TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA-INDUCED PULMONARY VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL INJURY
TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA-INDUCED PULMONARY VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL INJURY
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DOI:
10.1128/iai.57.4.1218-1226.1989
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发表时间:
1989-04-01
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
MCCLAIN, CJ
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作者:
GOLDBLUM, SE;HENNIG, B;MCCLAIN, CJ
Tumor necrosis factor .alpha. (TNF-.alpha.) mediates components of the acute-phase response, stimulates granulocyte metabolism, and induces endothelial cell surfaces changes. We studied whether human recombinant TNF-.alpha. (rTNF-.alpha.) could increase pulmonary edema formation and pulmonary vascular permeability. Rabbits preinfused with 125I-albumin were administered rTNF-.alpha. or saline. Animals were sacrificed, and lung wet/dry weights ratios as well as bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and plasma 125I activities were determined. rTNF-.alpha. increased lung wet/dry weight ratios by 151% (P < 0.02) and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid/plasma 125I activity ratios by 376% (P < 0.01) compared with values for saline controls. Electron microscopy of lung sections demonstrated endothelial injury, perivascular edema, and extravasation of a ultrastructural permeability tracer. To demonstrate that rTNF-.alpha. could directly increase pulmonary vascular endothelial permeability in vitro, we studied albumin transfer across cultured porcine pulmonary artery endothelial cell monolayers. rTNF-.alpha. induced time-dependent dose-response increments in transendothelial albumin flux in the absence of granulocyte effector cells. These observations suggest that rTNF-.alpha. can provoke acute pulmonary vascular endothelial injury in vivo as well as in vitro.