REGULATION OF LUNG FIBROBLAST PROLIFERATION AND PROTEIN-SYNTHESIS BY BRONCHIOLAR LAVAGE IN EXPERIMENTAL SILICOSIS
REGULATION OF LUNG FIBROBLAST PROLIFERATION AND PROTEIN-SYNTHESIS BY BRONCHIOLAR LAVAGE IN EXPERIMENTAL SILICOSIS
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DOI:
10.1016/s0013-9351(86)80168-2
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发表时间:
1986-10-01
影响因子:
8.3
通讯作者:
SCHEVE, LG
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作者:
BENSON, SC;BELTON, JC;SCHEVE, LG
Male Sprague-Dawley rats were subjected to single, intratracheal instillation of 30 mg Min-U-Sil silica in sterile saline and were sacrificed 3, 7, or 14 days following instillation. Control animals were instilled with sterile saline only. Silica instillation produced an inflammatory reaction followed by histological changes characteristic of lung fibrosis. Thickened alveolar septa associated with inflammatory cells transforming into large multifocal fibrotic nodule were detected in silica-exposed animals. Increased numbers of bronchoalveolar cells (principally macrophages), elevated levels of protein (principally serum albumin), and lysozyme, proteolytic (trypsin-like), and myeloperoxidase activities were detected in lavage fluids obtained from animals instilled with silica. These factors (except for lysozyme activity) were elevated above control levels from 3 to 7 days postinstillation and declined to near control levels by Day 14. The rate of DNA, collagen, and noncollagen protein synthesis was significantly elevated in lungs tissue minces from silica-treated rats 3 and 7 days fter instillation. Elevated levels of total protein, and lung collagen in particular, were observed 9 weeks after insult. Lavage fluid from silica-instilled rats stimulus DNA synthesis in cultures of proliferating and quiescent rat lung fibroblasts. Lavage fluids from silica-instilled rats also stimulates lung fibroblast to increase collagen and noncollagen protein synthesis.