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Gene Expression of Surfactant Protein A mRNA of the Lung in Endotoxin and Thiourea Treated Rats  

Lee, Jae Young (Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym Universities, College of Medicine)
Kim, Mi Ok (Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang Universities, College of Medicine)
Sohn, Jang Won (Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang Universities, College of Medicine)
Yoon, Ho Joo (Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang Universities, College of Medicine)
Shin, Dong Ho (Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang Universities, College of Medicine)
Kim, Tae Wha (Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang Universities, College of Medicine)
Park, Sung Soo (Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang Universities, College of Medicine)
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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases / v.55, no.3, 2003 , pp. 257-266 More about this Journal
Abstract
Background : The surfactant protein A(SP-A) is important in the regulation of surfactant secretion, synthesis and recycling. Since the acute respiratory distress syndrome(ARDS) is usually viewed as the functional and morphological expression of a similar underlying lung injury casued by a variety of insults and since abnormalities in surfactant function have been described in ARDS, the authors investigated the different effects of endotoxin and thiourea on the accumulation of mRNA encoding SP-A. Methods : Sprague-Dawley rats were given 5 mg/kg intraperitoneal endotoxin from Salmonella enteritidis and 3.5 mg/kg intraperitoneal thiourea and sacrified at different time periods. Results : 1) SP-A mRNA was significantly increased 67.0% in 6 hours and 73.4% in 24 hours after 5 mg/kg endotoxin treatment respectively(P<0.005, P<0.005). 2) SP-A mRNA significantly decreased 32.9% in 24 hours after 3.5 mg/kg thiourea treatment(P<0.05). Conclusions : These results indicate that the differential regulation of surfactant protein A in vivo is evident and suggest that surfactant protein A might be differentially regulated during different kind of insults of lung injury at different time periods without altering lung wet to dry ratios.
Keywords
Gene Expression; Surfactant protein A; Endotoxin & Thiourea;
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