[Enzyme change in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of pneumocystis pneumonia rats and the effect of garlicin treatment].
OBJECTIVE
To study the change of enzymes and effect of garlicin treatment on the change in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) of rats with Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP).


METHODS
Wistar rats were injected intramuscularly continually with dexamethasone to establish the rat model of PCP. The experimental rats (group A) were injected intramuscularly with garlicin at a dose of 10 mg/(kg x d) for 5 days in the 3rd, 6th and 9th week respectively, and SMZ/TMP therapy group (B), PCP infected group (C) and normal group (D) were established as controls. Three days after the last treatment, the rats of all groups were killed and BALF was collected without contamination and enzymes AST, ALF, CHE, ALP, LDH, CK, CKMB, HBDH, AFU, 5'NT, ADA were examined.


RESULTS
The ALP level in group C [(573.41 +/- 350.63)U/L] was significantly higher than that in group D [(210.56 +/- 114.41) U/L] (q = 4.682, P < 0.01), group A [(392.07 +/- 217.57) U/L] (q = 3.851, P < 0.05), and group B [(325.21 +/- 180.65) U/L] (q = 4.380, P < 0.01); the level of CK, CKMB and 5'NT in group C [948.94 +/- 403.43, 489.47 +/- 254.46 and (6.76 +/- 3.11) U/L respectively] was higher than those in group D [426.22 +/- 319.00, 213.33 +/- 144.54 and (3.22 +/- 1.20) U/L] (q = 4.696, 3.784, 3.812, P< 0.05); there was no significant difference in the level of AST, ALT, CHE, LDH, HBDH, AFU and ADA among the four groups (F = 1.852, 0.958, 2.470, 1.423, 1.178, 1.342, 0.611, P > 0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
The level of ALP, CK, CKMB but the ALP level decreases distinctly after the garlicin and 5'NT increases evidently in BALF of PCP infected rats, but the ALP level decreases distinctly after the garlicin treatment.
Department of Parasitology, Hebei North University, Zhangjiakou 075000, China.
Zhi-min
ZM
Lu
You-cheng
YC
Zhang
Jin-shun
JS
Zhang
Bao-lin
BL
Shi
Tian-jun
TJ
Jia
Hong-wei
HW
Tang
Jin-hua
JH
Liu
D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000378:metabolism; D000498:Allyl Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000818:Animals; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000378:metabolism; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000737:chemistry / Q000382:microbiology; D003907:Dexamethasone; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004220:Disulfides / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D016720:Pneumocystis Infections / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism; D045363:Pneumocystis carinii / Q000187:drug effects; D011020:Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
D000498:Allyl Compounds; D004220:Disulfides; C028009:diallyl disulfide; D003907:Dexamethasone; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D000410:Alanine Transaminase