggests that lytic cocktails may be an effective treatment for hypermetabolism after severe burn injury.

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Lytic cocktailServer burn induced-hypermetabolismUncoupling protein 1 (UCP1)White adipose tissue browning

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PMID35846468
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