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Hyperbaric oxygen ameliorates bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis in mice

Hyperbaric oxygen ameliorates bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis in mice
Hyperbaric oxygen ameliorates bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis in mice
The prevalence of pulmonary fibrosis is increasing with an ageing population and its burden is likely 24 to increase following COVID-19, with large financial and medical implications. As approved therapies 25 in pulmonary fibrosis only slow disease progression there is a significant unmet medical need. 26 Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) is the inhaling of pure oxygen, under the pressure of greater than one 27 atmosphere absolute and it has been reported to improve pulmonary function in patients with 28 pulmonary fibrosis. Our recent study suggested that repetitive HBO exposure may affect biological 29 processes in mice lungs such as response to wounding and extracellular matrix. To extend these 30 findings, a bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis mouse model was used to evaluate the effect of 31 repetitive HBO exposure on pulmonary fibrosis. Building on our previous findings, we provide 32 evidence that HBO exposure attenuates bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis in mice. In vitro, HBO 33 exposure could reverse, at least partially, transforming growth factor (TGF)-β-induced fibroblast 34 activation, and this effect may be mediated by down-regulating TGF-β-induced expression of hypoxia 35 inducible factor (HIF)-1α. These findings support HBO as a potentially life-changing therapy for 36 patients with pulmonary fibrosis, although further research is needed to fully evaluate this.
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Yuan, Yuan, Li, Yali, Qiao, Guoqiang, Zhou, Yilu, Xu, Zijian, Hill, Charlotte, Jiang, Zhenglin and Wang, Yihua (2021) Hyperbaric oxygen ameliorates bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis in mice. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. (In Press)

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Abstract

The prevalence of pulmonary fibrosis is increasing with an ageing population and its burden is likely 24 to increase following COVID-19, with large financial and medical implications. As approved therapies 25 in pulmonary fibrosis only slow disease progression there is a significant unmet medical need. 26 Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) is the inhaling of pure oxygen, under the pressure of greater than one 27 atmosphere absolute and it has been reported to improve pulmonary function in patients with 28 pulmonary fibrosis. Our recent study suggested that repetitive HBO exposure may affect biological 29 processes in mice lungs such as response to wounding and extracellular matrix. To extend these 30 findings, a bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis mouse model was used to evaluate the effect of 31 repetitive HBO exposure on pulmonary fibrosis. Building on our previous findings, we provide 32 evidence that HBO exposure attenuates bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis in mice. In vitro, HBO 33 exposure could reverse, at least partially, transforming growth factor (TGF)-β-induced fibroblast 34 activation, and this effect may be mediated by down-regulating TGF-β-induced expression of hypoxia 35 inducible factor (HIF)-1α. These findings support HBO as a potentially life-changing therapy for 36 patients with pulmonary fibrosis, although further research is needed to fully evaluate this.

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Accepted/In Press date: 30 April 2021

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Local EPrints ID: 448811
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/448811
ISSN: 2296-889X
PURE UUID: 0d96bff1-5b97-4a0a-9569-a7c303c6b722
ORCID for Yilu Zhou: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-4090-099X
ORCID for Yihua Wang: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-5561-0648

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Date deposited: 06 May 2021 16:31
Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 03:39

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Author: Yuan Yuan
Author: Yali Li
Author: Guoqiang Qiao
Author: Yilu Zhou ORCID iD
Author: Zijian Xu
Author: Charlotte Hill
Author: Zhenglin Jiang
Author: Yihua Wang ORCID iD

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