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Effects of three cysteine pro-drugs on bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis in hamsters.

Abstract
The cysteine pro-drug Z2196 ((2RS, 4R)-2-methylthiazolidine carboxylic acid) and two drugs with methyl esters attached to Z2196 (Z2197 and Z2199) were evaluated for antifibrotic effects in the hamster bleomycin model of lung fibrosis. Each drug or phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) was given daily (300 mg/kg intraperitoneally) for 2 days before intratracheal instillation of bleomycin (7.5 units/kg) or saline for an additional 13 days. Lung collagen measured as hydroxyproline was significantly increased to 138% of the control groups in the PBS + Bleomycin treated group, but the Z2196 + Bleomycin group was increased to 108% and was not statistically different from controls. Protein content of bronchoalveolar lavage supernatant in PBS + Bleomycin treated hamsters was significantly increased to 326% of controls. The protein content of bronchoalveolar lavage supernatant for all cysteine pro-drug + Bleomycin treated hamsters was increased to 160% of PBS + Bleomycin treated hamsters. All the Bleomycin treated hamsters had significantly more cells and more neutrophils recovered in bronchoalveolar lavage than controls. The PBS + Bleomycin treated hamsters had significantly more lymphocytes in bronchoalveolar lavage than all the other treatment groups. The Z2196 + Bleomycin and Z2197 + Bleomycin hamsters had significantly less monocytes in BALF than PBS + Bleomycin hamsters. The lung total sulfhydryl and nonprotein sulfhydryl in PBS + Bleomycin treated hamsters were increased to 210% and 253% of controls, respectively, whereas in Z2196 + Bleomycin hamsters they were increased to 152% and 153%, respectively. Histopathology of PBS + Bleomycin hamsters showed a diffuse mixed mononuclear alveolitis, multifocal fibrosis and peribronchiolar fibrosis, whereas Z2196 + Bleomycin hamsters showed notably less alveolitis and fibrosis.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
AuthorsD M Hyde, S N Giri, M J Schiedt, G A Krishna
JournalPathology (Pathology) Vol. 22 Issue 2 Pg. 93-101 (Apr 1990) ISSN: 0031-3025 [Print] England
PMID1700359 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
Chemical References
  • Prodrugs
  • Sulfhydryl Compounds
  • Thiazines
  • Thiazoles
  • Bleomycin
  • Z 2197
  • Z 2199
  • 2-methylthiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid
  • Collagen
Topics
  • Animals
  • Bleomycin (antagonists & inhibitors)
  • Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid (chemistry, cytology)
  • Collagen (analysis)
  • Cricetinae
  • Male
  • Mesocricetus
  • Prodrugs (therapeutic use)
  • Pulmonary Fibrosis (chemically induced, drug therapy, pathology)
  • Sulfhydryl Compounds (analysis)
  • Thiazines (therapeutic use)
  • Thiazoles (therapeutic use)

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