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Comparison of early and late responses to antigen of sensitized guinea pig parenchymal lung strips

Departments of ¹Pathology and ²Medicine, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Submitted 12 July 2005 ; accepted in final form 4 January 2006

The peripheral lung parenchyma has been studied as a component of the asthmatic inflammatory response. During induced constriction, tissue resistance increases in different asthma models. Approximately 60% of the asthmatic patients show early and late responses. The late response is characterized by more severe airway obstruction. In the present study, we evaluated lung parenchymal strips mechanics in ovalbumin-sensitized guinea pigs, trying to reproduce both early and late inflammatory responses. Oscillatory mechanics of lung strips were performed in a control group (C), in an early response group (ER), and in two late response groups: 17 h (L1) and 72 h (L2) after the last ovalbumin challenge. Measurements of resistance and elastance were obtained before and after ovalbumin challenge in C and ER groups and before and after acetylcholine challenge in all groups. Using morphometry, we assessed the density of eosinophils and smooth muscle cells, as well as collagen and elastin content in lung strips. The baseline and postagonist values of resistance and elastance were increased in ER, L1, and L2 groups compared with C (P 0.001). The morphometric analysis showed an increase in alveolar eosinophil density in ER and L2 groups compared with C (P < 0.05). There was a significant correlation between eosinophil density in parenchymal strips of C, L1, and L2 groups and values of resistance and elastance postacetylcholine (r = 0.71, P = 0.001 and r = 0.74, P < 0.001, respectively). The results show that the lung parenchyma is involved in the late response, and the constriction response in this phase is related to the eosinophilic inflammation.

distal lung inflammation; parenchymal oscillatory mechanics; asthma

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