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R M Jackson

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PubMed1985

The effect of endotoxin on bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis in the rat.

Bleomycin is a commonly used antineoplastic agent which produces dose- and time-dependent pneumonitis and fibrosis in humans. The mechanism of bleomycin-induced lung injury is uncertain. However, current data shows that bleomycin can generate reactive oxygen species such as superoxide and hydroxyl radicals. We therefore investigated whether intraperitoneal (i.p.) injection of endotoxin, a protectant for hyperoxia, could modulate the biochemical and morphological estimates of bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis in rats. However, pretreatment with multiple i.p. injections of endotoxin, combined with intratracheal bleomycin instillation, resulted in increased lung collagen content compared to bleomycin treatment alone and controls. Furthermore, morphological estimates of the severity of lung lesions present in the endotoxin-bleomycin treatment group were increased when compared with saline and endotoxin control lung lesions. These data indicate, in the current study design, that endotoxin did not reduce, but instead increased the severity of bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis in rats. The mechanism for this increase in fibrosis may be the result of pre-existing endotoxin-induced cell injury.

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PubMed1985

Pulmonary oxygen toxicity.

Although oxygen therapy has been used in the care of critically ill patients for many years, the recognition of pulmonary oxygen toxicity as an important clinical problem is relatively recent. The biochemical basis of oxygen toxicity is increased production of highly reactive, partially reduced metabolites of oxygen, including hydrogen peroxide and free radicals, by cells in hyperoxia. Enzymatic intracellular defense mechanisms exist which protect cells from the toxic effects of oxygen free radicals. The physiologic manifestations of oxygen toxicity include decreases in vital capacity, diffusing capacity, and lung compliance. The pathologic changes of oxygen toxicity are not specific and resemble those of the adult respiratory distress syndrome. Many drugs used in the care of patients, including bleomycin, nitrofurantoin, and corticosteroids, may exacerbate oxygen-induced lung injury. No effective pharmacologic means exist for lessening pulmonary oxygen toxicity in humans.

Drug Tolerance↗
PubMed1984

Factitial cutaneous ulcers and nodules: the use of electron-probe microanalysis in diagnosis.

Two cases are reported in which persistent nodular or ulcerative skin lesions with granulomatous histology suggested possible injection of foreign material. Electron-probe microanalysis was used to determine the presence and nature of foreign materials present in the skin. This technic identified specific agents used as fillers in tablets, indicating the injection of pulverized tablet material. The patients were counseled regarding this evidence, and psychotherapy and drug rehabilitation were recommended in each instance. This technic provides a valuable tool for accurate identification of foreign substances in the skin.

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PubMed1984

Ozone-induced tolerance to hyperoxia in rats.

Preexposure of adult rats to ozone (0.8 +/- 0.1 ppm for 7 days) has been found to produce a marked degree of tolerance to hyperoxia (greater than 95% O2). The survival of O3-preexposed rats in hyperoxia for 168 h was 28 of 32 (88%) compared with a rate of 2 of 18 (11%) for nonpreexposed rats. Total lung superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GP), glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6-PD), and catalase (CAT) activities were all significantly increased after O3 preexposure and after the subsequent hyperoxic challenge. Probable mechanisms accounting for the markedly improved survival in hyperoxia after O3 preexposure include both increased lung antioxidant enzyme and repair of structural damage by proliferation of alveolar lining cells. The demonstration of cross-tolerance between the atmospheric oxidants O3 and O2 suggests that there are similarities in the lung's adaptation to both oxidants.

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PubMed1984

Hypoxia preadaptation prevents oxygen-induced depression of lung angiotensin-converting enzyme activity.

Preadaptation of adult rats to hypoxia (10% O2 for 5 days) results in tolerance to oxygen-induced lung injury (greater than 95% O2 for 2 days). This study investigated whether hypoxia preadaptation maintained an endothelial cell metabolic function, angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) activity, despite exposure to hyperoxia. Lung ACE activity was measured as the capacity of isolated, ventilated, perfused lungs to hydrolyze an ACE substrate, benzoyl-phenylalanyl-alanyl-proline (BPAP), after in vivo hypoxia, hyperoxia, or sequential hypoxia-hyperoxia exposure. The results indicated that (1) hyperoxia decreases BPAP hydrolysis in isolated lungs, (2) hypoxia preadaptation does not affect BPAP hydrolysis (measured at ambient PO2), and (3) hypoxia preadaptation prevents hyperoxia-induced depression of lung ACE activity. These data imply that lung microvascular endothelial cells participate in the development of oxygen tolerance in this model.

Adaptation, Physiological↗
PubMed1984

The endotoxin-pretreated, oxygen-adapted rat model in hyperbaric hyperoxia.

Rats pretreated with 500 micrograms X kg-1 endotoxin are resistant to the pulmonary toxic effects of normobaric hyperoxia (greater than 95% O2). After endotoxin-pretreatment and exposure to 1.0 ATA O2 for 72 h, such rats are found to have elevated total superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase, and catalase activities in homogenates of whole lungs. Despite increases in these protective antioxidant enzymes which persist in 2.0 ATA O2 (4 h) and 4.0 ATA O2 (1.0 h), such rats do not have improved survival in hyperbaric hyperoxia. Likewise, endotoxin-pretreatment immediately prior to 2.0 or 4.0 ATA O2 exposure does not prolong survival compared to controls. It is likely that lung injury during the normobaric oxygen preexposure and the central nervous system toxicity of hyperbaric oxygen interact to limit survival.

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Survival, lung injury, and lung protein nitration in heterozygous MnSOD knockout mice in hyperoxia.

This study tested whether a strain of heterozygous Mn superoxide dismutase (SOD) knockout mice differed from wild types in response to lethal (100 or 85%) or sublethal (50 or 75%) oxygen exposures. Lung MnSOD activity was significantly (-40%) less in the heterozygous mice, and lung catalase activity was also significantly decreased. Total SOD activity, glutathione peroxidase, and glutathione reductase did not differ between heterozygous (+/-) and wild-type (+/+) mice. We exposed both heterozygous and wild-type mice to hyperoxia (50, 75, 85, or 100% oxygen) until death or for 48 hours to assess sublethal lung injury. Survival of the heterozygous and wild-type mice did not differ significantly in 100 or 85% oxygen. No mice of either genotype died in 50 or 75% oxygen (14-day exposures). Hyperoxia exposures significantly increased (by two-way ANOVA) the alveolar lavage protein concentration, percent neutrophils, and lung wet-dry/dry weight ratios. No significant differences occurred between the heterozygous and wild-type mice for any marker of injury at any oxygen level. Lavage fluid total nitrite concentrations did not differ at any oxygen level. Hyperoxia caused a similar degree of nitration of lung structural proteins detected by immunohistochemistry in both groups.

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Visual evoked potentials in the clinically normal dog.

Visual evoked potentials (VEP) in response to flashes of white light were recorded from 15 adult beagles of both sexes to provide a normative data base. Separate recordings were taken by stimulating each eye of every dog. Responses were recorded from a needle electrode placed over the nuchal crest referenced to an electrode just caudal to the eyes. Five positive and negative peaks were present in each VEP; P1, N1, P2, N2, and P3. Peak P2 was the most prominent. Mean (+/- standard deviation [SD]) latencies for peaks P1, N1, P2, N2, and P3 were 14.3 +/- 2.4, 29.2 +/- 2.2, 54.5 +/- 7.4, 78.0 +/- 13.1, and 98.1 +/- 12.6 msec, respectively. Peak-to-peak mean amplitudes ranged from 5.88 to 13.30 microV. Recordings were accomplished without sedation, anesthesia, or mydriatic drugs.

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Modulation of rat lung Na+,K(+)-ATPase gene expression by hyperoxia.

Rats exposed to 85% O2 for 5-7 days develop tolerance to otherwise lethal hyperoxia (100% O2). The rate of alveolar fluid clearance increases during adaptation to hyperoxia, due in part to increased alveolar epithelial sodium channel activity. In these studies, we have investigated molecular mechanisms leading to increased lung Na+,K(+)-ATPase activity in hyperoxia. We exposed adult rats to 85% O2 (sublethal hyperoxia) for 7 days, followed by 2, 3, or 4 days in 100% O2. Steady-state levels of the Na+,K(+)-ATPase alpha 1 and beta 1 subunit mRNAs increased in whole lung tissue during hyperoxia exposures. Stability of the Na+,K(+)-ATPase alpha 1 and beta 1 subunit mRNA messages in whole lung RNA did not change significantly. Thus, lung Na+,K(+)-ATPase gene expression in sublethal hyperoxia appears to be regulated in part at the transcriptional level. Alveolar epithelial type II (ATII) cell Na+,K(+)-ATPase alpha 1 and beta 1 subunit proteins, measured by quantitative immunofluorescence, increased significantly after sublethal hyperoxia and 100% O2 exposures. Increases in lung fluid clearance after sublethal hyperoxia are associated with increased ATII cell Na+,K(+)-ATPase protein and whole lung Na+,K(+)-ATPase mRNA expression, which correspond to previously described increases in epithelial sodium channel expression under these conditions.

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