PMID- 15333331 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20050408 LR - 20191210 IS - 1073-449X (Print) IS - 1073-449X (Linking) VI - 170 IP - 11 DP - 2004 Dec 1 TI - Importance of tumor necrosis factor-alpha cleavage process in post-transplantation lung injury in rats. PG - 1239-46 AB - Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) has two forms with apparently different biological activities: a membrane-associated form and a soluble form. TNF-alpha-converting enzyme (TACE) mediates a cleavage of membrane-associated TNF-alpha to induce its bioactive soluble form. We hypothesized that inhibition of TACE might prevent TNF-alpha-induced tissue injury while preserving the benefits of TNF-alpha. In this study, we evaluated the role of TACE in acute inflammation using an inhibitor of the enzyme in a rat model of lung transplantation. Inbred Lewis rats underwent left lung isotransplantation, and the donor lungs were kept in Euro-Collins solution with or without the inhibitor. After 6 hours of ischemia, the left lung was transplanted into the recipient rat and reperfused for 4 hours. Inhibition of TACE significantly attenuated endothelial and alveolar septal damage, as assessed by radiolabeled albumin leakage after transplantation. The inhibition also attenuated neutrophil accumulation in the alveolar space and other histopathologic findings, including intercellular adhesion molecule-1 expression. In addition, significantly lower levels of monocyte chemotactic protein-1, cytokine-induced neutrophil chemoattractant-1, high mobility group box-1, and soluble epithelial cadherin and decreased neutrophil elastase activity were observed in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from the rats treated with the inhibitor. We conclude that TACE mediates a critical step in the development of post-transplantation lung injury. FAU - Goto, Taichiro AU - Goto T AD - Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan. FAU - Ishizaka, Akitoshi AU - Ishizaka A FAU - Kobayashi, Fujio AU - Kobayashi F FAU - Kohno, Mitsutomo AU - Kohno M FAU - Sawafuji, Makoto AU - Sawafuji M FAU - Tasaka, Sadatomo AU - Tasaka S FAU - Ikeda, Eiji AU - Ikeda E FAU - Okada, Yasunori AU - Okada Y FAU - Maruyama, Ikuro AU - Maruyama I FAU - Kobayashi, Koichi AU - Kobayashi K LA - eng PT - Evaluation Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20040827 PL - United States TA - Am J Respir Crit Care Med JT - American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine JID - 9421642 RN - 0 (Cadherins) RN - 0 (Chemokines) RN - 0 (Enzyme Inhibitors) RN - 0 (HMGB1 Protein) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) RN - EC 3.4.24.- (ADAM Proteins) RN - EC 3.4.24.- (Metalloendopeptidases) RN - EC 3.4.24.86 (ADAM17 Protein) RN - EC 3.4.24.86 (Adam17 protein, rat) SB - IM MH - ADAM Proteins MH - ADAM17 Protein MH - Animals MH - Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid/immunology MH - Cadherins/immunology MH - Chemokines/immunology MH - Enzyme Inhibitors/*therapeutic use MH - HMGB1 Protein/immunology MH - Lung Diseases/*immunology/prevention & control MH - Lung Transplantation/*adverse effects MH - Metalloendopeptidases/*antagonists & inhibitors MH - Models, Animal MH - Rats MH - Rats, Inbred Lew MH - Respiratory Mucosa/drug effects/immunology MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/adverse effects/*metabolism EDAT- 2004/08/31 05:00 MHDA- 2005/04/09 09:00 CRDT- 2004/08/31 05:00 PHST- 2004/08/31 05:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2005/04/09 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2004/08/31 05:00 [entrez] AID - 200402-146OC [pii] AID - 10.1164/rccm.200402-146OC [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2004 Dec 1;170(11):1239-46. doi: 10.1164/rccm.200402-146OC. Epub 2004 Aug 27.