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Administration of endotoxin to adult rats increases lung Cu,Zn superoxide activity after 72 h of exposure to greater than 95% O2. The increased activity is brought about mainly by a faster rate of Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase synthesis; rats treated with endotoxin but not exposed to hyperoxia do not exhibit these findings (Hass, Frank, and Massaro, J. Biol. Chem. 257: 9379-9383, 1982). We now report that 48 h after treatment of adult rats with endotoxin there was a decreased rate of Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase synthesis by lung slices from air- and O2- exposed rats, although, in both groups, the lung concentration of Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase mRNA was increased approximately 45%. Exposure of endotoxin-treated rats to greater than 95% O2 or air for an additional 24 h (72 h all told) resulted in continued elevation of Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase mRNA only in lungs of O2- exposed rats. In vitro exposure of lung slices from air-breathing saline- or endotoxin-treated rats to 95% O2 for 6 h led to an increased rate of Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase synthesis only in slices from endotoxin-treated rats. We conclude that endotoxin treatment leads to an increased concentration of Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase mRNA in rat lungs, but a sustained elevation of the mRNA, and its translation into an increased rate of Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase synthesis requires exposure of the lung to hyperoxia.
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