Effect of sivelestat sodium on early inflammatory reaction and pulmonary edema in rats with smoke inhalation induced lung injury

Objective To investigate the effects of sivelestat sodium on early inflammatory response and pulmonary edema in rats with smoke inhalation-induced lung injury. Methods Seventy-five Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into control group, model group, low-dose group, middle-dose group and high-dose group. The smoke inhalation model was continued except for the control group. The rats were given intraperitoneal injection of normal saline, cevicell sodium 10 mg/kg, 20 mg/kg and 30 mg/kg. The general condition and lung tissue were observed after 24 hours. Results Compared with the control group, rats in each group had a certain degree of lung injury, alveolar wall thickening, alveolar interstitial hyperemia, etc. The alveolar septal thickness, lung tissue wet-dry (W/D) level, the incidence of edema and the levels of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), interleukin-6 (IL-6), neutrophil elastase (NE) and myeloperoxidase (MPO) in the model group were significantly higher than those of the other 4 groups. The lung function recovery was highest in the low dose group and the alveolar septal thickness was the highest among the dose group. The alveolar wall thickening incidence of W/D level and pulmonary edema in lung tissue in the low dose group were (6.76±0.40)μm, (5.18±0.13) and 40.00%, respectively, and the levels of TNF-α, IL-6, NE and MPO were (19.62±0.83)pg/L, (9.41±0.25)pg/L, (6.23±0.18)μg/L and (30.64±0.87)pg/L, significantly better than the middle dose group and high dose group (P<0.05). Conclusions Sivelestat sodium can significantly affect the smoke inhalation lung injury, and improve the recovery of liver function, which can significantly reduce the incidence of inflammation and pulmonary ede-ma in the lung, but its therapeutic effect and drug delivery. There was a significant association between doses and therapeutic effect, in the case of rats, a dose of 10 mg/kg was the best for treatment. Key words: Lung injury; Smoke inhalation injury; Sivelestat sodium; Inflammation; Pulmonary edema; Rats