PURPOSE: Patients with pulmonary fibrosis often exhibit reduced lung function and diminished health-related quality of life. Studies have shown that paraquat-induced, extrapulmonary, acute lung injury affects the metabolic profile of glycogen content in different tissues. The purpose of the present study was to investigate whether the process of pulmonary fibrosis induced by continuous exposure to the toxic herbicide paraquat or by a local insult from bleomycin affects the glycogen content in tissues. METHODS: In the paraquat experiment, Wistar rats (n = 5 per group) received either saline (controls) or an intraperitoneal injection of a paraquat solution (7.0 mg/kg; experimental group) once a week for 4 weeks. In the bleomycin experiment, Balb/c mice (n = 5 per group) received either saline (controls) or 6.25 U/kg of bleomycin through intratracheal instillation in single dose (experimental group). Glycogen content in different tissues (mg/g tissue) was measured using the anthrone reagent. The lungs submitted to histopathological and quantitative analyses of fibrosis. RESULTS: Paraquat-induced fibrosis led to lower glycogen content in the gastrocnemius muscle (2.7 ± 0.1 vs. 3.4 ± 0.1; 79 %) compared with the controls, whereas no changes in glycogen content were found in the diaphragm or heart. Bleomycin-induced fibrosis led to lower glycogen content in the diaphragm (0.43 ± 0.02 vs. 0.79 ± 0.09, 54 %), gastrocnemius muscle (0.62 ± 0.11 vs. 1.18 ± 0.06, 52 %), and heart (0.68 ± 0.11 vs. 1.39 ± 0.1, 49 %) compared with the controls (p < 0.05). Moreover, the area of fibrous connective tissue (μm(2)) in the lungs was significantly increased in paraquat-induced fibrosis (3,463 ± 377 vs. 565 ± 89) and bleomycin-induced fibrosis (3,707 ± 433.9 vs. 179 ± 51.28) compared with the controls. CONCLUSIONS: The findings suggest that the effects of fibrogenesis in the lungs are not limited to local alterations but also lead to a reduction in glycogen content in the heart and other muscles. This reduction could partially explain the impaired muscle performance found in patients with pulmonary fibrosis.
PURPOSE:Patients with pulmonary fibrosis often exhibit reduced lung function and diminished health-related quality of life. Studies have shown that paraquat-induced, extrapulmonary, acute lung injury affects the metabolic profile of glycogen content in different tissues. The purpose of the present study was to investigate whether the process of pulmonary fibrosis induced by continuous exposure to the toxic herbicide paraquat or by a local insult from bleomycin affects the glycogen content in tissues. METHODS: In the paraquat experiment, Wistar rats (n = 5 per group) received either saline (controls) or an intraperitoneal injection of a paraquat solution (7.0 mg/kg; experimental group) once a week for 4 weeks. In the bleomycin experiment, Balb/c mice (n = 5 per group) received either saline (controls) or 6.25 U/kg of bleomycin through intratracheal instillation in single dose (experimental group). Glycogen content in different tissues (mg/g tissue) was measured using the anthrone reagent. The lungs submitted to histopathological and quantitative analyses of fibrosis. RESULTS:Paraquat-induced fibrosis led to lower glycogen content in the gastrocnemius muscle (2.7 ± 0.1 vs. 3.4 ± 0.1; 79 %) compared with the controls, whereas no changes in glycogen content were found in the diaphragm or heart. Bleomycin-induced fibrosis led to lower glycogen content in the diaphragm (0.43 ± 0.02 vs. 0.79 ± 0.09, 54 %), gastrocnemius muscle (0.62 ± 0.11 vs. 1.18 ± 0.06, 52 %), and heart (0.68 ± 0.11 vs. 1.39 ± 0.1, 49 %) compared with the controls (p < 0.05). Moreover, the area of fibrous connective tissue (μm(2)) in the lungs was significantly increased in paraquat-induced fibrosis (3,463 ± 377 vs. 565 ± 89) and bleomycin-induced fibrosis (3,707 ± 433.9 vs. 179 ± 51.28) compared with the controls. CONCLUSIONS: The findings suggest that the effects of fibrogenesis in the lungs are not limited to local alterations but also lead to a reduction in glycogen content in the heart and other muscles. This reduction could partially explain the impaired muscle performance found in patients with pulmonary fibrosis.
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