title: Role of thromboxane in interleukin 2-induced lung injury in sheep.
abstract: Interleukin (IL)-2 administration leads to respiratory dysfunction due to increased vascular permeability. This study examines the role of thromboxane (Tx)A2 in IL-2 induced lung injury in sheep with chronic lung lymph fistulae. This preparation enables evaluation of permeability prior to the development of gross edema. IL-2, 10(5) units/kg (n = 6), or its excipient control (n = 5) was given as an i.v. bolus over 2 min. After 2 h of IL-2 administration, plasma TxB2 increased from 168 to 388 pg/ml (P less than 0.05) and lung lymph TxB2 from 235 to 694 pg/ml (P less than 0.05). Mean pulmonary artery pressure (MPAP) rose from 13 to 29 mm of Hg (P less than 0.05) at 30 min and remained elevated for 4 h while the pulmonary artery wedge pressure was unchanged at 4 mm of Hg. Arterial oxygen tension (PaO2) fell from 88 to 77 mm of Hg (P less than 0.05). Lung lymph flow (QL) rose from 2.2 to 3.8 ml/30 min (P less than 0.05) at 1 h and to 6.4 ml/30 min at 3 h. This rise coincided with an increase in the lymph/plasma (L/P) protein ratio from 0.67 to 0.77 (P less than 0.05). In contrast, the non-IL-2-infused sheep (n = 3) recruitment of the lung vasculature by left atrial balloon inflation led to a rise in QL from 2.4 to 8.2 ml/30 min, whereas the L/P ratio declined from 0.62 to 0.25, suggesting that the protein-rich lymph flow after IL-2 administration reflected increased microvascular permeability. In further proof of an increase in permeability, IL-2 administration into sheep (n = 2) with an inflated left atrial balloon led, after a pressure-independent L/P protein ratio had been achieved, to an increase in L/P protein ratio and decrease in protein reflection coefficient. At 2 h after IL-2, the blood leukocyte count fell from 8156 to 4375/mm3 (P less than 0.05) primarily due to a 73% drop in lymphocytes. The platelet count declined from 292 to 184 x 10(3)/mm3 (P less than 0.05). Body temperature rose from 38.9-40.3 degrees C (P less than 0.05), and shaking chills were common. Pretreatment with the Tx synthetase inhibitor OKY 046 (n = 7) lowered baseline plasma and lymph TxB2 levels to 22 and 52 pg/ml (P less than 0.05) and prevented the IL-2-induced increase in plasma and lung lymph TxB2 (P less than 0.05).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
authors: Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.
authors: J M
authors: JM
authors: Klausner
authors: I S
authors: IS
authors: Paterson
authors: N M
authors: NM
authors: Morel
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Goldman
authors: A D
authors: AD
authors: Gray
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Valeri
authors: T J
authors: TJ
authors: Eberlein
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Shepro
authors: H B
authors: HB
authors: Hechtman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001772:Blood Cell Count / Q000187:drug effects; D001792:Blood Platelets; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D002199:Capillary Permeability / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000633:toxicity*; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008689:Methacrylates / Q000494:pharmacology; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000378:metabolism; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation / Q000187:drug effects; D012756:Sheep; D013928:Thromboxane A2 / Q000502:physiology*; D013929:Thromboxane B2 / Q000097:blood; D013930:Thromboxane-A Synthase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D007376:Interleukin-2; D008689:Methacrylates; D013929:Thromboxane B2; D013928:Thromboxane A2; D013930:Thromboxane-A Synthase; C034364:ozagrel