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16959545

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-9-18
pubmed:abstractText
The serine protease activated protein C (APC) possesses prominent anticoagulant and anti-inflammatory actions. In this study, we investigated the effect of inhaled recombinant human (rh) APC in a murine lung injury model. Animals inhaled 10 mg of Pseudomonas lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in 3 mL normal saline (NS); 30 min prior to LPS, mice were pretreated with inhaled rhAPC (4 mg/3 mL NS; APC+LPS group) or NS (LPS group). A control animal group inhaled vehicle (NS) twice. 24 h later, total cells and cell-types, protein content, and the cytokines tumor necrosis factor-alpha, interleukin (IL)-6, macrophage inflammatory protein-1alpha, and mouse keratinocyte-derived chemokine (a homolog of human IL-8) were estimated in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF). Lung pathology given as total histology score (THS), wet/dry lung weight ratios, and lung vascular cell adhesion molecule (VCAM)-1 expression were additionally assessed. rhAPC inhalation attenuated the aerosolized LPS-induced increases of: total cells, neutrophils and macrophages in BALF, lung tissue VCAM-1 protein levels, and THS. Total protein levels and cytokines in BALF, and wet/dry weight ratios were increased in the LPS group, but rhAPC pretreatment did not significantly alter the LPS-induced responses. In conclusion, in this murine septic model of lung injury, inhaled rhAPC appears to attenuate lung inflammation, without reversing the observed increases in lung permeability and BALF cytokines. This effect may be associated with leukocyte trafficking modifications, related, at least in part, to VCAM-1 reduction.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1537-1891
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
45
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
134-40
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Inhaled activated protein C attenuates lung injury induced by aerosolized endotoxin in mice.
pubmed:affiliation
1st Department of Critical Care Medicine--Pulmonary Services, Evangelismos Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece. akotanid@med.uoa.gr
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't