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American Journal of Pathology, Vol 133, 163-172, Copyright © 1988 by American Society for Investigative Pathology

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Evaluation of the contribution of tannin to the acute pulmonary inflammatory response against inhaled cotton mill dust

DE Lauque, SL Hempel, MA Schroeder, RE Hyatt and MS Rohrbach
Thoracic Diseases Research Unit, Mayo Clinic/Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55905.

Anesthetized, intubated, and mechanically ventilated rabbits were exposed to aerosolized saline, cotton dust extract (CDE), or tannin for 5 minutes and lavaged 4 hours after exposure. Cell numbers and types present in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) were determined and the concentrations of thromboxane A2 (TxA2) and prostaglandin F2-alpha (PGF2-alpha) in the BALF were also analyzed. The saline control animals had increased numbers and percentage of polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) in the BALF as well as increased levels of TxB2 and PGF2-alpha compared with unexposed animals. Exposure to CDE further increased the number and percentage of PMN and the level of PGF2-alpha but had no effect on TxA2 levels when compared with control animals. Tannin exposure increased PGF2-alpha levels to the same extent as CDE exposure. PMN also increased but to a lesser extent than with CDE. These results indicate that the inflammatory response to CDE is only partially due to the tannin present in CDE.


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