Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 58, Issue 6 2062-2067, Copyright © 1985 by American Physiological Society

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Regional protein absorption rates from the pleural cavity in dogs

D. Negrini, M. Pistolesi, M. Miniati, R. Bellina, C. Giuntini and G. Miserocchi

In five supine spontaneously breathing anesthetized dogs we injected into the pleural space 0.5-1 ml of saline solution containing 2 mg/ml albumin labeled with technetium-99m. By use of a gamma camera placed horizontally over the chest, we followed, up to 120 min, the activity over the whole lung and over the preferential accumulation areas of the label (regions of interest, ROI) that corresponded to the apical, mediastinal, and laterodiaphragmatic regions. Activities were corrected for the decay rate of the isotope used. On the average, the activity over the whole lung decreased by 27% up to 120 min. The overall activity over the ROI amounted to 44.3% after the injection and decreased to 24% of total at 120 min, thus accounting for 75% of the total decrease in activity. At 10 min, the activity per unit surface of the gamma camera image (As) was from 2.2- to 5.7-fold higher over the ROI than for the rest of the lung image. The decrease of As at 120 min was 18-, 13-, and 5-fold greater for mediastinal, diaphragmatic, and apical regions, respectively, compared with the rest of the lung image. The time course of the changes in As are discussed in terms of regional albumin egress rate based on the functional interaction between the Starling and the lymphatic mechanisms.

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