ABSTRACT
Objective To establish a rat model of acute lung injury (ALI) induced by intraperitoneal injection of pancreatitis associated ascitic fluids (PPAF) and perforative peritonitis ascitic fluids (PAAF).A secondary objective is to study the non-specificity of acute lung injury induced by PAAF.Methods Acute necrotizing pancreatitis (ANP) model and perforative peritonitis (PP) model were established in 120 rats,from which the PAAF and PPAF were collected.Forty-eight rats were randomly divided into three groups:normal saline (NS) group,PAAF group,and PPAF group.Within each group,they were randomly sacrificed at 7h and 12h of surgery.The pathological severity of the lung injury,wet/dry ratio,MPO (myeloperoxidase) in lung,and apoptosis rate of pneumocytes were evaluated and analyzed.Results Lung injury,wet/dry ratio,MPO in lungs,and cell apoptosis were significantly higher in the PAAF group and PPAF group than in the NS group (P＜0.01).However,there was no significant difference between PAAF group and PPAF group (P＞0.05).Conclusions Both PAAF and PPAF can induce acute lung injury in rats by intraperitoneal injection.However,the acute hung injury induced by PAAF has limited specificity.