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- Title
Green Tea Extract Inhibits Paraquat-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis by Suppression of Oxidative Stress and Endothelin-l Expression.
- Authors
Hak-Ryul Kim; Byung-Kyu Park; Yeon-Mok Oh; Yun-Song Lee; Dong-Soon Lee; Hyun-Kuk Kim; Joo-Young Kim; Tae-Sun Shim; Sang-Do Lee
- Abstract
Paraquat-induced pulmonary fibrosis involves two factors, direct injury by oxygen free radicals and indirect injury by inflammatory cells and fibroblasts. Endothelin-1 (ET-1) has been shown to act as a mediator of pulmonary fibrosis, and its formation increases during oxidative stress. We investigated whether green tea extract (GTE), which has antioxidant properties, inhibits paraquat-induced pulmonary fibrosis and whether ET-1 is involved in this process. Paraquat (0.3 mg/kg) was instilled into the right lungs of rats, following which the rats were either not further treated (Group P, n = 7), or they were administered 1% GTE mixed with feed (Group PG; n = 7) or the ETA receptor antagonist ZD2574 (10 mg/kg through gavage; Group PZ; n = 7) for two weeks. As control, we used rats instilled with saline (Group N; n = 6). Two weeks after paraquat instillation, we assayed the degree of pulmonary fibrosis by light microscopic morphometry and hydroxyproline content; lipid peroxidation as a marker of oxidative stresses by measurement of malondialdehyde (MDA); ET-1 by immunohistochemistry; and prepro-ET-1 mRNA expression by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. Compared with Group N, significant pulmonary fibrosis was observed in Group P, accompanied by increases in MDA, ET-1, and prepro-ET-1 mRNA expression. Compared with Group P, Group PG showed significant decreases in pulmonary fibrosis, along with decreases in MDA, ET-1, and prepro-ET-1 mRNA expression. We also observed significant decreases in pulmonary fibrosis in Group PZ compared with Group P. These findings suggest that GTE inhibits paraquat-induced pulmonary fibrosis by suppression of oxidative stress and ET-1 expression.
- Subjects
PULMONARY fibrosis; FREE radicals; GREEN tea; PARAQUAT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY
- Publication
Lung, 2006, Vol 184, Issue 5, p287
- ISSN
0341-2040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00408-005-2592-x