Glycosaminoglycan synthesis was studied in explant cultures of hamster lungs 15 and 45 days following intratracheal administration of Bleomycin. At both time points, a statistically significant increase in 35S-sulfate incorporation into glycosaminoglycans was seen in the Bleomycin-treated explants compared with that of the controls. Furthermore, the percentage of label associated with dermatan sulfate was significantly higher in the treated explants than in controls at both 15 and 45 days. Conversely, the percentage of labeled heparin and/or heparan sulfate was significantly lower for the treated explants compared to controls at these times. These results indicate that glycosaminoglycan synthesis is altered from normal in this model of interstitial lung disease. Comparison of these data with previous measurements of glycosaminoglycan synthesis in another model of interstitial lung disease, induced by N-nitroso-N-methylurethane, reveals marked similarity in the changes from normal in 35S-labeling.
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