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J Appl Physiol 58: 819-822, 1985;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 58, Issue 3 819-822, Copyright © 1985 by American Physiological Society

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Endotoxin-tolerant rats are still protected from oxygen toxicity by low-dose endotoxin treatment

L. Frank

To determine if we could reduce endotoxin's potential for toxicity, we produced "endotoxin-tolerant" rats by administering progressively increasing daily doses of endotoxin (10 ng, 100 ng, 1 microgram, 10 micrograms/kg). This dosage regimen produced a high degree of tolerance to the toxic actions of endotoxin: whereas only 3/17 (18%) of control rats survived a normally lethal dose of endotoxin (25 mg/kg), survival for the endotoxin-tolerant rats was 16/16. When endotoxin-tolerant rats received a standard protective dose of 500 micrograms/kg endotoxin just before transfer to 96-98% O2, 19/20 survived the 72-h exposure period vs. 20-30% survival for controls. Thus whereas the endotoxin-tolerant state blocked the tested lethal and toxic effects of endotoxin, it did not nullify the O2 protective action of endotoxin. In addition, endotoxin's stimulatory effects on the lung antioxidant enzymes in the 96-98% O2-exposed rats was also not blocked by the endotoxin-tolerant state. Thus the therapeutic ratio (TR) of endotoxin as an experimental pharmacological treatment against O2-induced lung damage has been markedly enhanced (TR = ratio of dose producing beneficial effects to dose producing toxic effects).


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