title: Lung inflammation and endothelial cell damage are decreased after treatment with phototherapy (PhT) in a model of acute lung injury induced by Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide in the rat.
abstract: Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) mimics the symptoms of acute lung injury (ALI), which is characterized by the accumulation in the lungs of neutrophils producing inflammatory mediators. Because of the lack of information about phototherapy (PhT) effects on ALI, we investigated whether PhT (685nm InGaAlP) attenuates LPS-induced ALI. PhT reduced lung edema, the accumulation of TNF-alpha in the lung, and myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity. However, PhT was not efficient in reducing of TNF-alpha concentration in both serum and neutrophils of blood after LPS. In another series of experiments, in vitro assays of the effects of PhT effect on mouse pulmonary arterial endothelium cells (MPAECs) after TNF-alpha showed that the laser restores the MPAECs damage induced at 6 or 24h after TNF-alpha. These results suggest the PhT effect on ALI is partly due to inhibition of TNF-alpha release from neutrophils and lung cells.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Research and Development - IP&D, 12240-000 São Jose dos Campos, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mafra de Lima
authors.forename: K T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Naves
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Machado
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Albertini
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Villaverde
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Aimbire
mesh_terms: D055371:Acute Lung Injury / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D000818:Animals; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid; D002199:Capillary Permeability; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D042783:Endothelial Cells / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D004926:Escherichia coli; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000633:toxicity; D008168:Lung / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D009195:Peroxidase / Q000378:metabolism; D010789:Phototherapy; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D009195:Peroxidase