bay-11-7082 and Pulmonary-Edema

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is one kind of severe traumatic injury, resulting in systemic inflammatory response syndrome and secondary lung injury, which is an important pathological basis of respiratory complications. The nucleotide-binding domain-like receptor protein 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome is an important cytosolic protein complex in many inflammatory diseases. Hence, it is inescapable to explore the effect of inhibition of NLRP3 inflammasome by inhibitors in a mouse SCI model, which was conducted by using the method of 30-G closing force aneurysm clipping at T6-T7 spinal segment for 1 min, followed by assessment of edema, histology, alveolar type II cell apoptosis, mitochondrial dysfunction, and neutrophil infiltration. In brief, our results showed that, NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitor BAY 11-7082 or A438079 inhibited activation of NLRP3 inflammasome, alleviated mitochondrial dysfunction, the number of macrophage and neutrophil, thereby attenuating alveolar type II cell apoptosis, lung edema, and histological injury. Taken together, our data reveal that NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitor BAY 11-7082 or A438079 attenuates the inflammatory response, reverses mitochondrial dysfunction, and subsequently alleviates secondary lung injury following SCI.

Topics: Alveolar Epithelial Cells; Animals; Anti-Inflammatory Agents; Apoptosis; Disease Models, Animal; Female; Inflammasomes; Lung; Lung Injury; Macrophages; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Mitochondria; Neutrophil Infiltration; Nitriles; NLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 Protein; Pulmonary Edema; Pyridines; Signal Transduction; Spinal Cord Injuries; Sulfones; Tetrazoles; Time Factors

The aim of the present study is to determine the effects of the BAY 11-7082, a nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-κB) inhibitor, on endothelin-1 (ET-1) induced lung edema, the level of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) in the lungs. Experiments were carried out on adult male Wistar-Kyoto rats. The animals were divided into 4 groups: Group I: saline-treated control; Group II: saline followed by ET-1 (12.5 μg/kg b.w., i.v.); Group III: BAY 11-7082 (10 mg/kg b.w., i.v.) administered one hour before saline; Group IV: BAY 11-7082 (10 mg/kg b.w., i.v.) administered 1 hour before ET-1 (12.5 μg/kg b.w., i.v.). Injection of ET-1 alone showed a significant (P<0.001) increase in thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) and hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) level as well as a decrease (P<0.01) in GSH level and GSH/GSSG ratio (P<0.02). BAY 11-7082 significantly decreased TBARS (P<0.01) and H(2)O(2) (P<0.05) level as well as improved the redox status (P<0.02) in the lungs. BAY 11-7082 also prevented ET-1 induced lung edema (P<0.05). The concentration of TNF-α (P<0.02) and p65 subunit of NF-κB signaling compound (P<0.001) was increased in the presence of ET-1, while BAY 11-7082 decreased both TNF-α level (P<0.05) and p65 subunit concentration (P<0.01). Our results indicate that BAY 11-7082 plays a protective role in ET-1 induced oxidative lung injury. It successfully prevents lung edema as well as ROS and TNF-α overproduction. Our results also highlight the important role of the NF-κB pathway in ET-1 induced lung injury and ROS overproduction.

Topics: Animals; Endothelin-1; Male; NF-kappa B; Nitriles; Oxidative Stress; Pulmonary Edema; Random Allocation; Rats; Rats, Inbred WKY; Reactive Oxygen Species; Sulfones