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  • Title: Roflumilast fully prevents emphysema in mice chronically exposed to cigarette smoke.
    Author: Martorana PA, Beume R, Lucattelli M, Wollin L, Lungarella G.
    Journal: Am J Respir Crit Care Med; 2005 Oct 01; 172(7):848-53. PubMed ID: 15961691.
    Abstract:
    RATIONALE: There is a need for new agents capable of suppressing the inflammatory response in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. OBJECTIVES: This study evaluated the effects of roflumilast, a phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) inhibitor on acute lung inflammation and chronic lung changes in models of cigarette exposure in mice. METHODS: Roflumilast was given orally either at 1 mg/kg (R1) or at 5 mg/kg (R5). In the acute model (five cigarettes for 20 minutes), bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) changes were investigated at 4 and 24 hours. In the chronic model (three cigarettes/day for 7 months), morphometric and biochemical parameters were assessed at 7 months. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Acute exposure caused a fivefold increase in BALF neutrophils. Both doses of roflumilast partially prevented (by 30%) this increase. In addition, after smoke exposure, R1 increased BALF interleukin-10 by 79% and R5 by 129%. Chronic smoke exposure caused a 1.8-fold increase in lung macrophage density, emphysema, an increase of the mean linear intercept (+21%), a decrease of the internal surface area (-13%), and a drop (-13%) in lung desmosine content. R1 did not have any effect, whereas R5 prevented the increase in lung macrophage density by 70% and fully prevented the other changes. In addition, in the smoke-exposure group, 63% of the mice showed goblet cell metaplasia, and neither of the doses of roflumilast had any effect. CONCLUSIONS: This study shows for the first time that a PDE4 inhibitor partially ameliorates lung inflammation and fully prevents parenchymal destruction induced by cigarette smoke.
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