Attenuation of oxidant-induced lung injury by 21-aminosteroids (lazaroids): correlation with the mRNA expression for E-selectin, P-selectin, ICAM-1, and VCAM-1

Environmental Health Perspectives
R L GriffinI M Richards

Abstract

We compared the effects of treatment with methylprednisolone or the 21-aminosteroids, U-74389 and U-74006F (Tirilizad mesylate), on hyperoxic lung injury and the associated expression of mRNA for several adhesion molecules in rats. Inhalation of > 95% oxygen for up to 72 hr in Sprague-Dawley rats produced a marked increase in lung weight and an accumulation of fluid in the thorax when compared with air-breathing controls. Hyperoxia also induced a marked neutrophil-rich influx of inflammatory cells into the bronchial lumen as measured by bronchoalveolar lavage. Neutrophil numbers in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid peaked after 60 hr of exposure to s 95% oxygen; this was associated with a marked upregulation of mRNA for the adhesion molecules P-selectin and E-selectin but not VCAM-1. mRNA for ICAM-1 was constitutively expressed at high levels in both air-breathing controls and in the lungs of rats exposed to high concentrations of oxygen. Pretreatment with the 21-aminosteroids reduced hyperoxic lung damage and improved survival times in animals exposed to > 95% oxygen. However, treatment with methylprednisolone significantly decreased survival times. Treatment with U-74389 did not significantly (p > 0.05) inhibit the BAL neutrophili...Continue Reading

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