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J Appl Physiol 60: 1209-1212, 1986;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 60, Issue 4 1209-1212, Copyright © 1986 by American Physiological Society

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Dexamethasone protects against high-dose endotoxin without loss of tolerance to oxygen

M. Koizumi, L. Frank and D. Massaro

Endotoxin (500 micrograms/kg)-treated rats are very tolerant to hyperoxia (greater than 95% O2, 1 ATA). We have now attempted to determine if dexamethasone given to rats 1 h before a usually lethal dose of endotoxin would diminish endotoxin's lethality without substantially abrogating its capacity to confer tolerance to hyperoxia. Endotoxin (20 mg/kg) given alone killed 70-80% of air- or O2-breathing rats within 24 h; dexamethasone (0.6 mg) given 1 h before endotoxin decreased mortality at 24 h to 10-15%. About 90% of the rats that were alive 24 h after receiving dexamethasone plus endotoxin (20 mg/kg) survived 72 h of hyperoxia. Dexamethasone plus endotoxin (10 mg/kg) provided as much protection against pulmonary edema resulting from 72 h of hyperoxia as did 500 micrograms/kg endotoxin alone. Tolerance to hyperoxia produced by dexamethasone plus high-dose endotoxin was accompanied by a rise in the activity in the lung of antioxidant enzymes. We conclude that dexamethasone protects rats against the lethal effects of high doses of endotoxin without interfering with endotoxin's capacity to engender tolerance to hyperoxia.


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