Change of apoptosis of alveolar cells and expression of apoptotic related genes in ischemia/reperfusion induced pulmonary injury: an experimental pulmonary embolism with rabbits / 解放军医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate the changes of alveolar cells apoptosis and the expression of related genes in pulmonary injury induced by ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) in acute experimental pulmonary embolism of rabbits. Methods The left lung artery of rabbits were obstructed by inflating gas of 5F Berman sacculus catheter, then the gas of sacculus was put out to result in blood reperfusion. Thirty-six New Zealand rabbits of either gender and weighing 2.5 to 3.0 kg were studied, and randomly divided into six groups control group (control), sham operation group (sham), ischemia 1h group (I 1h), ischemia 2h group (I 2h), ischemia2h and reperfusion 1h group (IR 1h), ischemia 2h and reperfusion 2 h group (IR 2h). Alveolar cells apoptosis and Bax, Bcl-2, Fas/FasL protein expression were studied By using flow-cytometry and immunocytochemistry techniques. Results The lung apoptosis cell number was increased in ischemia groups compared with control and sham group. The reperfusion after ischemia further increased the apoptosis cell numbers compared with simple ischemia, and the longer time reperfusion,the larger number of cell apoptosis. Bax, Bcl-2, Fas and FasL protein expression were significantly higher in ischemia, ischemia/reperfusion group than that in those of control groups (P