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CXC receptor 1 and 2 and neutrophil elastase inhibitors alter radiation-induced lung disease in the mouse.

AbstractPURPOSE:
We previously reported increased numbers of neutrophils to be associated with the development of the radiation-induced lung responses of alveolitis (pneumonitis) and fibrosis in mice. In the present study we investigated whether CXC receptor 1 and 2 antagonism with DF2156A, a small molecule inhibitor of neutrophil chemotaxis, or the neutrophil elastase inhibitor sivelestat decreases the lung response to irradiation.
METHODS AND MATERIALS:
KK/HIJ mice received 14 Gy whole-thorax irradiation, and a subset of them received drug treatment 3 times per week from the day of irradiation until they were killed because of respiratory distress symptoms.
RESULTS:
Irradiated mice receiving sivelestat survived 18% longer than did mice receiving radiation alone (73 vs 60 days for female mice, 91 vs 79 days for male mice), whereas postirradiation survival times did not differ between the group of mice receiving DF2156A and the radiation-only group. The numbers of neutrophils in lung tissue and in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid did not differ among groups of irradiated mice, but they significantly exceeded the levels in unirradiated control mice. The extent of alveolitis, assessed histologically, did not differ between irradiated mice treated with either drug and those receiving radiation alone, when assessed at the end of the experiment, but it was significantly reduced, as were the neutrophil measures, in sivelestat-treated mice at the common kill time of 60 days after irradiation. Mice treated with radiation and DF2156A developed significantly less fibrosis than did mice receiving radiation alone, and this difference was associated with decreased expression of interleukin-13 in lung tissue.
CONCLUSIONS:
We conclude that neutrophil elastase inhibition affects alveolitis and prolongs survival, whereas CXCR1/2 antagonism reduces radiation-induced fibrotic lung disease in mice without affecting the onset of distress.
AuthorsJessica Fox, Christina K Haston
JournalInternational journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics (Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys) Vol. 85 Issue 1 Pg. 215-22 (Jan 01 2013) ISSN: 1879-355X [Electronic] United States
PMID22929857 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
CopyrightCopyright © 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Chemical References
  • 2'-((4'-trifluoromethanesulfonyloxy)phenyl)-N-methanesulfonylpropionamide
  • Proteinase Inhibitory Proteins, Secretory
  • Receptors, Interleukin-8A
  • Receptors, Interleukin-8B
  • Sulfonamides
  • sivelestat
  • Glycine
Topics
  • Animals
  • Female
  • Glycine (analogs & derivatives, therapeutic use)
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Neutrophils (drug effects, pathology, radiation effects)
  • Proteinase Inhibitory Proteins, Secretory (therapeutic use)
  • Radiation Injuries, Experimental (mortality, prevention & control)
  • Radiation Pneumonitis (mortality, prevention & control)
  • Receptors, Interleukin-8A (antagonists & inhibitors)
  • Receptors, Interleukin-8B (antagonists & inhibitors)
  • Sex Factors
  • Sulfonamides (therapeutic use)

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