LPS에 의한 급성 폐손상에서 게르마늄에 의한 호중구 세포사와 큰포식세포의 포식능 증가 = The Increase of Apoptotic Neutrophils and Phagocytic Macrophage by Germanium in Acute Lung Injury Induced by Lipopolysaccharide

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The essential factor of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), an acute lung injury accompanied commonly by sepsis syndrome is accumulation of neutrophils in lung tissue. The study attempted to confirm whether a lung injury would be decreased with the anti-inflammatory effect of germanium by the treated germanium prior to the development of ARDS and whether nitric oxide influence in suppressing a lung injury. Test groups were divided in the following structure for experiment; CON that has been administered with sodium chloride to airway, LPS administered with endotoxin for 5 hours in the same amount and 5 hours of endotoxin administered Ge+LPS following 1 hours of pre-treated germanium. The result of a test using experimental animals, infilteration of neutrophils (p<0.001) in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) was significantly decreased, the structure of lung tissue was preserved relatively well, and much neutrophils with distinct positive were observed on tunel staining which showed increase of apoptotic neutrophils in the pre-treated germanium group compare to the endotoxin administrated group. In observation of ultrastructural changes of cell in BALF, phagocytic alveolar macrophage was increased in alveolar space, the nucleus of most engulfed neutrophils were condensed, and some apoptosis neutrophils appears to be DNA fragmentation and effacement of cellular organelles were found in intercellular matrix in the pre-treated germanium group. However, the nitric oxide showed increase in all the groups excluding CON, and the nitric oxide effect such as degranulation diminishing of mast cells and apoptosis increase of neutrophils in the pre-treated group only. The situation appears that there was change in internal environment of the experimental animal by the pre-treated germanium before the nitric oxide is produced and the anti-inflammatory effect activated the pre-processed germanium by nitric oxide which activated following the change. Therefore, the nitric oxide created from macrophage in accordance with the pre-treated germanium appears to influence in alleviating a lung injury. Accordingly, acute lung injury is alleviated by the anti-inflammatory effect of germanium such as inhibition of neutrophils migration, induction of neutrophil apoptosis and increase of phagocytic function of phagocyte, and the nitric oxide produced from activated macrophage by germanium would influence in suppressing a lung injury.

국문 초록 (Abstract)

주로 패혈증후군에 의해 동반되는 급성 폐손상인 급성호흡곤란증후군(ARDS)의 가장 큰 원인은 폐조직 내에 축적된 호중구라 보고 게르마늄을 ARDS 발병 전에 투여했을 때 게르마늄의 항염증 효과로 폐손상이 감소되는지, 그리고 폐손상 억제에 산화질소가 관여하는지 확인하고자 하였다. 실험군은 생리식염수를 기도로 투여한 대조군 (CON), 동량의 내독소 5시간 투여군(LPS), 그리고 게르마늄을 1시간 전처리 후 내독소 5시간 투여군(Ge+LPS)으로 나누어 실험하였다. 실험동물을 이용한 실험결과 내독소의 주입으로 유도된 급성 폐손상에서 기관지폐세척액 내 호중구의 침윤은 게르마늄을 전처리함으로써 유의하게 감소하였다. 게르마늄 전처리군의 폐조직은 내독소 처리군에 비해 정상적으로 잘 보존된 편이었고, Tunel 염색에 뚜렷한 양성반응을 보이는 호중구가 많이 관찰되어 호중구의 세포사가 증가된 것으로 나타났다. 기관지폐세척액 내 세포의 미세구조변화의 관찰에서도 게르마늄 전처리군에서는 내독소 투여군에 비해 호중구를 탐식한 폐포강 큰포식세포들이 수적으로 증가되었고, 탐식된 호중구들은 대부분 핵이 응축된 모습이었으며, DNA 분절과 세포소기관의 소실을 보이는 세포사한 호중구도 세포간질에서 발견되었다. 그러나 산화질소는 대조군을 제외한 모든 군에서 증가현상을 보였지만 내독소 투여군과는 달리 게르마늄 전처리군에서만 비만세포의 탈과립화가 적어지고, 호중구의 세포사가 증가하는 등의 산화질소 효과가 나타났다. 이는 산화질소가 분비되기 전 게르마늄의 전처리에 의해 실험동물의 체내 환경의 변화가 야기되었고, 변화 후 작용한 산화질소에 의해 항염증 효과가 나타난 것으로 판단되어, 게르마늄의 전처리에 의해 큰포식세포로부터 생성된 산화질소가 폐손상을 완화시키는 데 관여할 것이라 추측된다.
이와 같은 실험결과로 볼 때, 호중구의 폐 침윤에 의한 폐포-모세혈관 장벽의 손상으로 초래되는 급성 폐손상에서 게르마늄의 항염증 작용, 즉 호중구의 유주현상 방해, 호중구의 세포사 유도 그리고 세포사한 호중구를 탐식하도록 큰포식세포의 탐식능을 증가시키는 효과로 호중구의 수가 감소되어 폐손상이 억제되고, 게르마늄에 의해 활성화된 큰포식세포에서 분비되는 산화질소가 폐손상을 억제시키는 데 관여할 것으로 추측된다.

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