Table IV.
Markers of injury and DAMPs measured in BAL fluid at 24 hours after instillation of PBS or S. pneumoniae (SP) in WT or Nrf2 null mice
| Analyte | WT | Nrf2 null | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PBS (n=4) | SP 6.88 ± 0.13 × 106 CFU per mouse (n=5) |
SP 1.38 ± 0.038 × 107 CFU per mouse (n=5) |
PBS (n=4) | SP 6.25 ± 0.22 × 106 CFU per mouse (n=5) |
SP 1.13 ± 0.022 × 107 CFU per mouse (n=5) |
|
| Protein (μg/ml) |
77 ± 2.5 | 128 ± 4.2 | 165 ±6.9 | 81 ± 15 | 134 ± 7.1 | 179 ± 36 * |
| dsDNA (ng/ml) |
43 ± 9.5 | 573 ± 17 * | 581 ± 63 * | 115 ± 57 | 598 ± 17 * | 512 ± 43 * |
| sICAM-1 (ng/ml) |
147 ± 8.5 | 246 ± 16 * | 248 ± 33 * | 130 ± 6.0 | 311 ± 18 * | 269 ± 24 * |
| S100A8 (net FL) |
9.8 ± 6.8 | 6490 ± 535 (n=3) * |
6264 ± 1677 * |
1615 ± 1607 |
6554 ± 318 * |
7472 ± 754 * |
| RAGE (net FL) |
22 ± 1.2 | 114 ± 18 (n=3) |
235 ± 57 | 18 ± 2.6 | 1194 ± 1061 |
418 ± 215 |
| S100A9 (net FL) |
552 ± 260 | 8575 ± 333 (n=3) * |
8678 ± 214 * |
2621 ± 2228 |
8330 ± 97 * | 8599 ± 185 * |
Values are mean ± SEM. The number of samples in each group (n) is shown in the column subheadings unless otherwise indicated in the individual cells. Net FL, net fluorescence.
, significantly different compared with PBS control of the same genotype (p≤0.05, ANOVA and Tukey-Kramer HSD post hoc test).