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ArticleAnesthesiology2011

Protective and Detrimental Effects of Sodium Sulfide and Hydrogen Sulfide in Murine Ventilator-induced Lung Injury.

Roland C Francis, Katerina Vaporidi, Kenneth D Bloch, Fumito Ichinose, Warren M Zapol

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Article in Anesthesiology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers.

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44 citing papers in PubMed, 69 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Roland C FrancisAnesthesia Center for Critical Care Research, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Katerina Vaporidi
Kenneth D Bloch
Fumito Ichinose
Warren M Zapol
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DEMassachusetts General Hospital · USUniversity Hospital of Heraklion · GRWilliams & Associates · US

Funding

BMPR2 and the Pathogenesis of Pulmonary HypertensionR01HL074352 · NHLBI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI BLOCH, KENNETH D · 2003 to 2011
$3.7M
IMPACT OF HYDROGEN SULFIDE ON OUTCOME OF CARDIAC ARREST AND CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSR01HL101930 · NHLBI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI ICHINOSE, FUMITO · 2010 to 2014
$2.1M
NHLBI NIH HHS HL074352NHLBI NIH HHS HL101930NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL074352NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL101930
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe antiinflammatory effects of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and sodium sulfide (Na2S) treatment may prevent acute lung injury induced by high tidal volume (HVT) ventilation. However, lung protection may be limited by direct pulmonary toxicity associated with H2S inhalation. Therefore, the authors tested whether the inhalation of H2S or intravascular Na2S treatment can protect against ventilator-induced lung injury in mice.

methodsAnesthetized mice continuously inhaled 0, 1, 5, or 60 ppm H2S or received a single bolus infusion of Na2S (0.55 mg/kg) or vehicle and were then subjected to HVT (40 ml/kg) ventilation lasting 4 h (n = 4-8 per group).

resultsHVT ventilation increased the concentrations of protein and interleukin-6 in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, contributing to reduced respiratory compliance and impaired arterial oxygenation, and caused death from lung injury and pulmonary edema. Inhalation of 1 or 5 ppm H2S during HVT ventilation did not alter lung injury, but inhalation of 60 ppm H2S accelerated the development of ventilator-induced lung injury and enhanced the pulmonary expression of the chemoattractant CXCL-2 and the leukocyte adhesion molecules CD11b and L-selectin. In contrast, pretreatment with Na2S attenuated the expression of CXCL-2 and CD11b during HVT ventilation and reduced pulmonary edema. Moreover, Na2S enhanced the pulmonary expression of Nrf2-dependent antioxidant genes (NQO1, GPX2, and GST-A4) and prevented oxidative stress-induced depletion of glutathione in lung tissue.

conclusionsThe data suggest that systemic intravascular treatment with Na2S represents a novel therapeutic strategy to prevent both ventilator-induced lung injury and pulmonary glutathione depletion by activating Nrf2-dependent antioxidant gene transcription.

Indexed as

AnimalsBlood Gas AnalysisCD11b AntigenChemokine CXCL2GlutathioneHydrogen SulfideInterleukin-6LungMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLOxidative StressRespiratory MechanicsSulfidesVentilator-Induced Lung InjuryCD11b AntigenChemokine CXCL2Cxcl2 protein, mouseGlutathioneHydrogen SulfideInterleukin-6sodium sulfideSulfides

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PMCPMC3752661
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