EXPERIMENTAL BLEOMYCIN LUNG IN MICE - A CONTRIBUTION TO THE PATHOGENESIS OF PULMONARY FIBROSIS
EXPERIMENTAL BLEOMYCIN LUNG IN MICE - A CONTRIBUTION TO THE PATHOGENESIS OF PULMONARY FIBROSIS
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DOI:
10.1007/bf02713855
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
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影响因子:
5
通讯作者:
MORGENROTH, K
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作者:
FASSKE, E;MORGENROTH, K
In long term studies over a period of 120 days, staggered i.p. 0.15-18 mg doses of the cytostatic polypeptide bleomycin were given to NMRI mice to produce pulmonary fibroses. The onset and progression of the lung reaction was monitored at 5-day intervals by light microscopy and EM. On the basis of the morphological alterations, a pathogenetic chain of events is postulated for pulmonary fibrosis: the primary lesions arise in the alveolar capillaries, with endothelial swelling and interstitial edema. Thickening of the alveolar wall leads to a reactive proliferation of type II pneumocytes with overproduction of surfactant. As a result of the disturbed monomolecular spreading of surfactant on the inner alveolar surface, giant lammellar bodies are formed in type II pneumocytes. These type II cells become necrotic, and free surfactant present in the alveoli is phagocytized by monocytic alveolar macrophages. The macrophages perish and release mediators which activate fibroblasts resulting in fibrillogenesis. Evidently, continuous production of surfactant and migration of monocytes from the blood stream the course of pulmonary fibrosis, once started, can be self-perpetuating, even after the etiological factor is no longer present.