Dexmedetomidine Alleviates Pulmonary AQP1 and AQP5 Expression in Rats with by Llpopolysaccharlde Edema by Upregulating Acute Lung Injury Induced

• Published in: 华中科技大学学报：医学英德文版 Vol. 35; no. 5; pp. 684 - 688
• Main Author: 姜远旭 戴中亮 张雪萍 赵伟 黄强 高利昆
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: AQP1; mRNA表达水平; Wistar大鼠; 免疫组化检测; 急性肺损伤; 肺水肿; 肿瘤坏死因子-α; 酶联免疫吸附法
• EISSN: 1993-1352
• ISSN: 1672-0733

This study aims to elucidate the mechanisms by which dexmedetomidine alleviates pulmonary edema in rats with acute lung injury induced by lipopolysaccharide （LPS）. Male Wistar rats were randomly divided into five groups： normal saline control （NS） group, receiving intravenous 0.9% normal saline （5 mL/kg）; LPS group, receiving intravenous LPS （10 mg/kg）; small-dose dexmedetomidine （S） group, treated with a small dose of dexmedetomidine （0.5 μg·kg^-1·h^-1）; medium-dose dexmedetomidine （M） group, treated with a medium dose of dexmedetomidine （2.5 μg·kg^-1·h^-1）; high-dose dexmedetomidine （H） group, treated with a high dose of dexmedetomidine （5μg·kg^-1·h^-1）. The rats were sacrificed 6 h after intravenous injection of LPS or NS, and the hmgs were removed for evaluating histological characteristics and determining the lung wet/dry weight ratio （W/D）. The levels of tumor necrosis factor-alpha （TNF-α） and interleukin-1β （IL-1β） in the lung tissues were assessed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay （ELISA）. The mRNA and protein expression levels of aquaporin-1 （AQP1） and aquaporin-5 （AQP5） were detected by RT-PCR, immunohistochemistry, and Western blot- ting. The lung tissues from the LPS groups were significantly damaged, which were less pronounced in the H group but not in the small-dose dexmedetomidine group or medium-dose dexmedetomidine group. The W/D and the concentrations of TNF-α and IL-1β in the pulmonary tissues were increased in the LPS group as compared with those in NS group, which were reduced in the H group but not in S group or M group （P〈0.01）. The expression of AQP1 and AQP5 was lower in the LPS group than in the NS group, and significantly increased in the H group but not in the S group or M group （P〈0.01）. Our findings suggest that dexmedetomidine may alleviate pulmonary edema by increasing the expression of AQP-1 and AQP-5.