• Raquel Souza Santos, Pedro Leme Silva, Gisele Pena de Oliveira, Cintia Lourenço Santos, Fernanda Ferreira Cruz, Edson Fernandes de Assis, Hugo Caire de Castro-Faria-Neto, Vera Luiza Capelozzi, Marcelo Marcos Morales, Paolo Pelosi, Cerli Rocha Gattass, and Patricia Rieken Macedo Rocco.
• Laboratory of Pulmonary Investigation, Carlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics (IBCCF), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil.
• Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2013 Dec 1;189(3):484-90.

AbstractWe compared the effects of oleanolic acid (OA) vs. dexamethasone on lung mechanics and histology, inflammation, and apoptosis in lung and distal organs in experimental sepsis. Seventy-eight BALB/c mice were randomly divided into two groups. Sepsis was induced by cecal ligation and puncture, while the control group underwent sham surgery. 1h after surgery, all animals were further randomized to receive saline (SAL), OA and dexamethasone (DEXA) intraperitoneally. Both OA and DEXA improved lung mechanics and histology, which were associated with fewer lung neutrophils and less cell apoptosis in lung, liver, and kidney than SAL. However, only animals in the DEXA group had lower levels of interleukin (IL)-6 and KC (murine analog of IL-8) in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid than SAL animals. Conversely, OA was associated with lower inducible nitric oxide synthase expression and higher superoxide dismutase than DEXA. In the experimental sepsis model employed herein, OA and DEXA reduced lung damage and distal organ apoptosis through distinct anti-inflammatory mechanisms.Copyright © 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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