PMID- 21820073 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120325 LR - 20170309 IS - 1522-9629 (Electronic) IS - 1094-5539 (Linking) VI - 24 IP - 6 DP - 2011 Dec TI - 17beta-Estradiol administration attenuates seawater aspiration-induced acute lung injury in rats. PG - 673-81 LID - 10.1016/j.pupt.2011.07.002 [doi] AB - There is very little evidence on the value of administering estrogen in cases of seawater drowning which can induce acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ALI/ARDS). Therefore, this study aimed to investigate whether 17beta-estradiol (E2) treatment can attenuate seawater aspiration-induced ALI in rats. In the experiment, ALI was induced by endotracheal instillation of seawater (4mL/kg) and the rats were then given intraperitoneal injection of E2 (5mg/kg) 20min after seawater instillation. Finally, the changes of arterial blood gases which contained hydrogen ion concentration (pH), arterial oxygen tension (PaO(2)) and arterial carbon dioxide tension (PaCO(2)) were measured and the measurement of extravascular lung water (EVLW) was observed. The pulmonary histological changes were evaluated by hematoxylin-eosin stain. The expression of aquaporins (AQPs) 1, AQP5, and estrogen receptor-beta (ERbeta) was measured by western blotting and immunohistochemical methods. The results showed that compared with normal saline water, seawater aspiration induced more serious ALI in rats which was markedly alleviated by E2 treatment. Meanwhile, the ERbeta in lung tissues was activated after E2 administration. The seawater aspiration group also presented with severe pulmonary edema which was paralleled with over expressed AQP1 and AQP5. However, the up-regulation of AQP1 and AQP5 was suppressed by the administration of E2, resulting in an attenuation of lung edema. In conclusion, E2 treatment could effectively attenuate seawater aspiration-induced acute lung injury in rats by the down-regulation of AQP1 and AQP5. CI - Copyright A(c) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Fan, Qixin AU - Fan Q AD - Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, PR China. FAU - Zhao, Pengtao AU - Zhao P FAU - Li, Jiahuan AU - Li J FAU - Xie, Xiaoyan AU - Xie X FAU - Xu, Min AU - Xu M FAU - Zhang, Yong AU - Zhang Y FAU - Mu, Deguang AU - Mu D FAU - Li, Wangping AU - Li W FAU - Sun, Ruilin AU - Sun R FAU - Liu, Wei AU - Liu W FAU - Nan, Yandong AU - Nan Y FAU - Zhang, Bo AU - Zhang B FAU - Jin, Faguang AU - Jin F FAU - Li, Zhichao AU - Li Z LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20110727 PL - England TA - Pulm Pharmacol Ther JT - Pulmonary pharmacology & therapeutics JID - 9715279 RN - 0 (Aqp1 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Aqp5 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Aquaporin 5) RN - 0 (Estrogen Receptor beta) RN - 142M471B3J (Carbon Dioxide) RN - 146410-94-8 (Aquaporin 1) RN - 4TI98Z838E (Estradiol) SB - IM MH - Acute Lung Injury/*drug therapy/metabolism/pathology MH - Animals MH - Aquaporin 1/analysis MH - Aquaporin 5/analysis MH - Carbon Dioxide/blood MH - Estradiol/*therapeutic use MH - Estrogen Receptor beta/analysis MH - Extravascular Lung Water/drug effects MH - Lung/pathology MH - Male MH - Near Drowning/*therapy MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Seawater/*adverse effects EDAT- 2011/08/09 06:00 MHDA- 2012/03/27 06:00 CRDT- 2011/08/09 06:00 PHST- 2011/02/05 00:00 [received] PHST- 2011/07/08 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2011/07/14 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2011/08/09 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/08/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/03/27 06:00 [medline] AID - S1094-5539(11)00122-2 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.pupt.2011.07.002 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Pulm Pharmacol Ther. 2011 Dec;24(6):673-81. doi: 10.1016/j.pupt.2011.07.002. Epub 2011 Jul 27.