Attenuation of Lung Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury by Rho-Associated Kinase Inhibition in a Rat Model of Lung Transplantation
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- Kohno Mitsutomo
- Department of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Watanabe Masazumi
- Department of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Goto Taichiro
- Department of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Kamiyama Ikuo
- Department of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Ohtsuka Takashi
- Department of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Tasaka Sadatomo
- Department of Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Sawafuji Makoto
- Department of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Background: A signaling pathway of the small GTPase Rho and Rho-associated coiled-coil-forming protein kinase (ROCK), regulates the contraction of endothelial cells. We studied the effects of Y-27632, a specific ROCK inhibitor, to clarify the role of Rho/ROCK in the pathogenesis of ischemia-reperfusion lung injury in a rat model of single-lung transplantation (LTX).Methods: We flushed 5 donor rat lungs with Euro-Collins solution, and 5 donor lungs with Euro-Collins + Y-27632, 0.03 mg/ml, and preserved the lungs for 6 h at 4°C before reperfusion for 4 h. The 5 rat recipients of Y-27632-treated lungs also received a 10-mg/kg bolus of Y-27632 i.p. 30 min before reperfusion.Results: Pretreatment of the donor lungs and recipient rats with Y-27632 prominently suppressed the post-LTX edema, while the permeability index was only slightly decreased. The (1) numbers of neutrophils and macrophages, and (2) tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α concentration, were significantly lower in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of treated than untreated lungs.Conclusions: Y-27632 (1) inhibited the migration of inflammatory cells into the alveolar space, (2) decreased the production of TNF-α, and (3) attenuated the edema after LTX. Endothelial Rho and ROCK may play an important role in the pathogenesis of post-LTX injury.
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- Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
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Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 20 (5), 359-364, 2014
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