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PURPOSE: To evaluate surfactant protein A levels in an hepatopulmonary syndrome rat model. To date, there have been no studies aimed at evaluating surfactant levels in the setting of cirrhosis or hepatopulmonary syndrome. METHODS: A total of 35 rats were divided into control, sham, and experimental HPS groups. We evaluated surfactant protein A levels in rats and the experimental model designed to induce hepatopulmonary syndrome was common bile duct ligation. Statistical analysis was performed using GraphPad Prism Software(r). Differences were considered statistically significant when p<0.05. RESULTS: Lung homogenate of surfactant protein A levels were lower in the experimental hepatopulmonary syndrome and sham groups in comparison to the control group (p<0.05). Serum SP-A levels were the same in experimental hepatopulmonary syndrome and control groups but decreased in the sham group compared with the experimental groups (p<0.05). Myeloperoxidase activity was higher in the experimental hepatopulmonary syndrome group than the other two groups (p<0.05). CONCLUSION: Surfactant protein A is present in experimental hepatopulmonary syndrome and leads to an imbalance between serum and pulmonary levels due to systemic inflammatory response. .
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Animals , Male , Disease Models, Animal , Hepatopulmonary Syndrome/metabolism , Lung/metabolism , Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein A/metabolism , Blood Gas Analysis , Common Bile Duct , Hepatopulmonary Syndrome/pathology , Ligation , Peroxidase/metabolism , Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein A/analysis , Rats, Wistar , Reference ValuesABSTRACT
RACIONAL: A síndrome hepatopulmonar é caracterizada por uma disfunção hepática e pela existência de dilatações dos vasos pulmonares, levando a alterações nas trocas gasosas, tendo algumas das suas características observadas de forma experimental no modelo de ligadura de ducto biliar. OBJETIVOS: Avaliar o estresse oxidativo no tecido pulmonar de ratos cirróticos por ligadura de ducto biliar comum. MATERIAIS E MÉTODOS: Foram utilizados 12 ratos machos Wistar, pesando entre 200 e 300 g, divididos em dois grupos: controles (Co = 6) e cirróticos (Ci = 6). Foram realizadas avaliações de transaminases, gasometria arterial, avaliação da lipoperoxidação (substâncias reativas ao ácido tiobarbitúrico e quimiluminescência) e quantificação da atividade enzimática antioxidante através das concentrações da enzima superóxido dismutase. Os tecidos analisados para avaliação da síndrome hepatopulmonar foram o fígado cirrótico e o pulmão. RESULTADOS: Os animais com ligadura de ducto biliar apresentaram alteração nas transaminases: aspartato aminotransferase, Co = 105,3 ± 43/Ci = 500,5 ± 90,3 alanina aminotransferase, Co = 78,75 ± 37,7/Ci = 162,75 ± 35,4 e fosfatase alcalina, Co = 160 ± 20,45/Ci = 373,25 ± 45,44. Em relação à lipoperoxidação e à resposta antioxidante, estas também apresentaram diferenças estatisticamente significativas quando avaliadas no pulmão (substâncias reativas ao ácido tiobarbitúrico) Co = 0,87 ± 0,3/Ci = 2,01 ± 0,9; quimiluminescência Co = 16008,41 ± 1171,45/Ci = 20250,36 ± 827,82; superóxido dismutase Co = 6,66 ± 1,34/Ci = 16,06 ± 2,67. CONCLUSÕES: Os dados obtidos sugerem que no modelo experimental de cirrose por ligadura de ducto biliar há aumento significativo da lipoperoxidação no tecido pulmonar, bem como aumento na atividade da enzima antioxidante superóxido dismutase, sugerindo a presença de dano pulmonar decorrente da cirrose biliar secundária.
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Animals , Male , Rats , Common Bile Duct/surgery , Hepatopulmonary Syndrome/metabolism , Oxidative Stress , Superoxide Dismutase/analysis , Transaminases/blood , Blood Gas Analysis , Disease Models, Animal , Hepatopulmonary Syndrome/enzymology , Hepatopulmonary Syndrome/etiology , Ligation , Lipid Peroxidation , Luminescent Measurements , Rats, Wistar , Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive SubstancesABSTRACT
The correlation between pulmonary endothelin receptors and alveolar-arterial oxygen gradient (A-aDO2) in rats with hepatopulmonary syndrome was investigated. Animals were divided into 2 groups: Sham-operated (Sham) group and common bile duct ligation (CBDL) group. Arterial blood gas was evaluated by a blood gas analyzer. The concentrations of ET-1 in blood and lung tissue sample were evaluated by radioimmunoassay. The distribution and expression of two kinds of subtype receptor of ET-1, ETRA and ETRB were examined by in situ hybridization. The results showed that the level of A-aDO2 was higher in CBDL group than that in Sham group (P 0.05), while that of ETRB was higher in CBDL group than in Sham group (0.58 +/- 0.16 vs 0.28 +/- 0.07, P < 0.05). The expression of ETRB in lung was positively correlated with A-aDO2 (P < 0.05). It was concluded that the widened A-aDO2 may be related with enhancement of the expression of ETRB in lung.