Low molecular weight catalytic metalloporphyrin antioxidant AEOL 10150 protects lungs from fractionated radiation.

Abstract

The objective of this study was to determine whether administration of a catalytic antioxidant, Mn(III) tetrakis(N,N'-diethylimidazolium-2-yl) porphyrin, AEOL10150, reduces the severity of long-term lung injury induced by fractionated radiation (RT). Fisher 344 rats were randomized into five groups: RT+AEOL10150 (2.5 mg/kg BID), AEOL10150 (2.5 mg/kg BID) alone, RT+ AEOL10150 (5 mg/kg BID), AEOL10150 (5 mg/kg BID) alone and RT alone. Animals received five 8 Gy fractions of RT to the right hemithorax. AEOL10150 was administered 15 min before RT and 8 h later during the period of RT treatment (5 days), followed by subcutaneous injections for 30 days, twice daily. Lung histology at 26 weeks revealed a significant decrease in lung structural damage and collagen deposition in RT+AEOL10150 (5 mg/kg BID) group, in comparison to RT alone. Immunohistochemistry studies revealed a significant reduction in tissue hypoxia (HIF1alpha, CAIX), angiogenic response (VEGF, CD-31), inflammation (ED-1), oxidative stress (8-OHdG, 3-nitrotyrosine) and fibrosis pathway (TGFbeta1, Smad3, p-Smad2/3), in animals receiving RT+ AEOL10150 (5 mg/kg BID). Administration of AEOL10150 at 5 mg/kg BID during and after RT results in a significant protective effect from long-term RT-induced lung injury. Low dose (2.5 mg/kg BID) delivery of AEOL10150 has no beneficial radioprotective effects.

• Authors: Zahid N Rabbani, Fawzia K Salahuddin, Pavel Yarmolenko, Ines Batinic-Haberle, Bradley A Thrasher, Benjamin Gauter-Fleckenstein, Mark W Dewhirst, Mitchell S Anscher, Zeljko Vujaskovic
• Journal: Free radical research (Free Radic Res) Vol. 41 Issue 11 Pg. 1273-82 (Nov 2007) ISSN: 1071-5762 [Print] England
• PMID: 17957541 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural)

Chemical References

• AEOL 10150
• Antioxidants
• Metalloporphyrins

Topics

• Animals
• Antioxidants (administration & dosage, pharmacology)
• Catalysis
• Cytoprotection (drug effects)
• Dose Fractionation, Radiation
• Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
• Drug Evaluation, Preclinical
• Female
• Lung (drug effects, radiation effects)
• Lung Diseases (etiology, prevention & control)
• Metalloporphyrins (administration & dosage, pharmacology)
• Models, Biological
• Molecular Weight
• Radiation Injuries, Experimental (prevention & control)
• Random Allocation
• Rats
• Rats, Inbred F344