Deficiencies in lung surfactant proteins A and D are associated with lung infection in very premature neonatal baboons

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Awasthi, S
Coalson, JJ
Yoder, BA
Crouch, E
King, RJ
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[1] Univ Texas, Hlth Sci Ctr, Dept Physiol, San Antonio, TX 78229 USA
[2] Univ Texas, Hlth Sci Ctr, Dept Pathol, San Antonio, TX 78229 USA
[3] Univ Texas, Hlth Sci Ctr, Dept Pediat, San Antonio, TX 78229 USA
[4] Washington Univ, Sch Med, Dept Pathol, St Louis, MO USA
[5] SW Fdn Biomed Res, San Antonio, TX 78284 USA
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10.1164/ajrccm.163.2.2004168
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R4 [临床医学];
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1002 ; 100602 ;
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Surfactant proteins A (SP-A) and D (SP-D) are important in the innate host defense against pathogenic microorganisms. A deficit in these proteins in premature infants, either because of immaturity or as a consequence of superimposed chronic lung disease (CLD), could increase their susceptibility to infection. The study reported here examined infection in CLD in the premature newborn baboon, and correlated it with the amounts of SP-A and SP-D in lung tissue and lavage fluid. Two groups of baboons were delivered prematurely, at 125 d gestational age (g.a.), and differed principally in whether they developed naturally acquired pulmonary infections and sepsis. Group I animals were ventilated with clinically appropriate oxygen for 6 d and 14 d without clinical incident. Group II animals were ventilated for 5 to 71 d, but differed from those in Group I in that most developed pulmonary infection and/or sepsis. In Group I animals, tissue pools of both SP-A and SP-D were equal to or exceeded those in adults, and lavage pools of SP-A increased progressively with the time of ventilation to about 35% of adult levels after 14 d. In contrast, most Group II animals had concentrations of lavage SP-A that were less than 20% of that in adult animals. A low concentration of lavage SP-A correlated with the release of interleukin-8, and with a high "infection index" based on histopathology, microbiologic cultures, and clinical indications of sepsis. Our data suggest that the amounts of SP-A and SP-D in lavage fluid are indicators of the risk of infection in the evolution of neonatal CLD. Deficits in the amount of ravage SP-A, even after 60 d of ventilation, may have inhibited the resolution of infection and thereby contributed to the developing injury among our Group II animals.
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