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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5 Pt 1
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-12-21
pubmed:abstractText
Although prior experimental work has demonstrated that anti-interleukin-8 (anti-IL-8) therapy reduces lung endothelial injury after acid instillation, there is no information regarding the effect of anti-IL-8 on the function of the alveolar epithelial barrier after acid-induced lung injury. Therefore, the primary objective of this study was to determine the effect of acid-induced lung injury on the function of the alveolar epithelium, and secondly to determine whether pretreatment with anti-IL-8 attenuates acid-induced injury to the lung epithelial barrier. Hydrochloric acid (pH = 1.5 in 1/3 normal saline) was instilled into the lungs of anesthetized, ventilated rabbits. Anti-IL-8 monoclonal antibody (2 mg/kg) or saline was given intravenously 5 min before acid instillation. Acid instillation into the distal airspaces caused an increase in the alveolar epithelial permeability to protein and an approximately 50% reduction in net alveolar fluid clearance. Because a decrease in net alveolar fluid clearance could be due to lung endothelial injury and increased fluid flux from the blood into the airspaces, additional experiments were carried out in which pulmonary blood flow was eliminated. In the absence of pulmonary blood flow, acid instillation led to a 50% decrease in net alveolar fluid clearance. Pretreatment with anti-IL-8 antibody significantly reduced the acid-mediated increase in bi-directional transport of protein across the alveolar epithelium and restored alveolar fluid clearance to normal. The results indicate that acid instillation causes injury to the alveolar epithelial barrier that can be distinguished from the injury to the lung endothelium. Furthermore, pretreatment with anti-IL-8 therapy prevents acid-induced alveolar epithelial injury, a finding of potential clinical importance.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1073-449X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
160
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1450-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10556104-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10556104-Antibodies, Monoclonal, pubmed-meshheading:10556104-Biological Transport, Active, pubmed-meshheading:10556104-Capillary Permeability, pubmed-meshheading:10556104-Extravascular Lung Water, pubmed-meshheading:10556104-Hemodynamics, pubmed-meshheading:10556104-Hydrochloric Acid, pubmed-meshheading:10556104-Interleukin-8, pubmed-meshheading:10556104-Lung, pubmed-meshheading:10556104-Male, pubmed-meshheading:10556104-Permeability, pubmed-meshheading:10556104-Pneumonia, Aspiration, pubmed-meshheading:10556104-Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10556104-Pulmonary Alveoli, pubmed-meshheading:10556104-Rabbits, pubmed-meshheading:10556104-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10556104-Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Adult, pubmed-meshheading:10556104-Respiratory Mucosa
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Acid-induced lung injury. Protective effect of anti-interleukin-8 pretreatment on alveolar epithelial barrier function in rabbits.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Anesthesia, Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.