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Reperfusion after a two-hour period of pulmonary artery occlusion causes pulmonary necrosis.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  1416395     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The role of reperfusion injury in the progression to necrosis in pulmonary embolism was evaluated. To simulate this condition, we used a technique that enables occlusion and reopening of the pulmonary arterial branch supplying the right upper lobe in conscious rats. The rats were divided into five groups: the occlusion group (n = 12), in which the pulmonary artery (PA) branch was occluded without reperfusion; the reperfusion group (n = 12), in which the PA branch was reopened after a 2-h period of occlusion; and the reperfusion-SOD (n = 9), reperfusion-IM (n = 8), or reperfusion-IA-SOD (n = 6) groups, in which superoxide dismutase (SOD), indomethacin (IM), or inactivated SOD (IA-SOD), respectively, was administered during reperfusion. The lungs were removed 24 h after the PA occlusion, and histologic examination was performed. In the occlusion group, the alveolar structure of the right upper lobe was well preserved, and there was no erythrocyte or leukocyte accumulation. The only significant changes compared with the control lobe was the appearance of wavy internal elastic lamina of the PA and slight neutrophil adherence to the endothelial cells. In contrast, the right upper lobe of the reperfusion group disclosed numerous foci of hemorrhagic necrosis, with disrupted alveoli and leukocyte accumulation in all cases. With SOD treatment, the changes compatible with hemorrhagic necrosis were attenuated to the level of the control lobes. However, neither IM nor IA-SOD decreased these changes.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
Authors:
T Murata; H Nakazawa; I Mori; Y Ohta; H Yamabayashi
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The American review of respiratory disease     Volume:  146     ISSN:  0003-0805     ISO Abbreviation:  Am. Rev. Respir. Dis.     Publication Date:  1992 Oct 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1992-10-30     Completed Date:  1992-10-30     Revised Date:  2003-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0370523     Medline TA:  Am Rev Respir Dis     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1048-53     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Tokai University, Kanagawa, Japan.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Constriction
Indomethacin / therapeutic use*
Lung / pathology*
Male
Pulmonary Alveoli / pathology
Pulmonary Artery*
Pulmonary Embolism / pathology*
Rats
Rats, Wistar
Recombinant Proteins / therapeutic use
Reperfusion Injury / pathology*,  prevention & control
Superoxide Dismutase / therapeutic use*
Time Factors
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Recombinant Proteins; 53-86-1/Indomethacin; EC 1.15.1.1/Superoxide Dismutase

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