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J Appl Physiol 64: 2175-2182, 1988;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 64, Issue 5 2175-2182, Copyright © 1988 by American Physiological Society

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Protective effects of O2 radical scavengers and adenosine in PMA-induced lung injury

R. C. Allison, E. M. Hernandez, V. R. Prasad, M. B. Grisham and A. E. Taylor
Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile 36688.

We have previously shown that phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) produces acute lung injury in blood-perfused lungs but not in plasma-dextran-perfused lungs. This is compatible with the concept that its major mechanism of injury is the stimulation of O2 radicals by neutrophils, which in turn increase permeability by damaging the endothelial cells. In this study we measured vascular permeability and resistance before and 1 h after PMA in five groups of blood-perfused dog lungs: PMA alone in one group and pretreatment with catalase, superoxide dismutase, deferoxamine, and adenosine each in four other groups. By the use of two indexes of permeability, the filtration coefficient and the isogravimetric capillary pressure, we found that, compared with PMA alone, catalase, deferoxamine, and adenosine provided significant protection, whereas the results with superoxide dismutase were variable. These four drugs also significantly attenuated the marked increased resistance seen with PMA alone. Although the effects seen with the first three can be explained by their scavenging of O2 radicals, adenosine appears to provide protection through a separate mechanism.


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