Abstract:
:The objective of this study was to assess the radioprotective effects of amifostine in the rat model of radiation-induced lung injury using fractionated doses of radiation, to determine whether amifostine given before irradiation protects tumor from radiation cytotoxicity, and to determine whether changes in plasma levels of transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta correlate with radioprotective effect of amifostine. R3230 AC mammary adenocarcinoma was transplanted on the right posterior chest wall of female Fisher-344 rats. Both tumor-bearing and non-tumor-bearing animals were irradiated to the tumor or right lung using 4 MV photons and fractionated dose of 35 Gy/5 fractions/5 days. Animals with tumors and those without were randomized into 4 groups, respectively (8 to 10 rats per group), to receive (1) radiation alone; (2) radiation + amifostine; (3) amifostine alone; (4) sham radiation. Amifostine (150 mg/kg) was given intraperitoneally 30 minutes before each fraction of irradiation. The tumor size was measured twice a week. Breathing rate was assessed every 2 weeks. TGF-beta levels in plasma were assessed monthly after treatment. Six months after irradiation, animals were euthanized and lung tissue was processed for hydroxyproline content analysis. A significant increase in breathing frequency started 9 weeks after irradiation in animals that received radiation only. In the radiation + amifostine group, there was both a delay and a significantly lower peak in breathing frequency (P < .001). Hydroxyproline content was higher in the radiation-alone group than in rats given amifostine prior to radiation (P < .05). The TGF-beta levels in plasma showed an increase from 1 to 3 months after radiation, peaking at 2 months in the rats with (2.80 +/- 0.23) or without (5.32 +/- 1.21) amifostine compared to sham irradiation. TGF-beta levels were significantly lower at 1 to 3 months in rats receiving amifostine plus radiation versus those receiving radiation alone. Tumor growth delay and regrowth rate after radiation were not different between radiation-alone and radiation + amifostine groups. This study confirms the protective effect of amifostine in reducing radiation-induced pulmonary toxicity. No tumor protection was demonstrated after fractionated radiotherapy. The reduction in pulmonary injury with amifostine in paralleling lower plasma levels of TGF-beta, suggesting that monitoring plasma levels of this cytokine may reflect the efficacy of an intervention aimed at preventing radiation-induced lung injury.
journal_name
Exp Lung Resjournal_title
Experimental lung researchauthors
Vujaskovic Z,Feng QF,Rabbani ZN,Samulski TV,Anscher MS,Brizel DMdoi
10.1080/01902140290096791subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2002-10-01 00:00:00pages
577-90issue
7eissn
0190-2148issn
1521-0499journal_volume
28pub_type
杂志文章abstract::It has been suggested that increased recruitment of phagocytes and subsequent clearance of particles may follow instillation of a leukocyte chemoattractant to lungs containing silica. The present study quantitated serially the silica content in alveolar spaces, in lung tissue and in hilar lymph nodes of mice that rece...
journal_title:Experimental lung research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/01902149409064384
更新日期:1994-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::In a recent study of the sheep tracheal lobe model, we have demonstrated that surface chemistry modification of quartz by aluminum lactate significantly alters the biological activity of quartz for at least 2 months after exposure. In the present study, we have extended our observations of the biological reaction of t...
journal_title:Experimental lung research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/01902148709064319
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journal_title:Experimental lung research
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.3109/01902148809064189
更新日期:1988-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental lung research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/01902148.2012.666331
更新日期:2012-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental lung research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/01902148809087842
更新日期:1988-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental lung research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/01902148809087840
更新日期:1988-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental lung research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/01902140290092029
更新日期:2002-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental lung research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/01902149509031741
更新日期:1995-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental lung research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/01902140903427033
更新日期:2010-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental lung research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/01902148.2014.993776
更新日期:2015-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental lung research
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2009-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental lung research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/01902149209031707
更新日期:1992-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::In a number of recent studies, a lung tumor resistance locus designated either Par2 or Pas7 was mapped to distal chromosome 18 in crosses between susceptible A/J and more resistant BALB/c mice. This locus is important in that it accounts for as much as 60% of the difference in lung tumor susceptibility between the A/J...
journal_title:Experimental lung research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/01902140150216710
更新日期:2000-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental lung research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/01902148.2012.660559
更新日期:2012-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental lung research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/01902149009108845
更新日期:1990-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental lung research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/01902140802446832
更新日期:2009-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental lung research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/01902148909069608
更新日期:1989-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental lung research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/01902148.2014.920438
更新日期:2014-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental lung research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/01902148409087896
更新日期:1984-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental lung research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/01902149809087383
更新日期:1998-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental lung research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/01902149509068829
更新日期:1995-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental lung research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/01902149509031745
更新日期:1995-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental lung research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/01902140902822312
更新日期:2009-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental lung research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/01902148.2014.895070
更新日期:2014-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Experimental lung research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/01902149709046048
更新日期:1997-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::It is evident that much remains to be learned about the nasal passages and their responses to toxic materials. For the nose of both laboratory animals and humans, information is needed in the areas of anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, neurobiology, physiopathology, and oncology. This article briefly discussed toxic a...
journal_title:Experimental lung research
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.3109/01902149109064322
更新日期:1991-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::The role of the Clara and type II cell in the development of pulmonary tumors in the A/J mouse and Fischer rat was investigated by determining the relationship of DNA methylation and repair in pulmonary cells to oncogene activation and by characterizing the morphology of pulmonary tumors induced by treatment with 4-(m...
journal_title:Experimental lung research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/01902149109064417
更新日期:1991-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::A tandem repeat region in the second intron of the K-ras gene has been reported to be a possible regulatory site for transcription. In this study, a second protein-binding site was identified and characterized. It lies downstream (nucleotides 463 to 509) of the tandem repeat region. A T--> C base variation at nucleoti...
journal_title:Experimental lung research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/0190214049049552
更新日期:2005-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Variable numbers of composite repetitive motifs are found in different individuals within intron 4 of the surfactant protein B (SP-B) gene (Biochem J. 1995;305:583). This study tests the hypothesis that the distribution of SP-B alleles differs among racial/ethnic groups. A total of 412 SP-B alleles were analyzed: 206 ...
journal_title:Experimental lung research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/01902149609046037
更新日期:1996-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::A specific form of flavin monooxygenase has been identified in the lungs of a number of species. Distribution of the pulmonary flavin-containing monooxygenase (FMOp) is of interest because it oxidatively metabolizes a wide variety of nitrogen-, sulfur-, and phosphorous-containing xenobiotics, some of which form highly...
journal_title:Experimental lung research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/01902149209020656
更新日期:1992-01-01 00:00:00