title: Compounds that increase cAMP prevent ischemia-reperfusion pulmonary capillary injury.
abstract: This study evaluated the physiological effects of compounds that increase adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) on changes in pulmonary capillary permeability and vascular resistance induced by ischemia-reperfusion (I-R) in isolated blood-perfused rabbit lungs. cAMP was elevated by 1) beta-adrenergic stimulation with isoproterenol (ISO, 10(-5) M), 2) post-beta-receptor stimulation of adenylate cyclase with forskolin (FSK, 10(-5) M), 3) and dibutyryl cAMP (DBcAMP, 1 mM), a cAMP analogue. Vascular permeability was assessed by determining the capillary filtration coefficient (Kf,c), and capillary pressure was measured using the double occlusion technique. The total, arterial, and venous vascular resistances were calculated from measured pulmonary arterial, venous, and capillary pressures and blood flow. Reperfusion after 2 h of ischemia significantly (P less than 0.05) increased Kf,c (from 0.115 +/- 0.028 to 0.224 +/- 0.040 ml.min-1.cmH2O-1.100 g-1). These I-R-induced changes in capillary permeability were prevented when ISO, FSK, or DBcAMP was added to the perfusate at reperfusion (0.110 +/- 0.022 and 0.103 +/- 0.021, 0.123 +/- 0.029 and 0.164 +/- 0.024, and 0.153 +/- 0.030 and 0.170 +/- 0.027 ml.min-1.cmH2O-1.100 g-1, respectively). I-R significantly increased total, arterial, and venous vascular resistances. These increases in vascular resistance were also blocked by ISO, FSK, and DBcAMP. These data suggest that beta-adrenergic stimulation, post-beta-receptor activation of adenylate cyclase, and DBcAMP prevent the changes in pulmonary vascular permeability and vascular resistances caused by I-R in isolated rabbit lungs through a mechanism involving an increase in intracellular levels of cAMP.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile 36688.
authors.forename: W K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Adkins
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Barnard
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: May
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Seibert
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Haynes
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Taylor
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003994:Bucladesine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002196:Capillaries / Q000187:drug effects / Q000293:injuries / Q000378:metabolism; D002199:Capillary Permeability / Q000187:drug effects; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism*; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects / Q000293:injuries / Q000378:metabolism; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology; D008168:Lung / Q000098:blood supply / Q000378:metabolism; D055370:Lung Injury; D011817:Rabbits; D015427:Reperfusion Injury / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014655:Vascular Resistance / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D005576:Colforsin; D003994:Bucladesine; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D007545:Isoproterenol