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ArticleRadiation research2012

Short-term treatment with a SOD/catalase mimetic, EUK-207, mitigates pneumonitis and fibrosis after single-dose total-body or whole-thoracic irradiation.

Feng Gao, Brian L Fish, Aniko Szabo, Susan R Doctrow, Lakhan Kma, Robert C Molthen, John E Moulder, Elizabeth R Jacobs, Meetha Medhora

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Article in Radiation research, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Feng GaoDepartments of Radiation Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, USA.
Brian L Fish
Aniko Szabo
Susan R Doctrow
Lakhan Kma
Robert C Molthen
John E Moulder
Elizabeth R Jacobs
Meetha Medhora
Medical College of Wisconsin · USBoston University · USNorth Eastern Hill University · IN

Funding

Training and educationU19AI067734 · NIAID · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN · PI MOULDER, JOHN E · 2005 to 2009
$18.2M
Development of ACE Inhibitor as Countermeasure for Radiation-Induced Lung InjuryRC1AI081294 · NIAID · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN · PI MEDHORA, MEETHA M · 2008 to 2010
$1.7M
NIAID NIH HHS RC1 AI081294NIAID NIH HHS RC-1 AI 81294NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI067734NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI67734
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the event of a radiological accident or terrorist attack, whole- or partial-body exposure can injure the lungs. To simulate such an incident, we used a single fraction of total-body irradiation (TBI) or whole-thoracic irradiation to induce pneumonitis or pulmonary fibrosis, respectively, in a rat model. The superoxide dismutase and catalase mimetic EUK-207 was given by subcutaneous injection (20 mg/kg/day, 5 days per week, once daily) starting at 7 days after irradiation and stopping before pneumonitis developed. After TBI, morbidity and the increase in breathing rates associated with pneumonitis were significantly improved in rats treated with EUK-207 compared to rats receiving irradiation alone. At 42 days after TBI (the peak of pneumonitis) changes in vascular end points including pulmonary hemodynamics ex vivo and relative arterial density in lungs were also mitigated by EUK-207. At 7 months after whole-thoracic irradiation, EUK-207 reduced synthesis of collagen as assessed by the Sircol collagen assay and Masson's trichrome staining. Our results demonstrate promise for EUK-207 as a mitigator of radiation pneumonitis and fibrosis. We also demonstrate for the first time mitigation of multiple vascular injuries in the irradiated lung in vivo by EUK-207.

Indexed as

AnimalsBiomimetic MaterialsCatalaseLungOrganometallic CompoundsRadiation PneumonitisRadiation-Protective AgentsRatsSuperoxide DismutaseThoraxWhole-Body IrradiationCatalaseEUK 207Organometallic CompoundsRadiation-Protective AgentsSuperoxide Dismutase

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PMID23020094
PMCPMC3678766
OpenAlexW2129964451

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