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Early effects of smoke inhalation on alveolar macrophage functions.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Bidani, Akhil Wang, Cheng Zhang Heming, Thomas A. |
| Copyright Year | 1996 |
| Abstract | Alveolar macrophage (AM) dysfunctions have been implicated in the pathogenesis of smoke inhalation lung injury. We investigated the early (within 70 min) effects of smoke inhalation on AM. The cells were recovered by bronchoalveolar lavage from rabbits ventilated with cotton smoke for 5 min followed by O2/room air for 60 min (smoke-exposed) or with room air in place of smoke (control). Smoke injury caused arterial blood carboxyhaemoglobin levels to increase 11-fold and reduced arterial blood PO2 (measured approximately 1 h postinjury) by 25 per cent. Scanning electron micrographs revealed denudation of plasmalemmal pseudopods in smoke-exposed AM. Smoke exposure suppressed both AM adherence to plastic and phagocytosis of opsonized bacteria. Basal superoxide (O2-) production was elevated in smoke-exposed AM, compared with controls, whereas PMA-stimulated O2- production was unaffected. Smoke-exposed AM had reduced basal secretion of tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), but displayed a greater TNF response to stimulation with LPS than did control cells. LPS-stimulated TNF-alpha releases from control and smoke-exposed AM were suppressed by phosphodiesterase inhibitors pentoxifylline and theophylline, and were enhanced by the lipoxygenase inhibitor, MK886. The early responses of AM to smoke inhalation lung injury are consistent with activation of O2- production and priming of TNF-alpha release, concurrent with a functional down regulation of phagocytosis. |
| Starting Page | 198 |
| Ending Page | 201 |
| Page Count | 4 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://ehs.sph.berkeley.edu/krsmith/CRA/tb/BidaniA_1996.pdf |
| PubMed reference number | 8634114v1 |
| Volume Number | 22 |
| Issue Number | 2 |
| Journal | Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Bacteria Carboxyhemoglobin Down-Regulation Inspiration function Irrigation Lipoxygenase Inhibitors Lung Injury Macrophages, Alveolar Neoplasms PO-2 Pentoxifylline Phagocytosis Priming Exercise Pseudopodia Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis Smoke Inhalation Injury Superoxides Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate Theophylline Tumor Necrosis Factors |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |