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Sharpe JP, Khan NR, Chatterjee AR, Huang J, Magnotti LJ, Croce MA, Fabian TC. Investigating Cyclooxygenase Inhibition in a Rat Pulmonary Contusion Model: A Laboratory Study Finding No Improvement with Ibuprofen. Am Surg 2017. [DOI: 10.1177/000313481708300635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Minimal advances have been made in the management of pulmonary contusions (PCs). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of cyclooxygenase inhibition on outcomes following PC in a rat model. PC was induced in anesthetized adult rats. Ibuprofen was given to the treatment group (TG) and water was given to the control group (CG). Lung injury was assessed with pulse oximetry, arterial blood gases, CT, and histopathologic examination. Inflammation was measured with both serum and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) levels of tumor necrosis factor a and interleukin-6. Rats in the TG did not differ from rats in the CG with respect to oxygenation. Pathologic examination demonstrated a trend toward more inflammatory infiltrate in the CG, yet the sizes of the contusions were larger in the TG. The CG trended toward decreased levels of interleukin-6 in the serum and BAL at both three and seven days. While BAL levels of tumor necrosis factor a were increased in the TG at three days compared to the CG, they trended toward a reduced amount at seven days. Our data do not support cyclooxygenase inhibition for treatment to decrease the respiratory compromise associated with PC in this model of rat PCs.
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- John P. Sharpe
- Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee and Department of Radiology
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- Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee and Department of Radiology
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- Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee and Department of Radiology
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- Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee and Department of Radiology
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- Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee and Department of Radiology
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- Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee and Department of Radiology
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Sherman R, Karagiannis M. Aspiration Pneumonia in the Dog: A Review. Top Companion Anim Med 2017; 32:1-7. [PMID: 28750782 DOI: 10.1053/j.tcam.2017.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2017] [Accepted: 05/10/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To review the human and veterinary literature pertaining to aspiration pneumonitis and pneumonia. MATERIAL AND METHODS Data sources included scientific reviews and original research publications from the human and veterinary literature. All reviews and studies that added to the understanding of aspiration pneumonia were included. RESULTS Compared to human medicine, aspiration pneumonia can be difficult to diagnose in the canine patient and is often a diagnosis of presumption. Multiple risk factors exist increasing the likelihood of aspiration pneumonia and a thorough understanding of these can aid in prevention. Treatment recommendations center primarily on supportive care, oxygen therapy and antibiotic administration. CLINCIAL SIGNIFICANCE Aspiration pneumonia is a common finding in the canine patient and a thorough understanding of the disease will lead to better treatment outcomes. Further studies on treatment and prevention in veterinary medicine are warranted.
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Aali M, Caldwell A, House K, Zhou J, Chappe V, Lehmann C. Iron chelation as novel treatment for lung inflammation in cystic fibrosis. Med Hypotheses 2017; 104:86-88. [PMID: 28673599 DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2017.05.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2017] [Accepted: 05/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder that results in defective cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) protein expression and function in various tissues. The leading cause of CF mortality and morbidity is the progressive destruction of the lungs due to recurrent infections and chronic inflammation. CFTR defect also affects immune cells, including neutrophils, resulting in ineffective, severe and persistent inflammatory response. Since unopposed recruitment of neutrophils significantly contributes to lung tissue damage through the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), we hypothesize that the administration of iron chelators could serve as a novel treatment to attenuate chronic inflammation in CF lungs since iron is significantly involved in ROS production by neutrophils. Ideally, the iron chelator should sequester host iron effectively, prevent bacterial access to chelator-bound iron and penetrates lung tissues efficiently, e.g. by inhalational route of administration.
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- Maral Aali
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada; Department of Anesthesia, Pain Management and Perioperative Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
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- Department of Anesthesia, Pain Management and Perioperative Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada; Department of Anesthesia, Pain Management and Perioperative Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.
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Ghebre YT, Raghu G. Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Novel Concepts of Proton Pump Inhibitors as Antifibrotic Drugs. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2017; 193:1345-52. [PMID: 27110898 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201512-2316pp] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The prevalence of abnormal acid gastroesophageal reflux (GER) is higher in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) than in matched control subjects. Several studies demonstrated that more than one-third of patients with IPF have abnormal esophageal acid exposures. In addition, many of these studies indicate that the majority of patients with IPF have silent reflux with no symptoms of GER. Findings of abnormal reflux persist in a large proportion of patients with IPF placed on antacid therapy such as proton pump inhibitors (PPIs). This seemingly paradoxical observation suggests that either patients with IPF are somehow resistant to PPI-based intervention or PPIs are inherently unable to suppress acid GER. By contrast, patients with IPF who undergo Nissen fundoplication surgery are effectively relieved from the complications of GER, and retrospective studies suggest improved lung function. Retrospective, anecdotal data suggest a beneficial role of PPIs in IPF including stabilization of lung function, reduction in episodes of acute exacerbation, and enhanced longevity. The recent evidence-based guidelines for treatment of IPF approved conditional recommendation of PPIs for all patients with IPF regardless of their GER status. Recently, we have reported that PPIs possess antiinflammatory and antifibrotic activities by directly suppressing proinflammatory cytokines, profibrotic proteins, and proliferation of lung fibroblasts. Our study provides an alternative explanation for the beneficial effect of PPIs in IPF. In this Perspective, we reviewed emerging progress on antifibrotic effect of PPIs using IPF as a disease model. In addition, we summarized surgical and pharmacological interventions for GER and their downstream effect on lung physiology.
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- Yohannes T Ghebre
- 1 Department of Radiation Oncology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; and
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- 2 Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Center for Interstitial Lung Disease, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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Son YG, Shin J, Ryu HG. Pneumonitis and pneumonia after aspiration. J Dent Anesth Pain Med 2017; 17:1-12. [PMID: 28879323 PMCID: PMC5564131 DOI: 10.17245/jdapm.2017.17.1.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2017] [Revised: 02/19/2017] [Accepted: 02/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Aspiration pneumonitis and aspiration pneumonia are clinical syndromes caused by aspiration. These conditions are clinically significant due to their high morbidity and mortality. However, aspiration as a preceding event are often unwitnessed, particularly in cases of asymptomatic or silent aspiration. Furthermore, despite the difference in treatment approaches for managing aspiration pneumonitis and aspiration pneumonia, these two disease entities are often difficult to discriminate from one another, resulting in inappropriate treatment. The use of unclear terminologies hinders the comparability among different studies, making it difficult to produce evidence-based conclusions and practical guidelines. We reviewed the most recent studies to define aspiration, aspiration pneumonitis, and aspiration pneumonia, and to further assess these conditions in terms of incidence and epidemiology, pathophysiology, risk factors, diagnosis, management and treatment, and prevention.
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- Young Gon Son
- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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Omar NM, Sarhan NR. The possible protective role of pumpkin seed oil in an animal model of acid aspiration pneumonia: Light and electron microscopic study. Acta Histochem 2017; 119:161-171. [PMID: 28122663 DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2017.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2016] [Accepted: 01/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Aspiration pneumonitis is a common problem occurring in many clinical disorders. Pumpkin seed oil (PO) is a rich source of antioxidants. This work aimed to assess the effect of PO on the lung histopathological changes induced by acid aspiration. Forty male albino rats assigned to four groups were used. Rats of control group were instilled intratracheally with normal saline 2mL/kg. HCL group instilled with 2mL/kg of HCL 0.1N, pH 1.25. PO group received pumpkin seed oil (PO) orally (∼1375mg/kgbw/day) for 7days. HCL+PO group instilled with 2mL/kg of HCL 0.1N, pH 1.25 and received PO at the same dose of PO group. Lung tissue samples were processed for light, electron microscopic and immunohistochemical study using anti inducible NO synthase (iNOS). The lung of HCL group demonstrated thickened interalveolar septa, inflammatory cell infiltration and significant increase in the area percent of collagenous fibers and immune expression of iNOS. Ultra structurally, disrupted alveolocapillay membrane, degenerated type II pneumocytes and plentiful alveolar macrophages were evident. PO administration partially attenuated these histological and ultra structural alterations and reduced iNOS immune-expression in lung tissue. In conclusion, PO has a protective effect against HCL aspiration lung injury most probably through its antioxidant activity.
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- Rachel L Zemans
- Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado,
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- Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora,
Colorado, USA
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- The Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San
Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
- Departments of Medicine and Anesthesiology, University of
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Richter T, Bergmann R, Pietzsch J, Mueller MP, Koch T. Effects of pulmonary acid aspiration on the regional pulmonary blood flow within the first hour after injury: An observational study in rats. Clin Hemorheol Microcirc 2016; 60:253-62. [PMID: 25171591 DOI: 10.3233/ch-141867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Gastric aspiration events are recognized as a major cause of pneumonitis and the development of acute respiratory distress syndrome. The first peak in the inflammatory response has been observed one hour after acid-induced lung injury in rats. The spatial pulmonary blood flow (PBF) distribution after an acid aspiration event within this time frame has not been adequately studied. We determined therefore PBF pattern within the first hour after acid aspiration. METHODS Anesthetized, spontaneous breathing rats (n = 8) underwent unilateral endobronchial hydrochlorid acid instillation so that the PBF distributions between the injured and non-injured lungs could be compared. The signal intensity of the lung parenchyma after injury was measured by magnetic resonance tomography. PBF distribution was determined by measuring the concentration of [68Ga]-radiolabeled microspheres using positron emission tomography. RESULTS Following acid aspiration, magnetic resonance images revealed increased signal intensity in the injured regions accompanied by reduced oxygenation. PBF was increased in all injured lungs (171 [150; 196], median [25%; 75%]) compared to the blood flow in all uninjured lungs (141 [122; 159], P = 0.0078). CONCLUSIONS From the first minute until fifty minutes after acid-induced acute lung injury, the PBF was consistently increased in the injured lung. These blood flow elevation was accompanied by significant hypoxemia.
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- Torsten Richter
- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Carl Gustav Carus University Hospital, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Radiopharmaceutical and Chemical Biology, Institute of Radiopharmaceutical Cancer Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum, Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Radiopharmaceutical and Chemical Biology, Institute of Radiopharmaceutical Cancer Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum, Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany.,Department of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Carl Gustav Carus University Hospital, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Carl Gustav Carus University Hospital, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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Kobayashi K, Horikami D, Omori K, Nakamura T, Yamazaki A, Maeda S, Murata T. Thromboxane A2 exacerbates acute lung injury via promoting edema formation. Sci Rep 2016; 6:32109. [PMID: 27562142 PMCID: PMC4999811 DOI: 10.1038/srep32109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2016] [Accepted: 08/02/2016] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Thromboxane A2 (TXA2) is produced in the lungs of patients suffering from acute lung injury (ALI). We assessed its contribution in disease progression using three different ALI mouse models. The administration of hydrochloric acid (HCl) or oleic acid (OA)+ lipopolysaccharide (LPS) caused tissue edema and neutrophil infiltration with TXA2 production in the lungs of the experimental mice. The administration of LPS induced only neutrophil accumulation without TXA2 production. Pretreatment with T prostanoid receptor (TP) antagonist attenuated the tissue edema but not neutrophil infiltration in these models. Intravital imaging and immunostaining demonstrated that administration of TP agonist caused vascular hyper-permeability by disrupting the endothelial barrier formation in the mouse ear. In vitro experiments showed that TP-stimulation disrupted the endothelial adherens junction, and it was inhibited by Ca2+ channel blockade or Rho kinase inhibition. Thus endogenous TXA2 exacerbates ALI, and its blockade attenuates it by modulating the extent of lung edema. This can be explained by the endothelial hyper-permeability caused by the activation of TXA2-TP axis, via Ca2+- and Rho kinase-dependent signaling.
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- Koji Kobayashi
- Department of Animal Radiology, Graduate school of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Animal Radiology, Graduate school of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Animal Radiology, Graduate school of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Animal Radiology, Graduate school of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Animal Radiology, Graduate school of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Animal Radiology, Graduate school of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Animal Radiology, Graduate school of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan
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D'Angio CT, Ambalavanan N, Carlo WA, McDonald SA, Skogstrand K, Hougaard DM, Shankaran S, Goldberg RN, Ehrenkranz RA, Tyson JE, Stoll BJ, Das A, Higgins RD. Blood Cytokine Profiles Associated with Distinct Patterns of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia among Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants. J Pediatr 2016; 174:45-51.e5. [PMID: 27117196 PMCID: PMC4925295 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.03.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2015] [Revised: 01/25/2016] [Accepted: 03/23/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To explore differences in blood cytokine profiles among distinct bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) patterns. STUDY DESIGN We evaluated blood spots collected from 943 infants born at ≤1000 g and surviving to 28 days on postnatal days 1, 3, 7, 14, and 21 for 25 cytokines. Infants were assigned to the following lung disease patterns: (1) no lung disease (NLD); (2) respiratory distress syndrome without BPD; (3) classic BPD (persistent exposure to supplemental oxygen until 28 days of age); or (4) atypical BPD (period without supplemental oxygen before 28 days). Median cytokine levels for infants with BPD were compared with the IQR of results among infants with NLD. RESULTS The distribution of enrolled infants by group was as follows: 69 (NLD), 73 (respiratory distress syndrome), 381 (classic BPD), and 160 (atypical BPD). The remaining 260 infants could not be classified because of missing data (104) or not fitting a predefined pattern (156). Median levels of 3 cytokines (elevated interleukin [IL]-8, matrix metalloproteinase-9; decreased granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor) fell outside the IQR for at least 2 time points in both infants with atypical and classic BPD. Profiles of 7 cytokines (IL-6, IL-10, IL-18, macrophage inflammatory protein-1α, C-reactive protein, brain-derived neurotrophic factor, regulated on activation, normal T cell expressed and secreted) differed between infants with classic and atypical BPD. CONCLUSIONS Blood cytokine profiles may differ between infants developing classic and atypical BPD. These dissimilarities suggest the possibility that differing mechanisms could explain the varied patterns of pathophysiology of lung disease in extremely premature infants.
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- Carl T D'Angio
- Strong Children's Research Center, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY.
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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- Statistics and Epidemiology Unit, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC
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- Danish Centre for Neonatal Screening, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Immunology and Genetics, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Danish Centre for Neonatal Screening, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Immunology and Genetics, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX
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- Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
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- Statistics and Epidemiology Unit, RTI International, Rockville, MD
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- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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iPAD or PADi-'tablets' with therapeutic disease potential? Curr Opin Chem Biol 2016; 33:169-78. [PMID: 27372273 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2016.06.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2016] [Revised: 06/07/2016] [Accepted: 06/17/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Over the last five years, a growing body of literature has strengthened the rationale for the involvement of PAD (protein arginine deiminase) enzymes in diverse diseases, through direct roles of citrullination in mechanisms such as neutrophil extracellular trap formation and immune complex formation. The recent development of inhibitors of the PAD family, coupled with the availability of mice genetically deficient in PAD2 or PAD4, has accelerated understanding of the role of these targets in varied disease models. This review surveys the recent literature to confirm the therapeutic potential of PAD inhibitors as a new class of drugs to treat human autoimmune disease.
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Pharmacologic Strategies for the Treatment of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: The Horizon is Getting Closer. J Intensive Care Med 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/0885066602238036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Jetté M. Toward an Understanding of the Pathophysiology of Chronic Laryngitis. PERSPECTIVES OF THE ASHA SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS 2016; 1:14-25. [PMID: 32864454 PMCID: PMC7451247 DOI: 10.1044/persp1.sig3.14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Chronic laryngitis, characterized by inflammation of the laryngeal tissues, is the most commonly diagnosed organic voice disorder, yet treatments targeting suspected etiologic factors have demonstrated limited efficacy. A major barrier to the development of improved medical therapies for chronic laryngitis is a fundamental gap in knowledge related to the pathophysiology of laryngeal inflammation. This article provides a review of the literature specific to laryngeal immunity in health and disease.
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Moazed F, Burnham EL, Vandivier RW, O'Kane CM, Shyamsundar M, Hamid U, Abbott J, Thickett DR, Matthay MA, McAuley DF, Calfee CS. Cigarette smokers have exaggerated alveolar barrier disruption in response to lipopolysaccharide inhalation. Thorax 2016; 71:1130-1136. [PMID: 26839359 DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-207886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2015] [Revised: 11/26/2015] [Accepted: 12/22/2015] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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RATIONALE Cigarette smoke exposure is associated with an increased risk of the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS); however, the mechanisms underlying this relationship remain largely unknown. OBJECTIVE To assess pathways of lung injury and inflammation in smokers and non-smokers with and without lipopolysaccharide (LPS) inhalation using established biomarkers. METHODS We measured plasma and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) biomarkers of inflammation and lung injury in smokers and non-smokers in two distinct cohorts of healthy volunteers, one unstimulated (n=20) and one undergoing 50 μg LPS inhalation (n=30). MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS After LPS inhalation, cigarette smokers had increased alveolar-capillary membrane permeability as measured by BAL total protein, compared with non-smokers (median 274 vs 208 μg/mL, p=0.04). Smokers had exaggerated inflammation compared with non-smokers, with increased BAL interleukin-1β (p=0.002), neutrophils (p=0.02), plasma interleukin-8 (p=0.003), and plasma matrix metalloproteinase-8 (p=0.006). Alveolar epithelial injury after LPS was more severe in smokers than non-smokers, with increased plasma (p=0.04) and decreased BAL (p=0.02) surfactant protein D. Finally, smokers had decreased BAL vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) (p<0.0001) with increased soluble VEGF receptor-1 (p=0.0001). CONCLUSIONS Cigarette smoke exposure may predispose to ARDS through an abnormal response to a 'second hit,' with increased alveolar-capillary membrane permeability, exaggerated inflammation, increased epithelial injury and endothelial dysfunction. LPS inhalation may serve as a useful experimental model for evaluation of the acute pulmonary effects of existing and new tobacco products.
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- Farzad Moazed
- Department of Medicine, UCSF, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Centre for Infection and Immunity, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK
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- Centre for Infection and Immunity, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK
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- Centre for Infection and Immunity, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, UCSF, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Lung Injury and Fibrosis Treatment Programme, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Medicine, UCSF, San Francisco, California, USA.,Cardiovascular Research Institute, UCSF, San Francisco, California, USA.,Department of Anesthesia, UCSF, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Centre for Infection and Immunity, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK
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- Department of Medicine, UCSF, San Francisco, California, USA.,Cardiovascular Research Institute, UCSF, San Francisco, California, USA.,Department of Anesthesia, UCSF, San Francisco, California, USA
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Thomson J, Hall M, Ambroggio L, Stone B, Srivastava R, Shah SS, Berry JG. Aspiration and Non-Aspiration Pneumonia in Hospitalized Children With Neurologic Impairment. Pediatrics 2016; 137:e20151612. [PMID: 26787045 PMCID: PMC6322541 DOI: 10.1542/peds.2015-1612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Children with neurologic impairment (NI) are commonly hospitalized for different types of pneumonia, including aspiration pneumonia. We sought to compare hospital management and outcomes of children with NI diagnosed with aspiration versus nonaspiration pneumonia. METHODS A retrospective study of 27 455 hospitalized children aged 1 to 18 years with NI diagnosed with pneumonia from 2007 to 2012 at 40 children's hospitals in the Pediatric Health Information System database. The primary exposure was pneumonia type, classified as aspiration or nonaspiration. Outcomes were complications (eg, acute respiratory failure) and hospital utilization (eg, length of stay, 30-day readmission). Multivariable regression was used to assess the association between pneumonia type and outcomes, adjusting for NI type, comorbid conditions, and other characteristics. RESULTS In multivariable analysis, the 9.7% of children diagnosed with aspiration pneumonia experienced more complications than children with nonaspiration pneumonia (34.0% vs 15.2%, adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 1.2 (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.1-1.3). Children with aspiration pneumonia had significantly longer length of stay (median 5 vs 3 days; ratio of means 1.2; 95% CI 1.2-1.3); more ICU transfers (4.3% vs 1.5%; aOR 1.4; 95% CI 1.1-1.9); greater hospitalization costs (median $11 594 vs $5162; ratio of means 1.2; 95% CI 1.2-1.3); and more 30-day readmissions (17.4% vs 6.8%; aOR 1.3; 95% CI 1.2-1.5). CONCLUSIONS Hospitalized children with NI diagnosed with aspiration pneumonia have more complications and use more hospital resources than when diagnosed with nonaspiration pneumonia. Additional investigation is needed to understand the reasons for these differences.
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- Joanna Thomson
- Divisions of Hospital Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio;
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- Children’s Hospital Association, Overland Park, Kansas
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- Divisions of Hospital Medicine,,Biostatistics and Epidemiology, and,Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Primary Children’s Medical Center, Intermountain Health Care, Salt Lake City, Utah;,Division of Inpatient Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Primary Children’s Medical Center, Intermountain Health Care, Salt Lake City, Utah;,Division of Inpatient Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah;,Institute for Healthcare Delivery Research, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Divisions of Hospital Medicine,,Infectious Diseases, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio;,Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Division of General Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts; and,Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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Van Bergen T, Vandewalle E, Moons L, Stalmans I. Complementary effects of bevacizumab and MMC in the improvement of surgical outcome after glaucoma filtration surgery. Acta Ophthalmol 2015; 93:667-78. [PMID: 25988844 DOI: 10.1111/aos.12766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2014] [Accepted: 04/11/2015] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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PURPOSE To determine the optimum administration route of bevacizumab after glaucoma filtering surgery (GFS) and to investigate whether a reduced dose of mitomycin-C (MMC) in combination with bevacizumab could improve surgical outcome with a reduced incidence of side-effects. METHODS Plasma levels of bevacizumab were determined via ELISA after intracameral (IC), subconjunctival (SC) and intravitreal (IV) injections in mice, subjected to a mouse model of GFS. Application of MMC was compared to bevacizumab (SC, 25 μg) and to the combined use of both adjuvants. Surgical sponges soaked in MMC 0.02% or 0.01% were exposed to the sclera for 1 or 2 min. Treatment outcome was studied by bleb investigation. RESULTS The three administration routes of bevacizumab equally improved surgical outcome. The VEGF antibody was detected at relatively high levels in plasma shortly after IV injection, whereas it was minimally absorbed after IC and SC injections. Both bevacizumab (SC) and MMC 0.02% (2 min) similarly increased bleb area. As compared to MMC, the combined injection with bevacizumab induced an additional effect on surgical outcome. Exposure of MMC 0.02% for 1 or 2 min together with bevacizumab equally improved surgical outcome, but 2 min application induced corneal toxicity. The combined use of bevacizumab and 1-min MMC 0.01% also improved surgical outcome compared to monotherapy, although to a lesser extent than the combination with 1-min MMC 0.02%. CONCLUSIONS Adjunctive bevacizumab not only enhances the beneficial effect of MMC on surgical outcome, but also allows reducing the administration time of MMC 0.02%, thereby eliminating its toxic effects on the cornea.
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- Department of Ophthalmology; University Hospitals Leuven; Leuven Belgium
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- Laboratory of Ophthalmology; KU Leuven; Leuven Belgium
- Unit of Animal Physiology and Neurobiology; Biology Department; KU Leuven; Leuven Belgium
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- Laboratory of Ophthalmology; KU Leuven; Leuven Belgium
- Department of Ophthalmology; University Hospitals Leuven; Leuven Belgium
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Nemzek JA, Hodges AP, He Y. Bayesian network analysis of multi-compartmentalized immune responses in a murine model of sepsis and direct lung injury. BMC Res Notes 2015; 8:516. [PMID: 26423575 PMCID: PMC4589912 DOI: 10.1186/s13104-015-1488-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2014] [Accepted: 09/21/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Background Inflammatory disease processes involve complex and interrelated systems of mediators. Determining the causal relationships among these mediators becomes more complicated when two, concurrent inflammatory conditions occur. In those cases, the outcome may also be dependent upon the timing, severity and compartmentalization of the insults. Unfortunately, standard methods of experimentation and analysis of data sets may investigate a single scenario without uncovering many potential associations among mediators. However, Bayesian network analysis is able to model linear, nonlinear, combinatorial, and stochastic relationships among variables to explore complex inflammatory disease systems. In these studies, we modeled the development of acute lung injury from an indirect insult (sepsis induced by cecal ligation and puncture) complicated by a direct lung insult (aspiration). To replicate multiple clinical situations, the aspiration injury was delivered at different severities and at different time intervals relative to the septic insult. For each scenario, we measured numerous inflammatory cell types and cytokines in samples from the local compartments (peritoneal and bronchoalveolar lavage fluids) and the systemic compartment (plasma). We then analyzed these data by Bayesian networks and standard methods. Results Standard data analysis demonstrated that the lung injury was actually reduced when two insults were involved as compared to one lung injury alone. Bayesian network analysis determined that both the severity of lung insult and presence of sepsis influenced neutrophil recruitment and the amount of injury to the lung. However, the levels of chemoattractant cytokines responsible for neutrophil recruitment were more strongly linked to the timing and severity of the lung insult compared to the presence of sepsis. This suggests that something other than sepsis-driven exacerbation of chemokine levels was influencing the lung injury, contrary to previous theories. Conclusions To our knowledge, these studies are the first to use Bayesian networks together with experimental studies to examine the pathogenesis of sepsis-associated lung injury. Compared to standard statistical analysis and inference, these analyses elucidated more intricate relationships among the mediators, immune cells and insult-related variables (timing, compartmentalization and severity) that cause lung injury. Bayesian networks are an effective tool for evaluating complex models of inflammation.
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- Jean A Nemzek
- Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
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- Center for Computational Medicine and Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. .,Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Sanford
- Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA.
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- Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA. .,Center for Computational Medicine and Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
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Effect of curcumin (Curcuma longa extract) on LPS-induced acute lung injury is mediated by the activation of AMPK. J Anesth 2015; 30:100-8. [DOI: 10.1007/s00540-015-2073-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2015] [Accepted: 08/20/2015] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Song MK, Lee HS, Ryu JC. Integrated analysis of microRNA and mRNA expression profiles highlights aldehyde-induced inflammatory responses in cells relevant for lung toxicity. Toxicology 2015; 334:111-21. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2015.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2015] [Revised: 06/08/2015] [Accepted: 06/09/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Photodynamic therapy mediates innate immune responses via fibroblast-macrophage interactions. Hum Cell 2015; 28:159-66. [PMID: 25997703 DOI: 10.1007/s13577-015-0118-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2015] [Accepted: 05/12/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Antibacterial photodynamic therapy (PDT) has come to attract attention as an alternative therapy for drug-resistant bacteria. Recent reports revealed that antibacterial PDT induces innate immune response and stimulates abundant cytokine secretion as a part of inflammatory responses. However, the underlying mechanism how antibacterial PDT interacts with immune cells responsible for cytokine secretion has not been well outlined. In this study, we aimed to clarify the difference in gene expression and cytokine secretion between combined culture of fibroblasts and macrophages and their independent cultures. SCRC-1008, mouse fibroblast cell line and J774, mouse macrophage-like cell line were co-cultured and PDT treatments with different parameters were carried out. After various incubation periods (1-24 h), cells and culture medium were collected, and mRNA and protein levels for cytokines were measured using real-time PCR and ELISA, respectively. Our results showed that fibroblasts and macrophages interact with each other to mediate the immune response. We propose that fibroblasts initially respond to PDT by expressing Hspa1b, which regulates the NF-κB pathway via Tlr2 and Tlr4. Activation of the NF-κB pathway then results in an enhanced secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines (TNF-α, IL-6 and IL-1β) and neutrophil chemoattractant MIP-2 and KC from macrophages.
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Reduced pulmonary blood flow in regions of injury 2 hours after acid aspiration in rats. BMC Anesthesiol 2015; 15:36. [PMID: 25805960 PMCID: PMC4372178 DOI: 10.1186/s12871-015-0013-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2014] [Accepted: 02/24/2015] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Aspiration-induced lung injury can decrease gas exchange and increase mortality. Acute lung injury following acid aspiration is characterized by elevated pulmonary blood flow (PBF) in damaged lung areas in the early inflammation stage. Knowledge of PBF patterns after acid aspiration is important for targeting intravenous treatments. We examined PBF in an experimental model at a later stage (2 hours after injury). METHODS Anesthetized Wistar-Unilever rats (n = 5) underwent unilateral endobronchial instillation of hydrochloric acid. The PBF distribution was compared between injured and uninjured sides and with that of untreated control animals (n = 6). Changes in lung density after injury were measured using computed tomography (CT). Regional PBF distribution was determined quantitatively in vivo 2 hours after acid instillation by measuring the concentration of [(68)Ga]-radiolabeled microspheres using positron emission tomography. RESULTS CT scans revealed increased lung density in areas of acid aspiration. Lung injury was accompanied by impaired gas exchange. Acid aspiration decreased the arterial pressure of oxygen from 157 mmHg [139;165] to 74 mmHg [67;86] at 20 minutes and tended toward restoration to 109 mmHg [69;114] at 110 minutes (P < 0.001). The PBF ratio of the middle region of the injured versus uninjured lungs of the aspiration group (0.86 [0.7;0.9], median [25%;75%]) was significantly lower than the PBF ratio in the left versus right lung of the control group (1.02 [1.0;1.05]; P = 0.016). CONCLUSIONS The PBF pattern 2 hours after aspiration-induced lung injury showed a redistribution of PBF away from injured regions that was likely responsible for the partial recovery from hypoxemia over time. Treatments given intravenously 2 hours after acid-induced lung injury may not preferentially reach the injured lung regions, contrary to what occurs during the first hour of inflammation. Please see related article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12871-015-0014-z.
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Sharp C, Millar AB, Medford ARL. Advances in understanding of the pathogenesis of acute respiratory distress syndrome. Respiration 2015; 89:420-34. [PMID: 25925331 DOI: 10.1159/000381102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2014] [Accepted: 02/12/2015] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The clinical syndrome of acute lung injury (ALI) occurs as a result of an initial acute systemic inflammatory response. This can be consequent to a plethora of insults, either direct to the lung or indirect. The insult results in increased epithelial permeability, leading to alveolar flooding with a protein-rich oedema fluid. The resulting loss of gas exchange leads to acute respiratory failure and typically catastrophic illness, termed acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), requiring ventilatory and critical care support. There remains a significant disease burden, with some estimates showing 200,000 cases each year in the USA with a mortality approaching 50%. In addition, there is a significant burden of morbidity in survivors. There are currently no disease-modifying therapies available, and the most effective advances in caring for these patients have been in changes to ventilator strategy as a result of the ARDS network studies nearly 15 years ago. Here, we will give an overview of more recent advances in the understanding of the cellular biology of ALI and highlight areas that may prove fertile for future disease-modifying therapies.
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- Charles Sharp
- Academic Respiratory Unit, University of Bristol, Southmead Hospital, Westbury-on-Trym, UK
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Kanter M, Sahin SH, Basaran UN, Ayvaz S, Aksu B, Erboga M, Colak A. The effect of methylene blue treatment on aspiration pneumonia. J Surg Res 2014; 193:909-19. [PMID: 25260956 DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2014.08.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2014] [Revised: 08/15/2014] [Accepted: 08/22/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND The study aimed to examine whether methylene blue (MB) prevents different pulmonary aspiration materials-induced lung injury in rats. METHODS The experiments were designed in 60 Sprague-Dawley rats, ranging in weight from 250-300 g, randomly allotted into one of six groups (n = 10): saline control, Biosorb Energy Plus (BIO), hydrochloric acid (HCl), saline + MB treated, BIO + MB treated, and HCl + MB treated. Saline, BIO, and HCl were injected into the lungs in a volume of 2 mL/kg. After surgical procedure, MB was administered intraperitoneally for 7 days at a daily dose of 2 mg/kg per day. Seven days later, rats were killed, and both lungs in all groups were examined biochemically and histopathologically. RESULTS Our findings show that MB inhibits the inflammatory response reducing significantly (P < 0.05) peribronchial inflammatory cell infiltration, alveolar septal infiltration, alveolar edema, alveolar exudate, alveolar histiocytes, interstitial fibrosis, granuloma, and necrosis formation in different pulmonary aspiration models. Pulmonary aspiration significantly increased the tissue hydroxyproline content, malondialdehyde levels, and decreased (P < 0.05) the antioxidant enzyme (superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase) activities. MB treatment significantly (P < 0.05) decreased the elevated tissue hydroxyproline content and malondialdehyde levels and prevented the inhibition of superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase (P < 0.05) enzymes in the tissues. Furthermore, there is a significant reduction in the activity of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling, and arise in the expression of surfactant protein D in lung tissue of different pulmonary aspiration models with MB therapy. CONCLUSIONS MB treatment might be beneficial in lung injury and therefore shows potential for clinical use.
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- Mehmet Kanter
- Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul, Turkey.
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Faculty of Medicine, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Namik Kemal University, Tekirdag, Turkey
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Faculty of Medicine, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey
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Rogers NM, Isenberg JS. Endothelial cell global positioning system for pulmonary arterial hypertension: homing in on vascular repair. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2014; 34:1336-8. [PMID: 24951651 DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.114.303877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Natasha M Rogers
- From the Vascular Medicine Institute, Department of Medicine (N.M.R., J.S.I.), Starzl Transplantation Institute, Department of Surgery (N.M.R., J.S.I.), and Division of Pulmonary Allergy and Critical Care Medicine (J.S.I.), University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA
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- From the Vascular Medicine Institute, Department of Medicine (N.M.R., J.S.I.), Starzl Transplantation Institute, Department of Surgery (N.M.R., J.S.I.), and Division of Pulmonary Allergy and Critical Care Medicine (J.S.I.), University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA.
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Monocyte interaction accelerates HCl-induced lung epithelial remodeling. BMC Pulm Med 2014; 14:135. [PMID: 25108547 PMCID: PMC4141266 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2466-14-135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2013] [Accepted: 07/31/2014] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Background Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is characterized by overwhelming inflammatory responses and lung remodeling. We hypothesized that leukocyte infiltration during the inflammatory response modulates epithelial remodeling through a mechanism of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT). Methods Human lung epithelial cells were treated for 30 min with hydrochloric acid (HCl). Human monocytes were then cocultured with the epithelial cells for up to 48 h, in the presence or absence of blocking peptides against lymphocyte function-associated antigen-1 (LFA-1), or tyrphostin A9, a specific inhibitor for platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) receptor tyrosine kinase. Results Exposure of lung epithelial cells to HCl resulted in increased expression of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) and production of interleukin (IL)-8 at 24 h. The expression of the epithelial markers E-cadherin decreased while the mesenchymal markers vimentin and α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) increased at 24 h and remained high at 48 h. The addition of monocytes augmented the profiles of lower expression of epithelial markers and higher mesenchymal markers accompanied by increased collagen deposition. This EMT profile was associated with an enhanced production of IL-8 and PDGF. Treatment of the lung epithelial cells with the LAF-1 blocking peptides CD11a237–246 or/and CD18112–122 suppressed monocyte adhesion, production of IL-8, PDGF and hydroxyproline as well as EMT markers. Treatment with tyrphostin A9 prevented the EMT profile shift induced by HCl stimulation. Conclusions The interaction between epithelial cells and monocytes enhanced epithelial remodelling after initial injury through EMT signalling that is associated with the release of soluble mediators, including IL-8 and PDGF.
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Gotts JE, Abbott J, Matthay MA. Influenza causes prolonged disruption of the alveolar-capillary barrier in mice unresponsive to mesenchymal stem cell therapy. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2014; 307:L395-406. [PMID: 25038188 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00110.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Viral pneumonia is a major cause of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Anti-inflammatory therapies for viral-induced lung injury show promise in preclinical models. Mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSCs) are multipotent, self-renewing cells that secrete anti-inflammatory cytokines and epithelial and endothelial growth factors. We inoculated mice intranasally with influenza A (murine-adapted Puerto Rico/8/34) or PBS, and the mice were killed at multiple time points after infection for measures of lung injury and viral load. We report that influenza induces marked, long-lasting dysfunction of the alveolar-capillary barrier peaking at 1 wk but lasting longer than 3 wk postinfection. Weight loss, commonly employed as a criterion for euthanasia (and hence "survival"), was found to be poorly predictive of the severity of lung injury at its peak; rather, persistent weight loss 11 days postinfection identified mice with impaired injury resolution. Murine and human bone marrow-derived MSCs (obtained from the National Institutes of Health repository) were then administered intravenously during the rapid phase of injury progression. Murine MSCs (mMSCs) given two times 24 h apart failed to improve weight loss, lung water, bronchoalveolar lavage inflammation, or histology. However, mMSCs prevented influenza-induced thrombocytosis and caused a modest reduction in lung viral load at day 7. Human MSCs administered intravenously showed a similar lack of efficacy. The results demonstrate that the influenza murine model bears important similarities to the slow resolution of ARDS in patients. Despite their potent therapeutic effects in many models of acute inflammation and lung injury, MSCs do not improve influenza-mediated lung injury in mice.
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- Jeffrey E Gotts
- Departments of Medicine and Anesthesia, Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Departments of Medicine and Anesthesia, Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Departments of Medicine and Anesthesia, Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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Lucas CD, Dorward DA, Tait MA, Fox S, Marwick JA, Allen KC, Robb CT, Hirani N, Haslett C, Duffin R, Rossi AG. Downregulation of Mcl-1 has anti-inflammatory pro-resolution effects and enhances bacterial clearance from the lung. Mucosal Immunol 2014; 7:857-68. [PMID: 24280938 PMCID: PMC3940382 DOI: 10.1038/mi.2013.102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2013] [Accepted: 10/12/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Phagocytes not only coordinate acute inflammation and host defense at mucosal sites, but also contribute to tissue damage. Respiratory infection causes a globally significant disease burden and frequently progresses to acute respiratory distress syndrome, a devastating inflammatory condition characterized by neutrophil recruitment and accumulation of protein-rich edema fluid causing impaired lung function. We hypothesized that targeting the intracellular protein myeloid cell leukemia 1 (Mcl-1) by a cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor (AT7519) or a flavone (wogonin) would accelerate neutrophil apoptosis and resolution of established inflammation, but without detriment to bacterial clearance. Mcl-1 loss induced human neutrophil apoptosis, but did not induce macrophage apoptosis nor impair phagocytosis of apoptotic neutrophils. Neutrophil-dominant inflammation was modelled in mice by either endotoxin or bacteria (Escherichia coli). Downregulating inflammatory cell Mcl-1 had anti-inflammatory, pro-resolution effects, shortening the resolution interval (Ri) from 19 to 7 h and improved organ dysfunction with enhanced alveolar-capillary barrier integrity. Conversely, attenuating drug-induced Mcl-1 downregulation inhibited neutrophil apoptosis and delayed resolution of endotoxin-mediated lung inflammation. Importantly, manipulating lung inflammatory cell Mcl-1 also accelerated resolution of bacterial infection (Ri; 50 to 16 h) concurrent with enhanced bacterial clearance. Therefore, manipulating inflammatory cell Mcl-1 accelerates inflammation resolution without detriment to host defense against bacteria, and represents a target for treating infection-associated inflammation.
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- C D Lucas
- MRC Centre for Inflammation Research, The Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK,()
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- MRC Centre for Inflammation Research, The Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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- MRC Centre for Inflammation Research, The Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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- MRC Centre for Inflammation Research, The Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK,Department of Pathology, University of California, San Diego, California, USA
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- MRC Centre for Inflammation Research, The Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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- MRC Centre for Inflammation Research, The Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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- MRC Centre for Inflammation Research, The Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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- MRC Centre for Inflammation Research, The Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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- MRC Centre for Inflammation Research, The Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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- MRC Centre for Inflammation Research, The Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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- MRC Centre for Inflammation Research, The Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Eickmeier O, Kim SY, Herrmann E, Döring C, Duecker R, Voss S, Wehner S, Hölscher C, Pietzner J, Zielen S, Schubert R. Altered mucosal immune response after acute lung injury in a murine model of Ataxia Telangiectasia. BMC Pulm Med 2014; 14:93. [PMID: 24884546 PMCID: PMC4050222 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2466-14-93] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2013] [Accepted: 05/20/2014] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Background Ataxia telangiectasia (A-T) is a rare but devastating and progressive disorder characterized by cerebellar dysfunction, lymphoreticular malignancies and recurrent sinopulmonary infections. In A-T, disease of the respiratory system causes significant morbidity and is a frequent cause of death. Methods We used a self-limited murine model of hydrochloric acid-induced acute lung injury (ALI) to determine the inflammatory answer due to mucosal injury in Atm (A-T mutated)- deficient mice (Atm-/-). Results ATM deficiency increased peak lung inflammation as demonstrated by bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) neutrophils and lymphocytes and increased levels of BALF pro-inflammatory cytokines (e.g. IL-6, TNF). Furthermore, bronchial epithelial damage after ALI was increased in Atm-/- mice. ATM deficiency increased airway resistance and tissue compliance before ALI was performed. Conclusions Together, these findings indicate that ATM plays a key role in inflammatory response after airway mucosal injury.
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- Olaf Eickmeier
- Pediatric Pulmonology, Allergy and Cystic Fibrosis, Johann Wolfgang Goethe- University, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, Frankfurt D-60590, Germany.
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Summers C, Singh NR, White JF, Mackenzie IM, Johnston A, Solanki C, Balan KK, Peters AM, Chilvers ER. Pulmonary retention of primed neutrophils: a novel protective host response, which is impaired in the acute respiratory distress syndrome. Thorax 2014; 69:623-9. [PMID: 24706039 PMCID: PMC4055272 DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2013-204742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Rationale Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) affects over 200 000 people annually in the USA. Despite causing severe, and often refractory, hypoxaemia, the high mortality and long-term morbidity of ARDS results mainly from extra-pulmonary organ failure; however the mechanism for this organ crosstalk has not been determined. Methods Using autologous radiolabelled neutrophils we investigated the pulmonary transit of primed and unprimed neutrophils in humans. Flow cytometry of whole blood samples was used to assess transpulmonary neutrophil priming gradients in patients with ARDS, sepsis and perioperative controls. Main results Unprimed neutrophils passed through the lungs with a transit time of 14.2 s, only 2.3 s slower than erythrocytes, and with <5% first-pass retention. Over 97% of neutrophils primed ex vivo with granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor were retained on first pass, with 48% still remaining in the lungs at 40 min. Neutrophils exposed to platelet-activating factor were initially retained but subsequently released such that only 14% remained in the lungs at 40 min. Significant transpulmonary gradients of neutrophil CD62L cell surface expression were observed in ARDS compared with perioperative controls and patients with sepsis. Conclusions We demonstrated minimal delay and retention of unprimed neutrophils transiting the healthy human pulmonary vasculature, but marked retention of primed neutrophils; these latter cells then ‘deprime’ and are re-released into the systemic circulation. Further, we show that this physiological depriming mechanism may fail in patients with ARDS, resulting in increased numbers of primed neutrophils within the systemic circulation. This identifies a potential mechanism for the remote organ damage observed in patients with ARDS.
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- Charlotte Summers
- Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Anaesthesia, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Anaesthesia, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Radiology, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, UK
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Yamashita CM, Fessler MB, Vasanthamohan L, Lac J, Madenspacher J, McCaig L, Yao L, Wang L, Puntorieri V, Mehta S, Lewis JF, Veldhuizen RAW. Apolipoprotein E-deficient mice are susceptible to the development of acute lung injury. Respiration 2014; 87:416-27. [PMID: 24662316 DOI: 10.1159/000358438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2013] [Accepted: 12/24/2013] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Apolipoprotein E (apoE) has been shown to play a pivotal role in the development of cardiovascular disease, attributable to its function in lipid trafficking and immune modulating properties; however, its role in modulating inflammation in the setting of acute lung injury (ALI) is unknown. OBJECTIVE To determine whether apoE-deficient mice (apoE-/-) are more susceptible to ALI compared to wild-type (WT) animals. METHODS Two independent models of ALI were employed. Firstly, WT and apoE-/- mice were randomized to acid aspiration (50 μl of 0.1 N hydrochloric acid) followed by 4 h of mechanical ventilation. Secondly, WT and apoE-/- mice were randomized to 72 h of hyperoxia exposure or room air. Thereafter, the intrinsic responses of WT and apoE-/- mice were assessed using the isolated perfused mouse lung (IPML) setup. Finally, based on elevated levels of oxidized low-density lipoprotein (oxLDL) in apoE-/-, the effect of oxLDL on lung endothelial permeability and inflammation was assessed. RESULTS In both in vivo models, apoE-/- mice demonstrated greater increases in lung lavage protein levels, neutrophil counts, and cytokine expression (p < 0.05) compared to WT mice. Experiments utilizing the IPML setup demonstrated no differences in intrinsic lung responses to injury between apoE-/- and WT mice, suggesting the presence of a circulating factor as being responsible for the in vivo observations. Finally, the exposure of lung endothelial cells to oxLDL resulted in increased monolayer permeability and IL-6 release compared to native (nonoxidized) LDL. CONCLUSIONS Our findings demonstrate a susceptibility of apoE-/- animals to ALI that may occur, in part, due to elevated levels of oxLDL.
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Henderson WR, Barnbrook J, Dominelli PB, Griesdale DE, Arndt T, Molgat-Seon Y, Foster G, Ackland GL, Xu J, Ayas NT, Sheel AW. Administration of intrapulmonary sodium polyacrylate to induce lung injury for the development of a porcine model of early acute respiratory distress syndrome. Intensive Care Med Exp 2014; 2:5. [PMID: 26266906 PMCID: PMC4513039 DOI: 10.1186/2197-425x-2-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2013] [Accepted: 01/10/2014] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Background The loss of alveolar epithelial and endothelial integrity is a central component in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS); however, experimental models investigating the mechanisms of epithelial injury are lacking. The purpose of the present study was to design and develop an experimental porcine model of ARDS by inducing lung injury with intrapulmonary administration of sodium polyacrylate (SPA). Methods The present study was performed at the Centre for Comparative Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia. Human alveolar epithelial cells were cultured with several different concentrations of SPA; a bioluminescence technique was used to assess cell death associated with each concentration. In the anesthetized pig model (female Yorkshire X pigs (n = 14)), lung injury was caused in 11 animals (SPA group) by injecting sequential aliquots (5 mL) of 1% SPA gel in aqueous solution into the distal airway via a rubber catheter through an endotracheal tube. The SPA was dispersed throughout the lungs by manual bag ventilation. Three control animals (CON group) underwent all experimental procedures and measurements with the exception of SPA administration. Results The mean (± SD) ATP concentration after incubation of human alveolar epithelial cells with 0.1% SPA (0.92 ± 0.27 μM/well) was approximately 15% of the value found for the background control (6.30 ± 0.37 μM/well; p < 0.001). Elastance of the respiratory system (ERS) and the lung (EL) increased in SPA-treated animals after injury (p = 0.003 and p < 0.001, respectively). Chest wall elastance (ECW) did not change in SPA-treated animals. There were no differences in ERS,EL, or ECW in the CON group when pre- and post-injury values were compared. Analysis of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid showed a significant shift toward neutrophil predominance from before to after injury in SPA-treated animals (p < 0.001) but not in the CON group (p = 0.38). Necropsy revealed marked consolidation and congestion of the dorsal lung lobes in SPA-treated animals, with light-microscopy evidence of bronchiolar and alveolar spaces filled with neutrophilic infiltrate, proteinaceous debris, and fibrin deposition. These findings were absent in animals in the CON group. Electron microscopy of lung tissue from SPA-treated animals revealed injury to the alveolar epithelium and basement membranes, including intra-alveolar neutrophils and fibrin on the alveolar surface and intravascular fibrin (microthrombosis). Conclusions In this particular porcine model, the nonimmunogenic polymer SPA caused a rapid exudative lung injury. This model may be useful to study ARDS caused by epithelial injury and inflammation.
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- William R Henderson
- Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, Department of Medicine, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK,
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Manicone AM. Role of the pulmonary epithelium and inflammatory signals in acute lung injury. Expert Rev Clin Immunol 2014. [DOI: 10.1586/1744666x.5.1.63] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Pulmonary blood flow increases in damaged regions directly after acid aspiration in rats. Anesthesiology 2014; 119:890-900. [PMID: 23846582 DOI: 10.1097/aln.0b013e3182a17e5b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND After gastric aspiration events, patients are at risk of pulmonary dysfunction and the development of severe acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome, which may contribute to the development of an inflammatory reaction. The authors' aim in the current study was to investigate the role of the spatial distribution of pulmonary blood flow in the pathogenesis of pulmonary dysfunction during the early stages after acid aspiration. METHODS The authors analyzed the pulmonary distribution of radiolabeled microspheres in normal (n = 6) and injured (n = 12) anesthetized rat lungs using positron emission tomography, computed tomography, and histological examination. RESULTS Injured regions demonstrate increased pulmonary blood flow in association with reduced arterial pressure and the deterioration of arterial oxygenation. After acid aspiration, computed tomography scans revealed that lung density had increased in the injured regions and that these regions colocalized with areas of increased blood flow. The acid was instilled into the middle and basal regions of the lungs. The blood flow was significantly increased to these regions compared with the blood flow to uninjured lungs in the control animals (middle region: 1.23 [1.1; 1.4] (median [25%; 75%]) vs. 1.04 [1.0; 1.1] and basal region: 1.25 [1.2; 1.3] vs. 1.02 [1.0; 1.05], respectively). The increase in blood flow did not seem to be due to vascular leakage into these injured areas. CONCLUSIONS The data suggest that 10 min after acid aspiration, damaged areas are characterized by increased pulmonary blood flow. The results may impact further treatment strategies, such as drug targeting.
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Williams AE, Chambers RC. The mercurial nature of neutrophils: still an enigma in ARDS? Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2013; 306:L217-30. [PMID: 24318116 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00311.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 287] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a life-threatening lung condition resulting from direct and indirect insults to the lung. It is characterized by disruption of the endothelial-epithelial barrier, alveolar damage, pulmonary edema, and respiratory failure. A key feature of ARDS is the accumulation of neutrophils in the lung microvasculature, interstitium, and alveolar space. Despite a clear association between neutrophil influx into the lung and disease severity, there is some debate as to whether neutrophils directly contribute to disease pathogenesis. The primary function of neutrophils is to provide immediate host defense against pathogenic microorganisms. Neutrophils release numerous antimicrobial factors such as reactive oxygen species, proteinases, and neutrophil extracellular traps. However, these factors are also toxic to host cells and can result in bystander tissue damage. The excessive accumulation of neutrophils in ARDS may therefore contribute to disease progression. Central to neutrophil recruitment is the release of chemokines, including the archetypal neutrophil chemoattractant IL-8, from resident pulmonary cells. However, the chemokine network in the inflamed lung is complex and may involve several other chemokines, including CXCL10, CCL2, and CCL7. This review will therefore focus on the experimental and clinical evidence supporting neutrophils as key players in ARDS and the chemokines involved in recruiting them into the lung.
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- Andrew E Williams
- Centre for Inflammation and Tissue Repair, Univ. College London, Rayne Institute, 5 Univ. St., London WC1E 6JF, UK.
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Song MK, Lee HS, Choi HS, Shin CY, Kim YJ, Park YK, Ryu JC. Octanal-induced inflammatory responses in cells relevant for lung toxicity. Hum Exp Toxicol 2013; 33:710-21. [DOI: 10.1177/0960327113506722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Inhalation is an important route of aldehyde exposure, and lung is one of the main targets of aldehyde toxicity. Octanal is distributed ubiquitously in the environment and is a component of indoor air pollutants. We investigated whether octanal exposure enhances the inflammatory response in the human respiratory system by increasing the expression and release of cytokines and chemokines. The effect of octanal in transcriptomic modulation was assessed in the human alveolar epithelial cell line A549 using oligonucleotide arrays. We identified a set of genes differentially expressed upon octanal exposure that may be useful for monitoring octanal pulmonary toxicity. These genes were classified according to the Gene Ontology functional category and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes analysis to explore the biological processes related to octanal-induced pulmonary toxicity. The results show that octanal affects the expression of several chemokines and inflammatory cytokines and increases the levels of interleukin 6 (IL-6) and IL-8 released. In conclusion, octanal exposure modulates the expression of cytokines and chemokines important in the development of lung injury and disease. This suggests that inflammation contributes to octanal-induced lung damage and that the inflammatory genes expressed should be studied in detail, thereby laying the groundwork for future biomonitoring studies.
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- M-K Song
- Center for Integrated Risk Research, Cellular and Molecular Toxicology Laboratory, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Cheongryang, Seoul, Korea
- School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Anam-Dong, Seoungbuk-Gu, Seoul, Korea
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- Center for Integrated Risk Research, Cellular and Molecular Toxicology Laboratory, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Cheongryang, Seoul, Korea
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- Center for Integrated Risk Research, Cellular and Molecular Toxicology Laboratory, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Cheongryang, Seoul, Korea
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- Center for Integrated Risk Research, Cellular and Molecular Toxicology Laboratory, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Cheongryang, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Marine Sciences, Incheon National University, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, Korea
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- School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Anam-Dong, Seoungbuk-Gu, Seoul, Korea
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- Center for Integrated Risk Research, Cellular and Molecular Toxicology Laboratory, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Cheongryang, Seoul, Korea
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Chen J, Mo Y, Schlueter CF, Hoyle GW. Inhibition of chlorine-induced pulmonary inflammation and edema by mometasone and budesonide. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2013; 272:408-13. [PMID: 23800689 PMCID: PMC4005342 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2013.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2013] [Revised: 05/29/2013] [Accepted: 06/11/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Chlorine gas is a widely used industrial compound that is highly toxic by inhalation and is considered a chemical threat agent. Inhalation of high levels of chlorine results in acute lung injury characterized by pneumonitis, pulmonary edema, and decrements in lung function. Because inflammatory processes can promote damage in the injured lung, anti-inflammatory therapy may be of potential benefit for treating chemical-induced acute lung injury. We previously developed a chlorine inhalation model in which mice develop epithelial injury, neutrophilic inflammation, pulmonary edema, and impaired pulmonary function. This model was used to evaluate nine corticosteroids for the ability to inhibit chlorine-induced neutrophilic inflammation. Two of the most potent corticosteroids in this assay, mometasone and budesonide, were investigated further. Mometasone or budesonide administered intraperitoneally 1h after chlorine inhalation caused a dose-dependent inhibition of neutrophil influx in lung tissue sections and in the number of neutrophils in lung lavage fluid. Budesonide, but not mometasone, reduced the levels of the neutrophil attractant CXCL1 in lavage fluid 6h after exposure. Mometasone or budesonide also significantly inhibited pulmonary edema assessed 1 day after chlorine exposure. Chlorine inhalation resulted in airway hyperreactivity to inhaled methacholine, but neither mometasone nor budesonide significantly affected this parameter. The results suggest that mometasone and budesonide may represent potential treatments for chemical-induced lung injury.
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- Jing Chen
- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health and Information Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health and Information Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health and Information Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health and Information Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
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- Departments of Anesthesiology, Surgery, and Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
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Herrero R, Tanino M, Smith LS, Kajikawa O, Wong VA, Mongovin S, Matute-Bello G, Martin TR. The Fas/FasL pathway impairs the alveolar fluid clearance in mouse lungs. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2013; 305:L377-88. [PMID: 23812636 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00271.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Alveolar epithelial damage is a critical event that leads to protein-rich edema in acute lung injury (ALI), but the mechanisms leading to epithelial damage are not completely understood. Cell death by necrosis and apoptosis occurs in alveolar epithelial cells in the lungs of patients with ALI. Fas activation induces apoptosis of alveolar epithelial cells, but its role in the formation of lung edema is unclear. The main goal of this study was to determine whether activation of the Fas/Fas ligand pathway in the lungs could alter the function of the lung epithelium, and the mechanisms involved. The results show that Fas activation alters the alveolar barrier integrity and impairs the ability of the lung alveolar epithelium to reabsorb fluid from the air spaces. This result was dependent on the presence of a normal Fas receptor and was not affected by inflammation induced by Fas activation. Alteration of the fluid transport properties of the alveolar epithelium was partially restored by β-adrenergic stimulation. Fas activation also caused apoptosis of alveolar endothelial cells, but this effect was less pronounced than the effect on the alveolar epithelium. Thus, activation of the Fas pathway impairs alveolar epithelial function in mouse lungs by mechanisms involving caspase-dependent apoptosis, suggesting that targeting apoptotic pathways could reduce the formation of lung edema in ALI.
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- Raquel Herrero
- Medical Research Service of the Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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Early biomarker activity in severe sepsis and septic shock and a contemporary review of immunotherapy trials: not a time to give up, but to give it earlier. Shock 2013; 39:127-37. [PMID: 23324881 DOI: 10.1097/shk.0b013e31827dafa7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Improving time to diagnosis and intervention has positively impacted outcomes in acute myocardial infarction, stroke, and trauma through elucidating the early pathogenesis of those diseases. This insight may partly explain the futility of time-insensitive immunotherapy trials for severe sepsis and septic shock. The aim of this study was to examine the early natural history of circulatory biomarker activity in sepsis, relative to previous animal and human outcome trials. We conducted a literature search using PubMed, MEDLINE, and Google Scholar to identify outcome trials targeting biomarkers with emphasis on the timing of therapy. These findings were compared with the biomarker activity observed over the first 72 h of hospital presentation in a cohort of severe sepsis and septic shock patients. Biomarker levels in animal and human research models are elevated within 30 min after exposure to an inflammatory septic stimulus. Consistent with these findings, the biomarker cascade is activated at the most proximal point of hospital presentation in our patient cohort. These circulatory biomarkers overlap; some have bimodal patterns and generally peak between 3 and 36 h while diminishing over the subsequent 72 h of observation. When this is taken into account, prior outcome immunotherapy trials have generally enrolled patients after peak circulatory biomarker concentrations. In previous immunotherapy sepsis trials, intervention was delayed after the optimal window of peak biomarker activity. As a result, future studies need to recalibrate the timing of enrollment and administration of immunotherapy agents that still may hold great promise for this deadly disease.
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The rabbit as a model for studying lung disease and stem cell therapy. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2013; 2013:691830. [PMID: 23653896 PMCID: PMC3638694 DOI: 10.1155/2013/691830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2012] [Revised: 02/28/2013] [Accepted: 02/28/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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No single animal model can reproduce all of the human features of both acute and chronic lung diseases. However, the rabbit is a reliable model and clinically relevant facsimile of human disease. The similarities between rabbits and humans in terms of airway anatomy and responses to inflammatory mediators highlight the value of this species in the investigation of lung disease pathophysiology and in the development of therapeutic agents. The inflammatory responses shown by the rabbit model, especially in the case of asthma, are comparable with those that occur in humans. The allergic rabbit model has been used extensively in drug screening tests, and this model and humans appear to be sensitive to similar drugs. In addition, recent studies have shown that the rabbit serves as a good platform for cell delivery for the purpose of stem-cell-based therapy.
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Eickmeier O, Seki H, Haworth O, Hilberath JN, Gao F, Uddin M, Croze RH, Carlo T, Pfeffer MA, Levy BD. Aspirin-triggered resolvin D1 reduces mucosal inflammation and promotes resolution in a murine model of acute lung injury. Mucosal Immunol 2013; 6:256-66. [PMID: 22785226 PMCID: PMC3511650 DOI: 10.1038/mi.2012.66] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Acute lung injury (ALI) is a severe illness with excess mortality and no specific therapy. Protective actions were recently uncovered for docosahexaenoic acid-derived mediators, including D-series resolvins. Here, we used a murine self-limited model of hydrochloric acid-induced ALI to determine the effects of aspirin-triggered resolvin D1 (AT-RvD1; 7S,8R,17R-trihydroxy-4Z,9E,11E,13Z,15E,19Z-docosahexaenoic acid) on mucosal injury. RvD1 and its receptor ALX/FPR2 were identified in murine lung after ALI. AT-RvD1 (~0.5-5 μg kg(-1)) decreased peak inflammation, including bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) neutrophils by ~75%. Animals treated with AT-RvD1 had improved epithelial and endothelial barrier integrity and decreased airway resistance concomitant with increased BALF epinephrine levels. AT-RvD1 inhibited neutrophil-platelet heterotypic interactions by downregulating both P-selectin and its ligand CD24. AT-RvD1 also significantly decreased levels of BALF pro-inflammatory cytokines, including interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-6, Kupffer cells, and tumor necrosis factor-α, and decreased nuclear factor-κB-phosphorylated p65 nuclear translocation. Taken together, these findings indicate that AT-RvD1 displays potent mucosal protection and promotes catabasis after ALI.
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- O. Eickmeier
- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Center for Experimental Therapeutics and Reperfusion Injury, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA,Center for Experimental Therapeutics and Reperfusion Injury, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA,Corresponding author: Bruce D. Levy, MD, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Harvard Institutes of Medicine Bldg, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur (HIM 855), Boston, MA 02115, USA, Phone: 617-525-5407, Fax: 617-525-5413,
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Dechert RE, Haas CF, Ostwani W. Current knowledge of acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome. Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am 2013; 24:377-401. [PMID: 22920464 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2012.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ALI/ARDS) continues to be a major cause of mortality in adult and pediatric critical care medicine. This article discusses the pulmonary sequelae associated with ALI and ARDS, the support of ARDS with mechanical ventilation, available adjunctive therapies, and experimental therapies currently being tested. It is hoped that further understanding of the fundamental biology, improved identification of the patient's inflammatory state, and application of therapies directed at multiple sites of action may ultimately prove beneficial for patients suffering from ALI/ARDS.
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- Ronald E Dechert
- Department of Respiratory Care, University of Michigan Health System, 8-720 Mott Hospital, 1540 East Hospital Drive, SPC 4208, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
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Kambas K, Mitroulis I, Ritis K. The emerging role of neutrophils in thrombosis-the journey of TF through NETs. Front Immunol 2012; 3:385. [PMID: 23264778 PMCID: PMC3524512 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2012.00385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2012] [Accepted: 11/30/2012] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The production of TF by neutrophils and their contribution in thrombosis was until recently a matter of scientific debate. Experimental data suggested the de novo TF production by neutrophils under inflammatory stimuli, while others proposed that these cells acquired microparticle-derived TF. Recent experimental evidence revealed the critical role of neutrophils in thrombotic events. Neutrophil derived TF has been implicated in this process in several human and animal models. Additionally, neutrophil extracellular trap (NET) release has emerged as a major contributor in neutrophil-driven thrombogenicity in disease models including sepsis, deep venous thrombosis, and malignancy. It is suggested that NETs provide the scaffold for fibrin deposition and platelet entrapment and subsequent activation. The recently reported autophagy-dependent extracellular delivery of TF in NETs further supports the involvement of neutrophils in thrombosis. Herein, we seek to review novel data regarding the role of neutrophils in thrombosis, emphasizing the implication of TF and NETs.
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- Konstantinos Kambas
- First Department of Internal Medicine, University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Democritus University of Thrace Alexandroupolis, Greece
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Heuer JF, Sauter P, Pelosi P, Herrmann P, Brück W, Perske C, Schöndube F, Crozier TA, Bleckmann A, Beißbarth T, Quintel M. Effects of pulmonary acid aspiration on the lungs and extra-pulmonary organs: a randomized study in pigs. CRITICAL CARE : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CRITICAL CARE FORUM 2012; 16:R35. [PMID: 22380702 PMCID: PMC3681347 DOI: 10.1186/cc11214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2011] [Revised: 01/21/2012] [Accepted: 03/01/2012] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Introduction There is mounting evidence that injury to one organ causes indirect damage to other organ systems with increased morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of acid aspiration pneumonitis (AAP) on extrapulmonary organs and to test the hypothesis that these could be due to circulatory depression or hypoxemia. Methods Mechanically ventilated anesthetized pigs were randomized to receive intrabronchial instillation of hydrochloric acid (n = 7) or no treatment (n = 7). Hydrochloric acid (0.1 N, pH 1.1, 2.5 ml/kg BW) was instilled into the lungs during the inspiratory phase of ventilation. Hemodynamics, respiratory function and computer tomography (CT) scans of lung and brain were followed over a four-hour period. Tissue samples of lung, heart, liver, kidney and hippocampus were collected at the end of the experiment. Results Acid instillation caused pulmonary edema, measured as increased extravascular lung water index (ELWI), impaired gas exchange and increased mean pulmonary artery pressure. Gas exchange tended to improve during the course of the study, despite increasing ELWI. In AAP animals compared to controls we found: a) cardiac leukocyte infiltration and necrosis in the conduction system and myocardium; b) lymphocyte infiltration in the liver, spreading from the periportal zone with prominent areas of necrosis; c) renal inflammation with lymphocyte infiltration, edema and necrosis in the proximal and distal tubules; and d) a tendency towards more severe hippocampal damage (P > 0.05). Conclusions Acid aspiration pneumonitis induces extrapulmonary organ injury. Circulatory depression and hypoxemia are unlikely causative factors. ELWI is a sensitive bedside parameter of early lung damage.
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- Jan Florian Heuer
- Department of Anaesthesiology, Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Göttingen Medical Center, Robert-Koch-Straße 40, 37075 Göttingen, Germany.
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Singh NRP, Johnson A, Peters AM, Babar J, Chilvers ER, Summers C. Acute lung injury results from failure of neutrophil de-priming: a new hypothesis. Eur J Clin Invest 2012; 42:1342-9. [PMID: 22984929 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2012.02720.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Neutrophils are the most abundant circulating white cell in humans and play a crucial role in the innate immune response. Accumulation and activation of neutrophils, together with delayed clearance, have been shown to be a key event in the pathogenesis of acute lung injury. Previously, it has been proposed that there is substantial pooling of neutrophils within the pulmonary vasculature, even under physiological conditions, making the lung especially vulnerable to neutrophil-mediated tissue injury. However, more recent evidence suggests that only primed neutrophils accumulate in the pulmonary vasculature. This article examines the evidence for these two opposing views and proposes a new two-step model for the recruitment of neutrophils into the lung. Firstly, neutrophils that become primed, by exposure to a range of inflammatory mediators or physicochemical perturbations, become shape changed and stiff because of alterations in their cytoskeleton, and as a result, accumulate within the pulmonary circulation. In the absence of further stimuli, the healthy pulmonary vasculature is able to selectively retained these primed cells, allow them to 'de-prime' and be released back into the circulation in a quiescent, state. If this pulmonary 'de-priming' mechanism fails, or a second insult occurs, such as ventilator-associated barotrauma, which causes loss of alveolar integrity, primed neutrophils migrate from the pulmonary vasculature into the interstitial space with resultant lung injury. This canonical 'two step' model highlights the importance of neutrophil priming in the genesis of lung injury and the importance of adopting strategies to minimise alveolar injury.
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- Nanak R P Singh
- Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, UK
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Parthasarathi K. Endothelial connexin43 mediates acid-induced increases in pulmonary microvascular permeability. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2012; 303:L33-42. [PMID: 22561459 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00219.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Acid aspiration, a common cause of acute lung injury, leads to alveolar edema. Increase in lung vascular permeability underlies this pathology. To define mechanisms, isolated rat lungs were perfused with autologous blood. Hydrochloric acid and rhodamine-dextran 70 kDa (RDx70) were coinstilled into an alveolus by micropuncture. RDx70 fluorescence was used to establish the spatial distribution of acid. Subsequently, FITC-dextran 20 kDa (FDx20) was infused into microvessels for 60 min followed by a 10-min HEPES-buffered saline wash. During the infusion, FITC fluorescence changes were recorded to quantify the ratio of peak to postwash fluorescence. The ratio, termed normalized fluorescence, was low for acid compared with buffer instillation both in microvessels abutting acid-treated alveoli and those located more than 700 μm away. In contrast, the normalized fluorescence was similar to buffer controls when a higher molecular weight tracer (FITC-dextran 70 kDa) was infused instead of FDx20, suggesting that normalized FDx20 fluorescence faithfully represented microvascular permeability. Inhibiting endothelial connexin43 (Cx43) gap junction communication with Gap27 blunted the acid-induced reduction in normalized fluorescence, although scrambled Gap27 did not have any effect. The blunting was evident not only in microvessels away from the site of injury, but also in those abutting directly injured alveoli. Thus the new fluorescence-based method reveals that acid increases microvascular permeability both at acid-instilled and away sites. Inhibiting endothelial Cx43 blocked the permeability increase even at the direct injury sites. These data indicate for the first time that Cx43-dependent mechanisms mediate acid-induced increases in microvascular permeability. Cx43 may be a therapeutic target in acid injury.
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Westphalen K, Monma E, Islam MN, Bhattacharya J. Acid contact in the rodent pulmonary alveolus causes proinflammatory signaling by membrane pore formation. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2012; 303:L107-16. [PMID: 22561462 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00206.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Although gastric acid aspiration causes rapid lung inflammation and acute lung injury, the initiating mechanisms are not known. To determine alveolar epithelial responses to acid, we viewed live alveoli of the isolated lung by fluorescence microscopy, then we microinjected the alveoli with HCl at pH of 1.5. The microinjection caused an immediate but transient formation of molecule-scale pores in the apical alveolar membrane, resulting in loss of cytosolic dye. However, the membrane rapidly resealed. There was no cell damage and no further dye loss despite continuous HCl injection. Concomitantly, reactive oxygen species (ROS) increased in the adjacent perialveolar microvascular endothelium in a Ca(2+)-dependent manner. By contrast, ROS did not increase in wild-type mice in which we gave intra-alveolar injections of polyethylene glycol (PEG)-catalase, in mice overexpressing alveolar catalase, or in mice lacking functional NADPH oxidase (Nox2). Together, our findings indicate the presence of an unusual proinflammatory mechanism in which alveolar contact with acid caused membrane pore formation. The effect, although transient, was nevertheless sufficient to induce Ca(2+) entry and Nox2-dependent H(2)O(2) release from the alveolar epithelium. These responses identify alveolar H(2)O(2) release as the signaling mechanism responsible for lung inflammation induced by acid and suggest that intra-alveolar PEG-catalase might be therapeutic in acid-induced lung injury.
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- Kristin Westphalen
- Lung Biology Laboratory, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, USA
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Davis BB, Shen YH, Tancredi DJ, Flores V, Davis RP, Pinkerton KE. Leukocytes are recruited through the bronchial circulation to the lung in a spontaneously hypertensive rat model of COPD. PLoS One 2012; 7:e33304. [PMID: 22457750 PMCID: PMC3310053 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2011] [Accepted: 02/13/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) kills approximately 2.8 million people each year, and more than 80% of COPD cases can be attributed to smoking. Leukocytes recruited to the lung contribute to COPD pathology by releasing reactive oxygen metabolites and proteolytic enzymes. In this work, we investigated where leukocytes enter the lung in the early stages of COPD in order to better understand their effect as a contributor to the development of COPD. We simultaneously evaluated the parenchyma and airways for neutrophil accumulation, as well as increases in the adhesion molecules and chemokines that cause leukocyte recruitment in the early stages of tobacco smoke induced lung disease. We found neutrophil accumulation and increased expression of adhesion molecules and chemokines in the bronchial blood vessels that correlated with the accumulation of leukocytes recovered from the lung. The expression of adhesion molecules and chemokines in other vascular beds did not correlate with leukocytes recovered in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF). These data strongly suggest leukocytes are recruited in large measure through the bronchial circulation in response to tobacco smoke. Our findings have important implications for understanding the etiology of COPD and suggest that pharmaceuticals designed to reduce leukocyte recruitment through the bronchial circulation may be a potential therapy to treat COPD.
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- Benjamin B Davis
- Center for Health and the Environment, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America.
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Bhatia M, Zemans RL, Jeyaseelan S. Role of chemokines in the pathogenesis of acute lung injury. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2012; 46:566-72. [PMID: 22323365 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2011-0392tr] [Citation(s) in RCA: 186] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Acute lung injury (ALI) is due to an uncontrolled systemic inflammatory response resulting from direct injury to the lung or indirect injury in the setting of a systemic process. Such insults lead to the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), which includes activation of leukocytes-alveolar macrophages and sequestered neutrophils-in the lung. Although systemic inflammatory response syndrome is a physiologic response to an insult, systemic leukocyte activation, if excessive, can lead to end organ injury, such as ALI. Excessive recruitment of leukocytes is critical to the pathogenesis of ALI, and the magnitude and duration of the inflammatory process may ultimately determine the outcome in patients with ALI. Leukocyte recruitment is a well orchestrated process that depends on the function of chemokines and their receptors. Understanding the mechanisms that contribute to leukocyte recruitment in ALI may ultimately lead to the development of effective therapeutic strategies.
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- Madhav Bhatia
- Department of Pathology, University of Otago, 2 Riccarton Avenue, Christchurch, New Zealand.
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