TY - JOUR
T1 - Mepacrine decreases lung leak in rats given interleukin-1 intratracheally
AU - Lee, Young M.
AU - Hybertson, Brooks M.
AU - Terada, Lance S.
AU - Repine, Alexander J.
AU - Cho, Hyun G.
AU - Repine, John E.
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - We hypothesized that phospholipase A2 (PLA2) metabolites contribute to the acute, neutrophil-dependent, edematous lung leak that develops after administration of interleukin-1 (IL-1) intratracheally to rats and tested this premise by using mepacrine to inhibit PLA2 activity in vivo. We found that lung PLA2 activity, lung lavage phospholipid content, lung leak index, lung weight gain, and lung lavage protein concentrations were increased in rats given IL-1 intratracheally compared with sham-treated control rats. By comparison, lungs of mecaprine and IL-1-treated rats had decreased PLA2 activity, lavage phospholipid content, leak, weight gain, and lavage protein increases compared with rats given IL-1 intratracheally. Mepacrine treatment also decreased lung neutrophil accumulation, but not lung lavage cytokine- induced neutrophil chemoattractant (CINC) levels, in rats given IL-1 intratracheally. In parallel experiments, mepacrine treatment reduced the adhesion of human neutrophils to IL-1-treated human umbilical vein endothelial cells in vitro. Our results indicate that PLA2 activity participates in the lung neutrophil retention and pulmonary vascular leak that develops in rats given IL-1 intratracheally.
AB - We hypothesized that phospholipase A2 (PLA2) metabolites contribute to the acute, neutrophil-dependent, edematous lung leak that develops after administration of interleukin-1 (IL-1) intratracheally to rats and tested this premise by using mepacrine to inhibit PLA2 activity in vivo. We found that lung PLA2 activity, lung lavage phospholipid content, lung leak index, lung weight gain, and lung lavage protein concentrations were increased in rats given IL-1 intratracheally compared with sham-treated control rats. By comparison, lungs of mecaprine and IL-1-treated rats had decreased PLA2 activity, lavage phospholipid content, leak, weight gain, and lavage protein increases compared with rats given IL-1 intratracheally. Mepacrine treatment also decreased lung neutrophil accumulation, but not lung lavage cytokine- induced neutrophil chemoattractant (CINC) levels, in rats given IL-1 intratracheally. In parallel experiments, mepacrine treatment reduced the adhesion of human neutrophils to IL-1-treated human umbilical vein endothelial cells in vitro. Our results indicate that PLA2 activity participates in the lung neutrophil retention and pulmonary vascular leak that develops in rats given IL-1 intratracheally.
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U2 - 10.1164/ajrccm.155.5.9154867
DO - 10.1164/ajrccm.155.5.9154867
M3 - Article
C2 - 9154867
AN - SCOPUS:0030955945
SN - 1073-449X
VL - 155
SP - 1624
EP - 1628
JO - American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
JF - American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
IS - 5
ER -