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Schwartz, M.D. et al.

Xanthine oxidase-derived oxygen radicals increase lung cytokine expression in mice subjected to hemorrhagic shock.

Acute inflammatory lung injury often complicates hemorrhagic shock, a systemic ischemia-reperfusion syndrome. Because oxygen radicals are generated during ischemia-reperfusion, and oxygen radicals can activate nuclear regulatory factors that affect transcription of proinflammatory cytokines, we examined the premise that oxygen radicals increase interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) expression in lung mononuclear cells after hemorrhage. Intraparenchymal pulmonary mononuclear cells isolated 1 h after hemorrhage from control mice had increased levels of mRNA for IL-1 beta (P < 0.001) and TNF-alpha (P < 0.05) compared with cells from sham-hemorrhaged mice. Hemorrhaged mice treated with the oxygen radical scavenger dimethylthiourea (DMTU) had decreased levels of mRNA for IL-1 beta in pulmonary mononuclear cells, compared with hemorrhaged controls (P < 0.05). In hemorrhaged mice depleted of xanthine oxidase ( XO) by a tungsten-enriched diet, pulmonary mononuclear cell mRNA levels for IL-1 beta and TNF-alpha were significantly decreased (P < 0.01 and 0.05, respectively), compared with cells from hemorrhaged control mice fed a normal diet. Similarly, mRNA transcripts for IL-1 beta and TNF-alpha among pulmonary mononuclear cells from hemorrhaged mice treated with allopurinol, an inhibitor of XO, were also significantly reduced (P < 0.05 and 0.001, respectively), compared with hemorrhaged control mice not treated with allopurinol. Our results indicate that XO-derived oxygen radicals contribute to the increased expression of mRNA for IL-1 beta and TNF-alpha, which occurs among pulmonary mononuclear cell populations immediately after hemorrhage.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)[1]

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Xanthine oxidase-derived oxygen radicals increase lung cytokine expression in mice subjected to hemorrhagic shock. Schwartz, M.D., Repine, J.E., Abraham, E. Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol. (1995) [Pubmed]

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