Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
2567864 Pulmonary Pharmacology & Therapeutics 2007 10 Pages PDF
Abstract

We hypothesized that inhaled nitric oxide (iNO), a selective vasodilator for pulmonary hypertension, may exacerbate hyperoxia-related lung inflammatory injury by alteration of phosphatidylcholine (PC) synthesis in mature lungs. Healthy adult rats were allocated to 4 groups and exposed to: 95% oxygen, or 20 ppm iNO, or both (ONO), or room air, all for 48 h. 3H-choline chloride was injected i.v. at 10 min, 8, 16, and 24 h prior to the end of 48 h exposure and the animal lungs were processed. In oxygen group, oxidative damage and inflammation were significantly induced compared to the room air group. In ONO group there were significantly elevated glutathione, attenuated malondialdehyde, myeloperoxidase, and wet-to-dry lung weight ratio in lung parenchyma, decreased white cell counts and vascular-to-alveolar leakage of albumin in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. In both oxygen and ONO groups both total phospholipids and surfactant protein-A were significantly increased compared with the room air group. Newly synthesized 3H-PC was low in the lungs of NO group but high over time in both oxygen and ONO groups. Morphologically, lung injury was mild in ONO, but moderate in both oxygen and NO groups. We conclude that iNO alleviated oxidative damage and inflammation, and reduced alveolar leakage in hyperoxic injury of the mature lungs. Hyperoxia enhanced production of surfactant, whereas iNO did not attenuate this effect.

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