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ArticleBMC pulmonary medicine2014

Short-term glutamine supplementation decreases lung inflammation and the receptor for advanced glycation end-products expression in direct acute lung injury in mice.

Yin-Ching Chuang, Huey-Mei Shaw, Chi-Chung Chen, He-Jia Pan, Wei-Chih Lai, Hui-Ling Huang

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Article in BMC pulmonary medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yin-Ching Chuang
Huey-Mei Shaw
Chi-Chung Chen
He-Jia Pan
Wei-Chih Lai
Hui-Ling HuangDepartment of Health and Nutrition, Chia-Nan University of Pharmacy and Science, Tainan, Taiwan. cherry85@mail.chna.edu.tw.
Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science · TWChi Mei Medical Center · TW

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundGlutamine (GLN) has been reported to improve clinical and experimental sepsis outcomes. However, the mechanisms underlying the actions of GLN remain unclear, and may depend upon the route of GLN administration and the model of acute lung injury (ALI) used. The aim of this study was to investigate whether short-term GLN supplementation had an ameliorative effect on the inflammation induced by direct acid and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) challenge in mice.

methodsFemale BALB/c mice were divided into two groups, a control group and a GLN group (4.17% GLN supplementation). After a 10-day feeding period, ALI was induced by intratracheal administration of hydrochloric acid (pH 1.0; 2 mL/kg of body weight [BW]) and LPS (5 mg/kg BW). Mice were sacrificed 3 h after ALI challenge. In this early phase of ALI, serum, lungs, and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) from the mice were collected for further analysis.

resultsThe results of this study showed that ALI-challenged mice had a significant increase in myeloperoxidase activity and expression of interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-6, and tumor necrosis factor-α in the lung compared with unchallenged mice. Compared with the control group, GLN pretreatment in ALI-challenged mice reduced the levels of receptor for advanced glycation end-products (RAGE) and IL-1β production in BALF, with a corresponding decrease in their mRNA expression. The GLN group also had markedly lower in mRNA expression of cyclooxygenase-2 and NADPH oxidase-1.

conclusionsThese results suggest that the benefit of dietary GLN may be partly contributed to an inhibitory effect on RAGE expression and pro-inflammatory cytokines production at an early stage in direct acid and LPS-induced ALI in mice.

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Acute Lung InjuryAnimalsBronchoalveolar Lavage FluidCyclooxygenase 2Dietary SupplementsEnzyme ActivationFemaleGlutamineHydrochloric AcidInterleukin-1betaInterleukin-6LipopolysaccharidesMiceMice, Inbred BALB CNADH, NADPH OxidoreductasesNADPH Oxidase 1Cyclooxygenase 2GlutamineHydrochloric AcidInterleukin-1betaInterleukin-6LipopolysaccharidesNADH, NADPH OxidoreductasesNADPH Oxidase 1PeroxidaseReceptor for Advanced Glycation End ProductsReceptors, ImmunologicRNA, MessengerTumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

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PMID25022445
PMCPMC4109782
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