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J Appl Physiol 56: 308-314, 1984;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 56, Issue 2 308-314, Copyright © 1984 by American Physiological Society

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Massive postmortem bronchoconstriction in guinea pig lungs

Y. L. Lai, W. J. Lamm, D. L. Luchtel and J. Hildebrandt

A special phenomenon (difficult to inflate and deflate) occurring in the postmortem guinea pig lungs was studied in 40 animals. Thirty minutes after excision of the lungs or exsanguination, less than 50% of the lungs could be inflated even at high inflation pressure (34 cmH2O), and most gas was trapped during deflation. The amount of trapped gas volume at 30 min was related to the degree of lung inflation maintained during the 5- to 30-min period after exsanguination. Since stiffness of the lung tissue was unlikely to explain the phenomenon, we speculated airway obstruction as the major factor. No foam or bubbles were found in larger airways and we thus hypothesized that the obstruction was due to bronchoconstriction. This was confirmed histologically in that the lumina of both bronchi and bronchioles were constricted. The latent period to the onset of this constriction was short (approximately 5 min). It was not associated with O2 availability but was delayed an additional 15 min by a thromboxane inhibitor (dazoxiben). Neither maintaining lung temperature at 37 degrees C nor vagotomy and/or cervical transection prevented the constriction. Without exsanguination, onset of bronchoconstriction was delayed by about 1 h. We conclude that postmortem bronchoconstriction may be caused by release of an endogenous constrictor agent.


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