CIMETIDINE REDUCES HYPEROXIC LUNG INJURY IN LAMBS
CIMETIDINE REDUCES HYPEROXIC LUNG INJURY IN LAMBS
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DOI:
10.1152/jappl.1989.67.6.2586
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发表时间:
1989-12-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
HANSEN, TN
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作者:
HAZINSKI, TA;FRANCE, M;HANSEN, TN
We previously reported that pretreamtent with endotoxin significantly reduced acute pulmonary O2 toxicity in lambs (J. Appl. Physiol. 65: 1579-1585, 1988). One of endotoxin''s many effects is to inhibit cytochrome P-450 monooxygenation reactions, which are believed to produce toxic O2 species. Therefore, one possible explanation for endotoxin''s beneficial effect is that it inhibited P-450-mediated O2 radical production during hyperoxia. To test this hypothesis, we administered a single dose of cimetidine, a noncompetitive inhibitor of P-450 activity, to nine lambs before continuous exposure to > 95% O2. Compared with six control O2-exposed lambs, the cimetidine-treated O2-exposed lambs maintained normal gas exchange for a longer period of time (P < 0.01), accumulated lung water at a slower rate (P < 0.01), and had normal microvascular permeability after 72 h of O2 exposure. Postmortem levels of antioxidant enzymes in blood-free lung homogenate were not increased in cimetidine-treated lambs. However, the levels of oxidized glutathione were significantly lower in fimetidine-treated lambs, and the ratio of reduced to oxidized glutathione concentrations (GSH/GSSG ratio) was sevenfold higher than the ratio measured in control O2-exposed lambs (P < 0.001). In four lambs, pretreatment with ranitidine (a drug chemically related to cimetidine but without P-450 inhibitory activity) had no effect either on the time course of O2 injury or on postmortem antioxidants. Microsomes were isolated from blood-free lung of all study animals and P-450 activity of the form 2 isozyme was measured. O2 exposure significantly increased P-450 activity, and pretreatment with both endotoxin and cimetidine (but not ranitidine) significantly blunted this increase. We conclude that, like endotoxin, cimetidine reduces O2-induced lung injury in lambs by a mechanism that does not involve antioxidant enzyme augmentation. The low levels of oxidized glutathione and the inhibition of cytochrome P-450 activity suggest that the cimetidine-treated lambs may have produced less P-450-derived oxidants during O2 exposure.