Study of rat pulmonary macrophages as affected by hydrocortisone administration and adrenalectomy

Shishkina, L.N.; Maianskiĭ, D.N.; Bogomolova, M.V.

Biulleten' Eksperimental'noi Biologii i Meditsiny 104(12): 709-711

1987


ISSN/ISBN: 0365-9615
PMID: 3689966
Document Number: 293219
The blood clearance rate of inert colloidal particles and the number of rat lung interstitial phagocytic cells decrease considerably on the 7th day after daily subcutaneous hydrocortisone acetate (HC) injection at a dose of 125 mg/kg. The number of cells in the bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) increases more than 5-fold, and the absolute quantity of neutrophils is 66 times higher than in the control. Phagocytic and microbicidal activity of HC-treated animal alveolar macrophages (AM) decreases. Stimulation with zymosan led only to the recovery of the normal parameters of mononuclear phagocytosis system (MPC) and its pulmonary compartment activity. The parameters of MPS and AM studied increase on the 7th day after bilateral adrenalectomy (AE). The number of BAL cell increases 1.4-fold due to the animals' death immediately after intravenous zymosan injection because of total hemorrhage. The data obtained testify to the influence of glucocorticoids on the composition and activity of bronchoalveolar space cells, which in turn determine the resistance of the lung tissue.

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