Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 76, Issue 1 91-96, Copyright © 1994 by American Physiological Society

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Roles of neutrophil elastase and superoxide anion in leukotriene B4-induced lung injury in rabbit

K. Yoshimura, S. Nakagawa, S. Koyama, T. Kobayashi and T. Homma
Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan.

The effects of a competitive neutrophil elastase (NE) inhibitor, ONO-5046, and a recombinant human superoxide dismutase on leukotriene B4 (LTB4)-induced polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMN)-mediated increase in microvascular permeability in isolated non-blood-perfused rabbit lungs were studied. Pulmonary microvascular permeability and lung edema were evaluated by use of the fluid filtration coefficient (Kf) and the wet-to-dry lung weight ratio (W/D), respectively. Pulmonary capillary pressure was estimated by the double occlusion technique. NE activity in the perfusate was determined using a spectrophotometric method. The PMNs (2-3 x 10(8) cells) were added into the perfusate in all groups of lungs. Injection of LTB4 (5 micrograms) increased Kf and W/D without affecting pulmonary arterial or capillary pressure. The LTB4-induced lung injury was closely associated with the increase in NE activity in the perfusate. Infusion of ONO-5046 (1 or 10 mg.kg-1 x h-1) inhibited the LTB4-induced increases in Kf, W/D, and perfusate NE activity in a dose-dependent fashion. Infusion of recombinant human superoxide dismutase (80,000 U.kg-1 x h-1) attenuated the LTB4-induced increases in Kf and W/D, although it did not influence the elevation of perfusate NE activity induced by LTB4. These results suggest that both NE and superoxide anion play important roles in the LTB4-induced PMN-mediated increase in pulmonary microvascular permeability.

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