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Differential responses of tissue viscance and collateral resistance to histamine and leukotriene C4.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  3182509     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Alterations in tissue viscance (Vti) and collateral resistance (Rcoll) are both used as indexes of peripheral lung responses. However, it is not known whether the two responses reflect the effects of activation of the same contractile elements. We measured differential responses in Vti and Rcoll to histamine and leukotriene (LT) C4 to determine whether each evoked a similar pattern of response. Using the wedged bronchoscope constant-flow technique, we measured Rcoll in lobar segments of anesthetized, paralyzed, open-chest, mechanically ventilated mongrel dogs. In addition, we measured (with an alveolar capsule) alveolar pressure (PA) within the segment under study. This allowed us to calculate Vti, the component of the PA change in phase with segment flow. Rcoll and Vti measurements were obtained under base-line conditions and after local delivery of aerosols generated from histamine and LTC4. In five out of five lobes studied with both histamine and LTC4, the fractional Rcoll response to histamine was greater than the fractional Rcoll response to LTC4. In contrast, in four out of five lobes examined, the fractional increase in Vti accompanying the histamine response was less than the fractional increase in Vti accompanying LTC4 administration. These data suggest that anatomically distinct contractile elements influence Vti and Rcoll insofar as LTC4 and histamine evoke quantitatively different changes in these two indexes of peripheral lung responses.
Authors:
M S Ludwig; S A Shore; J J Fredberg; J M Drazen
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985)     Volume:  65     ISSN:  8750-7587     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Appl. Physiol.     Publication Date:  1988 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1988-12-07     Completed Date:  1988-12-07     Revised Date:  2007-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8502536     Medline TA:  J Appl Physiol     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1424-9     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Airway Resistance / drug effects*
Animals
Dogs
Female
Histamine / pharmacology*
Lung Compliance / drug effects
Male
Pulmonary Alveoli / drug effects,  physiology
SRS-A / pharmacology*
Viscosity
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
HL-33099/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/SRS-A; 51-45-6/Histamine

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