Abstract: Objectlve To investigate the protection of fasudil in LPS induced acute lung injury in rats and its possible mechanism. Methods Forty two male SD rats were randomly divided into four groups: control group (group C, n=6), LPS group (group L, n=24), fasudil group (group F, n=6), LPS+fasudil group (group FL, n=6). LPS group was further divided into four subgroups. The rat models of acute lung injury (ALI) were developed by injection of LPS (5mg/kg) in rat tail vein in group L and group FL.1hour before injection of LPS in rat tail vein, group FL rats was injected with Fasudil (10mg/kg) through the tail vein. Group C was injected of equal volume of normal saline in rat tail vein, and group F was injected with fasudil only. 3 hours after ALI was made, all rats were killed for lung tissues collecting. The lung tissue pathology was examined by HE staining and the psychrometric ratio of lung tissue was tested by weight method. The expression of ROCK、Occludin、ZO-1 were determined by western blot.The concentrations of TNF-α and IL-6 were detected by ELISA.Results Compare with group C, the expression of ROCK were up-regulated at the time 1h, 3h, 6h, 12h after LPS injection and reach the peak at 3h after LPS injection, the expression of ZO-1 and Occludin were down-regulated significantly. The lung tissues of rat models of ALI induced by LPS showed obviously destruction, excessive bleeding in pulmonary alveol, and inflammatory responses under light microscopy, characterized by alveolar hemorrhage, pulmonary interstitial edema, alveolar collapse and massive inflammatory cell infiltration within the lung tissues, LPS up-regulated the expression of TNF-α and IL-6 in BALF (P<0.01). Fasudil could partly reversed the above role (P<0.05), and also induced the up-regulation of Occludin and ZO-1(P<0.05). Compared with group L, lung water content of group FL was significantly decreased (4.35±0.13) vs (4.89±0.37) (P<0.05). Conclusion Fasudil could attenuate the injury induced by LPS in acute lung injury, the mechanism may be due to the effect of inhibiting the excessive expression of Inflammation and reducing the damage of cell junction.
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