title: Effects of curcumin or dexamethasone on lung ischaemia-reperfusion injury in rats.
abstract: The present study aimed to investigate potential effects of curcumin (CUR) and dexamethasone (DXM) on ischaemia-reperfusion (I/R) induced lung injury in rats. Experimental rats were pre-treated with a single i.p. dose of vehicle, CUR (50 mg.kg(-1) or 200 mg.kg(-1)) or DXM (5 mg.kg(-1)), 2 h before anaesthesia and subjected to left lung hilus clamping with 90-min ischaemia followed by 4 h of reperfusion. Pre-treatment with CUR (200 mg.kg(-1)) or DXM markedly attenuated I/R-induced barrier disruption, lung oedema, tissue inflammation, hypoxaemia 4 h after reperfusion, and overactivation of nuclear factor-kappaB, inflammatory cytokines, myeloperoxidase and malondialdehyde. It appears that curcumin attenuates acute lung injury, probably through improving oxidative stress and inhibiting nuclear factor-kappaB-mediated expression of inflammatory cytokines. Thus, curcumin may be an alternative therapy for improving the outcomes of ischaemia-reperfusion-induced lung injury.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Pulmonary Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, 180 Feng Lin Road, Shanghai, 200032, China.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bai
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003474:Curcumin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004487:Edema; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000494:pharmacology; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008833:Microcirculation; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000378:metabolism; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D015427:Reperfusion Injury; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids; D016328:NF-kappa B; D003907:Dexamethasone; D003474:Curcumin