title: Inhibitory effects of BaSO4 on experimentally induced inflammation in the rat mediated by alpha M-foetoprotein.
abstract: The influence was studied of BaSO4 (i.p.) pretreatment on the mediator induced inflammatory responses: oedema formation, measured plethysmographically, increased vascular permeability to protein, measured by the extravascular accumulation of 125I-labeled albumin (125I-HSA) and vasodilatation, measured by the accumulation of 51Cr-labeled erythrocytes. Subplantar application of histamine, 5-hydroxytryptamine, bradykinin or prostaglandin E2 caused oedema formation, an enormous 125I-HSA accumulation and a relatively small 51Cr-labeled erythrocytes accumulation. BaSO4 pretreatment inhibited all these inflammatory responses to a high extent, while the alpha M-foetoprotein (alpha MFP) serum levels were increased from a normal value of 188 +/- 123 micrograms/ml up to 5200 +/- 2264 micrograms/ml (n = 29). From this study and previous data using purified alpha MFP it could be assumed that the anti-inflammatory effects induced by BaSO4 pretreatment are mediated by this enormous increase of the alpha MFP serum levels of alpha MFP are nonspecific and possibly caused by a coating and/or membrane stabilizing effect on cell membranes and/or endothelial junctions.
mesh_terms: D000418:Albumins / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001466:Barium Sulfate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001920:Bradykinin / Q000633:toxicity; D015232:Dinoprostone; D004487:Edema / Q000139:chemically induced; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D006632:Histamine / Q000633:toxicity; D007249:Inflammation / Q000139:chemically induced*; D008297:Male; D011458:Prostaglandins E / Q000633:toxicity; D051381:Rats; D012701:Serotonin / Q000633:toxicity; D014664:Vasodilation; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D000418:Albumins; D011458:Prostaglandins E; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins; D001466:Barium Sulfate; D012701:Serotonin; D006632:Histamine; D015232:Dinoprostone; D001920:Bradykinin