title: Melatonin protects against oxidative damage in a neonatal rat model of bronchopulmonary dysplasia.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Oxidative stress plays an important role in the pathogenesis of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). Melatonin (MT) has direct and indirect free radical detoxifying activity. The present study was to investigate whether treatment with MT would attenuate hyperoxia-induced lung injury and the effect of MT on imbalance of oxidants/antioxidants in the lung of neonatal rats.
  
  
  METHODS
  BPD was induced by exposure to hyperoxia in neonatal rats (n=90). The rats were divided randomly into three groups (n=30 each): air-exposed control group, hyperoxia-exposed group, and hyperoxia-exposed MT-treated group. Lung specimens were obtained respectively on day 3, day 7, and day 14 after exposure (n=10 each). Activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px), and catalase (CAT), and levels of myeloperoxidase (MPO), nitrite/nitrate, and malondialdehyde (MDA) were assayed. Histopathologic changes were observed in the tissues stained with hematoxylin and eosin and Masson's trichrome stain.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Increased levels of MPO, nitrite/nitrate, and MDA in the hyperoxia-exposed rats were significantly reduced by MT (P<0.05). Activities of GSH-Px, SOD, and CAT which did not change after exposure to hyperoxia were increased by MT (P<0.05). Furthermore, BPD associated histopathological alterations such as reduced total number of alveoli and interstitial fibrosis were obviously abated in the MT-treated group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  MT can reverse oxidants/antioxidants imbalance in damaged lung tissue and thus exert a beneficial effect on hyperoxia-induced lung disease in neonatal rats. With regard to humans, there may be a protective effect of MT on BPD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, 110004, China.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Jian-Hua
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Xin-Dong
authors.initials: XD
authors.lastname: Xue
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Bing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wei
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002374:Catalase / Q000378:metabolism; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase / Q000378:metabolism; D018496:Hyperoxia / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D055370:Lung Injury / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology*; D008315:Malondialdehyde / Q000378:metabolism; D008550:Melatonin / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009566:Nitrates / Q000378:metabolism; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects*; D009195:Peroxidase / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D009566:Nitrates; D008315:Malondialdehyde; D002374:Catalase; D009195:Peroxidase; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D008550:Melatonin
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