Bleomycin (BLM) induces lung injury and fibrosis in the murine lung and enhances tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha and collagen mRNA expression in the murine lung. Amifostine is a cytoprotective agent that protects normal tissues from the cytotoxic effects of chemo- and radiation therapy. We investigated the effect of amifostine in BLM-induced lung injury in mice. Mice received intraperitoneal amifostine (200 mg/kg) 30 min before and/or 1, 3, and 7 days after an intratracheal injection of saline or BLM (4 U/kg). The animals were killed 14 days after BLM exposure, and their lungs were studied for TNF-alpha and collagen mRNA expression, hydroxyproline content, and histopathology. Light microscopy demonstrated that amifostine exacerbated the BLM-induced lung injury in mice. Increased TNF-alpha mRNA expression as a result of BLM exposure was not modulated by amifostine treatment. In contrast, amifostine treatment enhanced the BLM-induced expression of alpha(1)(I) procollagen mRNA in the lung. Similarly, mice treated with amifostine before BLM exposure accumulated significantly higher amounts of hydroxyproline (111 +/- 5 microg/lung) than BLM-treated animals (90 +/- 6 microg/lung). These data suggest that amifostine treatment exacerbates BLM-induced lung injury in mice.

Ortiz, L.A., Lasky, J., Safah, H., Reyes, M., Miller, A., Lungarella, G., et al. (1999). Exacerbation of Bleomycin-induced lung injury in mice by amifostine. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY, 277(6), 1239-1244 [10.1152/ajplung.1999.277.6.L1239].

Exacerbation of Bleomycin-induced lung injury in mice by amifostine

LUNGARELLA, G.;
1999-01-01

Abstract

Bleomycin (BLM) induces lung injury and fibrosis in the murine lung and enhances tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha and collagen mRNA expression in the murine lung. Amifostine is a cytoprotective agent that protects normal tissues from the cytotoxic effects of chemo- and radiation therapy. We investigated the effect of amifostine in BLM-induced lung injury in mice. Mice received intraperitoneal amifostine (200 mg/kg) 30 min before and/or 1, 3, and 7 days after an intratracheal injection of saline or BLM (4 U/kg). The animals were killed 14 days after BLM exposure, and their lungs were studied for TNF-alpha and collagen mRNA expression, hydroxyproline content, and histopathology. Light microscopy demonstrated that amifostine exacerbated the BLM-induced lung injury in mice. Increased TNF-alpha mRNA expression as a result of BLM exposure was not modulated by amifostine treatment. In contrast, amifostine treatment enhanced the BLM-induced expression of alpha(1)(I) procollagen mRNA in the lung. Similarly, mice treated with amifostine before BLM exposure accumulated significantly higher amounts of hydroxyproline (111 +/- 5 microg/lung) than BLM-treated animals (90 +/- 6 microg/lung). These data suggest that amifostine treatment exacerbates BLM-induced lung injury in mice.
1999
Ortiz, L.A., Lasky, J., Safah, H., Reyes, M., Miller, A., Lungarella, G., et al. (1999). Exacerbation of Bleomycin-induced lung injury in mice by amifostine. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY, 277(6), 1239-1244 [10.1152/ajplung.1999.277.6.L1239].
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