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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRANSPLANTATION
卷 4, 期 12, 页码 1941-1948出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2004.00620.x
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adenosine; apoptosis; ischemia; lung; reperfusion
Apoptosis has been described in various models of ischemia-reperfusion (IR) injury, including lung transplantation. A(3) adenosine receptor (AR) has been linked to a variety of apoptotic processes. The effect of A(3)AR activation on lung injury and apoptosis, following IR, has not been reported to date. In a spontaneously breathing cat model, in which the left lower lobe of the lung was isolated and subjected to 2 h of ischemia and 3 h of reperfusion, we tested the effect of IB-MECA, a selective A(3)AR agonist, on lung apoptosis and injury. Significant increase in the extent of apoptosis was observed following lung reperfusion. IB-MECA, administered before IR, and before or with reperfusion, markedly (p < 0.01) attenuated indices of injury and apoptosis including the percentage of injured alveoli, wet/dry weight ratio, myeloperoxidase activity, in situ terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated deoxyuridine triphosphate nick end-labeling (TUNEL) positive cells, and caspase 3 activity and expression. The protective effects of IB-MECA were completely blocked by pretreatment with the selective A(3)AR antagonist MRS-1191. In summary, even when given after the onset of ischemia, the A(3)AR agonist IB-MECA-conferred a powerful protection against reperfusion lung injury, which was associated with decreased apoptosis. This suggests a potentially important role for A(3)AR in lung IR injury.
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