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An Ultrastructural Study of Bleomycin-Induced Interstitial Pulmonary Fibrosis in the Rat.
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Original Article An Ultrastructural Study of Bleomycin-Induced Interstitial Pulmonary Fibrosis in the Rat.
Seung Che Cho, Kwan Kyu Park, Kun Young Kwon, Eun Sook Chang
Journal of Pathology and Translational Medicine 1991;25(6):539-550
DOI: https://doi.org/
Department of Pathology, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Taegu, Korea.
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This study was carried out to investigate the mechanisms of interstitial pulmonary fibrosis of rats after the intratracheal administration of bleomycin. Both lungs after bleomycin injection were examined by light and electron microscopy. The results are as follows: Light microscopically, 1 or 2 weeks after bleomycin injection acute and chronic inflammatory infiltrates and edema in the interstitium and alveolar spaces were observed. Proliferation of alveolar type II pneumocytes was also found at 4 to 6 weeks after bleomycin injection, chronic inflammatory infiltrates with interstitial fibrous thickening were noted. Electron microscopically, the number of type II pneumocytes and irregular lamellar bodies were increased and blunted microvilli were noted at 2 weeks. 4 to 8 weeks, proliferation of fibroblasts with deposition of abundant collagen fibrils in the thickened interstitium revealing irregular or collapsed alveolar spaces were observed. Based on these findings, it can be concluded that bleomycin-induced interstitial pulmonary fibrosis is considered to pass from an early acute inflammation of the interstitium and alveolar spaces to an interstitial fibroblast proliferation and collagen deposition to the length of the period after injection.

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