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AIM: To observe the kinetic alteration of nitric oxide formation in the lungs in the development of pulmonary fibrosis in the rat. METHODS: The contents of hydroxyproline in the lungs, NO-2/NO-3 (nitrite/nitrate) in out-flowing and in-flowing pulmonary blood (OPB, IPB) were assayed on the day 7, 14, 21, 30 and 70 after intratracheal administration of bleomycin A5 . The content of NO-2/NO-3 in supernatants of culture of the alveolar macrophages (AMs) and the amount of iNOS positive stain cells in lung tissue section were also observed in the rat on 14th day after-bleomycin A5 administration. RESULTS: The content of lung hydroxyproline had no change on the 7th day, increased on the 14th day (P＜0.05), increased significantly on the 21th day, 30th day and 70th day post-bleomycin A5 compared with control rats. On the 7th day and 14th day, the content of NO-2/NO-3 increased in OPB and decreased in IPB (P＜0.01). On the 21th day, the content of NO-2/NO-3 abated in OPB (P＞0.05) but still decreased in IPB (P＜0.01). On the 30th day and the 70th day, the NO-2/NO-3 level recovered both in OPB and IPB. AMs from rats on the 14th day post-bleomycin A5 showed significant elevation (P＜0.01) in NO-2/NO-3 level. The amount of iNOS positive stain cells increased in rats on the 14th day post-bleomycin A5. CONCLUSION: The amount of NO in the lungs was high in the initial phase of fibroproliferative reaction induced by bleomycin A5 ,and these might be associated with the enhanced ability of AMs to release NO and the increased amount of iNOS.
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AIM: To study the up-regulation of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in lung of pulmonary fibrosis and its relationship with fibrosis. METHODS: The changes of amount of iNOS positive stain cells and type Ⅰ?Ⅲ collagen were examined on the day 7, 14 and 30 after intratracheal administration of bleomycin A_5. The contents of NO-_2/NO-_3 (nitrite/nitrate) in out-flowing pulmonary blood (OPB), hydroxyproline in lung and the histological changes were detected after iNOS was blocked by aminoguanidine (AG). RESULTS: (1) The number of iNOS-positive stain cells increased significantly in BLMA_5 7 d, 14 d and 30 d groups compared with that in control group (P
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AIM: To study the role of high level of endogenous nitric oxide (NO) in apoptosis of alveolar epithelial cells in the development of pulmonary fibrosis in rats. METHODS: The content of nitrite/nitrate (NO 2-/NO 3-) in out-flowing pulmonary blood (OPB) was assayed by nitric acid reduction method. The apoptosis of alveolar epithelial cells was observed by TdT-mediated dUTP nick-end labeling (TUNEL) and electron microscopy, respectively. The above indices were observed on the day 14 and the day 30 after intratracheal administration of BLMA 5 alone or along with blockade of iNOS by aminoguanidine (AG) in rats. RESULTS: (1) Both the content of NO 2-/NO 3- in OPB and the number of apoptotic alveolar epithelial cells in lung were increased in BLMA 5 14 d group, compared with normal control group and BLMA 5 30 d group, respectively (P
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Objective To explore the significance of the expression of p53 and bcl- 2 in different cutaneous tumors. Methods The expression of p53 and bcl- 2 were quantitatively detected by Flow Cytometry(FCM) and immunofluorescence in 10 cases of normal skin, 20 cases of squamous cell carcinoma(SCC), 22 cases of basal cell carcinoma(BCC), 18 cases of malignant melanoma(MM) and 18 cases of pigmented nevus (PN). Fluorescence Index(FI) was defined as the expression index of bcl- 2 and p53 protein. Results The FI for bcl- 2 in SCC and BCC was higher than that in normal skin tissues(P
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AIM: To observe the kinetic alteration of nitric oxide formation in the lungs in the development of pulmonary fibrosis in the rat. METHODS: The contents of hydroxyproline in the lungs, NO - 2/NO - 3 (nitrite/nitrate) in out-flowing and in-flowing pulmonary blood (OPB, IPB) were assayed on the day 7, 14, 21, 30 and 70 after intratracheal administration of bleomycin A 5 . The content of NO - 2/NO - 3 in supernatants of culture of the alveolar macrophages (AMs) and the amount of iNOS positive stain cells in lung tissue section were also observed in the rat on 14th day after-bleomycin A 5 administration. RESULTS: The content of lung hydroxyproline had no change on the 7th day, increased on the 14th day ( P 0.05) but still decreased in IPB ( P