Abstract
A model for pulmonary fibrosis in the rat has been developed using intratracheal administration of bleomycin. The histopathologic features of the reaction are similar to those reported in the hamster model. Increases in vascular permeability are seen in the lung within 24 hours and persist over a 2-month period. Extractable collagen, as measured by hydroxyproline, increases during this time by a factor greater than 1.5 times the reference control values of normal lung. During this same period, a prominent eosinophilia develops. The continued treatment of bleomycin-injected rats with indomethacin markedly diminishes the amount of extractable lung collagen at 60 days and the histopathologic evidence of pulmonary fibrosis. The eosinophilia over the first 3 weeks is also markedly suppressed. Less dramatic effects were seen with the permeability changes. These findings indicate that the rat is a reliable and useful model for the study of blemoycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis and that treatment with indomethacin ameliorates the lung changes.
Full text
PDF













Images in this article
Selected References
These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.
- Aalto M., Kulonen E. Effects of serotonin, indomethacin and other antirheumatic drugs on the synthesis of collagen and other proteins in granulation tissue slices. Biochem Pharmacol. 1972 Nov 1;21(21):2835–2840. doi: 10.1016/0006-2952(72)90207-9. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Adamson I. Y., Bowden D. H. The pathogenesis of bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis in mice. Am J Pathol. 1974 Nov;77(2):185–197. [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Basten A., Beeson P. B. Mechanism of eosinophilia. II. Role of the lymphocyte. J Exp Med. 1970 Jun 1;131(6):1288–1305. doi: 10.1084/jem.131.6.1288. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Basten A., Boyer M. H., Beeson P. B. Mechanism of eosinophilia. I. Factors affecting the eosinophil response of rats to Trichinella spiralis. J Exp Med. 1970 Jun 1;131(6):1271–1287. doi: 10.1084/jem.131.6.1271. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Braun W., Ishizuka M. Cyclic AMP and immune responses. II. Phosphodiesterase inhibitors as potentiators of polynucleotide effects on antibody formation. J Immunol. 1971 Oct;107(4):1036–1042. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Flower R. J. Drugs which inhibit prostaglandin biosynthesis. Pharmacol Rev. 1974 Mar;26(1):33–67. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Holoye P. Y., Luna M. A., MacKay B., Bedrossian C. W. Bleomycin hypersensitivity pneumonitis. Ann Intern Med. 1978 Jan;88(1):47–49. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-88-1-47. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Johnson K. J., Ward P. A. Acute immunologic pulmonary alveolitis. J Clin Invest. 1974 Aug;54(2):349–357. doi: 10.1172/JCI107770. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Johnson R. L., Ziff M. Lymphokine stimulation of collagen accumulation. J Clin Invest. 1976 Jul;58(1):240–252. doi: 10.1172/JCI108455. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Ko S. D., Page R. C., Narayanan A. S. Fibroblast heterogeneity and prostaglandin regulation of subpopulations. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1977 Aug;74(8):3429–3432. doi: 10.1073/pnas.74.8.3429. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Kravis T. C., Ahmed A., Brown T. E., Fulmer J. D., Crystal R. G. Pathogenic mechanisms in pulmonary fibrosis: collagen-induced migration inhibition factor production and cytotoxicity mediated by lymphocytes. J Clin Invest. 1976 Nov;58(5):1223–1232. doi: 10.1172/JCI108576. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Lichtenstein L. M., Gillespie E., Bourne H. R., Henney C. S. The effects of a series of prostaglandins on in vitro models of the allergic response and cellular immunity. Prostaglandins. 1972 Dec;2(6):519–528. doi: 10.1016/s0090-6980(72)80040-6. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Neupert G., Müller P. Growth inhibition and morphological changes caused by indomethacin in fibroblasts in vitro. Exp Pathol (Jena) 1975;11(1-2):1–9. doi: 10.1016/s0014-4908(75)80066-4. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- OLINER H., SCHWARTZ R., RUBIO F., DAMESHEK W. Interstitial pulmonary fibrosis following busulfan therapy. Am J Med. 1961 Jul;31:134–139. doi: 10.1016/0002-9343(61)90229-7. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- SPEIRS R. S. The principles of eosinophil diluents. Blood. 1952 May;7(5):550–554. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Snider G. L., Celli B. R., Goldstein R. H., O'Brien J. J., Lucey E. C. Chronic interstitial pulmonary fibrosis produced in hamsters by endotracheal bleomycin. Lung volumes, volume-pressure relations, carbon monoxide uptake, and arterial blood gas studied. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1978 Feb;117(2):289–297. doi: 10.1164/arrd.1978.117.2.289. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Starcher B. C., Kuhn C., Overton J. E. Increased elastin and collagen content in the lungs of hamsters receiving an intratracheal injection of bleomycin. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1978 Feb;117(2):299–305. doi: 10.1164/arrd.1978.117.2.299. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Vijeyaratnam G. S., Corrin B. Experimental paraquat poisoning: a histological and electron-optical study of the changes in the lung. J Pathol. 1971 Feb;103(2):123–129. doi: 10.1002/path.1711030207. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- WOESSNER J. F., Jr The determination of hydroxyproline in tissue and protein samples containing small proportions of this imino acid. Arch Biochem Biophys. 1961 May;93:440–447. doi: 10.1016/0003-9861(61)90291-0. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Wahl L. M., Olsen C. E., Sandberg A. L., Mergenhagen S. E. Prostaglandin regulation of macrophage collagenase production. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1977 Nov;74(11):4955–4958. doi: 10.1073/pnas.74.11.4955. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]