ENDOTOXIN PROTECTION AGAINST OXYGEN-INDUCED ACUTE AND CHRONIC LUNG INJURY
ENDOTOXIN PROTECTION AGAINST OXYGEN-INDUCED ACUTE AND CHRONIC LUNG INJURY
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DOI:
10.1152/jappl.1979.47.3.577
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发表时间:
1979-01-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
ROBERTS, RJ
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作者:
FRANK, L;ROBERTS, RJ
Small dosages of endotoxin (100-500 .mu.g/kg) [from Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhimurium, S. typhi, Shigella flexneri and Pseudomonas sp.] provide significant protection against the acute manifestations of pulmonary O2 toxicity and lethality. Of endotoxin-treated adult rats, 97% survived a 72 h exposure to .gtoreq. 95% O2 with minimal lung changes compared to 32% of control animals (P < 0.01). Exposure of .gtoreq. 95% O2 for 7 days resulted in a 20% survival rate in untreated control rats vs. 98% survival in endotoxin-treated rats (P < 0.01). Histological evaluation of lung from survivors revealed substantially less collagen and reticular fiber deposition in the endotoxin-treated animal lungs. Endotoxin treatment was associated with increased activity of the protectant antioxidant enzyme systems of the lung in an apparent dose-response manner. Endotoxin''s protective activity against O2 toxicity does not appear to depend on an initial toxic insult to the lung like with .alpha.-naphthylthiourea, oleic acid or alloxan treatment. The data support a protective role for endotoxin against the acute and the more chronic manifestations of O2-induced pulmonary injury.