title: Influence of hyperbaric oxygen on tumor necrosis factor-alpha and nitric oxide production in endotoxin-induced acute lung injury in rats.
abstract: We previously demonstrated that hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) treatment alleviated lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced acute lung injury in rats. However, the mechanisms responsible for the protective effect are still not fully understood. To obtain further information on the protective effect of HBO, in this study we investigated the role of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and nitric oxide (NO) in intratracheal spraying LPS-induced acute lung injury in rats after HBO or hyperoxia treatment. The results showed that HBO but not hyperoxia attenuated the TNF-alpha level in plasma and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid, NO concentration in BAL and plasma, and inducible NO synthase protein expression in lung tissue based on the Western blotting and immunohistochemical staining.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Shi-Jye
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: Min-Hui
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Ching-Wang
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: Shih-Hung
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: Shih-Hua
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Kun-Lun
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid; D004731:Endotoxins; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D052247:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II / Q000378:metabolism; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy; D011897:Random Allocation; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004731:Endotoxins; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D052247:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II