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J Appl Physiol 59: 39-46, 1985;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 59, Issue 1 39-46, Copyright © 1985 by American Physiological Society

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Promethazine or DPPD pretreatment attenuates oleic acid-induced injury in isolated canine lungs

M. I. Townsley, G. E. Taylor, R. J. Korthuis and A. E. Taylor

Oleic acid causes pulmonary edema by increasing capillary endothelial permeability, although the mechanism of this action is uncertain. We tested the hypothesis that the damage is an oxidant injury initiated by oleic acid, using isolated blood-perfused canine lung lobes. The lobes were dilated with papaverine and perfused in zone III with a constant airway pressure of 3 cmH2O. Changes in isogravimetric capillary pressure (Pc,i) and capillary filtration coefficient (Kf,C) were used as indices of alterations in microvascular permeability in lungs treated with silicone fluid (n = 3), oleic acid (n = 11), oleic acid after pretreatment with the antioxidants promethazine HCl (n = 11) or N,N'-diphenyl-p-phenylenediamine (DPPD; n = 4), or oleic acid following pretreatment with methylprednisolone (n = 4). Kf,C averaged 0.21 +/- 0.02 ml X min-1 X cmH2O-1 X 100 g-1 in control and increased to 0.55 +/- 0.05 and 0.47 +/- 0.05 when measured 20 and 180 min after the administration of oleic acid. When oleic acid was infused into lungs pretreated with promethazine, Kf,C increased to only 0.38 +/- 0.05 ml X min-1 X cmH2O-1 X 100 g-1 after 20 min and had returned to control levels by 180 min. Pretreatment with DPPD, but not methylprednisolone, similarly attenuated the increase in Kf,C following oleic acid. Silicone fluid had no effect on Kf,C. That oleic acid increases vascular permeability was also evidenced by a fall (P less than 0.05) in Pc,i from control when measured at 180 min in every group.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


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