In vivo antioxidant treatment protects against bleomycin-induced lung damage in rats
In vivo antioxidant treatment protects against bleomycin-induced lung damage in rats
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DOI:
10.1038/sj.bjp.0705138
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发表时间:
2003-03-01
影响因子:
7.3
通讯作者:
Bulbena, O
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作者:
Serrano-Mollar, A;Closa, D;Bulbena, O
(1)Department of Medical Bioanalysis, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomedicas de Barcelona (IIBB-IDIBAPS), CSIC, Barcelona, Spain; (2)Department of Animal Pathology, Veterinary School, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain; (3)Pharmacology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universitat de Valencia, Valencia, Spain and (4)Physiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universitat de Valencia, Valencia, Spain1 This study examines the activity of the antioxidant N-acetylcysteine on bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis in rats with emphasis on the early inflammatory phase.2, Rats receiving N-acetylcysteine (300 mg kg(-1) day(-1), intraperitoneal) had less augmented lung wet weight, and lower levels of proteins, lactate dehydrogenase, neutrophil and macrophage counts in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and lung myeloperoxidase activity with a betterment of histological score at 3 days postbleomycin.3 A diminished lung GSH/GSSG ratio and augmented lipid hydroperoxides were observed 3 days postbleomycin. These changes were attenuated by N-acetylcysteine. Alveolar macrophages from bleomycin-exposed rats released augmented amounts of superoxide anion and nitric oxide. N-Acetylcysteine did not modify superoxide anion generation but reduced the increased production of nitric oxide.4 N-Acetylcysteine suppressed the bleomycin-induced increased activation of lung NF-kappaB (shift assay and immunohistochemistry), and decreased the augmented levels of the early inflammatory cytokines, tumour necrosis factor-alpha, interleukin-beta, interleukin-6 and macrophage inflammatory protein-2 observed in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid at I and 3 days postbleomycin exposure.5 At 15 days postbleomycin, N-acetylcysteine decreased collagen deposition in bleomycin-exposed rats (hydroxyproline content: 6351+/-669 and 4626+/-288 mug per lung in drug vehicle- and Nacetylcysteine-treated rats, respectively; P