title: Protective action of taurine, given as a pretreatment or as a posttreatment, against endotoxin-induced acute lung inflammation in hamsters.
abstract: To assess the effect of taurine on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced lung inflammation, oxidative stress and apoptosis, female Golden Syrian hamsters were intratracheally instilled with bacterial LPS (0.02 mg in phosphate buffered saline (PBS) pH 7.4), before or after a 3-day intraperitoneal treatment with a single dose of taurine (50 mg/kg/day in PBS pH 7.4), and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) and lung tissue samples were collected at 24 hr after the last treatment. In comparison to BALF samples from animals receiving only PBS pH 7.4, and serving as controls, those of LPS-stimulated animals exhibited a higher count of both total leukocytes and neutrophils and increased expression of tumor necrosis factor receptor 1. In comparison to lungs from control animals, those from LPS-treated animals showed increased cellular apoptosis, lipid peroxidation, decreased glutathione levels, altered activities of antioxidant enzymes (catalase, glutathione peroxidase, superoxide dismutase) and focal inflammation confined to the parenchyma. A treatment with taurine was found to significantly attenuate all these alterations, with the protection being, in all instances, greater when given before rather than after LPS. The present results suggest that taurine is endowed with antiinflammatory and antioxidant properties that are protective in the lung against the deleterious actions of Gram negative bacterial endotoxin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St, John's University, College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Jamaica, New York 11439, USA. tapan_bhavsar@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Tapan M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Bhavsar
authors.forename: Sanket N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: Cesar A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Lau-Cam
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000166:cytology; D006224:Cricetinae; D003412:Cricetulus; D004731:Endotoxins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D008264:Macrophages / Q000378:metabolism; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D047888:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type I / Q000378:metabolism; D013654:Taurine / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D004731:Endotoxins; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D047888:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type I; D013654:Taurine
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