Effect of siRNA against NF-?B on sepsis?induced acute lung injury in a mouse model.

ABSTRACT: The aim of the present study was to explore the protective effect of small interfering RNA (siRNA) against nuclear factor ?B (NF-?B) p65 on sepsis-induced acute lung injury (ALI) in mice. In total, 70 male Kunming mice were randomly divided into a healthy control group, a sepsis group, a specific interfering group and a scrambled control group (Sc), and the latter three groups were divided into post-operational 6 and 12 h subgroups, each of which consisted of 10 mice. The mice were administered with NF-?B siRNA, scrambled siRNA and normal saline via tail vein injection. Following 1 h, a mouse model of septic ALI was produced by cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) in the two siRNA groups and the sepsis control group. At 6 and 12 h post?operation, the experimental mice were sacrificed and the lung tissue samples were collected. Histopathological changes, wet/dry ratio of lung weight, NF-?B protein and NF-?B p65 mRNA levels, matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) mRNA and protein activity were detected. Compared with the sepsis group and the Sc at the corresponding time, the expression levels of NF-?B p65 mRNA, the lung injury of experimental mice, the wet/dry ratio and the levels of MMP-9 mRNA and protein activity decreased, and significant differences were observed at 6 h post-operation (P<0.05). RNA interference against NF-?B p65 was able to decrease the expression of NF-?B and further inhibit the early phasic excessive inflammatory reaction in sepsis, which may alleviate ALI.

SUBMITTER: Jin LY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4094764 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature