Abstract
The effects of polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid (Poly I:C), an inducer of interferons, on bleomycin (Bleo)-induced lung fibrosis was studied in hamsters. Poly I:C (10 mg/kg intraperitoneally) was administered for two days and immediately before intratracheal instillation of bleomycin (7.5 U/kg) or an equivalent volume of saline and thereafter daily for 13 days. The lung hydroxyproline in control, Poly I:C, Bleo, and Bleo + Poly I:C groups averaged 791, 752, 1177, and 766 μg/lung. As compared to control, the prolyl hydroxylase activity in the Bleo group was increased by 83% whereas in Bleo + Poly I:C group, the activity was increased by 42%. Protein in the bronchoalveolar lavage supernatant in Poly I:C, Bleo and Bleo + Poly I:C groups were 72,286, and 206% of the control, respectively. There was no difference in total leukocyte counts between Bleo + Poly I:C and Bleo groups, but the differential cell counts were changed. The numbers of neutrophils, monocytes, lymphocytes, and eosinophils were 50, 84, 91, and 10% of Bleo group, respectively. Morphometric estimates of the volume of parenchymal lesion within the lung showed that hamsters in Bleo + Poly I:C group had significantly less volume of lesion (1.0 cucm) than the Bleo group (1.6 cucm). In addition, the fibrotic lesions in Bleo + Poly I:C group were multifocal and primarily proximal acinar in location, had fewer extracellular fibres, neutrophils and monocytes. Poly I:C treatment ameliorated bleomycin-induced lung collagen accumulation.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 525-536 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | American Journal of Pathology |
| Volume | 133 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| State | Published - 1988 |
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Ameliorating effect of an interferon inducer polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid on bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis in hamsters. Morphologic and biochemical evidence. / Giri, S. N.; Hyde, D. M.
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T1 - Ameliorating effect of an interferon inducer polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid on bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis in hamsters. Morphologic and biochemical evidence
AU - Giri, S. N.
AU - Hyde, D. M.
PY - 1988
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N2 - The effects of polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid (Poly I:C), an inducer of interferons, on bleomycin (Bleo)-induced lung fibrosis was studied in hamsters. Poly I:C (10 mg/kg intraperitoneally) was administered for two days and immediately before intratracheal instillation of bleomycin (7.5 U/kg) or an equivalent volume of saline and thereafter daily for 13 days. The lung hydroxyproline in control, Poly I:C, Bleo, and Bleo + Poly I:C groups averaged 791, 752, 1177, and 766 μg/lung. As compared to control, the prolyl hydroxylase activity in the Bleo group was increased by 83% whereas in Bleo + Poly I:C group, the activity was increased by 42%. Protein in the bronchoalveolar lavage supernatant in Poly I:C, Bleo and Bleo + Poly I:C groups were 72,286, and 206% of the control, respectively. There was no difference in total leukocyte counts between Bleo + Poly I:C and Bleo groups, but the differential cell counts were changed. The numbers of neutrophils, monocytes, lymphocytes, and eosinophils were 50, 84, 91, and 10% of Bleo group, respectively. Morphometric estimates of the volume of parenchymal lesion within the lung showed that hamsters in Bleo + Poly I:C group had significantly less volume of lesion (1.0 cucm) than the Bleo group (1.6 cucm). In addition, the fibrotic lesions in Bleo + Poly I:C group were multifocal and primarily proximal acinar in location, had fewer extracellular fibres, neutrophils and monocytes. Poly I:C treatment ameliorated bleomycin-induced lung collagen accumulation.
AB - The effects of polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid (Poly I:C), an inducer of interferons, on bleomycin (Bleo)-induced lung fibrosis was studied in hamsters. Poly I:C (10 mg/kg intraperitoneally) was administered for two days and immediately before intratracheal instillation of bleomycin (7.5 U/kg) or an equivalent volume of saline and thereafter daily for 13 days. The lung hydroxyproline in control, Poly I:C, Bleo, and Bleo + Poly I:C groups averaged 791, 752, 1177, and 766 μg/lung. As compared to control, the prolyl hydroxylase activity in the Bleo group was increased by 83% whereas in Bleo + Poly I:C group, the activity was increased by 42%. Protein in the bronchoalveolar lavage supernatant in Poly I:C, Bleo and Bleo + Poly I:C groups were 72,286, and 206% of the control, respectively. There was no difference in total leukocyte counts between Bleo + Poly I:C and Bleo groups, but the differential cell counts were changed. The numbers of neutrophils, monocytes, lymphocytes, and eosinophils were 50, 84, 91, and 10% of Bleo group, respectively. Morphometric estimates of the volume of parenchymal lesion within the lung showed that hamsters in Bleo + Poly I:C group had significantly less volume of lesion (1.0 cucm) than the Bleo group (1.6 cucm). In addition, the fibrotic lesions in Bleo + Poly I:C group were multifocal and primarily proximal acinar in location, had fewer extracellular fibres, neutrophils and monocytes. Poly I:C treatment ameliorated bleomycin-induced lung collagen accumulation.
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